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A disputed asthma therapy has safe record in B.C.
By bkladko | November 26, 2013
The UBC-Vancouver Coastal Health study found that hospitalization rates for people who used the combination therapy were not significantly higher than people who used just corticosteroids.
All of UBC’s residency programs endorsed by accrediting bodies
By Patricia Angel | November 26, 2013
Roger Wong (standing), Associate Dean of Postgraduate Medical Education, leads UBC’s 67 postgraduate medical education programs.
Where drowning is an epidemic, UBC tries “immunization”
By bkladko | November 20, 2013
Clinical Associate Professor Steve Beerman aims to reduce childhood drowning by half in a Bangladeshi village.
Wyeth Wasserman appointed Associate Dean, Research and Executive Director of CFRI
By Patricia Angel | November 19, 2013
He will help develop the academic health sciences centre with BC Children’s and Women’s Hospitals.
Building an airtight case
By bkladko | November 14, 2013
Associate Professor Chris Carlsten uses a polycarbonate-enclosed chamber to measure the effects of diesel exhaust on the human body — particularly whether it causes asthma.
Family Physician of the Year: Clinical Instructor Tom Rimmer
By Patricia Angel | November 13, 2013
Besides caring for patients in Duncan, Dr. Rimmer is a preceptor for Family Practice residents and medical students.
Ask, don’t tell, for better HIV care
By bkladko | November 6, 2013
Clinical Assistant Professor Richard Lester responds to the WHO’s recent recommendation to use text message reminders for HIV treatment.
Telephone therapy for depression improves work productivity
By bkladko | November 4, 2013
The study, led by Psychiatry Professor Raymond Lam, found that “talk therapy” combined with medication resulted in better job performance than medication alone.
Province resumes support for UBC’s Therapeutics Initiative
By bkladko | October 22, 2013
The decision ends more than a year of uncertainty for the unit, spearheaded by some of the Faculty’s leading researchers to evaluate new drugs.
Animating a love of science
By bkladko | October 16, 2013
A PhD candidate in Experimental Medicine has co-produced a series of short videos about stem cells, funded by the Stem Cell Network.