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Polio setback

By dcc2012 | May 15, 2014

UBC’s Richard Lester discusses why polio was declared a global health emergency and how to eradicate it once and for all.

UBC scientists find new way to mobilize immune system against viruses

By dcc2012 | May 12, 2014

UBC scientists have uncovered an intricate chain reaction in the body’s immune system and have used the new knowledge to develop an effective treatment against harmful viruses such as the coronavirus that caused the deadly SARS outbreak in 2002.

I love you just the way you are

By dcc2012 | May 8, 2014

UBC researchers find that many parents of children with Down syndrome have unique perspectives on the possibility of a remedy.

SPPH Professor first recipient of the Bastable-Potts Asthma Research Prize

By dcc2012 | April 29, 2014

Dr. Michael Brauer, Professor at UBC’s School of Population and Public Health, is the first recipient of the Bastable-Potts Asthma Research Prize, given by the Asthma Society of Canada (ASC). Dr. Brauer’s ground-breaking research into traffic-related air pollution and its relationship to asthma in both adults and children is being recognized by the ASC as a significant contribution […]

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine graduate program receives Peter Larkin Award

By dcc2012 | April 25, 2014

The Pathology & Laboratory Medicine graduate program in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine has received the 2013-14 Peter Larkin Award from the UBC Office of the Vice-President, Students. The Peter Larkin Award is granted to a graduate program or department that has contributed to student development in honour of his commitment and passion […]

Graduate students receive Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards

By dcc2012 | April 25, 2014

Two graduate students in the Faculty of Medicine have been selected to receive UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards. UBC annually awards teaching prizes to UBC teaching assistants in recognition of the valuable role that they play in undergraduate programs. The prize includes a certificate and $1,000. The award presentations will take place in early […]

Canada Foundation for Innovation awards UBC $2.2M to boost research

By dcc2012 | April 14, 2014

Max Cynader is one of several UBC researchers to to receive funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund recipients

By dcc2012 | March 30, 2014

Each year the Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic accepts applications for the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF). The TLEF was created in 1991 to enrich student learning by supporting innovative and effective educational enhancements. 2014-15 Funded proposals from the Faculty of Medicine include: Donna Drynan, Senior Instructor, Department of Occupational Therapy & Occupational […]

Jack Taunton named to SFU Sports Hall of Fame

By dcc2012 | March 6, 2014

Dr. Jack Taunton, a Professor in the Department of Family Practice, has been named a 2014 Simon Fraser University Clan Athletics Hall of Fame inductee in the category of builder. Dr. Taunton began his sports medicine journey as a Kinesiology graduate student at SFU, finishing the program in 1983. His link with the Clan remained strong following […]

The effect of homelessness on health care use

By dcc2012 | December 11, 2013

Melissa Carr (Communications Coordinator, VFMP) Adrienne Cheung, Vancouver Fraser Medical Program Class of 2016, stands amid the hustle and bustle of St. Paul’s Hospital. She has just returned home from Toronto, after spending some time with her family. Cheung is waiting for Dr. Anita Palepu, a nationally renowned general internist. Dr. Palepu weaves her way […]