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UBC’s Southern Medical Program prepares to graduate first students
By jwong | April 27, 2015
The 32 MD students were taught at UBC Okanagan clinical sites in B.C.’s Interior.
Kimberly Schonert-Reichl receives the 2015 Joseph E. Zins Distinguished Scholar Award
By jwong | April 27, 2015
Kimberley Schonert-Reichl, Interim Director of the Human Early Learning Partnership is the recipient of the 2015 Joseph E. Zins Distinguished Scholar Award for Outstanding Contributions to Action Research in Social and Emotional Learning. The award was given by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional, CASEL. Dr. Schonert-Reichl receives this distinction for her leadership in […]
“Chemo brain” is real, UBC researchers say
By bkladko | April 27, 2015
Physical Therapy Assistant Professor Kristin Campbell assisted with the study, which confirmed that people who received chemotherapy exhibit different patterns of electrical brain activity.
UBC researchers discover brain swelling mechanism
By jwong | April 23, 2015
The team at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health discovered how a single protein allows salt to infiltrate neurons.
Dianne Miller recipient of the 2015 Virginia Greene Leadership Award
By jwong | April 20, 2015
Dianne Miller, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology has received the 2015 Virginia Greene Leadership Award for her leadership in the field of ovarian cancer. This prestigious award, presented by Ovarian Cancer Canada, recognizes an individual’s outstanding contribution to the advancement of awareness, knowledge transfer, support, and research in ovarian cancer. The Virginia Greene […]
Four faculty members receive the 2014-15 Killam Teaching Prize
By jwong | April 20, 2015
Four faculty members have received the 2014-15 UBC Killam Teaching Prizes. The UBC Killam Teaching Prizes recognize excellence in teaching in the medical and science undergraduate programs, residency programs, school and graduate programs within the Faculty of Medicine. The 2014-15 Killam Teaching Prize recipients are:
Psychiatry fellow helps best-selling author with Huntington’s book
By jwong | April 16, 2015
Postdoctoral fellow and genetic counsellor Alicia Semaka shared her knowledge and experience with Lisa Genova for her book, Inside The O’Briens.
Diabetes prevention in Vancouver’s South Asian community
By dcc2012 | April 16, 2015
Kirandeep Kaur Kandola, Vancouver Fraser Medical Program Class of 2017, discusses her 2014 SSRP project, which examined diabetes in Vancouver’s South Asian community. Please briefly describe the SSRP project you were involved in. KK: I had the opportunity to be a member of the Prevention Matters research team under Dr. Tricia Tang this past summer. […]
Erica Frank wins two prestigious awards
By jwong | April 14, 2015
Erica Frank, Professor, School of Population and Public Health has received two awards, the first ever Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award from the American College of Preventive Medicine and the 2015 Velji Emerging Leader in Global Health Innovation Award from the Consortium of Universities for Global Health. The Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in […]
Two faculty members receive BC’s prestigious Robinson and Elliot awards
By jwong | April 14, 2015
Two prestigious public health awards were presented to two School of Population and Public Health professors recently. Reka Gustafson, Assistant Clinical Professor, SPPH receives the James M. Robinson Award for significant contributions to public health is a mid-career award, named for Dr. James McClure Robinson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology. Dr. Gustafson […]