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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.
The search for a reliable antidote to heparin
By bkladko | October 29, 2014
The compound developed by Jaychandran Kizhakkedathu is intended to prevent serious bleeding, especially during surgery.
Samuel Aparicio Named 2014 Aubrey J. Tingle Prize Winner
By jwong | October 28, 2014
Breast cancer researcher Samuel Aparicio has been named the winner of the fifth annual Aubrey J. Tingle Prize. Dr. Aparicio is a Canada Research Chair in Molecular Oncology and Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. His research encompasses cancer genomics, mouse genetic models, high-throughput screens, and translational breast cancer research. His most recent work […]
New test identifies severe sepsis within an hour
By bkladko | October 24, 2014
Using a genetic signature, the test takes as little as an hour, speeding the time to treatment with aggressive antibiotics.
Contributing to the health of Aboriginal communities
By dcc2012 | October 23, 2014
Luke Hughson and his supervisor Dr. Robert Olson undertook a comprehensive retrospective chart review of all cancer cases diagnosed in Haida Gwaii.
New Canada Research Chairs appointed in the Faculty of Medicine
By dcc2012 | October 17, 2014
Michael Kobor is among four Canada Research Chairs receiving a boost in federal funding.
Dissecting assisted suicide
By dcc2012 | October 16, 2014
Clinical Assistant Professor, Michael Curry, says crossing the line from alleviating suffering into assisted suicide could lead us into murky waters.
Enzyme may be key to stopping fatal sepsis outcomes
By dcc2012 | October 15, 2014
Professor Keith Walley has discovered that controlling levels of the human enzyme PCSK9 could be the difference between life and death for patients with severe sepsis.
The Olympics of science communication
By jwong | October 8, 2014
Graduate student Stephanie Harvard, in the School of Population and Public Health, will represent UBC in the global 3 Minute Thesis competition.