~Mhe~ I. PROLOGUE: FRONTIERS OF HUMAN SCIENCE II. THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE 5 III. THE FACULTY OF DENTISTRY IV. THE FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES 26 THE CARE-GIVING PROFESSIONS 32 TheSchooL of Nurding 32 TheSchooL 01 Rehabilitation Medicine 36 The School oj Audiology an{) SpeechScience.! 39 THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES 42 THE OFFICE OF THE COORDINATOR OF HEALTH SCIENCES 44 VIII. THE HEALTH PROMOTERS AND POLICY RESEARCHERS 46 Centrefor Health Ser/licNand Policy ReJearch47 lndtitute ofHealth PromotionRuearch 48 THE ETHICS OF HEALTH CARE 49 IN THE HOSPITALS 51 at VancouverGeneral HoJpital 52 UBC at St. PaulJ HoJpital57 UBC at the BritiJh Columbia CancerAgency 61 UBC at BritiJh ColumbiaJ ChiIJrenJ HOJpital 63 UBC at UniverJityHoJpital 65 XI. CLINICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 73 TheAlLan McGavin SportdMedicine Clinic 74 The UBC Movement DiAJorderdClLilic 75 Tropical DiJeaJeJ Clinic an() InfectwUJ DiJeaJe Outpatient Clinic 76 Medical GeneticJSerlJicu 76 v.15x.1VII.IX.VI.UBC XII. BASIC RESEARCH IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES 77 TheBiotechnology Laboratory 80 TRIUMF 81 XIII. HEALTH SCIENCE RESEARCH IN NON-MEDICAL FACULTIES 82 TheFaculty of Agricultural ScienceJ113 TheFaculty ofApplied Science84 The Faculty of Artd 86 The FacuLty of Commerceand BlMlne.JdAdminidtration 90 The Faculty ofEducation 91 TheFaculty of Science93 XIV. MAJOR NATIONAL RESEARCH ENDEAVORS -UBC LINKS 95 NationaL N etworK4 of Centre.! ofExceLLence 96 The CanadianIlldtiluteforAdvanced Ruearch 101 The CanadianHIV Triali Network -103 MAJOR MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL FUNDING 104 XVI. BIOMEDICAL SPIN-OFF COMPANIES XVII. SUPPORT SERVICES ON CAMPUS WoodwardMedicaL Library 109 StudentHealth Service110 Di.1abilityRedource Centre 112 Firdt NatiollJ Health CareProfeJdiollJ Program 113 OccupationaLHealth and Safety 114 BiomedicalCommunication.! 115 XVIII. FUND RAISING IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES XIX. NEW FRONTIERS IN THE '90s 122 xv.107109117 IN THE SUMMER OF 1991, LEADING INTERNA- PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES - YOUNG IN TIONAL SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD OF OSTEO- COMPARISON TO OTHERS ON THIS CONTINENT POROSIS ATTENDED A SYMPOSIUM AT THE AND OVERSEAS - HAVE ALREADY ACHIEVED UNIVERSITYOF BRITISHCOLUMBIA TO MARK INTERNATIONAL REPUTATIONS AND ARE POISED THE 30~~ANNIVERSARY OF A MEDICAL DIS- TO ACHIEVE RENOWN. WE ARE CONFIDENT COVERY MADE.ON OUR CAMPUS. PROFESSOR THAT UBC WILL BECOME THE HUB OF A GREAT EMERITUSHAROLD COPP WAS PRESENT TO HEALTH-CARE AND HEALTH-CARING CENTRE. TALK ABOUT HIS DISCOVERY OF CALCITONIN, A SUCH A CENTRE WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HORMONE THAT REGULATES THE THE BEST HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM IN BLOOD LEVEL OF CALCIUM. THE WORLD AND THE TRAIL-BLAZ- IN ITS SYNTHETIC FORM, CALCI- ~d-ING WORK OF OUR RESEARCHERS TONIN IS A POWERFUL, NON-ADDIC- TO MAKE BRITISHCOLUMBIA A ddk TIVE PAIN-KILLER, WHICH IS USED HOUSEHOLD WORD IN THE HEALTH THROUGHOUT EUROPEAND JAPANed* - SCIENCES. THEREIS NO REASON FOR THE TREATMENT OF OSTEO- WHY THIS PROVINCE CANNOT HAVE POROSIS AND OTHER BONE DIS- A CENTRE THAT IS INTERNATIONAL- &{Ad- EASES. WORLDWIDESALES ARE LY ADMIRED. TWO-THIRDS THAT OF INSULIN, ACADEMICALLYDRIVEN AND CLINI- APPROACHING $1 BILLION. CALLY FUELLED, IT WILL BE DEEPLY STARTING FROM SCRATCH IN 1950 AND INEXTRICABLY LINKED WITH WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A TEST TUBE IN THE THE NEEDS OF THE IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY STORE ROOM, DR. COPPLAUNCHED OUR AND THE ENTIRE PROVINCE; IT WILL EMBRACE DEPARTMENTOF PHYSIOLOGY AS ONE OF THE THE FINEST OF GENERAL AND SPECIALIZED ORIGINAL DEPARTMENTS IN THE NEW FACULTY MEDICAL CARE; IT WILL OFFER SUPERB EDUCA- OF MEDICINE.HE SET UP OFFICES AND A TION FOR PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTH- RESEARCH LABORATORY IN ONE OF THE INFA- CARE PRACTITIONERS. AND IT WILL FOSTER MOUS SECONDWORLD WAR HUTS, WHICH WORLD-CALIBRE RESEARCH IN THE HEALTH SERVED AS TEMPORARY BUILDINGS. THERE,10 SCIENCES, LEADING TO LIFE-SAVING MEDICAL YEARS LATER, HE SYNTHESIZED CALCITONIN. INTERVENTIONS, TO LIFE-ENHANCING CARE THATWAS THREE DECADES AGO. TODAY,OUR OF THE DISABLED AND, IN THE LONG RUN, TO FACULTIES OF MEDICINE,DENTISTRY AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT DETERMINE INVOLVED IN STUDIES OF PROVINCIAL MAN. THE HEALTH OF OUR PEOPLE. POWER REQUIREMENTS. EVEN THOUGH WE As THIS DOCUMENT REVEALS IN RICH DETAIL, PRODUCE FEWER THAN OUR PER-CAPITA SHARE THERE IS WORLD-CALIBRE RESEARCH OCCUR- OF CANADIAN DOCTORS, WE PLAN NO RING NOW AT THIS UNIVERSITY. WE ARE WELL INCREASE IN MEDICAL ENROLMENTS. THE REPRESENTED IN THE NATIONAL CENTRES OF COMMUNITY-RESPONSIVE FAMILY PHYSICIANS EXCELLENCE, IN THE PRESTIGIOUS GROUP WE DO TRAIN HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE IN RURAL AND PROGRAM AWARDS OF THE MEDICAL OR REMOTE AREAS AND MANY ARE CHOOSING RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, AND IN PRACTISETHERE. AWARDS MADE TO INDIVIDUALS BY THE MRC, FURTHERMORE, WE PROVIDE AN IRREPLACE- THE NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING ABLE COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THE MANY CLIN. RESEARCH CoUNCIL, THE NATIONAL CANCER ICS WE CREATE AND OPERATE. THROUGH INSTITUTE OF CANADA, HEALTH AND WEL- THESE CLINICS, LOCATED IN ALL OF OUR AFFIL FARE CANADA, AND THE B.C. HEALTH IATED TEACHING HOSPITALS, THE U'6~~ an- CARE RESEARCH FOUNDATION. PEOPLE OF THE PROVINCE WITH INTERNATIONALLY, WE PARTICIPATE IN a~dcea/d' SPECIALIZED HEALTH