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.
Air pollution exposure during pregnancy linked with asthma risk
The study followed 65,000 children in Metro Vancouver from birth to age 10.
Common anti-depressant linked to health risk during childbirth
UBC researchers found that use of drugs like Effexor was associated with a higher risk of excessive bleeding during delivery.
UBC residents gear up for 15th annual Resident Awareness Week
UBC third-year anesthesiology resident and President of Resident Doctors of BC, Dr. Vishal Varshney reveals what’s in store for Resident Awareness Week, running February 15-19.
New research validates B.C.’s approach to a gynaecologic cancer
David Huntsman’s lab found that simultaneous cancer of the ovary and uterus result from “pseudo-metastasis.”
UBC study leads to Health Canada warning about an antibiotic
Faculty in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences were the first to show a statistical link between oral fluoroquinolones and retinal detachment.