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UBC-led team will develop strategy for navigating new treatment options for pediatric epilepsy
September 26, 2018The team will address ethical challenges of neurosurgical innovations for treating children with drug-resistant epilepsy. Read More >

Cannabis use could help people stay on treatment for opioid addiction
September 20, 2018Daily use of cannabis was associated with a 21 per cent higher chance of remaining in opioid agonist treatment programs. Read More >

Hardwired for laziness? Tests show the human brain must work hard to avoid sloth
September 18, 2018Moving avatars toward pictures of physical activity required volunteers' brains to work harder. Read More >

Six faculty members inducted into Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
September 14, 2018Six faculty members have been announced as Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, representing one of the highest honours for members of the Canadian health sciences community. Read More >

Lakshmi Yatham awarded the 2018 Colvin Prize for Bipolar Mood Disorder Research
September 13, 2018Lakshmi N. Yatham, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Director of the UBC Institute of Mental Health, has been recognized for his outstanding achievements in mood disorders research with the 2018 Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Colvin Prize for Bipolar Mood Disorder Research. Read More >

The 2018 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship recipients
September 12, 2018Seven doctoral students at the Faculty of Medicine have received a Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship, which recognizes young researchers who demonstrate leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the health sciences, the natural sciences and/or engineering, and the social sciences and humanities. Read More >

More specialized harm reduction services needed for women who use drugs
September 12, 2018Some overdose prevention sites are perceived as "masculine" spaces. Read More >

HPV vaccine shows higher failure rate in girls or women living with HIV
September 11, 2018Researchers compared health outcomes of a group of vaccinated Canadian women and girls with HIV with a previously-studied cohort of vaccinated women and girls without HIV. Read More >

Four members of Faculty of Medicine elected to Royal Society of Canada
September 11, 2018Two members of the UBC Faculty of Medicine have been named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada – the highest honour a scholar can achieve in the arts, humanities and sciences in Canada -- and two members have been elected to its College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Read More >

Faculty of Medicine’s online assessment tool for doctors recognized with the College of Family Physicians of Canada CPD Program Award
September 10, 2018The Faculty of Medicine’s Continuing Professional Development’s (CPD) eCoach tool has been recognized with the College of Family of Physicians of Canada’s CPD Program Award. Read More >