Philip Edgcumbe leads XPRIZE Alzheimer’s Disease Team into highest honours
Philip Edgcumbe, a UBC MD/PhD student, helped lead the XPRIZE Alzheimer’s disease team into its highest honour at the 2017 XPRIZE Visioneers Summit.
Lara Boyd and Jennifer Gardy named B.C.’s Most Influential Women of 2018: Stem Stars
Lara Boyd, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Jennifer Gardy, Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health are among twelve members of UBC who have been named B.C.’s most influential women of 2018: Stem Stars by BC Business.
A new home for UBC sports medicine and exercise science
The Chan Gunn Pavilion will house physicians and physical therapists who treat up to 3,500 patients a month.
Mark Ansermino receives the Research Recognition Award from the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society
Mark Ansermino, Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics receives the Research Recognition Award from the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society. The award honours a researcher who has contributed to and sustained major contributions in anesthesia research in Canada.
Members of the Faculty receive 2018 YWCA Women of Distinction Nominations
Members of the Faculty of Medicine community were recently nominated for the 2018 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards. In its 35th year and recognized nationally, the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards honours individuals whose outstanding activities and achievements contribute to the well-being and future of our community.
Women more likely to be living kidney donors in U.S.
The decline in donations from men was most marked from lower income groups.
Living in sunnier climes could reduce risk of MS
Professor Helen Tremlett, in the Division of Neurology, examined sun exposure over the lifespan.
International Women’s Day
In recognition of International Women’s Day, meet a few of our many faculty members who are leading the way in research and education.
UBC expands research into healthy aging with $24 million gift
The donation from Edwin S.H. Leong is the largest gift that the Faculty of Medicine has ever received from an individual.
UBC leads Canadian pancreatic cancer research initiative
The $5 million project will sequence metastatic pancreatic tumours of 400 patients, looking to see if the primary cancers genetically differ from metastatic cancers.