Our research focus is on innovation and discoveries that improve patient health, transform health systems, and directly impact health and economic outcomes.

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute is the research arm of Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and a health partner of the University of British Columbia (UBC). We are a significant part of B.C.’s health research industry and a major health research institute in Canada.

Health research changes lives. 

Research Leaders Driving Discovery

Stirling Bryan
By bridging academia, health systems and communities, VCHRI accelerates meaningful innovation, strengthens collaboration across disciplines and ensures evidence is generated with and for the people it serves.

Dr. Stirling Bryan Interim Executive Director, VCHRI

Centre/Program Directors

M-J Milloy

Associate Professor
Interim Director of Research, BC Centre on Substance Use

David Wood

Clinical Professor
Chief Scientific Officer, Dilawri Cardiovascular Institute

Donald Griesdale

Associate Professor
Director, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation

Lynn Raymond

Professor
Co-Director, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health

Janice Eng

Professor
Co-Director, Centre for Aging SMART

Shernaz Bamji

Professor
Co-Director, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health

Martin Gleave

Professor
Chief Scientific Officer, M. H. Mohseni Institute of Urologic Sciences

Brian Kwon

Professor
Director, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries

Kevin Song

Clinical Professor
Director, Hematology Research Program

Jan Dutz

Professor
Director, Skin Research Program

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Researchers at Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute are generating world-class research, providing the best care and cutting-edge treatments for British Columbians.

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