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Jae Lee receives UBC President’s Staff Award
Jae Lee, Lab Manager at ICORD, received the 2012 UBC President’s Staff Award for Emerging Leadership. Lee started at ICORD as a student technician. After completing his master’s degree in 2010, he worked as a research scientist before becoming lab manager in June 2011. During his five years at ICORD, Lee has contributed to numerous […]
Natalie Strynadka receives international biomedical award
Natalie Strynadka, Professor in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, is one of 13 researchers to receive Senior International Research Scholar (SIRS) awards from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Dr. Strynadka employs a multidisciplinary structural biology approach to study the molecular details and function of membrane protein assemblies that play key roles in […]
Faculty members elected to Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Six faculty members have been elected Fellows by the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS). Jan Friedman, Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics and Acting Associate Dean, Research, Children & Family Research Institute, has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and eight books. His current research focuses on the use of genomic technologies to […]
Judy Illes elected to the Royal Society of Canada
Judy Illes, Professor of Neurology in the Department of Medicine, has been elected a Fellow by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). As a pioneer and eminent scholar in the field of neuroethics, Dr. Illes has made groundbreaking contributions to ethical, social, legal, and policy challenges at the intersection of biomedical ethics and neuroscience. These intersections […]
Faculty members awarded Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals
Four faculty members have received Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals from the Governor General of Canada. Kenneth Fung, Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Population & Public Health, was recognized for his leadership and contributions to community services. He has served many organizations including: Vancouver Multicultural Society, S.U.C.C.E.S.S., Chinese Canadian Cultural Society of […]
UBC leads the way in using new technologies to train future doctors
New tools, including simulation labs and virtual patients, provide valuable hands-on training for medical students.
InterCultural Online Network receives funding to help prevent and manage diabetes in BC’s multicultural rural communities
The project will establish a peer-support diabetes program.
Four new appointments to Faculty’s leadership
Frederick Mikelberg, Professor in the Dept. of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, is the new Vice-Dean, Academic Affairs.
Older women more prone to workplace injuries: UBC study
Although the rate of workplace injuries in Canada has been declining over the past two decades, some workers – older women in health care, for example – are much more vulnerable to serious injuries, researchers at the University of British Columbia have found. Women 55 to 64 years old are three times more likely to […]