Local couple and former UBC faculty members donate $3.3 million for scholarships
Constance and Sydney Friedman’s generous donation will fund scholarships for medical students.
Natalie Zeytuni receives the 2015-2016 Banting Postodoctoral Fellowships
Natalie Zeytuni, Postdoctoral Fellow is one of this year’s Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships recipients. Originally from Israel, Natalie has been working at the Strynadka Lab in the UBC Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry since 2014. The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program is Canada’s most prestigious postdoctoral funding program. Adminstered by the Government of Canada, Banting Fellowships […]
MOT alumni and PhD student Stephanie Glegg receives the CIHR Vanier Graduate Scholarship
Stephanie Glegg, Masters of Occupational Therapy and current PhD student in Rehabilitation Sciences recently received a CIHR Vanier Graduate Scholarship, in support of her PhD research. Her project, titled “Using Social Network Analysis to Advance Knowledge Translation in Pediatric Rehabilitation,” draws on her training in the UBC Occupational Therapy program, as well as her ten years […]
UBC technology for determining concussions gets tryout
Combining brain waves with a customized algrorithm, the technology is being piloted with young soccer players in Richmond.
Christopher Wong honoured with 2016 Fraser Health Above & Beyond Lifetime Achievement Award
Christopher Wong, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine was recently honoured with 2016 Fraser Health Above & Beyond’s Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is given to those colleagues have made a lasting contribution to Fraser Health’s work and culture for more than a decade. Each year, Fraser Health recognizes […]
From Tunisian villages, UBC scientists find new target for stopping Parkinson’s
Matthew Farrer found that a gene called Dynamin-3 affects when symptoms arise.
UBC honours three of Canada’s leading health researchers
Connie Eaves, Michael Meaney and Ernesto Schiffrin have been recognized for their accomplishments in brain health, heart health and cancer.
UBC researchers discover how cancer’s ‘invisibility cloak’ works
Researchers discovered that as certain cancers evolve, they may lose the ability to create a protein that acts as a flag for the body’s immune system.
Genetics-based prescribing moves one step closer to reality
TreatGx, conceived by Martin Dawes, Head of the Department of Family Practice, has been shown to be feasible and is now being marketed to consumers.