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Graduate student wins Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation
By Patricia Angel | November 29, 2013
Emily Morris, a Master’s student in Genetic Counselling, received the Mitacs Master’s Award for Outstanding Innovation for her work on genetics and mental health. Morris is one of five students from universities across Canada who were recognized at the 3rd Annual Mitacs Awards Reception on November 19, 2013 in Ottawa. Under the supervision of Jehannine […]
At the nexus of nature and nurture
By bkladko | November 28, 2013
Rats’ parenting styles leave marks on their offspring’s genes. Now Michael Kobor is trying to prove that the same thing happens in humans.
Clinical Professor appointed Vice Provost, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
By bkladko | November 28, 2013
Susan Porter is a member of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
A disputed asthma therapy has safe record in B.C.
By bkladko | November 26, 2013
The UBC-Vancouver Coastal Health study found that hospitalization rates for people who used the combination therapy were not significantly higher than people who used just corticosteroids.
All of UBC’s residency programs endorsed by accrediting bodies
By Patricia Angel | November 26, 2013
Roger Wong (standing), Associate Dean of Postgraduate Medical Education, leads UBC’s 67 postgraduate medical education programs.
Where drowning is an epidemic, UBC tries “immunization”
By bkladko | November 20, 2013
Clinical Associate Professor Steve Beerman aims to reduce childhood drowning by half in a Bangladeshi village.
Wyeth Wasserman appointed Associate Dean, Research and Executive Director of CFRI
By Patricia Angel | November 19, 2013
He will help develop the academic health sciences centre with BC Children’s and Women’s Hospitals.
From the executive suite, focusing on street-level challenges
By bkladko | November 14, 2013
Two mining companies invest in UBC research into new treatment option for chronic heroin addiction.
Doubling down on a proven strategy
By bkladko | November 14, 2013
Clinical Professor of Orthopaedics Shafique Pirani seeks to replicate his success treating clubfoot in low-income countries — this time, in Bangladesh.
Building an airtight case
By bkladko | November 14, 2013
Associate Professor Chris Carlsten uses a polycarbonate-enclosed chamber to measure the effects of diesel exhaust on the human body — particularly whether it causes asthma.