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Back to School 2015: Genetic Counselling
UBC’s Department of Medical Genetics offers a unique two-year Master of Science in Genetic Counselling Program. This fall, we sat down with a few of the students to find out what attracted them to the program, and what excites them about the year ahead. Karen Jacob Year: 1 Hometown: Vancouver, B.C. What sparked your interest […]
Amy Ho
BMLSc
Patricia Daduica
BMLSc
Rebecca Mlikotic
Midwifery
Back to School 2015: Midwifery
Established in 2001, UBC’s four-year Midwifery degree program has been preparing midwives for practice in B.C. for over a decade. This fall, we sat down with first-year student Rebecca Mlikotic to find out what attracted her to the program, and what excites her about the year ahead. Rebecca Mlikotic Year: 1 Hometown: Kelowna, B.C. What […]
Back to School 2015: BMLSc
UBC’s Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science program supports students in gaining practical, hands-on laboratory skills and advanced knowledge of the scientific principles underlying the disciplines practiced in hospital and medical research laboratories around the world. This fall, we sat down with a few of the students to find out what attracted them to the program, […]
Faculty of Medicine researchers receive more than $62M in CIHR and CFI funding
Researchers have received grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation to bolster cutting-edge medical research.
A Venture-Capital Approach to Supporting Science
Cheryl Wellington knew a few tricks of the trade when she set out to buy new equipment for her neuroscience lab, thanks to strategic advice from the business veterans supporting her dementia research. Raymond Heung and Stanley Hamilton encouraged Dr. Wellington, a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, to contact the vendors shortly before year-end, […]
Proliferating killer T cells and survival in ovarian cancer
Katrina Genuis, Island Medical Program Class of 2015, worked at the BC Cancer Agency Deeley Research Centre in Victoria in the summer of 2012. She discusses her project and what she learned from the experience. Project title: Proliferating Killer T Cells and Survival in Ovarian Cancer Supervisor: Dr. Brad Nelson, founding director of the Deeley […]
Efficacy of cycling rehabilitation on post-stroke locomotion
In the summer of 2011, Kulveer Parhar, Vancouver Fraser Medical Program Class of 2014, visited Victoria to participate in a SSRP research project supervised by Dr. Paul Zehr. Please briefly describe SSRP project you were involved in. KP: I worked along PhD candidate Taryn Klarner on a pilot project investigating the efficacy of an arm […]