Faculty members receive Doctors of BC Awards
Dr. David Hardwick, Professor Emeritus receives the 2016 Doctors of BC Don Rix Award.
A potential early warning sign of transplant rejection
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
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
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
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
The gallery features images taken by researchers in the institute.
A link between osteoporosis drugs and macular degeneration
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
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, […]
How to pick the right sunscreen – and use it properly
Assistant Professor Sunil Kalia, Department of Dermatology and Skin Science sheds light on how to choose the best sunscreen and how to use it.
UBC-Vancouver Coastal Health scientists find genetic cause of multiple sclerosis
The discovery, led by Carles Vilarino-Guell, should erase doubts that some forms of MS are inherited.