A Venture-Capital Approach to Supporting Science
Cheryl Wellington knew a few tricks of the trade when she set out to buy new equipment for her neuroscience lab, thanks to strategic advice from the business veterans supporting her dementia research. Raymond Heung and Stanley Hamilton encouraged Dr. Wellington, a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, to contact the vendors shortly before year-end, […]
Removing the unknowns from “unknown cause epilepsy”
A $100,000 gift from the Alva Foundation helps Matthew Farrer and colleagues identify the cause of seizures in some children.
Aerobic exercise is as good for the older brain as it is for the body
An hour of aerobic exercise may be more potent than any pill to reduce older adults’ risk of cognitive decline due to mini-strokes, according to research by Teresa Liu-Ambrose.
Integrated health care model transforms HIV treatment in South Africa
According to Angeli Rawat, recent PhD recipient, School of Population and Public Health, providing HIV care at local health clinics in South Africa has led to a massive increase in the number of people there receiving vital HIV treatment.
What is HIV Treatment as Prevention?
What is HIV treatment as prevention? UBC Dr. M-J Milloy, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine explains.
Proliferating killer T cells and survival in ovarian cancer
Katrina Genuis, Island Medical Program Class of 2015, worked at the BC Cancer Agency Deeley Research Centre in Victoria in the summer of 2012. She discusses her project and what she learned from the experience. Project title: Proliferating Killer T Cells and Survival in Ovarian Cancer Supervisor: Dr. Brad Nelson, founding director of the Deeley […]
Efficacy of cycling rehabilitation on post-stroke locomotion
In the summer of 2011, Kulveer Parhar, Vancouver Fraser Medical Program Class of 2014, visited Victoria to participate in a SSRP research project supervised by Dr. Paul Zehr. Please briefly describe SSRP project you were involved in. KP: I worked along PhD candidate Taryn Klarner on a pilot project investigating the efficacy of an arm […]
Cancer patients and online resources: critical evaluation is key
Jane McLeod, Vancouver Fraser Medical Program Class of 2017, discusses her Summer Student Research Program project conducted at the B.C. Cancer Agency. Can you describe the research project you were involved with last summer? JM: I worked with Dr. Ingledew at the BC Cancer Agency, Fraser Valley Centre (Surrey) to look at the quality of […]