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Gates Foundation funds expansion of pre-eclampsia project
By bkladko | March 26, 2014
This latest grant enables UBC Professor Peter von Dadelszen to take his diagnostic and treatment trial to Mozambique.
Sugary drinks weigh heavily on teenage obesity
By bkladko | March 26, 2014
Associate Professor Louis Masse found that students in schools that sold sugary drinks were more likely to be obese.
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.
Basic (wheelchair) training
By bkladko | March 19, 2014
Two UBC-led trials test ways to help wheelchair users make the most of their devices.
Gurdeep Parhar appointed Executive Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs
By Patricia Angel | March 14, 2014
He will provide strategic coordination between the Faculty of Medicine and health authorities.
Reclaiming beauty from disease
By bkladko | March 13, 2014
The designs for “Fashioning Cancer” were based on cellular images provided by Professor of Cellular and Physiological Sciences Christian Naus.
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.”
Phone Oximeter, a UBC invention, gets scaled up
By bkladko | March 9, 2014
The device, which measures blood oxygen levels, can be used in low-resource settings to diagnose pre-eclampsia and pneumonia.
Texting for HIV care in Kenya receives Grand Challenges funding
By bkladko | March 5, 2014
The grant will enable expansion of a texting program to HIV patients in rural, remote parts of Kenya, increasing the likelihood that they remain on anti-viral therapy.
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.