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The hazards of safe playgrounds
By bkladko | November 14, 2014
Assistant Professor Mariana Brussoni questions the “over-engineering” of today’s playgrounds.
Garey Mazowita named President of the College of Family Physicians of Canada
By alisonl | November 14, 2014
Garey Mazowita, clinical professor in the Department of Family Practice has been elected the next president of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). The announcement was made during the annual meeting held on November 14 at College’s Family Medicine Forum in Quebec City. The CFPC is the professional organization responsible for establishing standards […]
Parmjit Sohal named Family Physician of the Year for B.C.
By dcc2012 | November 12, 2014
Parmjit Sohal who completed his family medicine residency at UBC and is now a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Family Physician in Surrey, has been named the 2014 Family Physician of the Year in British Columbia by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). As one of Canada’s Family […]
A UBC faculty member on the front lines of the Ebola epidemic
By bkladko | November 10, 2014
Clinical Assistant Professor Srinivas Murthy spent five weeks in Liberia working with the WHO.
Stories of hope behind bars
By bkladko | November 5, 2014
Clinical Professor Ruth Martin (left) and research assistant Mo Korchinski are co-editors of a book about the resilience of women who are incarcerated in a B.C. prison.
An evening of career exploration
By jwong | November 3, 2014
UBC Cellular and Physiological Sciences student Anna D’Souza explores her career options at the annual Career Day.
Q&A with Wendy Boivin
By jwong | November 3, 2014
Many postdoctoral fellows face a time of great transition as they move into careers as independent researchers. Building close networks and learning about the wide range of career options available in academia and beyond can take time. But thanks to the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Career Day, postdoctoral fellows and senior graduate students are given an […]
Laura Magee and Peter von Dadelszen honoured for work on hypertension during pregnancy
By bkladko | October 31, 2014
The husband-and-wife team of Laura Magee and Peter von Dadelszen have won the Chesley Award from the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy. The Chesley Award is given to a member of the society in recognition of her/his sustained and substantial contribution to research in preeclampsia, not only for her/his work but […]
Honorary lecturer Carolyn Canfield named patient safety champion
By bkladko | October 31, 2014
Carolyn Canfield, an Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Family Practice, has received the 2014 Canadian Patient Safety Champion Award from the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and Accreditation Canada. Canfield’s efforts on behalf of patient safety and quality improvement began after the death of her husband in 2008 from failures in care, eight days after […]
Finding genetic clues to intellectual disabilities
By jwong | October 31, 2014
Evica Rajcan-Separovic and Suzanne Lewis are unravelling causes for intellectual disabilities that defy detection.