$6-million donation creates UBC’s largest endowed scholarship
The gift from the late Sydney Friedman and Constance Livingtsone-Friedman supports travel by graduate and medical students in the health sciences.
The lasting impact of emotional intelligence programs
Participating students had higher graduation rates and lower rates of drug use and behaviour problems.
Build bikeways and they will come
Neighbourhoods with biking infrastructure had higher numbers of people cycling to work.
Canada 150+
Discover and celebrate faculty and students that are changing and improving health outcomes for Canadians.
UBC finds potential biomarker for a surprising health hazard
The Western red cedar, B.C.’s official tree, causes asthma in some people who cut and mill it.
Two life paths, one shared journey
Siblings and Métis doctors Ben and Alexandra Sheppard recount their shared journey through UBC’s medical school.
Aligning health, heritage and wellbeing
Clinical Assistant Professor and Coast Salish member of the Stz’uminus First Nation, Shannon Waters shares more on her work to improve First Nations health.
Dean Giustini awarded the Margaret Ridley Charlton Award for Outstanding Achievement
Dean Giustini, Reference Librarian at the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Biomedical Branch Library, awarded Margaret Ridley Charlton Award for outstanding Achievement.
Drug costs vary by more than 600% in study of 10 high-income countries
Canadians spent an estimated $2.3 billion more than the average of the nine comparator countries.
Nadine Caron receives honorary degree from University of Fraser Valley
Dr. Caron recognized for her outstanding achievements with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.