In addition to his scientific contributions, Dr. Kubes has played an active role in the development of Alberta’s scientific community. He was Chair of the Immunology Research Group at the University of Calgary from 1996 to 2003, and in 2004 became the founding director of the Institute for Infection, Immunity and Inflammation. Under his leadership the group has grown from six members into the largest institute at the university, with 84 researchers. The Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Alberta Science and Research Investments Program recently awarded Dr. Kubes and his group $18 million toward the establishment of the institute and the construction of its new home, the Health Research Innovation Centre. 

To ensure that scientific advances get translated into bedside practice, Dr. Kubes founded and chairs a unique Canadian Institutes of Health Research training program that requires all participants be supervised by both basic scientists and clinician-scientists.