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Two faculty members appointed to the Order of BC
By jwong | June 20, 2016
Department of Medicine’s Allen Eaves, Professor Emeritus and Eric Yoshida, Professor were among the sixteen civic leaders appointed to the Order of British Columbia, the Province’s highest form of recognition. Dr. Allen Eaves as Head of Hematology in the Department of Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) and the BC Cancer Agency for 18 years, launched […]
UBC leads effort to improve treatment of diabetic retinal disease
By bkladko | June 20, 2016
David Maberley hopes to create diagnostic nodes in several small rural hospitals.
Faculty members receive Doctors of BC Awards
By jwong | June 16, 2016
Dr. David Hardwick, Professor Emeritus receives the 2016 Doctors of BC Don Rix Award.
A potential early warning sign of transplant rejection
By bkladko | June 16, 2016
Kirk Schultz and colleagues found higher levels of an inflammatory protein in people with chronic graft-versus-host disease.
Bringing health knowledge behind the walls
By bkladko | June 15, 2016
MD students taught health to young offenders at Burnaby Youth Custody Services — and in the process, learned a few things themselves.
Genomics can determine end of tuberculosis outbreak
By bkladko | June 14, 2016
Researchers from UBC and Imperial College London were able to determine if patients were infected recently or years before.
UBC welcomes Santa Ono as 15th President and Vice-Chancellor
By jwong | June 13, 2016
Dr. Ono, the President of the University of Cincinnati, has a PhD in Experimental Medicine and specializes in immunology, eye inflammation and macular degeneration.
New Life Sciences Institute gallery attracts a crowd
By jwong | June 10, 2016
The gallery features images taken by researchers in the institute.
A link between osteoporosis drugs and macular degeneration
By bkladko | June 9, 2016
Mahyar Etminan found that oral biphosphonates were associated with a doubling of the risk of getting the disease.
Two faculty members receive the 2016 YWCA Women of Distinction Award
By jwong | June 9, 2016
Faculty members Patricia Janssen, Professor, School of Population and Public Health, and Shimi Kang, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, have received the 2016 YWCA Women of Distinction Award. Dr. Patricia Janssen received the award in the Research and the Sciences category. Dr. Janssen conducts research to promote healthy pregnancy and birth, particularly among women marginalized by poverty, […]