Faculty of Medicine celebrates 10 years of recruiting and supporting Aboriginal Students
The growing contingent of Aboriginal MD students includes Todd Alec, Nathan Teegee and Lara DesRoches.
UBC effort to save pregnant women awarded additional $17 million
Prof. Peter von Dadelszen is leading the project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to diagnose and treat pre-eclampsia.
UBC spin-off company ready to launch phone-based pulse oximeter
The technology was developed by Mark Ansermino (left), in the Faculty of Medicine, and Guy Dumont, in Applied Science.
A new leader for B.C. heart research and care
Dr. Andrew Krahn, an expert on inherited arrhythmias, was welcomed as the new Head of the Division of Cardiology.
New Canada Research Chairs appointed in the Faculty of Medicine
Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Evan Wood and Brian Kwon are the Faculty’s three new appointees.
Genes and immune system shaped by childhood poverty, stress
Research led by Michael Kobor, Associate Professor of Medical Genetics, examined a process called DNA methylation.
Some MS patients experience “natural” improvements in disability: UBC-VCH research
Prof. Helen Tremlett led the first study to quantify improvements in patients who are not taking immunomodulatory drugs.
Dr. Martin Gleave – $10M Dream Team member studying advanced prostate cancer
Led by the Distinguished Professor of Urologic Sciences, the Vancouver Prostate Centre is the only Canadian site on team.
Maternal depression affects language development in babies
Co-authored by Tim Oberlander, Professor in the Dept. of Pediatrics, the study is among the first of its kind.
Peter von Dadelszen wins CIHR Knowledge Translation Award
The Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology is working to improve diagnosis and treatment of pre-eclampsia in the developing world.