UBC Vancouver Joins Global Network of Age-friendly Universities
The UBC Vancouver campus has officially joined the Age-Friendly University (AFU) Global Network, recognizing the university’s commitment to creating a more inclusive, accessible and engaging environment for people of all ages. The AFU Global Network is an international coalition of higher education institutions committed to promoting positive and healthy aging and ensuring universities support people […]
New UBC Micro-Certificate in Healthy Aging
The Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging (ELCHA) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the new UBC Micro-certificate in Healthy Aging launching February 1, 2027. As populations age, professionals across many sectors are increasingly supporting older adults with diverse health, functional, social, and communication needs. The UBC Micro-certificate in Healthy […]
Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging Investigators Awarded More Than $2.6 Million in CIHR Project Grant Funding
The Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging is pleased to congratulate three of our investigators who have been awarded a total of more than $2.6 million through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Spring 2026 Project Grant competition. These highly competitive awards will support innovative research spanning molecular mechanisms of disease, environmental determinants […]
New Nutritional Geroscience Course to Launch at UBC
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From Healthy Aging Research Seminar to International Collaboration: Dr. Gilciane Ceolin and Dr. Paola Zaninotto
This April, UBC Healthy Aging Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Gilciane Ceolin travelled to University College London as the sole Canadian representative invited to attend the British and Irish Longitudinal Studies meeting. The story of how she got there began 16 months earlier, when Dr. Paola Zaninotto came to visit the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy […]
Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging Receives UBC StEAR Grant
New speaker series will bring leading scholars, trainees, and community members together to explore how ageism intersects with racism, ableism, gender inequity, and 2SLGBTQIA+ discrimination Led by Investigator, Dr. Julia Henderson, the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging has been awarded funding through the University of British Columbia StEAR (Strategic Equity & Anti-Racism) Enhancement […]
Dr. Brent Page Receives CIHR Institute of Aging Early Career Researcher Award
The Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging is pleased to share that Dr. Brent Page (see Brent Page Lab), an Investigator with the Centre and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC, has received an Early Career Researcher (ECR) Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Aging. […]
Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging Helps Secure $1.65M NSERC CREATE Grant
The Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging (ELCHA) is proud to celebrate the successful award of a $1.65 million NSERC CREATE grant to support the launch of a new interdisciplinary training program that will prepare the next generation of researchers and leaders at the intersection of genomics and aging biology. Led by Dr. Stefan […]
Announcing the Recipients of ELCHA’s Inaugural Catalyst Grant Competition
The Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging (ELCHA) is pleased to announce the recipients of our first-ever Catalyst Grant Competition.These awards support innovative, interdisciplinary projects that advance research on aging and generate new knowledge to improve the health and well-being of older adults. Three projects have been selected for funding: Dr. Lillian Hung (Principal […]
Welcome, Dr. Annie Ciernia!
Please join us in welcoming investigator Dr. Annie Ciernia to the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging. Annie Ciernia, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, as well as an Investigator with the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, at the University of British Columbia. Prior to joining […]