Take this advice from a cardiovascular health expert to heart
What can women do to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease? Professor Karin Humphries weighs in.
A quest to restore cognition
Can a mental training regimen help people coping with the effects of traumatic brain injury?
Poul Sorensen wins Canadian Cancer Society research prize
Poul Sorensen, a Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Distinguished Scientist at the BC Cancer Agency, has been awarded the Robert L. Noble Prize by the Canadian Cancer Society for outstanding achievements in basic biomedical cancer research. Dr. Sorenson’s research focuses on molecular abnormalities that underlie childhood sarcomas and brain tumours, and […]
UBC helping with national study of opioid addiction treatment
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
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
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”
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
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
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
Among the new appointees, Janice Eng was named a Canada Research Chair in Neurological Rehabilitation.