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About Us

We are UBC's shared platform for researchers working with Risk Group 3 pathogens. We offer access and services to three different laboratories.

As a full-service facility we provide:

  • expert advice for safety protocols;
  • access and services for academic and industry projects;
  • training and guidance.

The Facility for Infectious Disease and Epidemic Research (FINDER) is a UBC shared research platform funded in part by the Faculty of Medicine, Genome BC and the Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation.

 

ADVISORY TEAM

The FINDER Steering Committee members provide advice to VPRI and to staff, ensure good governance and explore future needs of the platform.

  • Bintou Ahidjo, Research Platform Manager
  • Yossef Av-Gay, Professor, representative for the Life Sciences Institute
  • Rachel Fernandez, Associate VP Research & Innovation
  • Lindsay Eltis, Professor, Scientific Advisor
  • Marie-Claude Fortin, Shared Research Facilities Manager, VP Research & Innovation Office
  • Marc Horwitz, Professor, Representative, Faculty of Science
  • Eric Jan, Professor, representative for the Faculty of Medicine
  • Ian Welch, Director, Animal Care Services

 

Research Services Team

The Research Platform Manager is responsible for matters including administration, management of staff, development of partnerships, stakeholder relations, security protocols, training and providing advice and guidance related to research techniques and biosafety processes (e.g. development of policies, SOPs, use of equipment) to minimize risk and ensure the health of users and staff.  

  • Dean Airey, Senior Technician
  • Andrea Bernardo, Technician

 

Enquiries

Please email us

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that UBC's Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.

Facility for Infectious Disease and Epidemic Research (FINDER) signature UBC Support Programs to Advance Research Capacity

Facility for Infectious Disease and Epidemic Research (FINDER)

Shared Research Platforms are facilities funded jointly by the Office of the VP, Research and Innovation and Faculties and departments for the purpose of offering specialized research services to UBC and external research communities.

UBC receives support for managing its research enterprise from the federal Research Support Fund.

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