UBC-led projects awarded over $5.5 million for clinical trials projects to support the development of new drugs and treatments

February 2, 2023

On January 19, 2023 the Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, on behalf of the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, announced a new investment to support one clinical trials consortium, seven training platforms, and 22 research projects. This is Canada’s largest-ever investment in clinical trials.

Approximately $60M is being awarded to 22 projects to fund clinical trial phases, designs, and objectives that align with the priorities of the Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy, including two UBC-led projects for a total of over $5.5 million.

Funded UBC-LED Projects

  • A Phase I trial of single domain antibody-based CD22 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells for the treatment of relapsed/refractory CD22+ B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
    Principal Investigator: Kevin A. Hay (Medicine)
    Funding Stream: Clinical Trial Projects
  • Randomized Embedded Multifactorial Adaptive Platform Trial of Community Acquired Pneumonia
    Principal Investigator: Srinivas Murthy (Pediatrics)
    Funding Stream: Clinical Trial Projects

View the full announcement

View all funded projects

 

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that UBC’s two main campuses are situated within the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam people, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.

  1. Quick Access

    Research Project Information Form Contact us Research community news

  2. Researcher Resources

    Find support Shared Research Platforms Research Excellence Clusters

  3. Portfolio Links

    Units in the Portfolio Research + Innovation (UBCO) CFI/BCKDF applications
UBC Research + Innovation signature UBC Support Programs to Advance Research Capacity

Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation

Walter C. Koerner Library | Suite 580, 1958 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z2
Tel 604 822 1995
E-mail research.innovation@ubc.ca

UBC receives support for managing its research enterprise from the federal Research Support Fund.

UBC Crest The official logo of the University of British Columbia. Urgent Message An exclamation mark in a speech bubble. Caret An arrowhead indicating direction. Arrow An arrow indicating direction. Arrow in Circle An arrow indicating direction. Arrow in Circle An arrow indicating direction. Chats Two speech clouds. Facebook The logo for the Facebook social media service. Information The letter 'i' in a circle. Instagram The logo for the Instagram social media service. External Link An arrow entering a square. Linkedin The logo for the LinkedIn social media service. Location Pin A map location pin. Mail An envelope. Menu Three horizontal lines indicating a menu. Minus A minus sign. Telephone An antique telephone. Plus A plus symbol indicating more or the ability to add. Search A magnifying glass. Twitter The logo for the Twitter social media service. Youtube The logo for the YouTube video sharing service.