Presented by the University of British Columbia (UBC) Academy of Translational Medicine (ATM), the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Precision Health Initiative, and Canada’s Immuno-Engineering and Biomanufacturing Hub (CIEBH), this event will bring together a community of global thought leaders, clinicians, investigators, trainees and industry experts to examine the translational pathway highlighting areas of excellence locally and beyond. Whether speakers are participating in a keynote presentation, panel or showcase they will stimulate engaging conversations on elevating the regional capacity for translational medicine and provide inspiring insights for new ways forward towards transforming health for all.
The goal of the symposium is to identify ways to integrate the brilliant assets of B.C.’s life sciences community in a translational system where drugs, therapeutics, devices and diagnostics move through development and regulatory pipelines with much greater efficiency, transforming patient and population health and quality of life quickly, equitably and sustainably.
VCHRI executive director Dr. Teresa Tsang and Indigenous Health Research Unit director Dr. Gabrielle Legault are among the speakers of the symposium.