UBC Medicine researchers fostering better health outcomes through 2024 Health Research BC awards
Fifteen researchers will address key health challenges including anti-Indigenous discrimination in healthcare and rural disparities in breast cancer care.
UBC Medicine researchers receive federal funding to study societal challenges
Research projects will explore key areas of social importance including infant learning and 2SLGBTQ+ Indigenous peoples’ experiences.
Faculty of Medicine Awards 2024
Each year, the Faculty of Medicine recognizes faculty and staff members for excellence in teaching, research, administration, innovation and public service.
UBC Medicine researchers awarded more than $2.9M from CFI for cutting-edge research infrastructure
Projects will drive discovery and innovation in key areas like brain health, cancer and microbiome research.
Terry Fox New Frontiers Program awards more than $9M in funding to UBC cancer researchers
Funding will advance research and new treatments for ovarian cancer and acute leukemia.
Drs. John Gill and Cheryl Wellington inducted as fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honours in the Canadian health sciences community.
UBC welcomes health profession students to new training facility in Surrey
Physical therapy, occupational therapy and midwifery students are now learning under one roof in the Fraser region.
Mpox outbreak underscores urgent need for rapid-response capability
We’re still recovering from the last pandemic because we weren’t prepared. This time around we must ask ourselves — how can we bring our research and science to patients safely and rapidly?
Drug discovery could prevent spread of childhood bone cancer
By stopping cancer from spreading to the lungs, the drug could give children and teens battling osteosarcoma a greater chance of survival.
UBC’s Torsten Nielsen, Gina Ogilvie, Manish Sadarangani elected to the Royal Society of Canada for 2024
Fifteen UBC faculty members were announced by the RSC as new Fellows and as new Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.