UBC cancer researchers receive international team science award
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
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
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
Faculty of medicine researchers received national funding for work on COVID-19 virus variants.
UBC neuroscientist joins investigation of a mysterious new brain disease
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
Winners were selected by UBC’s Faculty Research Award Committee.
Faculty of Medicine members nominated for the 2021 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards
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
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
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
The findings raise questions about the optimal timing of the second dose of vaccine for older adults.