The Vancouver Prostate Centre (VPC) is a

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centre located in

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. It is a

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and VGH Centre of Excellence and a designated national Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research. The VPC is hosted by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and the Department of Urologic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine,

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. The VPC's research laboratory was initially located in the Jack Bell Research Centre on the

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campus. In 2011, the Centre expanded its research laboratories into the Robert Hung-Ngai Ho Research Centre, a newly built adjoining building which also houses the Ovarian Cancer Research Program - OVCARE and the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility.

Founding

Drs. Larry Goldenberg, Paul Rennie, Martin Gleave and Colleen Nelson founded the VPC (then called The Prostate Centre at VGH) in 1998. In 1999, the Centre was aided with a $20 million donation by Vancouver businessman Jim Pattison (the largest private donation ever made to a health care facility in Canada), a VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation $45 million campaign for matching funds, and a $10 million grant from Health Canada. Research at the VPC is funded via peer-reviewed research grant awards and philanthropic support from the VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation.

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Vancouver Prostate Centre
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