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.
The hazards of safe playgrounds
Assistant Professor Mariana Brussoni questions the “over-engineering” of today’s playgrounds.
A UBC faculty member on the front lines of the Ebola epidemic
Clinical Assistant Professor Srinivas Murthy spent five weeks in Liberia working with the WHO.
Stories of hope behind bars
Clinical Professor Ruth Martin (left) and research assistant Mo Korchinski are co-editors of a book about the resilience of women who are incarcerated in a B.C. prison.
Advocating for Aboriginal health
Discover how UBC family medicine residents are working alongside First Nations communities to affect change.
Finding genetic clues to intellectual disabilities
Evica Rajcan-Separovic and Suzanne Lewis are unravelling causes for intellectual disabilities that defy detection.
The search for a reliable antidote to heparin
The compound developed by Jaychandran Kizhakkedathu is intended to prevent serious bleeding, especially during surgery.