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Four faculty members receive the 2014 UBC Faculty Research Awards
By jwong | January 30, 2015
Four faculty members have received the 2014 Faculty Research Awards. Faculty researchers are nominated by their peers. Winners are selected by UBC’s Faculty Research Award Committee, which spans arts and humanities, business, education, applied science, science, and medicine. Three faculty members receive the UBC Killam Research Prize in the Senior Category. This award recognizes outstanding research […]
A physician does an about-face, based on her own research
By bkladko | January 28, 2015
Clinical Professor Laura Magee found, to her surprise, that lowering pregnant women’s blood pressure is safer for them and safe for their babies.
Marco Marra appointed Head, Department of Medical Genetics
By jwong | January 26, 2015
His role will focus on fostering excellence and scholarship in education, research and service.
Closing the “injury gap”
By bkladko | January 23, 2015
The injury rate for Aboriginal people in B.C. is falling faster than it is for the general population.
Gurdeep Parhar and Sandra Jarvis-Selinger recipients of the 2015 AFMC awards
By jwong | January 23, 2015
Two faculty members Gurdeep Parhar, Executive Associate Dean, Clinical Partnerships and Professionalism and Sandra Jarvis-Selinger, Assistant Dean, Faculty Development are the recipients of the 2015 Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) awards. Dr. Parhar receives the AFMC May Cohen Equity, Diversity, and Gender Award. This new award, created in 2014 aims to emphasize the importance of […]
Adam Peets appointed Assistant Dean, Clinical Education, MD Undergraduate Program
By jwong | January 21, 2015
He will provide global academic leadership for clinical education across all distributed sites.
Northern Medical Program celebrates 10 years of MD education
By bkladko | January 16, 2015
The program, once considered “an impractical dream,” began in 2005 with 24 students.
NeuroDevNet gains renewed funding
By bkladko | January 16, 2015
The UBC-based network, dedicated to investigating childhood brain development, received almost $20 million from the federal government.
A new pathway for internationally-educated midwives
By bkladko | January 14, 2015
The province is funding a streamlined training program aimed at midwives from abroad who want to practice in B.C.
Gurdeep Parhar appointed Executive Associate Dean, Clinical Partnerships and Professionalism
By alisonl | January 14, 2015
He will work with the Faculty’s partners in government, health care, academia and health professions.