[2] While working at the University of Manitoba, Brunham led their adult infectious disease program and became their Chair of Microbiology in 1987.
[5] Brunham returned to his home province in 1999 to become the Academic Director of the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC).
[1] At the BCCDC, he used the provincial databases to track the impact of Chlamydia control efforts on transmission dynamics and chronic infection sequelae, such as pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, and infertility.
[6][7] In recognition of his co-leadership in the SARS Accelerated Vaccine Initiative, Brunham was also the co-recipient of the 2005 Canadian Institutes of Health Research Partnership Award.
[10] Brunham stepped down from his role as Executive and Scientific Director of the BCCDC in 2014 to oversee the Vaccine Research Laboratory at the UBC Centre for Disease Control.