Understanding TikTok’s impacts on public health
UBC researchers call for global research agenda into the influential video-sharing app.
Extreme heat is a threat to a wider range of people than we thought
New UBC research finds especially pronounced risks among young and middle-aged adults.
New commentary confirms flaws in study that shaped current breast cancer screening guidelines
Researchers say trial results are unreliable and should not be used to inform policies on breast cancer screening.
Access to early phase clinical trials in B.C. depends on investment in research infrastructure
For more than five years after Tom Schlegel was diagnosed with myeloma, standard treatments kept his blood cancer in remission. When these medications stopped working, he searched near and far for experimental options in hopes they would lengthen his life.
Three ways mRNA could change the future of medicine
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Anna Blakney’s area of research expertise—messenger RNA technology—wasn’t widely known by the general public.
Visionaries and innovators converge at UBC to change the future of medicine
A unique opportunity at UBC has attracted researchers from across Canada and around the world—the opportunity to achieve the vision of a world where biology and technology work seamlessly to transform health and healthcare for everyone.
Testing the water before taking the plunge
The opportunity to explore different laboratories and fields of research before selecting a thesis supervisor attracted Walid AlChamaa to pursue a PhD in biomedical engineering at UBC.
Tuum Est! Fall Graduation 2021
Congratulations to the Class of 2021.
Dr. Pieter Cullis awarded Prince Mahidol Award for ground-breaking work on lipid nanoparticles
His research enabled the development of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and other life-saving medicines.
UBC researchers train computers to predict the next designer drugs
Global law enforcement agencies are already using the new method.