Healthy aging research at UBC expanded with $24-million gift

, , , , ,

On Mar. 7, 2018, a $24-million donation to the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) faculty of medicine will expand research aimed at helping people live longer and enjoy a better quality of life in their later years.

The donation, from businessman, philanthropist and UBC alumnus Edwin S.H. Leong, was the largest gift that UBC’s medical school had ever received from an individual.

Tags:


Source: University of British Columbia
Credit: