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Research by Cancer Prevention Centre highlighted as one of top stories of 2013
By Patricia Angel | December 13, 2013
Research by Carolyn Gotay, a Professor in the School of Population & Public Health, and the Cancer Prevention Centre team on mapping the obesity problem in Canada was named one of the most high-impact research stories of 2013 by the Canadian Cancer Society. Despite growing concern about Canadians’ waistlines, it had been over a decade since […]
A hospital makes room for learning
By bkladko | December 13, 2013
Ground is broken for dedicated academic space at the University Hospital of Northern B.C.
Asthma’s drain on the workplace
By bkladko | December 12, 2013
Most of the productivity loss is through “presenteeism” — reporting for work but not doing the job as well as it could be done.
Executive Associate Dean Howard Feldman interviewed at G8 Dementia Summit
By bkladko | December 12, 2013
The CBC spoke with Dr. Feldman, Professor of Neurology and a member of the Canadian delegation.
Canadian Rx Atlas maps billions in savings — for now
By bkladko | December 12, 2013
UBC health economists predict the decrease in spending will be short-lived because of expected spending on “niche” drugs.
The effect of homelessness on health care use
By dcc2012 | December 11, 2013
Melissa Carr (Communications Coordinator, VFMP) Adrienne Cheung, Vancouver Fraser Medical Program Class of 2016, stands amid the hustle and bustle of St. Paul’s Hospital. She has just returned home from Toronto, after spending some time with her family. Cheung is waiting for Dr. Anita Palepu, a nationally renowned general internist. Dr. Palepu weaves her way […]
Biomarker test for “lung attacks” receives development funding
By Patricia Angel | December 9, 2013
The $7.2 million grant will enable more tailored treatments for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
A recipe for understanding cancer
By bkladko | December 6, 2013
Collect data on 30,000 people. Wait 10 years. Track their health. Analyze.
Bruce Wright appointed Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Island
By Patricia Angel | December 5, 2013
Recruited from the University of Calgary, Dr. Wright will lead undergraduate and postgraduate medical programs throughout Vancouver Island.
Graduate student wins medical decision-making prize
By Patricia Angel | December 4, 2013
Logan Trenaman, a graduate student in the School of Population and Public Health, won the Lee B. Lusted Student Prize at the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) conference, held in Baltimore USA, on October 19-23. The Lee B. Lusted Student Prize “recognizes students’ original research in medical decision making in order to attract the […]