In 2011, a team of medical students at the University of British Columbia founded The Stem Cell Club, aiming to strengthen Canada’s stem cell donor database. To date, the team at UBC has coordinated dozens of stem cell drives at campuses across British Columbia, and recruited over 3250 potential stem cell donors (representing 1% of all donors on Canada's current donor-database). The team was recently awarded a grant from Canadian Blood Services for $20,000 to launch Stem Cell Clubs at medical schools across Canada. This is the page for the two McMaster Stem Cell Club chapters - the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine chapter and the undergraduate chapter. Our main roles on campus are 1) to run stem cell drives in order to strengthen the Canadian stem cell donor database and 2) to promote stem cell education. The club is designed to be sustainable, student-run and effective! Stem Cell Club Summary Statistics
9 campuses
Over 3250 Swabs Collected
68% male
77% of males ages 17-25
53% of males are non-Caucasian