We are thrilled to celebrate the outstanding achievements of SPPH researchers who have been awarded funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) as part of the Fall 2025 Project Grant and Priority Announcement competitions. These awards recognize excellence in research that addresses pressing public health challenges and will support projects that produce evidence with real-world impact for communities across Canada and beyond.
UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers were awarded more than $30 million in combined funding. The funding supports 40 projects covering a wide range of fundamental and applied research areas, the projects will address some of the most pressing health challenges facing Canadians including breast cancer, diabetes and medication access in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities.
Faculty of Medicine-Led Project Grants
- Amanda Slaunwhite, School of Population and Public Health
“You can’t teach what I know” – Building best practices and capacity for engagement of people with lived experience of incarceration in health research - Silvia Stringhini, School of Population and Public Health
Unequal Ageing Trajectories Across the Life Course: Environmental Pathways, Protective Factors, and Actionable Levers - See full list of Fall 2025 CIHR Project Grant awardees
Faculty of Medicine-Led Priority Announcements
- Nicholas Bansback, School of Population and Public Health
How Does Home Care Services Use Impact Downstream Healthcare Utilization and System Costs for Canada’s Aging Population? A Cross-Provincial Longitudinal Cohort Study
Priority Announcement Area: Patient-Oriented Research - Heather Palis, School of Population and Public Health; Skye Barbic, Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy; Naveed Janjua, School of Population and Public Health; Kirsten Marchand, School of Population and Public Health; Steve Mathias, Psychiatry
Identifying service pathways to reduce overdose risk among youth: a multi-method, population-based, and co-design study
Priority Announcement Area: Human Development Child and Youth Health – Early Career Support - See full list of priority announcement awardees
Read the full story: UBC Medicine researchers awarded more than $30 million from CIHR