Student Affairs is part of the UBC Faculty of Medicine, Undergraduate Medical Education Program.
Student Affairs Mission and Vision
Vision: To provide nonjudgmental, holistic support to enable the well-being, safety, and success of all our medical students, so they are able to sustainably care for our diverse communities and work to transform health for everyone.
Mission: Student Affairs functions independently from the curricular and assessment teams of the MD Undergraduate Program to support students in the areas of well-being, career planning, financial aid and debt management, academic advising and in initiatives that enhance and embrace student diversity.
Please contact Student Affairs for more information:
General Contact
Administrative Hours:
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Site Contacts: To book an appointment with Student Affairs during office hours, contact your site coordinator (see below).
For more urgent concerns, email your Site Assistant Dean directly and they will do their best to get back to you within 2 business days. Please note Student Affairs Assistant Deans are not an emergency service.
Emergencies
If this is an emergency, call 911.
24/7 mental health supports
Physician Health Program: 1-800-663-6729
Empower Me: 1-844-741-6389
Crisis line: 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)
UBC Student Assistance Program: 1-833-590-1328 (toll-free)
Central Office
Associate Dean: Dr. Laura Farrell
Associate Director: Lisa Ogilvie
Student Affairs Manager (interim): Anna Chan
Administrative Assistant: Hanieh Yavari
Black Student Initiatives Manager: Donneil McNab
Career Planning and Wellbeing Coordinator (interim): Tracy Chiu
Indigenous Student Initiatives Manager: Meghan MacGillivray
Student Financial Assistance Officer: Andee Biason
Diamond Health Care Centre, 8th Floor, 8235D
Vancouver Fraser Medical Program
Assistant Dean: Dr. Hannah Carolan (student last name A-J)
Assistant Dean: Dr. Sarah Bartlett (student last name K-Ss)
Student Affairs Coordinator: Tracy Chiu
Diamond Health Care Centre, 8th Floor, 8235D
Fraser Health
Assistant Dean: Dr. Michelle Wong (student last name St-Z and Fraser Medical Cohort)
Student Affairs Coordinator: Tracy Chiu
Surrey Memorial Hospital, Critical Care Tower (Green Zone), 3rd Floor Room 621
Island Medical Program
Assistant Dean: Dr. Fiona Manning
Student Affairs Coordinator: Kelly Arason
Medical Science Building, UVic
250-472-5508
Northern Medical Program
Assistant Dean: Dr. Małgorzata (Mal) Kamińska (on leave)
Assistant Dean: Dr. Denise McLeod (interim)
Student Affairs Coordinator: Shelley Raper
Northern Health Sciences Building, UNBC
250-960-5165
Southern Medical Program
Assistant Dean: Dr. Robyn Hutchings
Student Affairs Coordinator: Carri Folk
Reichwald Health Sciences Centre, UBC Okanagan
250-807-9576
Career Planning
In addition to meeting with your student affairs dean, current MD students are welcome to email md.studentaffairs@ubc.ca to book a career planning appointment with:
- Director, Career Planning: Dr. Aalok Kumar
- Career Advisor: Dr. Tara Adirim
- Career Advisor: Dr. Brittany Moulson
For assistance with topics not listed above, please refer to the contacts below:
- Admissions: admissions.md@ubc.ca
- Electives: ubc.electives@ubc.ca
- Promoting an event or service to MD students: MUS Division of Communications
- Curriculum: see the list below. Name change requests and Lost IDs should be reported to your Year Program team.
- Year 1: vfmp.meddyear1@ubc.ca
- Year 2: vfmp.meddyr2@ubc.ca
- Year 3: year3.ceat@ubc.ca
- Year 4: ubc.electives@ubc.ca
- Researchers seeking access to UBC MD students: Learning Access Committee at ugme.laac@ubc.ca. Researchers wishing to study UGME students require LAAC approval.
- General research/scholarly requests: med.studentresearch@ubc.ca