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UBC helping with national study of opioid addiction treatment
By bkladko | February 16, 2016
Evan Wood will lead the B.C. arm of the study, which will compare methadone and buprenorphine/naloxone.
An immune cell that performs double duty
By bkladko | February 15, 2016
Megan Levings, in the Department of Surgery, found that regulatory T-cells not only signal other immune cells to attack but also keep them in check.
Poor air quality kills 5.5 million worldwide annually
By bkladko | February 12, 2016
More than half of the deaths occur in two of the world’s fastest growing economies — China and India.
Seeking an end to newborns’ “diagnostic odysseys”
By bkladko | February 11, 2016
Matthew Farrer’s lab will sequence a portion of critically ill infants’ genomes within a week.
Paul Steinbok receives the University of the West Indies’ Vice Chancellor’s Award
By jwong | February 11, 2016
Paul Steinbok, Professor, Department of Surgery, was one of three recipients of the University of the West Indies’ Vice Chancellor’s Award, which is given to people of Caribbean heritage who have made significant contributions within their organizations and communities. Dr. Steinbok, the Head Emeritus of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the BC Children’s Hospital, […]
A 25-year partnership in professionalizing occupational hygiene
By bkladko | February 10, 2016
The Faculty of Medicine has Western Canada’s only graduate-level training program devoted to workplace hazards and health impacts.
Faculty of Medicine garners 11 Canada Research Chairs
By bkladko | February 9, 2016
Among the new appointees, Janice Eng was named a Canada Research Chair in Neurological Rehabilitation.
Air pollution exposure during pregnancy linked with asthma risk
By bkladko | February 9, 2016
The study followed 65,000 children in Metro Vancouver from birth to age 10.
Common anti-depressant linked to health risk during childbirth
By bkladko | February 8, 2016
UBC researchers found that use of drugs like Effexor was associated with a higher risk of excessive bleeding during delivery.
Eric Yoshida receives award from Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver
By jwong | February 5, 2016
Eric Yoshida, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine received the 2016 Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver’s Distinguished Service and Meritorious Achievement Award. Dr. Yoshida is well deserving of this award having served in various leadership capacities in liver disease. His efforts over the past two decades have helped expand the influence […]