TransformingHealthcare

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## UBC opens Canada’s first purpose-built biomedical engineering facility.

New home of UBC’s School of Biomedical Engineering will advance health solutions and grow Canada’s biotech sector.

## Join our Team

Do you have the drive to transform health outcomes through collaborative research across engineering, medicine, and biology? Connect with us.

## The Future of Medicine

SBME is at forefront of technology and biological science and the inventions and innovations that come out of our school impact health outcomes.

## A Unique Curriculum

At the heart of our interdisciplinary programs is a unique blend of life sciences, engineering and design techniques and innovative technologies that students apply to the current and future challenges of health and healthcare.

## Cutting-Edge Research

SBME Research tackles health and healthcare challenges across scales from the molecular to the macro level of human physiology. With advances in regenerative medicine, imaging, AI, cellular engineering and more.

## Partnering For Impact

The key to changing health and healthcare for everyone lies in a collective, coordinated and convergent effort. We create paths to collaboration through partnerships with industry, government, academia, not-for-profits, research institutes and beyond.

## Giving

The SBME has embarked on an exciting exploration of what is possible at the leading edge of interdisciplinary science. The School’s research and education initiatives, as well as its community of students, faculty and staff, are making an impact on health and healthcare right now. This is your opportunity to support the future of health and healthcare.

Latest News

[Mar 10, 2026

SBME Celebrates Carl de Boer’s UBC Killam Research Prize](https://bme.ubc.ca/sbme-celebrates-carl-de-boers-ubc-killam-research-prize/)

[Mar 09, 2026

UBC Researchers Advancing Next-Generation Sports Monitoring through Collaborative Research Funding from Samsung Electronics Canada](https://bme.ubc.ca/ubc-researchers-advancing-next-generation-sports-monitoring-through-collaborative-research-funding-from-samsung-electronics-canada/)

[Mar 06, 2026

Empowering the Future: SBME Scholars Mentoring Girls in STEM](https://bme.ubc.ca/empowering-the-future-sbme-scholars-mentoring-girls-in-stem/)

[Feb 20, 2026

Harnessing AI to improve ovarian cancer](https://bme.ubc.ca/harnessing-ai-to-improve-ovarian-cancer/)

[Feb 04, 2026

SBME Researchers Awarded CIHR Project Grant Funding](https://bme.ubc.ca/sbme-researchers-awarded-cihr-project-grant-funding/)

[Jan 28, 2026

Glowing bacterial sensors detect gut illness in mice before symptoms emerge](https://bme.ubc.ca/glowing-bacterial-sensors-detect-gut-illness-in-mice-before-symptoms-emerge/)

[Jan 27, 2026

Scientists develop first gene-editing treatment for skin conditions](https://bme.ubc.ca/scientists-develop-first-gene-editing-treatment-for-skin-conditions/)

[Jan 08, 2026

Research paves the way for safer colonoscopy bowel prep for people with compromised gut health](https://bme.ubc.ca/research-paves-the-way-for-safer-colonoscopy-bowel-prep-for-people-with-compromised-gut-health/)

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[Research Seminar

Mar 12, 2026

Through the BMEG 598: Biomedical Engineering Seminar, Biomedical Engineering graduate…

11am – 12pm](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/sbme-bmeg-598-march-12th-session/)

[Research Seminar

Mar 16, 2026

Join Virtually   Meeting ID: 693 4383 4453 Passcode:…

11am – 12pm](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/research-seminar-with-dr-sid-goyal/)

[Research Seminar

Mar 17, 2026

Join Virtually   Meeting ID: 99196 328761 Passcode: 328761 Location:…

10am – 11am](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/sbme-seminar-with-dr-sayet-bayat/)

[Research Seminar

Mar 17, 2026

Research Seminar: Publishing in Cell and Cell Journals – Dr….

11am – 12pm](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/research-seminar-emma-yee/)

[#### Mar 17, 2026

The School of Biomedical Engineering is hosting virtual information sessions…

5pm – 6pm](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/pbme-info-session-3/)

[Research Seminar

Mar 19, 2026

Join Virtually   Meeting ID: 693 4383 4453 Passcode: 608808…

11am – 12pm](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/industry-leaders-seminar-series-sam-wadsworth/)

[#### Mar 25, 2026

Pull up a stool and tap into science! Science in…

7pm – 10pm](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/science-in-the-keg-2/)

[Research Seminar

Mar 26, 2026

Through the BMEG 598: Biomedical Engineering Seminar, Biomedical Engineering graduate…

11am – 12pm](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/sbme-bmeg-598-march-26th-session-2/)

[#### Mar 27, 2026

Join Virtually Meeting ID: 693 4383 4453 Passcode: 608808 Location:…

11am – 12pm](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/research-seminar-with-dr-matthew-chang-engineering-microbes-for-dynamic-host-microbiome-modulation/)

[Research Seminar

Apr 2, 2026

Through the BMEG 598: Biomedical Engineering Seminar, Biomedical Engineering graduate…

11am – 12pm](https://bme.ubc.ca/event/sbme-bmeg-598-april-2nd-session/)

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