A self-funded effort at academic enrichment
For more than 20 years, UBC radiologists have been funding — out of their own pockets — fellowships for residents and newly-appointed specialists from Canada and beyond.
Stand up for hip health research
With the newly-acquired Upright Open MRI, UBC researchers will be able to see joints in action — an impossible task with conventional scanners that require patients to lie still.
Life After Rehab
Professor Michael Krausz discusses the rehabilitation process and what recovering addicts need to do to stay sober long-term.
Surrey Memorial expands teaching capacity with new tower
The eight-story addition includes a simulation lab and other spaces dedicated to teaching and training of medical students and residents.
Lost and found in medical service
A young physician reflects on how she found a renewed commitment to medicine by helping patients abroad.
A faster way to measure a patient’s breathing rate
The mobile phone app developed by UBC researchers can calculate the rate in 10 seconds — compared to one minute using the standard “stopwatch” method.
Kids benefit from rough and tumble play with dads
Ahead of Father’s Day, a UBC researcher says dads shouldn’t shy away from a little roughhousing.
Arsenic and old toenails
In his quest to figure out cancer, health geographer Trevor Dummer helped assemble the world’s largest collection of toenail clippings.
“If you keep hating, it eats away at you”
Senior Instructor Hanh Huynh introduces UBC medical students to Vietnam, the country he fled 34 years ago.
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.