Office of the Vice-President, Research & innovation
Address
Room 103 - Old Administration Building
6328 Memorial Road
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 Canada
Tel: (604) 822-1995 Fax: (604) 822-6295
Email: research.info@ubc.ca
Executive Officers
Prof. Gail Murphy, PhD
Vice-President, Research & Innovation
gail.murphy@ubc.ca
tel: 604-822-4813
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Prof. Helen M. Burt, PhD
Associate Vice-President, Research & Innovation
helen.burt@ubc.ca
tel: 604-822-1467
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Prof. Philip Barker, PhD
Associate Vice-President, Research & Vice-Principal, Research, UBCO
philip.barker@ubc.ca
tel: 250-807-9582
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Elise Vredenbregt
Executive Assistant to Gail Murphy
elise.vredenbregt@ubc.ca
tel: 604-822-0233
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Corey Ouellet
Executive Assistant to Helen Burt
corey.ouellet@ubc.ca
tel: 604 827 2983
Staff in the VPRI Office
Communications Coordinator
claire.adams@ubc.ca
tel: 604-827-1870
Iain Begg
Managing Director, Innovation Partnerships
iain.begg@ubc.ca
tel: 778-855-1757
Brenda Carrier
Manager, Faculty Awards & Prizes
brenda.carrier@ubc.ca
tel: 604-822-6010
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Raquel De Souza
Innovation Development Officer - Life Sciences
On Leave
Marie-Claude Fortin
Shared Research Facilities Manager
marie-claude.fortin@ubc.ca
tel:604-827-3603
Heather Frost
Manager, Strategic Initiatives
heather.frost@ubc.ca
tel: 604-827- 4550
Riya Ganguly
Director, Corporate Relations
riya.ganguly@ubc.ca
tel: 604 218-7628
Jamie Hall
Manager, Communications
jamie.hall@ubc.ca
tel: 604-822-1267
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Manager, Internal Research Competitions
stacey.herzer@ubc.ca
tel: 604-827-2379
Sona Kazemi
Innovation Development Officer - Natural Resources / Clean Technology
sona.kazemi@ubc.ca
tel: 604-218-1368
Greg Martyn
Director, VPRI Portfolio
greg.martyn@ubc.ca
tel: 604-827-1439
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Vanessa Power
Communications Coordinator
vanessa.power@ubc.ca
604-822-6050
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Dmitriy Ryabika
Research Analyst
dmitriy.ryabika@ubc.ca
tel: 604-827-2762
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Karine Souffez
Associate Director, Knowledge Exchange
karine.souffez@ubc.ca
tel: 604 822-3090
Megan Stewart
Project Manager, Major Research Projects
megan.stewart@ubc.ca
tel: 604-827-5107
Evelina Tolstykh
Research Awards Coordinator
evelina.tolstykh@ubc.ca
tel: 604-827-0042
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Faculty Research Advisors
UBC's National Funding Agency Research Advisors are specially appointed faculty members who work closely with researchers to promote awareness of funding opportunities across all disciplines and to provide support for individuals or groups considering applications to external agencies.
Prof. Lara Boyd
Health Research Advisor
lara.boyd@ubc.ca
tel: 604-822-7197
Prof. Leonard Foster
CFI Advisor
foster@chibi.ubc.ca
tel: 604-822-8311
Prof. Alan Kingstone
Social Sciences & Humanities Research Advisor
alan.kingstone@ubc.ca
tel: 604-822-9230
Prof. Tim Salcudean
Sciences & Engineering Research Advisor
tims@ece.ubc.ca
tel: 604-822-3243
Institutional Programs Office
The Institutional Programs Office manages the full cycle of major federal, provincial and regional research infrastructure awards including those offered by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD), the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF), Canada 150 programs, and Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERCs).
Managing Director, Research Support Services
sharon.wu@ubc.ca
tel: 604-827-5279
Meisan Brown-Lum
CFI/BCKDF Program Officer
meisan.brownlum@ubc.ca
tel: 604-827-5170
Anna Kim
Research & Administration Coordinator
anna.kim@ubc.ca
tel: 604-822-1352
Eston Shum
VPRI Portfolio Finance Director
eston.shum@ubc.ca
tel: 604-822-1938
Senior Finance Manager
earl.dyer@ubc.ca
tel: 604-827-5281
Lynn Chia
Senior Finance Officer
lynn.chia@ubc.ca
tel: 604-827-5278
Lena Li
Finance Manager, CFI/BCKDF
lena.li@ubc.ca
tel: 604-827-0644
Andy Lam
Associate Director, Institutional Programs Office
andy.lam@ubc.ca
tel: 604-822-9965
Financial Analyst
lisrianti.boyan@ubc.ca
tel: 604-822-8026
Cynthia Bai
Financial Analyst, CFI/BCKDF
cynthia.bai@ubc.ca
tel: 604-822-0690
Yvonne Lee
Senior Financial Analyst, CFI/BCKDF
yvonne.lee@ubc.ca
tel: 604-822-0232
Indigenous Research Support Initiative
The Indigenous Research Support Initiative recognizes that more effective research and greater mutual understanding can be developed from identifying, developing and supporting research practices that proceed from respectful relations between researchers and Indigenous communities. The vision of the inititiative is to provide professional research support and services to Indigenous communities and university researchers to undertake collaborative projects based on community-led interests, reciprocal relationships, and principles of mutual accountability.
Lerato Chondoma
Associate Director
604-827-4452
lerato.chondoma@ubc.ca
Emily LeBaron
Manager, Administration & Special Initiatives
emily.lebaron@ubc.ca
tel:604-822-8744