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UBC professor finds ketamine alleviates acute pain during ambulance rides
Dr. Gary Andolfatto didn’t anticipate that furthering his pain management research would become a personal mission—but he didn’t expect to injure himself either.
UBC’s Kim McGrail is leading an $81M initiative to increase access to health research data
The new platform will make it easier for researchers to access and analyze health research data.
Putting Canada at the forefront of precision medicine
Sriram Subramaniam joins UBC as the Gobind Khorana Canada Excellence Research Chair in Precision Cancer Drug Design.
UBC attracts over $40M to host Networks of Centres of Excellence in nanomedicines
Led by Pieter Cullis, the NanoMedicines Innovation Network aims to develop nanomedicines that will deliver drugs more specifically to the sites of disease.
New study first to identify an expanded section of DNA as cause of a rare genetic metabolic disorder
Researchers found an unusual genetic mutation behind three children’s undiagnosed, degenerative conditions.
Filtered diesel exhaust may worsen allergy-induced lung impairment more than unfiltered
Filtered air pollution from diesel engines could make allergy-induced lung impairment worse than exposure to unfiltered diesel exhaust.
First-of-its-kind imaging facility to accelerate brain research at UBC
The Charles E. Fipke Integrated Neuroimaging Suite is unique, with its PET-MRI machine dedicated solely to brain-related research.
Student Profile: Gillian Vandekerkhove
Doctoral student at the Vancouver Prostate Centre studies the genomics of advanced genitourinary cancers.
New research illuminates preterm babies’ response to infections
Dr. Pascal Lavoie and UBC doctoral students have discovered a protein that affects immune cell response.
Dr. Connie Eaves awarded the 2019 Canada Gairdner Wightman Award
Dr. Eaves recognized as one of the most creative and accomplished biomedical scientists advancing solutions to problems facing humanity around the world.