Health care, education key to keeping women offenders out of prison
Researchers interviewed 400 women leaving a B.C. correctional centre.
Three faculty members become newest Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Jehannine Austin, Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Medical Genetics, Lara Boyd, Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, and UBC President Santa Ono, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, have been inducted into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS). The 2017 fellows were welcomed at an induction ceremony held in Ottawa on September 14. Election to […]
Preventable dental problems land many in the emergency room
More than 12,300 visits to B.C. emergency rooms (ER) every year for non-traumatic dental problems could be prevented if people had better access to dental care, according to new UBC research.
Christian Steidl named member of the RSC College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
Christian Steidl, Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, is one of six UBC faculty members who have been named a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Those named to the College represent the emerging generation of scholarly, scientific and artistic leadership in Canada. […]
Victoria Cook honoured with the Kristin Sivertz Resident Leadership Award
Victoria Cook, a pediatric clinical immunology and allergy fellow at the Faculty of Medicine, has been selected as one of two recipients of the 2017 Kristin Sivertz Resident Leadership Award. This award was established to recognize residents who exemplify leadership within Canadian specialty education and encourage the development of future leaders in medicine. Dr. Cook […]
UBC recognizes three of Canada’s top health scientists
Stanley Nattel, Ian Mackenzie and Eduardo Franco are being honoured for their accomplishments in heart health, brain health and cancer.
Drawing inspiration from research
Fourth-year medical student Rouzbeh Ghadiry-Tavi talks about what sparked his interest in the Summer Student Research Program.
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Experimental Medicine
UBC erases boundaries between engineering and health
The deans of Medicine and Applied Science, writing in the Vancouver Sun, explain why UBC created a School of Biomedical Engineering.