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2014 Faculty of Medicine Awards
By dcc2012 | June 30, 2014
The 2014 Faculty of Medicine Awards recipients have been announced, including Professor Peter Paré who was chosen as the recipient of the Bill and Marilyn Webber Lifetime Achievement Award.
Jehannine Austin elected President of National Society of Genetic Counselors
By bkladko | June 26, 2014
An Associate Professor, she will be the first non-American president of the 35-year-old organization.
Surrey Memorial expands teaching capacity with new tower
By bkladko | June 23, 2014
The eight-story addition includes a simulation lab and other spaces dedicated to teaching and training of medical students and residents.
Lost and found in medical service
By bkladko | June 20, 2014
A young physician reflects on how she found a renewed commitment to medicine by helping patients abroad.
A faster way to measure a patient’s breathing rate
By bkladko | June 18, 2014
The mobile phone app developed by UBC researchers can calculate the rate in 10 seconds — compared to one minute using the standard “stopwatch” method.
“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.
Faculty members to receive 2014 Order of British Columbia
By dcc2012 | May 30, 2014
James Hogg, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, is one of four faculty members appointed to the Order of BC.
Therapeutics Initiative highlights potential harms from statins
By bkladko | May 28, 2014
As use of the cholesterol-lowering drugs surges, the UBC group warns that side effects may outweigh the potential benefit for many people.
Discoverer of immune cell receptor wins UBC cancer prize
By bkladko | May 28, 2014
Tak Wah Mak, of the University of Toronto, will receive the inaugural Dr. Chew Wei Memorial Prize in Cancer Research.
Pop-ups and close-ups
By bkladko | May 22, 2014
To prevent cognitive overload, Claudia Krebs dissected neuroanatomy — and radically reassembled it.