CIHR grant aims to expand understanding of cardiovascular health among those with spinal cord injuries
The main cause of death in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) is cardiovascular disease. They develop it at younger ages and at greater rates than the able-bodied population. Now, a team led by Andrei Krassioukov – a Professor in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, an investigator at ICORD, and a physician at […]
Photo exhibit goes behind the scenes at the Island Medical Program
(Adapted from the University of Victoria’s The Ring community newspaper) His most famous photo is of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau sliding down a banister. But of all he’s shot in 60 years as a photographer, Ted Grant’s favourite work is the photo series he has done of doctors and nurses at work. It’s a project that began 30 […]
James A. McEwen named to the Order of Canada
James A. McEwen, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics, was appointed to the Order of Canada for his contributions to biomedical engineering, notably as an inventor and entrepreneur. Dr. McEwen, a pioneer of the Canadian biomedical engineering industry, has over 220 patents and patent applications for medical devices. He invented the automatic surgical tourniquet […]
Anthony Tang receives CIHR-CMAJ Top Achievements in Health Research Award
Anthony Tang, Professor in the Department of Medicine, received a 2011 Top Achievements in Health Research Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) for the impact of his work on the health of Canadians and others worldwide. Dr. Tang, along with George Wells from the University […]
UBC research links two common drug types to night-time leg cramps
A UBC clinical assistant professor has made the first statistical link between two major types of drugs and nocturnal leg cramps – involuntary muscle contractions, often coming during sleep, that afflict 37 per cent to 50 per cent of older people. Scott Garrison, in the Department of Family Practice, has shown that a person who […]
Faculty member receives grant from Novo Nordisk to study potential cause of obesity
James Johnson, Associate Professor in the Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, has won a $625,000 grant from Novo Nordisk to pursue research that could upend conventional notions about the interplay between insulin, obesity and diabetes. Insulin is the hormone that enables glucose to be stored by muscle and fat cells, but there is still […]