UBC SPPH researchers Patti Janssen and Martin Guhn are among the recipients of new funding to help address some of the world’s most pressing health challenges through interdisciplinary collaborations.
A total of 47 Research Excellence Clusters led by researchers at UBC Vancouver are being supported in 2025/26.
Research Excellence Clusters are interdisciplinary networks of researchers addressing societal and cultural problems, and working together to solve challenges that transcend traditional boundaries associated with departments, institutions and funding agencies.
Funding for clusters at UBC Vancouver is awarded through the Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters.
UBC SPPH Recipients of 2025/26 grants
Advancing the Science of Physiologic Birth
Cluster Lead: Patti Janssen, School of Population and Public Health
Roots for Indigenous Partnered Research (New Cluster)
Cluster Lead: Martin Guhn, School of Population and Public Health