Fraser Health Authority

Fraser Health Authority, a Canadian non-profit hospital organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, participates in federal research grants exclusively as a sub-recipient, not as a prime contractor or grant recipient. All six of Fraser Health Authority's recent federal awards are sub-grant positions under University of Pittsburgh and University of British Columbia prime recipients, with no direct federal contracting or prime grant relationship.

Fraser Health Authority's federal activity is confined to clinical research support roles within orthopedic and trauma injury studies funded by the Defense Health Agency (four awards) and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (two awards). The vendor has obligated $240 thousand across all federal sub-awards to date. Recent sub-grant work includes enrollment and clinical assessment roles in two separate University of Pittsburgh-led multicenter clinical trials: the Surgical Timing and Rehabilitation (STaR) trial for multiple ligament knee injuries and the STABILITY 2 trial for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with lateral tenodesis, both funded by the Defense Health Agency. Additionally, Fraser Health Authority operates under University of British Columbia sub-grants focused on interpersonal violence and brain injury research, with clinical staff including a Forensic Nurse Practitioner (NP Hannah Varto) conducting clinical and forensic assessments at the Embrace Clinic, a specialized outpatient clinic for survivors of interpersonal violence affiliated with Surrey Memorial Hospital. That work involves participant enrollment, clinical assessment, and data management services running through August 2029.

Activity is recent and minimal — one award in 2025, five awards in 2026 — with all participation routed through established academic research institutions. Fraser Health Authority does not hold a federal contract vehicle, does not compete for prime contracts, and does not hold prime grant awards. The organization's federal footprint reflects its role as a clinical-research sub-recipient providing specialized assessment and patient-enrollment services for multi-site trauma and orthopedic injury research.