Power up your research and learning
The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Education offers informed and holistic direct support and access to resources that enhance trainees’ wellbeing, professional development, provide community building, enable a variety of career paths, and allow equitable access to award and scholarship opportunities.
Message from the Associate Dean
Welcome to the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Education in the Faculty of Medicine! We are glad that you are here.
The Faculty of Medicine is home to 21 graduate programs and over 2,000 graduate and postdoctoral trainees. Our graduate students and postdocs play critical roles in the creation of new knowledge that will change how we think about molecular and cellular mechanisms, impact health and affect clinical practice in our society.
The mission of the Graduate and Postdoctoral Education office is to offer informed and holistic direct support and access to resources that enhance trainees’ wellbeing, and professional development, provide community building, enable a variety of career paths, and allow equitable access to award and scholarship opportunities. In collaboration with colleagues in our graduate programs, we aim to enhance nurturing research and learning environments, empowering graduate and postdoctoral trainees in the Faculty of Medicine to thrive.
We invite you to browse the content and resources on our webpage and to contact us with questions, concerns, and suggestions at med.gradpostdoc@ubc.ca.
Announcements & events
Elizabeth C. Watters Research Fellowship
Submissions are open for the Elizabeth C. Watters Fellowship | Deadline: July 26, 2024
Laurel L. Watters Research Fellowship
Submissions are open for the Laurel L. Watters Fellowship | Deadline: July 26, 2024
Roman M. Babicki Fellowship in Medical Research
Submissions are open for the Roman M. Babcicki Fellowship | Deadline: July 26, 2024
TEAM VISION
Transforming health for everyone through quality graduate and postdoctoral education that is equitable, inclusive, and sustainable.
TEAM MISSION
We work collaboratively to offer informed and holistic support and to enhance nurturing research and learning environments, empowering graduate and postdoctoral trainees in the Faculty of Medicine to thrive.
Engage with us
Graduate students
Find out more about awards, wellbeing support and professional development opportunities for current Master’s and PhD students.
Postdoctoral fellows
Explore awards and professional development, including how to serve on graduate supervisory committees, for current postdoctoral fellows.
Prospective students
Learn about Faculty of Medicine graduate programs and their specific admissions requirements by navigating directly to the program websites.
How we help
Learn more about our commitment to support current graduate students and postdocs holistically through embedded counselling, wellness programs, initiatives, and resources.
Current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows have access to our peer mentorship programs, the Responsible Conduct of Research Course and community-building events.
Merit-based (competition-based) awards are available in the Faculty of Medicine for current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
Read about how we work together with graduate programs and student and postdoc representatives and access guidelines on supervisory committees that are specific to the Faculty of Medicine.
Meet our students and fellows
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Brianna Bristow
MSc Student, Neuroscience Brianna is a Master’s student in the CELL program under the supervision of Dr. Mark Cembrowski. Her project focuses on characterizing a…
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Dr. Sanne Janssen
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medical Genetics Dr. Janssen is working under the supervision of Dr. Matthew Lorincz and studies how mutations in different epigenetic enzymes…
Land acknowledgement
UBC’s campuses are situated within the traditional territories of the the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), Stó:lō, and sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Coast Salish Peoples, and on the unceded territory of the Syilx (Okanagan) Peoples.
GPE Office land acknowledgement