Faculty of Medicine

Your support of the UBC Faculty of Medicine is a gift for all British Columbians. Through your generosity, you are enabling our researchers to pursue solutions to health care’s most pressing challenges. You are also encouraging the clinicians of tomorrow to reach their full potential as they train to deliver outstanding health care throughout the province.
Together, we are transforming health for everyone.

Find a Fund:

Priority Funds

Building the Future in Medicine Bursary for MD Students
Brain Health

Department Funds

Biomedical Research Centre +

Biomedical Research Centre General Operating Funds

Centre for Health Education Scholarship +

Centre for Health Education Scholarship General Donations

Centre for Hip Health & Mobility +

Centre for Hip Health and Mobility General Donations fund

Department of Medicine +

Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research (CeMCOR) Endowment
Lewy Body Disease Fund
Palliative Care Donations Fund
Parkinson's Disease Research

Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, & Therapeutics +

Therapeutics Initiative

Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health +

Benjamin Feldman and Family Endowment Fund for Transformational Activity in Mental Health

Family Practice +

Jeremy Penner: Kenya PCT Project
Richard Wadge Teaching Award

Life Sciences Centre +

Life Science Institute (LSI) General Donations Fund

Obstetrics & Gynaecology +

General donations to Sexual Medicine
Multidisciplinary Vulvodynia Program (MVP) Donations Fund
Reproductive Infectious Diseases Program (Women’s Health)

Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy +

OSOT Knowledge Translation Fund
OSOT Research Initiatives Fund
OT General Donations Fund
University of BC Rehabilitation Sciences Alumni Bursary
University of BC Rehabilitation Sciences Alumni Margaret Hood Scholarship

Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences +

General donations for the department of Ophthalmology

Orthopaedics +

UBC Spinal Cord Injury International Program Fund
USTOP
ICORD Donations Various Sources Fund

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine +

General Donations to Support the Department of Pathology

Paediatrics +

Paediatrics Resident and Fellows Recognition Fund

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation +

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation General Donations

Physical Therapy +

Psychiatry +

General Donations to support Men's Depression Project
HeadsUpGuys Program

Radiology +

Radiology Donations Fund

School of Population & Public Health +

Graduate Award in Population Health and Engineering
TW Anderson Memorial Fund in Epidemiology

Student Support +

Andrew Seal Award in Arts and Humanities
UBC MED '66 Memorial Bursary
Medicine Class of 1993 25th Reunion Bursary
William Webber Memorial Scholarship in Medicine

Surgery +

Branch for International Surgery General
Neurosurgery Education & Development Fund
Pediatric Surgery Donations
Vascular Surgery Donations

Projects and Impact Stories:

  • Post

    UBC receives $750K TD Ready Challenge grant to deliver health care supplies by drone to remote B.C.

    UBC receives $750K TD Ready Challenge grant to deliver health care supplies by drone to remote B.C.

    The new initiative is in collaboration with First Nations partners. The UBC faculty of medicine has received a $750,000 grant from the 2020 TD Ready Challenge to launch a new initiative in collaboration with First Nations partners that will deploy drone technology to fly necessary health care supplies into rural and remote communities of British […] more

  • Impact Story

    Humbled to become a trusted ally

    Humbled to become a trusted ally

    Children in Yukon don’t need a referral from a family doctor to see pediatrician Dr. Katharine Smart, BA’96, MD’01—she goes beyond the usual ways of delivering health care to reach more children and better serve Indigenous communities. By traveling to remote communities and getting to know the people involved in the lives of Indigenous children—extended […] more

  • Impact Story

    Dr. Josef Penninger

    Drawing closer to COVID-19 treatment breakthroughs

    As the second wave of COVID-19 surges and the world waits to be vaccinated, the need to develop new, life-saving treatment methods and drug therapies remains as urgent as ever. Through unprecedented local and global collaboration, UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers are applying their strengths in therapeutic development by combining skills across disciplines, establishing innovative […] more

  • Priority Project

    The Crichton Health Systems and Policy Learning Fund

    The Crichton Health Systems and Policy Learning Fund

    The Crichton Health Systems and Policy Learning Fund is a new fund created in honour of Dr. Crichton and her immense contributions to the wellbeing of Canadians. The fund will honour more

  • Impact Story

    A Four Pillars Legacy: The Philip Owen Professorship in Addiction Medicine

    A Four Pillars Legacy: The Philip Owen Professorship in Addiction Medicine

    In honour of former Vancouver Mayor Philip Owen’s visionary approach to drug addiction, the St. Paul’s Foundation — with the support of Philip Owen’s friends and colleagues — has established the Philip Owen Professorship in Addiction Medicine at UBC. more

  • Priority Project

    Donations to the Women’s Health Research Cluster

    Donations to the Women’s Health Research Cluster

    Your donations will support the ongoing operation of the cluster by funding key roles including our network manager and trainees who form the backbone of our organization. In addition, donations more

  • Priority Project

    Accelerate COVID-19 research at UBC

    Accelerate COVID-19 research at UBC

    As the novel coronavirus continues to sweep the globe, UBC is mobilizing its best minds and connecting with partners to develop treatments, prevent COVID-19’s spread, and gain a deeper understanding more

    Research Excellence

  • Priority Project

    Help accelerate COVID-19 research at UBC

    Help accelerate COVID-19 research at UBC

    You can support urgent projects that aim to halt the spread of COVID-19. Donating today means that you can help save the lives of people in British Columbia, Canada and more

  • Impact Story

    The piano in the room: A lifeline in the BC Brain Wellness Program

    The piano in the room: A lifeline in the BC Brain Wellness Program

    As the co-founder of UBC’s innovative BC Brain Wellness Program, Dr. Silke Cresswell is grateful for the support of UBC donors, who helped to kick-start the initiative. more

    Research Excellence

  • Priority Project

    Dr. Stanley Hashimoto

    It’s amazing what one lecture can do

    It’s amazing what one lecture can do. The annual Dr. Stanley Hashimoto Lectureship inspires UBC’s next generation of neurologists. The speakers are relatable role models for residents, more

  • Impact Story

    Donors Join Together for Innovation in Emergency Care

    Donors Join Together for Innovation in Emergency Care

    After two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon in 2013, hundreds of injured people were transported to nearby emergency departments, including Brigham-Women’s Hospital where UBC MD alumnus Dr. Ron Walls (BSc’75, MD’79) was leading the effort to save lives. Dr. Walls joined Brigham-Women’s Hospital, a teaching hospital of Harvard University, in 1993 and expanded the emergency department more

  • Impact Story

    The Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation Board

    Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation makes first gift to Blue & Gold Campaign for Students

    The Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation operates on a simple belief: ensuring children are healthy and educated today will prepare them to be the leaders of tomorrow. It’s a principle Dr. Djavad Mowafaghian, the renowned philanthropist who founded the Vancouver-based foundation in 2003, learned from his mother, who always modeled kindness and generosity during his childhood in […] more

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