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Maichael Thejoe
Vancouver Fraser Medical Program
Randi George
Northern Medical Program
Maria Jaramillo
Public Health
Making a difference: UBC students help frontline medical workers during COVID-19
Medical students support health care providers with childcare, pet care and errands.
Canadian hospitals trialing new treatment options for COVID-19 patients
The initiative will compare the safety and effectiveness of drugs and drug combinations in treating patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19.
Removing seniors from care homes is not the solution to COVID-19 fears
Read Dr. Roger Wong’s op-ed in The Globe and Mail.
Virtual BC COVID-19 Symposium
Image credit: National Institute of Health NIAID’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories Mailing List Sign up to receive emails to share outputs from UBC and BCCDC’s virtual COVID-19 research meetings, details about future meetings, and information on COVID research around BC. Mailing list sign-up Event Recording Watch a recording of the virtual BC COVID-19 Symposium held on […]
UBC-led study finds trial drug can significantly block early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues
The findings hold promise as a treatment capable of stopping early infection of the novel coronavirus.
Scientists discover gene that increases risk of Alzheimer’s disease
International research team led by Dr. Weihong Song has for the first time identified a gene that increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
UBC researchers warn of dangers of air pollution during COVID-19 outbreak
Air pollution can make infections of the respiratory tract more severe.