Smartphone app helps B.C. track ovarian cancer outcomes
A locally-created new smartphone app is enabling ovarian cancer surgeons in B.C. to record details directly from the surgical suite to the provincial database where ovarian cancer tumour information is stored, investigated and tracked. The app, developed by the Cheryl Brown Ovarian Cancer Outcomes unit, a division of the Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OvCaRe), prompts […]
A modicum of solace for MS patients — lower cancer risk
Elaine Kingwell, a postdoctoral fellow in the Brain Research Centre, led the study.
Older women more prone to workplace injuries: UBC study
Although the rate of workplace injuries in Canada has been declining over the past two decades, some workers – older women in health care, for example – are much more vulnerable to serious injuries, researchers at the University of British Columbia have found. Women 55 to 64 years old are three times more likely to […]
New facility brings brain development into sharper focus
The 3-Tesla MRI scanner is only the second of its kind in Canada dedicated to pediatric research.
CMMT celebrates its 15th anniversary
CMMT’s 15th Anniversary from CMMT on Vimeo. Members of the medical research community gathered together on June 5 to celebrate the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics’ 15th anniversary. More than 260 supporters from government, education, health care, and life sciences communities came out for an evening of celebration. Charles Sabine, a UK journalist served […]
UBC recognizes brain and heart researchers with $50,000 prizes
John Cairns of UBC (left) won the prize for heart research, and Guy Rouleau (right) won for his work on brain diseases.
The Faculty of Medicine’s latest "Women of Distinction"
MD student Alison Lee (left) and Associate Professor Dianne Miller (right) were honoured by the YWCA of Metro Vancouver.
Shafik Dharamsi receives Peter Wall Institute Award
Shafik Dharamsi, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Practice, has received the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS) Visiting Scholar Abroad Award. Dr. Dharamsi will work with medical faculty in Nepal at the Patan Academy of Health Sciences to develop a long-term international research agenda on social accountability in medicine and the development of socially responsive physicians. He will […]
UBC and partners break ground for new hospice
The $4.5 million project will provide end-of-life care for individuals, and help improve palliative care through research and training.