UBC leads the way in using new technologies to train future doctors
New tools, including simulation labs and virtual patients, provide valuable hands-on training for medical students.
InterCultural Online Network receives funding to help prevent and manage diabetes in BC’s multicultural rural communities
The project will establish a peer-support diabetes program.
The medical dimension of the Olympics
Faculty members Jack Taunton and Robert McCormack share their first-hand insights with the CMAJ.
Working to protect Olympic athletes from injuries
Babak Shadgan, a postdoctoral research fellow, aims to develop evidence-based recommendations for wrestling and other sports.
Psychiatry resident uses soccer to help at-risk individuals
Dr. Bates has taken some of his players to competitions in Rio de Janeiro and Paris.
Four new appointments to Faculty’s leadership
Frederick Mikelberg, Professor in the Dept. of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, is the new Vice-Dean, Academic Affairs.
Evan Wood, Julio Montaner send message to President Obama, Mitt Romney
Dr. Wood, a Clinical Associate Professor, was interviewed by the CBC about an advertising campaign decrying the war on drugs.
Severe flu increases risk of Parkinson’s
The epidemiological study also found that having red measles in childhood lowered the odds of developing the disease.
Widely-used MS drug doesn’t measurably slow progression of the disease, researchers find
The study, by Associate Professor of Neurology Helen Tremlett and others, examined the effectiveness of beta-interferons.