Breathing diesel exhaust causes changes “deep under the hood”
Chris Carlsten found that two hours of exposure altered the chemical “coating” of DNA.
UBC Midwifery Program launches new Island Cohort
Discover how the birth of a new education initiative aims to transform the landscape of maternity care across B.C.
UBC scientist discovers key to sun-induced skin aging
Genetically-engineered mice that lack a certain enzyme retain their youthful-looking skin.
Faculty of Medicine wins three Alzheimer’s grants
Hear James Johnson, Christian Naus and Neil Cashman describe their investigations.
The Medicine Man
How UBC put James Card on the road north, to a town that desperately needed him.
An evidence-based alternative to MoodPanda
Professional-grade tools to track moods are rare. UBC faculty members, sensing a need, went to work. The result: MoodFx.
The ever-changing nature of breast cancers
The research led by Samuel Aparicio, in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, identified which cell populations within a tumour dominate over time.
Physical Therapy’s first Northern and Rural Cohort crosses finish line
Cohort students did most of their hands-on training far from Vancouver.
Celebrating 10 years of training more doctors for B.C.
To mark a decade of distributed medical education, the Faculty of Medicine has launched a website — bcmd10.med.ubc.ca — that chronicles the program’s history, challenges and successes.
Hunting the genes that cause rare diseases
A new national network co-led by Professor of Medical Genetics Phillip Hieter received an initial grant of $2.3 million from CIHR.