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Black History Month
By dcc2012 | February 1, 2022
February and Forever: Celebrating Black History today and every day.
UBC’s Mark Gilbert named 2022 Applied Public Health Chair
By dcc2012 | January 31, 2022
The Chair’s focus is improving the equity, appropriateness, and sustainability of sexually-transmitted and blood-borne infection testing systems.
How to get motivated to start exercising at home
By dcc2012 | January 27, 2022
App-based workouts can help combat depression and boost mental health.
UBC postdoc identifies over 100,000 new RNA viruses using the power of cloud computing
By dcc2012 | January 26, 2022
The discovery could help prevent future pandemics.
New honours for UBC researchers highlight biomedical innovation golden age in B.C.
By dcc2012 | January 25, 2022
How UBC’s award-winning researchers are solving today’s most urgent health issues with new technologies.
Dr. Pieter Cullis and colleagues win VinFuture Foundation’s first global sci-tech award
By dcc2012 | January 24, 2022
Recognizes work that paved the way for COVID-19 vaccines.
Remembering Dr. J. Mark FitzGerald, MD, MB, FCCP, FRCPI, FRCPC
By dcc2012 | January 20, 2022
A friend, colleague, caring physician, patient advocate and giant in the field of asthma passed away in Vancouver on January 18, 2022.
Remdesivir for COVID-19 found to reduce need for mechanical ventilation
By dcc2012 | January 19, 2022
UBC-led study part of world’s largest randomized control trial on COVID-19 therapeutics.
Faculty of Medicine researchers awarded funding for interdisciplinary health research
By dcc2012 | January 18, 2022
Collaborative projects seek to improve health and address health inequities.
More Canadians may be driving high since cannabis legalization
By dcc2012 | January 13, 2022
New UBC study shows THC prevalence among injured drivers has doubled since legalization.