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Two faculty profiled in CIHR fall newsletter
By jwong | September 15, 2014
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is featuring research by Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy Teresa Liu-Ambrose and Executive Assciate Dean, Research Howard Feldman in their Show Me the Evidence Fall 2014 newsletter. The publication highlights CIHR funded research on dementia with details of how findings by CIHR-supported researchers are being used. Dr. Liu-Ambrose’s […]
New research finds quicker method to create insulin-producing cells
By jwong | September 12, 2014
Professor Timothy Kieffer leads research of a protocol that turns stem cells into insulin-producing cells in just six weeks
Brian Chung awarded Program Director of the Year
By jwong | September 11, 2014
Brian Chung, Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, emergency physician at Vancouver General Hospital and Director of the Royal College Residency Program, received the 2014 Program Director of the Year Award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. The 2014 Program Director of the Year Award is given annually […]
Occupational therapist-turned-children’s author shares her personal journey
By jwong | September 11, 2014
Paulette Bourgeois was the keynote at this year’s OT Capstone Conference.
UBC health researchers join new national team tackling dementia
By jwong | September 10, 2014
Howard Feldman, Executive Associate Dean, Research, will serve on the consortium’s executive committee, helping to oversee clinical trials and drug discovery efforts.
UBC’s Rural Family Medicine Residency Program expanding to Kootenay Boundary region
By jwong | September 9, 2014
The expansion will build on new residency programs in the Coastal and Interior regions of B.C.
An injection of youth
By bkladko | September 5, 2014
Meet the two youngest medical students in UBC history.
Mark Tyndall appointed Director, UBC Centre for Disease Control
By jwong | September 5, 2014
Recruited from the University of Ottawa, Dr. Tyndall will represent the research needs of faculty, staff, and trainees at the UBC-CDC.
Therapeutics Initiative takes aim at multiple prescriptions
By bkladko | September 2, 2014
In its latest bulletin, the advisory group urges physicians to be vigilant about the number of different drugs their patients are taking.
Federal health minister tours UBC’s brain health centre
By bkladko | August 21, 2014
Brian MacVicar, Co-Director of the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, was one of three researchers to meet with Canada’s Minister of Health, Rona Ambrose.