Big jump coming for UBC’s speech-language pathology program
First-year slots in the master’s degree program will grow by 56 per cent, to help address the shortage of therapists.
An injection of youth
Meet the two youngest medical students in UBC history.
Graduate students receive prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
Ten graduate students from several Faculty of Medicine departments were selected to win the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships. The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships program, created in 2008, attracts and retains world-class doctoral students and helps establish Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning. Vanier scholars are selected through a competitive […]
Faculty of Medicine creates a new option for graduate students
Students can now pursue research-oriented advanced degrees with faculty members in Victoria, Prince George and Kelowna.
Students from Masters of Public Health Program Win CES Student Case Competition
Five students who are in the Masters of Public Health Program were one of three winning teams in Round 1 of the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) annual Case Competition.
Jehannine Austin elected President of National Society of Genetic Counselors
An Associate Professor, she will be the first non-American president of the 35-year-old organization.
OS&OT graduate research receives support
Two graduate students in the Department of Occupational Therapy & Occupational Sciences have been awarded support from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Master’s student Karen Davies, is the recipient of the CIHR Masters Award for her project entitled “Long-term follow-up of children with idiopathic toe walking.” […]
Rehabilitation Sciences PhD candidate receives four doctoral research awards
Bita Imam, PhD candidate in Rehabilitation Sciences, has received four doctoral research awards: the Vanier scholarship, the CIHR Doctoral Research Award (ranked second), the inaugural Anne Martin Mathews CIHR-IA Doctoral Recognition Prize in Research on Aging, and the UBC Killam Doctoral Scholarship. Supervised by Dr. Bill Miller of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Imam’s research […]
A centesimal celebration
Two of the Faculty of Medicine’s newest programs, Midwifery and Genetic Counselling, each awarded their 100th diplomas this year.