Education
Graduate students named top two finalists in Three Minute Thesis
By Patricia Angel | April 11, 2014
Stephanie Harvard, a PhD candidate in Population and Public Health, and Erin Macri, a PhD candidate in Experimental Medicine, were named the top two finalists in the 2014 UBC Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. The 3MT is an academic competition that assists graduate students with fostering effective presentation and communication skills. Participants have only three […]
Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund recipients
By dcc2012 | March 30, 2014
Each year the Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic accepts applications for the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF). The TLEF was created in 1991 to enrich student learning by supporting innovative and effective educational enhancements. 2014-15 Funded proposals from the Faculty of Medicine include: Donna Drynan, Senior Instructor, Department of Occupational Therapy & Occupational […]
Medical student awarded national fellowship
By Patricia Angel | March 27, 2014
David Kim, a second-year medical student in the Vancouver Fraser Medical Program, was awarded a 2014 3M National Student Fellowship. The 3M National Student Fellowship honours up to ten full-time undergraduate college and undergraduate university students at Canadian institutions who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in their lives and at their college or university. Kim was […]
Next generation of doctors enters the field, but we need more
By bkladko | March 20, 2014
Gavin Stuart, Dean of the Faculty and UBC’s Vice Provost Health, explains how UBC is helping to grow the ranks of doctors in the province.
Preparing tomorrow’s doctors for electronic medicine
By Patricia Angel | March 10, 2014
The e-Health Research Office at UBC’s Okanagan campus introduces medical students to such innovations as the “tele-stethecospe.”
Medical students receive Premier Undergraduate and Wesbrook Scholarships
By Patricia Angel | March 7, 2014
Three medical students received 2013/14 Premier Undergraduate Scholarships and Wesbrook Scholarships from UBC. The Premier Undergraduate Scholarships and Wesbrook Scholars are the University’s most prestigious designations, given to senior students with outstanding academic performance, leadership, and involvement in student and community activities. The 2013/14 Premier Undergraduate Scholarship and Wesbrook Scholarship recipients in the Faculty of […]
Matched! Newest crop of UBC doctors head to residency
By Patricia Angel | March 5, 2014
For the second consecutive year, UBC accepted the largest number of entry-level medical residents in university history.
UBC launches Resident Wellness Office
By Patricia Angel | March 4, 2014
Lauren Phelan, Program Assistant, Roger Wong, Associate Dean, and Rebecca Turnbull, Program Counsellor, celebrate the opening of the innovative service.
Graduate student’s animated videos recognized in international competition
By Patricia Angel | February 21, 2014
A series of animations illustrating the science of stem cells by Canadian scientists has won honourable mention in the 2013 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. Created by UBC PhD candidate Ben Paylor and University of Toronto post-doctoral fellow Michael Long, StemCellShorts, a series of short animated videos designed to explain stem cells to a […]
A new technique to target and disable pathological proteins
By bkladko | February 21, 2014
The method, co-discovered by Professor of Neurology Yu Tian Wang, can be applied to Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, stroke and even cancers.