Education
OS&OT graduate research receives support
By dcc2012 | June 10, 2014
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
By dcc2012 | June 4, 2014
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 […]
“If you keep hating, it eats away at you”
By bkladko | June 3, 2014
Senior Instructor Hanh Huynh introduces UBC medical students to Vietnam, the country he fled 34 years ago.
Pop-ups and close-ups
By bkladko | May 22, 2014
To prevent cognitive overload, Claudia Krebs dissected neuroanatomy — and radically reassembled it.
A centesimal celebration
By bkladko | May 15, 2014
Two of the Faculty of Medicine’s newest programs, Midwifery and Genetic Counselling, each awarded their 100th diplomas this year.
Oscar Casiro’s Victoria lap
By bkladko | May 8, 2014
The Faculty’s first Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Island, steps down after 10 years of nurturing medical education from Victoria to Port McNeill.
UBC creates Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health
By bkladko | May 5, 2014
Among other goals, the centre will work to increase Aboriginal representation in the health professions.
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine graduate program receives Peter Larkin Award
By dcc2012 | April 25, 2014
The Pathology & Laboratory Medicine graduate program in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine has received the 2013-14 Peter Larkin Award from the UBC Office of the Vice-President, Students. The Peter Larkin Award is granted to a graduate program or department that has contributed to student development in honour of his commitment and passion […]
Graduate students receive Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards
By dcc2012 | April 25, 2014
UBC puts tablets to work during anatomy lessons
By bkladko | April 16, 2014