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UBC cancer researchers receive international team science award
By jessica allen | April 16, 2021
Dr. Poul Sorensen is the principal investigator of the Vancouver team on the St. Baldrick’s Foundation-Stand Up To Cancer (SUTC) Pediatric Cancer Dream Team.
Investing in the future of lab quality
By Senior Writer | April 15, 2021
Early in his career as a family physician, Dr. Donald Rix, CM, OBC (1931-2009) recognized the importance of laboratory medicine. To honour his legacy, the Rix Family Foundation has donated $1.5 million to the UBC Faculty of Medicine to establish the Donald B. Rix Professorship in Laboratory Quality at UBC.
Cloud computing support accelerates COVID-19 vaccine improvements
By Stephanie Chow | April 14, 2021
Professor Leonard Foster and his team have been studying the virus responsible for COVID-19 in hopes of developing a more targeted vaccine with fewer side effects.
COVID-19 virus variants research receives national funding
By jessica allen | March 31, 2021
Faculty of medicine researchers received national funding for work on COVID-19 virus variants.
UBC neuroscientist joins investigation of a mysterious new brain disease
By Stephanie Chow | March 31, 2021
Dr. Neil Cashman is among a national team of researchers examining a cluster of cases in New Brunswick.
2020 UBC Faculty Research Awards honours faculty of medicine researchers
By Reyhana Heatherington | March 30, 2021
Winners were selected by UBC’s Faculty Research Award Committee.
Faculty of Medicine members nominated for the 2021 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards
By Reyhana Heatherington | March 30, 2021
The awards recognize individuals for outstanding contributions to the well-being of Metro Vancouver communities.
Therapeutic bed can help keep preterm newborns’ brain oxygen levels stable
By jessica allen | March 25, 2021
The device was co-developed by UBC faculty of medicine’s Dr. Liisa Holsti.
Knowing someone with COVID-19 increased men’s anxiety more than women’s
By Digital Comms | March 25, 2021
The study is the first to track the association between proximity to COVID-19 and symptoms of anxiety week-by-week and over an extended period of time.
Weak antibody response to first vaccine dose may leave older adults vulnerable
By jessica allen | March 25, 2021
The findings raise questions about the optimal timing of the second dose of vaccine for older adults.