PROBLEMS THE HUMAN FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE OFTEN RECEIVE CARE BASED UPON ~~~ PROGRAM, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER THE MOST ADVANCED RESEARCH, THE BEST RESEARCHERS IN THE G7 md~ INCLUDING REVOLUTIONARY SURGI- NATIONS. SOME OF OUR INVESTIGA- df!n«JUl6'~ CAL TECHNIQUES AND LIFE-SAVING -'v 0 TORS ARE FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL DRUGS UNAVAILABLE TO THE AVER. ~ and~. Q. INSTITUTES OF HEALTH IN THE AGE PHYSICIAN. UNITED STATES, WHILE OTHERS, BY PARTICI- WE ARE COMMITTED TO FINDING WAYS TO PATING ON A PEER-REVIEW BOARD, DIRECT REDUCE HEALTH-CARE COSTS. WE TEACH THE NATURE OF DENTAL RESEARCH IN THAT ECONOMISTS, EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, SOCIOLO. COUNTRY. No OTHER INSTITUTION IN THIS GISTS AND BIOSTATISTICIANS WHOSE RE- PROVINCE DOES AS MUCH HEALTH-SCIENCES SEARCH IN HEALTH POLICY AND POPULATION RESEARCHNOR DOES IT AS WELL. HEALTH EVALUATES CURRENT SERVICES AND THE UNIVERSITY IS MINDFUL OF ITS SOCIAL PRACTICES AND EXAMINES WAYS OF ENHANC- CONTRACT WITH THE PEOPLE OF B.C. WE ARE ING HEALTH OUTSIDE THE HEALTH-CARE SYS- FUNDED TO TRAIN HEALTH-CARE WORKERS, TEM. AT THE SAME TIME, UBC SCHOLARS IN AND WE DO THAT, RECOGNIZING HOW MANY VARIOUS FIELDS SEEK AN UNDERSTANDING OF PROFESSIONALS ARE NEEDED AND WHERE THE RELATIONSHIP OF LIFESTYLE, ENVIRON- THEY ARE NEEDED. WE ARE ACTIVELY MENT AND EVEN NATIONAL CHARACTER TO TO ILLNESS. IN ORDER TO BRING TOGETHER THE PAY THE SALARIES OF FACULTY, STAFF AND MANY DISCIPLINES REQUIRED TO ASSUME STUDENTS. IT IS ALSO USED TO BUY MATERIALS THESE TASKS, WE HAVE CREATED AN INSTITUTE AND EQUIPMENT, WITH ROUGHLY HALF THE OF HEALTHPROMOTION RESEARCHAND A PURCHASES BEING MADE IN THE PROVINCE. CENTRE FOR HEALTHSERVICES AND POLICY WHAT IS NOT GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD IS RESEARCH,WHICH ARE PARTLY FUNDED BY THAT OUR RESEARCH HAS BEEN HIGHLY SUC- THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT. OUR LEADER- CESSFUL - AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE - IN SHIP IN THIS AREA HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY GENERATING SPIN-OFF INDUSTRIES AND ON- THE CANADIANINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED GOING EMPLOYMENT. IN THE LAST DECADE RESEARCH,A PRIVATE, NON-PROFIT CORPORA- ALONE, SEVEN B.C. BIOMEDICAL COMPANIES, TION, WHICH HAS CREATED FIVE WORLD-SPAN- BORN OUT OF RESEARCH AT UBC, HAVE CRE- NING RESEARCH NETWORKS. THE ATED 117 JOBS AND NOW EARN INSTITUTE’SPROGRAM IN POPULA- MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR REVENUES. TION HEALTH,WHICH IS SEEKING TO THE UNIVERSITY’S POLICIES ON DEVISE A BROADER INTELLECTUAL PATENT AND LICENCE ACQUISITIONS FRAMEWORK FOR APPROPRIATE QUES- AND ON THE CREATION OF SPIN-OFF TIONS ABOUT THE DETERMINANTS OF COMMERCIAL COMPANIES ARE NOT HEALTH, IS LED BY A UBC