Reyhana Heatherington
Patients with mood, anxiety disorders share abnormalities in brain’s control circuit
The regions of the brain are involved in emotional and cognitive control.
Faculty of medicine members receive 2019 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Awards
The funding competitions are Innovation to Commercialization, Convening and Collaborating and Reach.
Sophia Frangou appointed UBC President’s Excellence Chair in Brain Health
Her research focuses on uncovering pathophysiological processes underlying psychosis, with emphasis on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Psychiatry professor Erin Michalak receives 2019 Douglas Utting Prize
The award honours her major contribution to the awareness and treatment of depression.
New DNA “clock” could help measure development in young children
This could allow for an earlier diagnosis of life-altering development disorders.
Marco Marra inducted into the 2020 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
He is head of the department of medical genetics and Canada Research Chair in Genome Science.
Perry Kendall appointed to the Order of Canada
As B.C.’s former Provincial Health Officer he authored a report on Indigenous health.
Linda Li inducted into Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
She is also the Canada Research Chair in Patient-Oriented Knowledge Translation and an award-winning epidemiologist and physiotherapist.
Poul Sorensen receives Bloom Burton Award for innovative cancer research
In 1998 Sorensen’s lab discovered a gene mutation that launched a new field in cancer biology.
First-of-its-kind guideline sets out best practices for delivering injectable opioid agonist treatment
The guideline provides strategies for delivering the treatment with for people with severe opioid use disorder.