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Earl W. Davie Symposium draws record attendance — including a Nobel Laureate
By bkladko | November 19, 2012
Ed Conway, Director of the Centre for Blood Research, greets the namesake of the symposium, now in its sixth year.
Faculty members win MSFHR partnered scholar awards
By Patricia Angel | November 16, 2012
Three faculty members have received the first Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) partnered scholar awards, collaborations with the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH) in Prince George and the St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation in Vancouver. NCCAH has partnered to fund Sarah de Leeuw, Affiliate Assistant Professor in the School of Population & Public […]
Stanley Lubin named one of Canada’s Family Physicians of the Year
By Patricia Angel | November 16, 2012
Stanley Lubin, Clinical Professor Emeritus in the Department of Family Practice, has been named one of The College of Family Physicians of Canada’s (CFPC) Family Physicians of the Year. Dr. Lubin will receive a Reg L. Perkin Award in recognition of his commitment to family medicine. After earning his medical degree at McGill University, Dr. […]
Transporting hypothermia victims to advanced heart and lung care facilities “worth the trip”
By bkladko | November 14, 2012
Doug Brown, a UBC emergency medicine resident, is the lead author of the article in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Faculty of Medicine celebrates 10 years of recruiting and supporting Aboriginal Students
By Patricia Angel | November 9, 2012
The growing contingent of Aboriginal MD students includes Todd Alec, Nathan Teegee and Lara DesRoches.
New drug target found for cystic fibrosis lung disease
By bkladko | November 8, 2012
A team led by Stuart Turvey, an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, has discovered the cellular pathway that causes lung‐damaging inflammation in cystic fibrosis (CF), and found that reducing the pathway’s activity also decreases inflammation. The finding offers a potential new drug target for treating this form of lung disease, which is a major cause of illness and death […]
UBC effort to save pregnant women awarded additional $17 million
By bkladko | November 8, 2012
Prof. Peter von Dadelszen is leading the project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to diagnose and treat pre-eclampsia.
UBC spin-off company ready to launch phone-based pulse oximeter
By bkladko | October 30, 2012
The technology was developed by Mark Ansermino (left), in the Faculty of Medicine, and Guy Dumont, in Applied Science.
Faculty of Medicine researchers win prizes from CIHR Institute of Aging
By Patricia Angel | October 30, 2012
Ben Mortenson, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, and Brodie Sakakibara, PhD candidate in Rehabilitation Sciences, won prizes for their poster presentations in the CIHR Institute of Aging poster competition at the Canadian Association on Gerontology’s 41st Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting. Dr. Mortenson received the post-doctoral prize for […]
Parkinson Society Canada gives grants to four Faculty scientists
By bkladko | October 24, 2012
Parkinson Society Canada has awarded research grants to two faculty members and two post-doctoral fellows in the Faculty of Medicine: Doris Doudet, Professor in the Division of Neurology, received $45,000 to develop a radioactive tracer to allow imaging scans of the brain. Imaging will help pinpoint changes in the system in the brain that produces […]