Patients with mood, anxiety disorders share abnormalities in brain’s control circuit
The regions of the brain are involved in emotional and cognitive control.
Faculty of medicine members receive 2019 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Awards
The funding competitions are Innovation to Commercialization, Convening and Collaborating and Reach.
Sophia Frangou appointed UBC President’s Excellence Chair in Brain Health
Her research focuses on uncovering pathophysiological processes underlying psychosis, with emphasis on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Psychiatry professor Erin Michalak receives 2019 Douglas Utting Prize
The award honours her major contribution to the awareness and treatment of depression.
B.C.’s school-based HPV immunization program cuts pre-cancer rates by more than half
HPV has been identified as the cause of almost all cervical cancers.
New DNA “clock” could help measure development in young children
This could allow for an earlier diagnosis of life-altering development disorders.
Marco Marra inducted into the 2020 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
He is head of the department of medical genetics and Canada Research Chair in Genome Science.
Perry Kendall appointed to the Order of Canada
As B.C.’s former Provincial Health Officer he authored a report on Indigenous health.
UBC medical student Adam Ramzy receives 2019 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Award
As one of this year’s award recipients, he will attend the 2020 Medical Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Vancouver.
Linda Li inducted into Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
She is also the Canada Research Chair in Patient-Oriented Knowledge Translation and an award-winning epidemiologist and physiotherapist.