Research

PHSA Laboratories collaborates with a number of research facilities due to their provincial role and specialized nature of their work. Research collaborators include:

University of British Columbia (UBC)

PHSA Laboratories partners with the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of British Columbia. Research is conducted by UBC Faculty members across all the teaching hospitals affiliated with the Provincial Health Services Authority.

UBC Centre for Disease Control

UBC Centre for Disease Control is the research and academic unit of the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. The unit conducts and coordinates research, education and policy development in support of provincial, national and international programs for infectious disease control and prevention.

BC Cancer Research Centre (BCCRC)

The BC Cancer Research Centre (BCCRC) is the research arm of the BC Cancer Agency, and is supported by the BC Cancer Foundation. Scientists and researchers perform basic, epidemiologic, and clinical research on cancer prevention, early diagnosis of cancer, the molecular and genetic characteristics of the cancer process, and basic research related to new treatments for cancer. With direct links to the cancer centres across the province, discoveries at the BCCRC are quickly translated into clinical applications.