Faculty members receive Early Career Scholar Awards
Five faculty members in the Faculty of Medicine were selected as Peter Wall Institute Early Career Scholars for 2013-2014. The Institute’s Early Career Scholar Award is available to outstanding UBC faculty at the early stage of their academic careers at UBC. The Institute appoints a cohort of untenured Assistant and recently tenured Associate Professors each […]
The graveyard shift
Paramedic Renee MacCarron is a participant in a study of shiftworkers, sleep patterns and cancer risk, funded by the Canadian Cancer Society.
Q&A on risky behaviour and young men with Genevieve Creighton
Genevieve Creighton researches young men, masculinities and risk taking with the Developmental Neurosciences & Child Health Cluster at Child & Family Research Institute and the UBC Faculty of Medicine.
An inside look at palliative care
“Faces of Palliative Care,” co-produced by Clinical Professor Patricia Boston and featuring several UBC faculty members, was broadcast on CBC in British Columbia.
Graduate student awarded scholarship in personalized medicine
Joslyn Quick, a first-year MSc student in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, was awarded the $50,000 Ronnie Miller Scholarship in Personalized Medicine. The Ronnie Miller Scholarship in Personalized Medicine was created in honour of Ronnie Miller, past Chair of the Rx&D Board (2011) and President & CEO, Hoffmann-La Roche Limited. It was awarded to a graduate […]
Centre for Blood Research joins forces with Chinese biotech firm
The two-way agreement aims to acclerate the development of new treatments for a variety of diseases.
MHA student receives Robert Wood Johnson Award
Suzanne Idle, a second-year Master of Health Administration (MHA) student, is one of six of Canada’s top emerging health care professionals who were awarded the Robert Wood Johnson Award at the National Health Leadership Conference. The Robert Wood Johnson Award recognizes individual achievement and promising contributions in the field of health services management. The award is supported […]
Questioning the value of expensive arthritis drugs
The newer arthritis drugs, called biologics, are booming in popularity; they are also much costlier. Aslam Anis is part of a U.S.-Canadian team scrutinizing their effectiveness.
New imaging technique holds promise for speeding MS research
Alexander Rauscher, Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology, used frequency-based MRI scans to detect multiple sclerosis lesions in finer detail than ever before.