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Fundamentally transforming how discovery becomes care.
The UBC Academy of Translational Medicine brings applied translational expertise, regulatory science research, and workforce development together to smooth the translational journey from evidence to impact.
We connect researchers with the regulatory, clinical, payer, and commercialization expertise they need, study how those decisions are made, and train the people who make them.
Across the Academy
Highlights
Now open
Registration for 2026/2027
Registration is open for the fifth offering of the Regulatory Affairs micro-certificate.
In conversation
Q&A with Dr. Dean Regier
How regulatory science can fuel biomedical innovation and improve health.
Learn with us
Regulatory Affairs in the Life Sciences
Build practical regulatory knowledge through UBC’s flexible micro-certificate.
Our model
Building the capabilities Canada needs to transform health for everyone, faster.
Applied expertise
Translational Platform
Our platform connects researchers to experts in regulatory affairs, clinical trials, payer strategy, and commercialization to support their innovation through the entire translational pathway.
Research and methods
Regulatory Science Lab
Our interdisciplinary lab develops methods, evidence, and policy insight for regulatory and reimbursement decisions.
Workforce capability
Training and Workforce Development
We turn current knowledge, methods, and practical experience into learning that strengthens Canada’s life sciences workforce.
Why translation matters
Better health and shared prosperity reinforce one another.
Healthier communities
Faster access to safe, effective, sustainable, and high-value innovations improves outcomes for patients, families, and communities.
A stronger workforce
Skilled professionals across research, regulatory science, and implementation give Canada the capacity to translate discovery into care.
A thriving life sciences sector
Research, policy, and investment create a stronger innovation ecosystem, and more opportunities to improve health.
Shared prosperity
A stronger economy creates greater capacity to invest in health, research, and the next generation of innovators.
The feedback loop
Knowledge moves in both directions.
Real cases, research, and training continuously improve one another.
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Real-world evidence sharpens research questions
Work through the Translational Platform reveals recurring barriers, emerging challenges, and opportunities for new regulatory science research.
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Research improves practice
Regulatory Science Lab methods and policy insight create frameworks for the platform and strengthen evidence strategies and decision pathways for individual innovations.
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Current knowledge strengthens the workforce
Thought leadership, state-of-the-art methods, practical cases, and professional experience become relevant training for learners and professionals.
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The health system becomes more capable and responsive
Learners and professionals build the capability to conduct research, become thought leaders, support innovation, and improve patients’ lives and outcomes.
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Better health strengthens Canada
Improved health supports people, communities, and the workforce, while a stronger life sciences ecosystem builds the talent and economic capacity to improve health again.
The Academy’s impact
Evidence of a growing platform
47
Peer-reviewed publications
Research outputs strengthening evidence, policy, and translational decision-making.
93
Micro-credentials awarded
Learners and professionals building practical capability in regulatory affairs.
1.63M
Life-years in data holdings
Longitudinal data supporting real-world evidence and health-system research.
The invitation
Find your place at the Academy
Have a research question?
Collaborate on methods, evidence, data, or policy questions.
Want to build capability?
Explore practical training for life sciences professionals.
Build a partnership
Work with the Academy across research, policy, training, or implementation.
Not sure where to begin?
Tell us what you are working on, and we will help identify the right route.