Trauma surveillance goes mobile
UBC general surgery resident Eiman Zargaran helps develop an app to support low-resource trauma centres around the world.
Integrated health care model transforms HIV treatment in South Africa
According to Angeli Rawat, recent PhD recipient, School of Population and Public Health, providing HIV care at local health clinics in South Africa has led to a massive increase in the number of people there receiving vital HIV treatment.
A shifting landscape
Health care in B.C.’s Interior is transformed by the expansion of medical education and residency programs to the region.
Record number of UBC medical residents start training in B.C.
This summer, UBC’s Faculty of Medicine welcomes 338 new residents — the largest number of entry-level postgraduate trainees in the history of B.C.
Two major gifts aim to grow ranks of aboriginal health providers
The pair of $1 million donations, from Lindsay and Elizabeth Gordon and the North family, will support UBC’s Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health.
Interdisciplinary PhD candidate Kim Taylor wins the Student Abstract Award from the Canadian Bioethics Society
Kim Taylor, Interdisciplinary PhD candidate wins the Student Abstract Award from the Canadian Bioethics Society for her abstract entitled: Patients’ experiences negotiating healthcare decision-making as “a two-way street, working relationship” Background: A growing emphasis on patient-centered care in recent years has led to a shift from paternalistic towards shared decision making (SDM) models that emphasize […]
PhD candidate Andrea Jones receives Research Training Award from WorkSafeBC
Andrea Jones, PhD candidate has received a two-year Doctoral Research Training Award from WorkSafeBC for her project, “Injured workers and mental health: exploring how depression and mental health services impact return to work following workplace musculoskeletal injury”. Andrea will be looking at Canadian workers’ compensation systems, which have, in recent years, seen a decline in […]
Interdisciplinary PhD candidate Brittany Barker wins CIHR Doctoral Research Award
Brittany Barker, Interdisciplinary PhD candidate recently wins the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Doctoral Research Award for her project titled, “Street-Involved Youth and the Child Welfare System: Evidence to Improve Outcomes.” Brittany’s project looks at the child welfare system. Children and youth currently in this system have notably poor outcomes, including elevated rates of […]
Midwifery Program celebrates 10-year anniversary of first graduating class
This spring, eight more students will earn a Bachelor of Midwifery degree from UBC.
Two local chefs host a cooking class for prostate cancer survivors
Chef Vikram Vij leads a cooking class as part of a prostate cancer study led by #UBC Dr, Carolyn Gotay.