UBC Medicine members work with community groups to transform local healthcare

Members of the UBC Faculty of Medicine community work with community partners to address priorities across B.C. 2023-24 Community University Collaboration Support (CUES) Fund for project

This spring, UBC awarded more than $700,000 to support community-university partnerships aimed at benefiting the community and promoting collaborative research, teaching, and learning.

CUES funding goes directly to community partners and prioritizes reciprocal and inclusive engagement. This approach ensures that all communities benefit, especially those that have been historically, persistently, or systemically marginalized.

Since its inception in 2018, the CUES Fund has awarded more than $3.2 million to 142 community-university partnerships, partnering with 18 undergraduate UBC partners on both Vancouver and Okanagan campuses.

Medical school award winners and their projects:

BCC3 Healthy Aging Talks – Communicating personalized research findings to the community

Breaking down barriers: Bridging the language gap in research and knowledge translation

Compassionate palliative and hospice care for people with neurobehavioral and neurodevelopmental complexity in B.C.

Developing culturally-resonant clinical interventions and research questions to support Punjabi men who use substances

Delivering community-based peer support programs for people with brain injuries across B.C.

Scope Social and Civic Opportunity: Pathways to Equity Program

Strengthening health resources for immigrants and newcomers in Greater Vancouver through cross-cultural health brokers: Grassroots innovations that meet community needs

After-school community-based action project supporting food security, nutrition, and positive relationships with food in midlife

Grief and bereavement programming support in DTES