Emphasizing social play in kindergarten improves academics, reduces teacher burnout
Emphasizing more play, hands-on learning, and students helping one another in kindergarten improves academic outcomes, self-control and attention regulation, finds new UBC research.
2019 Faculty of Medicine Award Recipients
Joanna Bates receives Bill and Marilyn Webber Lifetime Achievement Award.
Vancouver Summer Program in Medicine welcomes students from around the world
In 2019 634 students participated in the four-week program at UBC.
Three members of Faculty of Medicine elected to Royal Society of Canada
David Huntsman, Poul Sorensen, and Thomas J. Ruth, were named Fellows of the Society.
Commonly used antibiotics may lead to heart problems
Scientists have shown for the first time a link between two types of heart problems and one of the most commonly prescribed classes of antibiotics.
Carolina Tropini named as a 2019-2021 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar
She has been named as one of fourteen inspiring early-career researchers named across five CIFAR research programs.
Kids in neighbourhoods with larger households less likely to be killed in residential fires
The study is the first to broadly investigate socioeconomic factors affecting fire incidence and fire-related injuries and death at the neighbourhood level in Canada.
Scientists find possible prenatal origin for Alzheimer disease
Newly discovered gene function may reduce cell death in Alzheimer disease and Down syndrome, according to research led by Weihong Song.
Faculty of Medicine members awarded more than $19 million in CIHR spring funding
Thirty-six of the 382 projects awarded research grants are led by UBC researchers, more than any other institution in this round of funding.
Dr. Edmond S. Chan receives 2019 Robyn Allen Leadership Award
Dr. Chan recognized for his unique contribution to the lives of Canadians with food allergy.