##  [Associate Deans, Research](/about-vpri/associate-deans-research) 

The Committee of the Associate Deans of Research represents each UBC faculty and college on the Vancouver campus and is chaired by the Vice-President, Research &amp; Innovation.

The committee serves as a vehicle for notifying the research community about new research initiatives from the Vice-President, Research &amp; Innovation Office as well as from external sources.

Its mandate is to implement UBC's research strategy, provide advice on issues affecting the research performance of faculty, and foster enhanced research activity.

The committee meets four times a year.

**Applied Science**   
[Vicky Bungay](mailto:vicky.bungay@ubc.ca) 604-822-7933  
  
**Arts**  
[Christiane Hoppmann](mailto:artsad.rg@ubc.ca) 604-822-4074  
  
**Sauder School of Business**   
[Lorenzo Garlappi](mailto:lorenzo.garlappi@sauder.ubc.ca) 604-822-8848

**Dentistry**  
[Hannu S. Larjava](mailto:larjava@dentistry.ubc.ca) 604-822-6822


**Education**  
[Samia Khan](mailto:samia.khan@ubc.ca) 604-822-5296

**Forestry and Environmental Stewardship**  
[Taraneh Sowlati](mailto:taraneh.sowlati@ubc.ca) 604-822-6109  
  
**Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies**  
(vacant)  
  
**Land and Food Systems**  
[Simone Castellarin](mailto:simone.castellarin@ubc.ca) 604-827-2667


**Peter A. Allard School of Law**  
[Asha Kaushal](mailto:adr@allard.ubc.ca) 604-822-3905

**Medicine**  
[Wyeth Wasserman](mailto:vicedeanresearch.med@ubc.ca)  604 822-0763

**Pharmaceutical Sciences**   
[Colin Ross](mailto:colin.ross@ubc.ca) 604-827-2017   
  
**Science**  
[Jim Sun](mailto:sun@science.ubc.ca) 604-822-5856


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#### Leadership at UBC-affiliated Research Institutes

UBC is affiliated with provincial health research institutes in which much of UBC's health research and teaching is conducted. The Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute at Vancouver General Hospital is operated by Vancouver Coastal Health; the Providence Health Care Research Institute at St. Paul's Hospital is operated by Providence Health Care. UBC Hospital is also operated by Vancouver Coastal Health

**BC Cancer Agency**  
[Francois Bénard](mailto:fbenard@bccrc.ca)

**BC Centre for Disease Control**  
[Naveed Janjua](mailto:naveed.janjua@bccdc.ca%20)

**BC Children's Hospital Research Institute**  
[Quynh Doan](mailto:qdoan@bcchr.ca)


**Providence Health Care Research Institute**  
[Darryl Knight](mailto:dknight2@providencehealth.bc.ca)

**Provincial Health Services Authority**  
[Greg Martyn](mailto:greg.martyn@phsa.ca)


**Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute**  
[Stirling Bryan](mailto:stirling.bryan@ubc.ca)

**Women's Health Research Institute**  
[Gillian Hanley](mailto:gillian.hanley@ubc.ca)