Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) facilitates clinician-scientists in their efforts to make new discoveries to improve the health and well-being of patients across their lifespans. The Investigator Awards provide salary support to leading health research investigators to help reduce their clinical commitments and expand their capacity for innovation-driven research that creates new health care knowledge.
The 2025 VCHRI Investigator Awards recipients are:
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the results of its Fall 2024 project grant competition. Congratulations to all the VCHRI researchers who were awarded project and priority announcement grants.
Research Infosource Inc., a Canadian research, consulting and publishing firm, has released its annual ranking of Canada’s top 40 research hospitals. With $170 million in combined research funding for the 2023-2024 financial year, the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) and Providence Research have once again ranked among the top hospital-based research institutes nationwide.
The Knowledge Translation (KT) Challenge is an annual program that has been run in collaboration with BC Cancer, Providence Health Care (PHC) and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) since the first cohort in 2017.
Knowledge translation is the art and science of moving evidence into health care policy and practice. Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) is proud to support health care professionals to effectively implement evidence-based practice changes to improve patient care. The Knowledge Translation (KT) Challenge, a program run in collaboration with BC Cancer and Providence Health Care, is grounded in capacity building and facilitates health care providers to work with experienced investigators to share knowledge and build connections.
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the results of its Spring 2024 project grant competition. Congratulations to all the VCHRI researchers who were awarded project grants.
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) is proud to support future research leaders with the Top Graduating Doctoral Student Awards and the Rising Star Awards. These awards recognize the outstanding efforts of VCHRI trainees whose pursuit of research has made them exceptional role models and significant contributors to the Vancouver Coastal Health and University of British Columbia research community.
The 2024 Top Graduating Doctoral Student Award recipients are:
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) is proud to support research through Team Grant projects, which enable VCH staff and clinicians to collaborate with experienced investigators to share knowledge and build connections. By supporting practice-based research projects, these grants contribute to the improvement of health care delivery addressing the pressing challenges in health care.
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) is committed to fostering a culture of mentorship for the next cohort of health researchers with the VCHRI Summer Program Advancing Research Knowledge and Skills (SPARKS). This new program provides a unique opportunity for a select group of highly qualified undergraduate and medical students to explore their interest in health research and receive hands-on experience by undertaking a summer project with a VCHRI principal investigator.
