Research
Also located at UBC Hospital is the Brain Research Centre, a partnership of the UBC Faculty of Medicine and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute . The Brain Research Centre employs more than 200 investigators with multidisciplinary expertise in neuroscience research ranging from the test tube, to the bedside, to industrial spin-offs.
The National Core for Neuroethics National Core for Neuroethics, a research-based facility with mandate to tackle the ethical, legal, policy and social implications of frontier neuroscience through high impact research, education and outreach to ensure the close alignment of innovation and human values, is also based at UBC Hospital.
A new Centre for Brain Health is planned for UBC Hospital. The 135,000-square-foot (12,500 m2) building, is due to open in 2013 and will be dedicated solely to brain health. It will bring researchers and clinicians together from the areas of neurology, neuroscience, and psychiatry. The VHC and UBC take a multi-disciplinary, collaborative approach to tackling brain diseases and disorders.
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