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New mothers’ harmful thoughts: Do they affect parenting?
By bkladko | December 4, 2015
A UBC team has interviewed hundreds of new mothers, and is looking for more, to determine whether unwanted, intrusive thoughts of harm put them at any risk of hurting their babies.
Healthy relationships key to child well-being: UBC study
By jwong | December 4, 2015
A recent study conducted by Assistant Professor Anne Gadermann finds children’s health and well-being are strongly impacted by positive social relationships with adults and peers.
Clinical trial begins for made-in-BC prostate cancer drug
By bkladko | December 2, 2015
Professor Marianne Sadar co-developed the drug, which is a synthetic version of a pollutant found in a sea sponge.
Habitat and lifestyle affect gene expression of immunity and growth
By bkladko | December 1, 2015
Professor Michael Kobor and his team examined differences between Pygmies and Bantu in Central Africa.
Aging with HIV: Long, healthy lives are possible with treatment
By jwong | November 30, 2015
Once a death sentence, HIV is now regarded as a chronic, manageable condition says Julio Montaner, Head, UBC’s Division of AIDS.
256 Channels of Hope for Families with Schizophrenia
By dcc2012 | November 27, 2015
Most people enjoy the sound of laughter, but not Wes Pahl. When Wes hears laughter, he is tormented by the thought that people are laughing at him or about him. He suffers from schizophrenia, a debilitating disease that causes delusions, hallucinations and disorganized thinking—a disease that causes people like Wes to live in conflict with […]
Fall Grad 2015
By dcc2012 | November 25, 2015
This week students will graduate from across a wide range of Faculty of Medicine programs. Find out where they’re headed next.
Seeking a cause of MS, through children’s gut bacteria
By bkladko | November 23, 2015
Helen Tremlett seeks to discern clues to MS through the microbiomes of children with the disease.
Timothy J. Kieffer and his team awarded the 2015 Till-McCulloch prize
By jwong | November 20, 2015
Timothy Kieffer, Professor in the Departments of Cellular & Physiological Sciences and Surgery and his team of researchers were recently awarded with the prestigious 2015 Till-McCulloch prize in recognition of a breakthrough paper the team published detailing a promising way to mass produce insulin secreting cells for patients with Type 1 diabetes. In 2005, the […]
PhD candidate Mark Kearns awarded the Robert Hayden Research Fellowship
By jwong | November 19, 2015
Mark Kearns, PhD candidate in UBC Experimental Medicine and researcher with the UBC Centre for Heart Lung & Innovation has been awarded the very first Robert Hayden Research Fellowship. Dr. Kearns is also a resident cardiovascular surgeon at St. Paul’s Hospital. The Robert Hayden Resarch Fellowship was established by the BC Centre for Improved Cardiovascular Health (ICVHealth) […]