Research Partners
Research at Providence is directly aligned with the priority care programs of Providence Health Care: heart and lung, renal, HIV/AIDS, and addictions and mental health. Providence Health Care and Providence Research support active clinical research programs intersecting many therapeutic areas and is home to several major hospital research centres.
Research Centres
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is based at St. Paul’s Hospital and is Canada’s largest HIV/AIDS research and treatment facility. The rapid incorporation of research results into clinical practice ensures that HIV/AIDS patients receive a continually evolving standard of evidence-based care. The BC-CfE distributes antiretroviral therapy to the province of British Columbia and monitors HIV-related outcomes as part of its mandate.
BC Centre on Substance Use
The BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) is a provincially networked organization with a mandate to develop, help implement, and evaluate evidence-based approaches to substance use and addiction. Building on the extensive efforts of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, the BCCSU’s vision is to transform substance use policies and care in BC by translating research into education and evidence-based care guidance.
Centre for Heart Lung Innovation at UBC and St. Paul's Hospital
Based at St. Paul’s Hospital, the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation is a UBC Senate-approved centre unique to British Columbia. The Centre is supported collaboratively by the Faculty of Medicine of UBC and the Providence Health Care Research Institute. The Centre for Heart Lung Innovation is home to over 250 personnel working towards solving the problems of heart, lung and blood vessel diseases.
Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes
The Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes produces the high-quality evidence needed to make informed changes to the health care system. Bridging the gap between data, research, and care, Advancing Health is a collaboration between cross-disciplinary scientists and expert research staff evaluating the effectiveness of health interventions at the population level. From assessing the cost-effectiveness of a new drug or treatment option, to informing policy decisions that change how care is delivered, Advancing Health seeks to improve health outcomes for all with a focus on our most vulnerable populations. Advancing Health also provides services to clinician scientists and oversees the CTN.
CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network (CTN)
Since 1996, St. Paul’s Hospital has housed the headquarters of the National Centre of the CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network (CTN). The CTN is an innovative partnership of clinical investigators, physicians, nurses, people living with HIV, and others that facilitates HIV and related co-infection clinical trials of the highest scientific and ethical standards.
Centre for Cardiovascular Innovation/ Centre d’Innovation Cardiovasculaire
The Centre for Cardiovascular Innovation is a clinical research operations centre that provides its member cardiovascular investigators with access to dedicated, expert personnel as well as organizational and physical infrastructure that will enhance their research scope and capacity.
The CCI-CIC s an inclusive centre that offers membership to all cardiovascular investigators in BC (basic/clinical/allied health care) on mutually agreeable terms. It provides a unified identity/affiliation for all Cardiovascular Investigators in BC and will establish transformative relationships with PHSA and Hospital Foundations
Research Programs
Providence Research provides support to the research programs below. These programs are central to our success. In addition to conducting outstanding research, Providence Research scientists work towards excellence in teaching and mentoring students, trainees and post-doctoral fellows.
BC RESURECT
BC RESURECT is a collaborative of clinicians, scientists, BC Emergency Health Services, BC Fire Department First Responders and Health Authorities in BC that are focused on improving survival from sudden cardiac arrest through clinical trials, observational studies, quality improvement initiatives, knowledge generation, and knowledge implementation.
Centre for Heart Valve Innovation
The Centre for Heart Valve Innovation at St. Paul’s Hospital is an internationally recognized centre pioneering in innovative, minimally invasive heart valve replacement procedures. The Centre is the first in North America to perform a transatherer heart valve implantation and continues to educate and train health professionals around the world on the procedure.