Physical Therapy’s first Northern and Rural Cohort crosses finish line
Cohort students did most of their hands-on training far from Vancouver.
Celebrating 10 years of training more doctors for B.C.
To mark a decade of distributed medical education, the Faculty of Medicine has launched a website — bcmd10.med.ubc.ca — that chronicles the program’s history, challenges and successes.
Hunting the genes that cause rare diseases
A new national network co-led by Professor of Medical Genetics Phillip Hieter received an initial grant of $2.3 million from CIHR.
The hazards of safe playgrounds
Assistant Professor Mariana Brussoni questions the “over-engineering” of today’s playgrounds.
Garey Mazowita named President of the College of Family Physicians of Canada
Garey Mazowita, clinical professor in the Department of Family Practice has been elected the next president of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). The announcement was made during the annual meeting held on November 14 at College’s Family Medicine Forum in Quebec City. The CFPC is the professional organization responsible for establishing standards […]
Parmjit Sohal named Family Physician of the Year for B.C.
Parmjit Sohal who completed his family medicine residency at UBC and is now a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Family Physician in Surrey, has been named the 2014 Family Physician of the Year in British Columbia by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). As one of Canada’s Family […]
A UBC faculty member on the front lines of the Ebola epidemic
Clinical Assistant Professor Srinivas Murthy spent five weeks in Liberia working with the WHO.
Stories of hope behind bars
Clinical Professor Ruth Martin (left) and research assistant Mo Korchinski are co-editors of a book about the resilience of women who are incarcerated in a B.C. prison.
An evening of career exploration
UBC Cellular and Physiological Sciences student Anna D’Souza explores her career options at the annual Career Day.
Q&A with Wendy Boivin
Many postdoctoral fellows face a time of great transition as they move into careers as independent researchers. Building close networks and learning about the wide range of career options available in academia and beyond can take time. But thanks to the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Career Day, postdoctoral fellows and senior graduate students are given an […]