Faculty members to receive 2014 Order of British Columbia
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
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
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
To prevent cognitive overload, Claudia Krebs dissected neuroanatomy — and radically reassembled it.
A centesimal celebration
Two of the Faculty of Medicine’s newest programs, Midwifery and Genetic Counselling, each awarded their 100th diplomas this year.
A cruel disease, two maverick approaches
Two UBC scientists have climbed out onto separate limbs in their efforts to find a treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Oscar Casiro’s Victoria lap
The Faculty’s first Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Island, steps down after 10 years of nurturing medical education from Victoria to Port McNeill.
UBC creates Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health
Among other goals, the centre will work to increase Aboriginal representation in the health professions.
Two new leaders for the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
Professors Brian MacVicar (left) and Jon Stoessl (right) join Max Cynader as Co-Directors.
Faculty bestows Lifetime Achievement Award on Peter Pare
His discoveries about the pathophysiology of asthma and COPD have made UBC a leading scientific centre in lung disease.