Vancouver Prostate Centre

The Vancouver Prostate Centre (VPC) is a prostate cancer translational research centre located in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is a UBC and VGH Centre of Excellence and a designated national Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research.[2] The VPC is hosted by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute[3] and the Department of Urologic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia.

Vancouver Prostate Centre
Formation1998[1]
TypeCancer Research
HeadquartersVancouver, British Columbia
Executive Director
Dr. Martin Gleave
Director of Development & Supportive Care
Dr. Larry Goldenberg
Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Graeme Boniface
Staff
250
WebsiteVancouver Prostate Centre
Formerly called
The Prostate Centre at VGH

The VPC's research laboratory was initially located in the Jack Bell Research Centre on the Vancouver General Hospital campus. In 2011, the Centre expanded its research laboratories into the Robert Hung-Ngai Ho Research Centre,[4] a newly built adjoining building which also houses the Ovarian Cancer Research Program - OVCARE and the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility.[5]

Founding

Drs. Larry Goldenberg, Paul Rennie, Martin Gleave and Colleen Nelson founded the VPC (then called The Prostate Centre at VGH) in 1998.[6] In 1999, the Centre was aided with a $20 million donation by Vancouver businessman Jim Pattison (the largest private donation ever made to a health care facility in Canada), a VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation $45 million campaign for matching funds, and a $10 million grant from Health Canada.[7]

Research at the VPC is funded via peer-reviewed research grant awards and philanthropic support from the VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation.[8]

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References
  1. "The Prostate Centre at VGH celebrates 10 years of excellence in discovery, treatment, and education with free public forum, November 6, 2008".
  2. "The Prostate Centre's Translational Research Initiative for Accelerated Discovery and Development - PC-TRIADD: $26.3 million for 2008-18".
  3. "VCHRI entry for Vancouver Prostate Centre".
  4. "UBC and Vancouver Coastal Health open new medical research centre: Media Release, September 15, 2011".
  5. "$15 MILLION DONATION LAUNCHES THE ROBERT H.N. HO RESEARCH CENTRE AT VGH". vchri.ca. March 20, 2009. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  6. "About Us / People / Dr. Colleen Nelson". Vancouver Prostate Centre. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  7. "The Prostate Centre at VGH celebrates 10 years of excellence in discovery, treatment, and education with free public forum, November 6, 2008".
  8. "VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation: Vancouver Prostate Centre page".
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