News
InterCultural Online Network receives funding to help prevent and manage diabetes in BC’s multicultural rural communities
By Patricia Angel | August 13, 2012
The project will establish a peer-support diabetes program.
Working to protect Olympic athletes from injuries
By bkladko | July 30, 2012
Babak Shadgan, a postdoctoral research fellow, aims to develop evidence-based recommendations for wrestling and other sports.
Psychiatry resident uses soccer to help at-risk individuals
By bkladko | July 27, 2012
Dr. Bates has taken some of his players to competitions in Rio de Janeiro and Paris.
Four new appointments to Faculty’s leadership
By Patricia Angel | July 24, 2012
Frederick Mikelberg, Professor in the Dept. of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, is the new Vice-Dean, Academic Affairs.
Evan Wood, Julio Montaner send message to President Obama, Mitt Romney
By bkladko | July 23, 2012
Dr. Wood, a Clinical Associate Professor, was interviewed by the CBC about an advertising campaign decrying the war on drugs.
Severe flu increases risk of Parkinson’s
By bkladko | July 20, 2012
The epidemiological study also found that having red measles in childhood lowered the odds of developing the disease.
Widely-used MS drug doesn’t measurably slow progression of the disease, researchers find
By bkladko | July 18, 2012
The study, by Associate Professor of Neurology Helen Tremlett and others, examined the effectiveness of beta-interferons.
Three new appointments to Faculty's education portfolio
By bkladko | June 27, 2012
Paul Winwood becomes the Faculty’s new Regional Associate Dean, Northern B.C. and UNBC’s Vice Provost Medicine July 1.
Parkinson's gene identified with help of Mennonite family
By bkladko | June 27, 2012
Medical Genetics Professor Matthew Farrer says the discovery helps unify past genetic discoveries about the disease.
Researchers show that stem cells can beat back diabetes
By bkladko | June 27, 2012
Professor Tim Kieffer used human stem cell transplants to restore self-regulating insulin production in mice.