We acknowledge that the UBC Vancouver campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam).
Research Units
SPPH Centres
Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP)
Bringing together many scientific viewpoints to address complex early child development (ECD) issues.
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR)
Conducting independent, policy-relevant research in the delivery of health care, along with data compilation and graduate training.
W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics
Interdisciplinary academic centre advancing the research agenda of applied ethics.
Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health
Working in respectful collaboration with Indigenous leadership to improve wellness, health care, and outcomes, through innovative thinking, research, and education.
Affiliated Centres
Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation (C2E2)
Undertaking research, training, and providing evidence-based advice that supports and advances a sustainable health system delivering high quality, safe and effective care.
Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes
Evaluating the effectiveness of health interventions in populations, with a focus on minorities and marginalized groups in urban populations.
BC Centre for Disease Control
Provincial and national leadership in public health through surveillance, detection, treatment, prevention and consultation services.
SPPH Programs
Canadian Collaboration for Prison Health and Education (CCPHE)
Collaboratively enhancing the health, well-being and (re)integration of individuals in custody, their families, and communities.
Population Data BC (PopData)
Offering access to one of the world’s largest collections of health care, health services and population health data.
Global Health Research Program
Global Health Research Program has been designated as a WHO Collaborating Centre in Occupational and Environmental Health.
Health & Community Design Lab
Research lab specializing in the interaction between land use, travel behaviour, the Built Environment,
air quality, and health.
Partnership for Work, Health and Safety
In partnership with WorkSafe BC, addressing current and emerging issues of work-related health in BC.