MD/PhD Program - Research
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UBC MD/PhD students are required to fulfill the PhD portion of the degree in a department which is affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine and listed in the Faculty of Graduate Studies at UBC. The research supervisor must be a full member of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, and is usually from a Department, Interdisciplinary Program or Institute within the Faculty of Medicine. The research supervisor must hold a current CIHR research operating grant or from an equivalent peer-reviewed, federal or provincial granting agency.
The following Departments and Schools conduct graduate level research and are suitable hosting departments to the MD/PhD students for their PhD thesis research. This list is not comprehensive, please email the Program office at ubcmdphd@exchange.ubc.ca if you have questions.
Departments & Schools within the Faculty of Medicine
Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cellular and Physiological Sciences
Medical Genetics
Medicine (Experimental Medicine)
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
School of Audiology and Speech Sciences
School of Population and Public Health
Graduate Programs
Bioinformatics
Cell and Developmental Biology
Genome Science and Technology
Interdisciplinary Oncology
Microbiology and Immunology
Neuroscience
Rehabilitation Sciences Research
Reproductive and Developmental Sciences
CIHR Strategic Training Program at UBC
Bridge
Interdisciplinary Women's Reproductive Health Research
Intersections of Mental Health Perspectives in Addictions Research Training
Population Intervention for Chronic Disease Prevention
Transplantation Research
Western Regional Training Centre for Health Services Research
The above listed Departments and Programs are affiliated with a variety of world-class Institutes and Centres, providing the student with an outstanding training environment. Some of the Centres and Institutes ideal for training clinician-scientists at UBC are listed below.
Centres, Institutes
Biomedical Research Centre
Brain Research Centre
Centre for Blood Research
Centre for Disease Control
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research
Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics
Child and Family Research Institute
Immunity and Infection Research Centre
Institute of Health Promotion Research
International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries
Michael Smith Laboratories
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
Prostate Centre
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer Research Centre
Students may contact the graduate degree programs by writing directly to the Department, School, Research Centre or Institute in which the program is offered, or by writing to:
Faculty of Graduate Studies
University of British Columbia
180 - 6371 Crescent Road
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Phone 604.822.2848
Fax 604.822.5802
website: www.grad.ubc.ca
