Two faculty members receive BC’s prestigious Robinson and Elliot awards
Two prestigious public health awards were presented to two School of Population and Public Health professors recently. Reka Gustafson, Assistant Clinical Professor, SPPH receives the James M. Robinson Award for significant contributions to public health is a mid-career award, named for Dr. James McClure Robinson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology. Dr. Gustafson […]
Dawn DeWitt named Governor of British Columbia Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP)
Dawn DeWitt, Professor, General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine; Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Fraser; Associate Dean, MD Undergraduate Program has been named Governor of British Columbia Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the national organization of internists. The American College of Physicians is the largest medical specialty organization and the second-largest physician group […]
St. Paul’s Hospital to re-locate within Vancouver
A Clinical Academic Campus of UBC, the new hospital will be three kilometers away from the existing complex on Burrard Street.
Brian MacVicar and Jon Stoessl appointed as Co-Directors, DMCBH
Their role will focus on improving patient care, spearheading new treatments and advancing health research at the DMCBH.
Taking aim at antimicrobial resistance
Professor Natalie Strynadka is receiving more than $1 million in federal grants to find new antimicrobial medications and preserve the effectiveness of existing ones.
Faculty of Medicine gets new Canada Research Chairs
Gina Ogilvie, in the School of Population and Public Health, is the new Canada Research Chair in Global Control of HPV-Related Disease and Cancer.
Researchers target protein to stop spread of aggressive tumours
Inhibiting a specific protein associated with aggressive, hard-to-treat tumours slows down their ability to spread to other sites in the body, a team of UBC researchers has discovered.
How mindfulness can benefit the modern teenager
Today’s teens face a unique set of stressors from social media, parents, schools, and society, says Dzung Vo, a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics.
New student awards aimed at B.C.’s aspiring rural physicians
The first round of $5,000 B.C. Rural Interest Awards have been awarded to 20 medical students who have shown an interest in working in rural or remote communities.
New medical school space opens at Vernon Jubilee Hospital
Students in the Southern Medical Program officially have a new place to call home at Vernon Jubilee Hospital.