HEALTH ONLY A MODEL FOR OTHER INSTITU- ECONOMIST AND HAS THREE OTHER TIONS BUT ALSO SHOULD GUIDE UBC SCHOLARS ON A 17-MEMBER FUTURE HEALTH-SCIENCES RESEARCH TEAM. IN THE PROVINCE. A GREAT MEDI- THE HEALTH-SCIENCES RESEARCH CAL-SCHOOL COMPLEX WILL MAKE RADIATING FROM UBC IS A MAJOR MONEY FOR BRITISHCOLUMBIA OUT INDUSTRY THAT SUPPORTS THE B.C. OF ITS RESEARCH. ECONOMY. OURFACULTIES OF MEDICINE, WHAT WlLL IT TAKE TO ACHIEVE SUCH GREAT- DENTISTRY,PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND NESS? OUR SCHOOL OF NURSINGGENERATED NEAR- IT DOES NOT DEMAND GROWTH FOR LY $45 MILLION IN SPONSORED RESEARCH GROWTH’S SAKE. WE DO NOT ASPIRE TO FUNDS IN 1990-91 - ROUGHLY THE SAME GROWTH. INSTEAD WE WILL CONTINUE TO AMOUNT THE UNIVERSITY ALLOCATED TO IMPROVE QUALITY UTILIZING OUR EXISTING THESE AREAS. MOSTOF THIS RESEARCH RESOURCES, FACILITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS. MONEY ORIGINATES FROM SOURCES OUTSIDE THE GREAT HEALTH-SCIENCES CENTRE THE PROVINCE, AND MOST OF IT IS SPENT WE ENVISION WILL COME ABOUT THROUGH INSIDE THE PROVINCE. IT GOES PRIMARILY TO COLLABORATION, COOPERATION AND MULTI- DISCIPLINARY ENDEAVOR IN A WORD, SYN- THE RANGE OF PROGRAMS, THE INTELLECTU- ERGY. SUCH INTERACTION MUST BE COORDI- AL FERMENT, THE INTER-DISCIPLINARY COOP- NATED, DIRECTED BY THOSE WHO KNOW HOW ERATION TO MEET THESE CHALLENGES ARE TO CONDUCT AND REVIEW RESEARCH. To RESIDENT AT UBC. ONLY THE UNIVERSITY ENSURE UNIFORMLY HIGH AND FULLY COMPET- OF BRITISH CoLUMBIA HAS THE BASE NECES- ITIVE STANDARDS, ALL RESEARCH IN THE SARY FOR THE LEADERSHIP THAT WILL TAKE HEALTH SCIENCES IN THIS PROVINCE)- THIS PROVINCE TO THE FRONTIERS OF WHETHER ON OUR CAMPUS OR IN AN AFFILIAT- HUMAN SCIENCE, PLACE IT IN THE FORE- ED TEACHING HOSPITAL -MUST BE SUBJECT FRONT OF HEALTH-SCIENCES RESEARCH AND TO TRIED AND TESTED UBC KEEP IT THERE. RESEARCH POLICIES AND TO THE RECENT REPORT OF THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE LEVEL THE BRITISH COLUMBIA OF PEERREVIEW. ROYAL COMMISSION ON MEDICAL SCIENCE FACES HEALTH CARE AND COSTS, FRESH CHALLENGES: OVER ENTITLED 'CWSER TO HOME' THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS, ADDRESSES THE VERY IMPOR- ITS CONCERNS WILL INCREAS- TANT ISSUES OF HEALTH-CARE INGLY BECOME ENVIRONMEN- DELIVERY. THEY FOCUS ON TAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC. EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT '" "~ OUR HEALTH-CARE SYSTEMS APPROACHESTO MAKING THE -'0 0 WILL DEMAND THE EXPER- HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM MORE ~ DR. DAVID W. STRANGWAY Q. TISE OF EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, PresWnt, The University ofBritish Columbia RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS Vancouver, BC; Canada SOCIOLOGISTS AND ECONO- January, 1992 OF XHE PEOPLE OF BRITISH MISTS TO DEAL WITH SUCH ~<...~.-(..-~~~ COLUMBIA.