UBC health researchers join new national team tackling dementia
Howard Feldman, Executive Associate Dean, Research, will serve on the consortium’s executive committee, helping to oversee clinical trials and drug discovery efforts.
UBC’s Rural Family Medicine Residency Program expanding to Kootenay Boundary region
The expansion will build on new residency programs in the Coastal and Interior regions of B.C.
An injection of youth
Meet the two youngest medical students in UBC history.
Mark Tyndall appointed Director, UBC Centre for Disease Control
Recruited from the University of Ottawa, Dr. Tyndall will represent the research needs of faculty, staff, and trainees at the UBC-CDC.
A road less travelled
To build a more diverse medical workforce, UBC has been encouraging youths in Aboriginal, rural and remote communities to consider careers in health.
Therapeutics Initiative takes aim at multiple prescriptions
In its latest bulletin, the advisory group urges physicians to be vigilant about the number of different drugs their patients are taking.
Federal health minister tours UBC’s brain health centre
Brian MacVicar, Co-Director of the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, was one of three researchers to meet with Canada’s Minister of Health, Rona Ambrose.
UBC lauds pioneers in heart failure and brain imaging
Cardiologist Paul Armstrong and neuroscientist Alan Evans have won the Margolese National Prizes in Heart and Brain Disorders from the Faculty of Medicine.
Antibiotics may play a role in boosting immunity
Professor Kelly McNagny leads a research that aims to help scientists understand how different antibiotics affect bacteria that play a positive role in promoting a healthy immune system.
Stronger drunk driving law leads to safer roads
B.C.’s harsher penalties led to an estimated 84 fewer fatal crashes, according to research led by Jeffrey Brubacher, an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine.