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Denise Pugash, Mari DeMarco recognized for women’s health research
Denise Pugash, a Clinical Professor in the Department of Radiology, and Mari DeMarco, a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, received 2014 Nelly Auersperg Awards from the Women’s Health Research Institute. The Nelly Auersperg Award in Women’s Health Research was established in 2000 by donors who have known Dr. Auersperg […]
K.S. Joseph receives Mentoring Award
K.S. Joseph, a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the School of Population and Public Health, received the 2014 Mentoring Award from the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research. The award recognizes the importance of dedicated and skilled mentors in the development of reproductive, pediatric, and perinatal epidemiologists at all levels. […]
Polio setback
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
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
UBC researchers find that many parents of children with Down syndrome have unique perspectives on the possibility of a remedy.
Graduate students receive Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards
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 […]