By the Numbers
The Faculty of Medicine is a leader in brain health research and education. Working closely with health authority partners, UBC researchers and clinical faculty are making breakthrough discoveries while training the next generation of scientists, specialist doctors and health professionals to meet the urgent and growing need for better prevention, treatment and care.
Explore the numbers behind UBC’s research and training programs.
Training the next generation of innovators
in brain health research and care
The highly interdisciplinary MD/PhD program and the Graduate Program in Neuroscience equip learners with the skills to become highly effective translational researchers and clinician-scientists.
Current students in Master’s, PhD and MD/PhD in neuroscience and related disciplines
Bringing more brain health specialists
into the healthcare system
UBC resident doctors in neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry and other disciplines provide specialist care to patients while gaining essential expertise.
Total number of resident doctors in brain health-related fields in the past 10 years1
Turning investments into research
The Faculty’s research excellence and innovation in brain health is supported by investment from government and other sources.
Total funding for brain research received in the past five years2
Making breakthrough research discoveries
UBC scientists are making important breakthroughs on early-life brain injury and autism spectrum disorder, to concussion and stroke, to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and MS.
Publications in peer-reviewed journals in the past five years3
Shrinking the gap between research and care
The Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health — a UBC-Vancouver Coastal Health partnership — brings together cutting-edge patient care and translational research in the form of specialized brain health clinics.
Brain health clinics for ALS, Alzheimer’s, MS, Huntington disease and mood and movement disorders
Turning discoveries into better treatments and care
UBC is translating research discoveries into lifechanging treatments and medicines for patients, from advanced neurosurgical techniques to novel treatments for major depressive disorder.
Patents issued or filed in the past five years4
1 2013-2022. Sources: The Combined MD/PhD Program, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; and Evaluation Studies, Office of Vice Dean Education, Faculty of Medicine, UBC.
2 2019-2023. Data provided by UBC’s University-Industry Liaison Office.
3 2019-2023. Data provided by UBC’s University-Industry Liaison Office.
4 2019-2023. Data provided by UBC’s University-Industry Liaison Office representing patent applications by Faculty of Medicine brain health researchers.
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