Basic (wheelchair) training
Two UBC-led trials test ways to help wheelchair users make the most of their devices.
Gurdeep Parhar appointed Executive Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs
He will provide strategic coordination between the Faculty of Medicine and health authorities.
Reclaiming beauty from disease
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
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
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
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
For the second consecutive year, UBC accepted the largest number of entry-level medical residents in university history.
UBC launches Resident Wellness Office
Lauren Phelan, Program Assistant, Roger Wong, Associate Dean, and Rebecca Turnbull, Program Counsellor, celebrate the opening of the innovative service.
Making connections: Canada’s largest integrated brain centre opens
The Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health unites research and clinical expertise in neuroscience, psychiatry and neurology.
A new technique to target and disable pathological proteins
The method, co-discovered by Professor of Neurology Yu Tian Wang, can be applied to Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, stroke and even cancers.