Centre for Aging SMART at Vancouver Coastal Health jobs and careers

About Centre for Aging SMART at Vancouver Coastal Health

The Centre for Aging SMART at Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is a University of British Columbia affiliated, internationally recognized research centre to accelerate discoveries and new knowledge to improve the lives of an aging population and individuals living with a disability. We are focused on developing novel Solutions for Mobility, Activity, Rehabilitation and Technology so that people living with the effects of aging or disability can live a high quality of life. The vision of the Centre for Aging SMART is to ensure that people of all ages and abilities enjoy a life with quality. The Centre for Aging SMART at VCH is one of the 15 Major Research Programs supported by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and one of 23 Senate approved centres and institutes within the Faculty of Medicine (FOM) at UBC. The Centre was created in 2004 and originally named the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility. After restructuring, faculty of the Centre for Aging SMART are located at two sites within VCH: Robert Ho Research Centre on the Vancouver General Hospital Campus and the Rehabilitation Research Program at the GF Strong Rehab Centre. Our interdisciplinary team of researchers, clinicians, students, staff and community partners, work together to evaluate, implement, and disseminate solutions to some of our health care system’s most pressing and expensive problems. Our researchers develop and test innovative treatments to improve the lives of older adults or people living with a disability. These treatments include exercise prescriptions, surgical innovations, chronic disease management, pharmacological regimes, assistive technology and sensor technologies.