 VCH Research Institute has over 1,500 principal investigators, staff, and trainees located in 350,000 square feet (33,000 m2) of dedicated research space at VGH, UBC Hospital and GF Strong.VCH Research Institute is one of Canada's top funded health science research centres with $98.6 million in total research funding in 2011/2012.VCHRI is the research body of Vancouver Coastal Health Authority and is academically affiliated with UBC Faculty of Medicine.