Understanding “harm thoughts” in postpartum mothers
Nichole Fairbrother’s research aims to improve mental health care for postpartum mothers.
Lianping Ti recipient of the 2014-15 CIHR-IHSPR Rising Star of the Year Award
Lianping Ti, PhD candidate in the School of Population and Public Health is the 2014-15 recipient of the CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (CIHR-IHSPR) Rising Star of the Year Award. The Rising Star Award Review committee selected this year’s winners for their excellence in research and/or knowledge translation (KT), the innovation of […]
DNA near Huntington’s gene can dampen — or worsen — the disease
Blair Leavitt’s work lays the groundwork for drugs that could affect the gene’s expression.
Air pollution exposure in first year of life increases risk for allergies
The study by Professor Michael Brauer, in the School of Population and Public Health, sheds new light on the childhood risk of developing allergies.
A big step closer to changing blood types
Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu, in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, removed most antigens in Type A and B blood, making it more like Type O, the universal donor type.
UBC researchers discover brain swelling mechanism
The team at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health discovered how a single protein allows salt to infiltrate neurons.
Taking aim at antimicrobial resistance
Professor Natalie Strynadka is receiving more than $1 million in federal grants to find new antimicrobial medications and preserve the effectiveness of existing ones.
Faculty of Medicine gets new Canada Research Chairs
Gina Ogilvie, in the School of Population and Public Health, is the new Canada Research Chair in Global Control of HPV-Related Disease and Cancer.
Researchers target protein to stop spread of aggressive tumours
Inhibiting a specific protein associated with aggressive, hard-to-treat tumours slows down their ability to spread to other sites in the body, a team of UBC researchers has discovered.
Can children with autism learn two languages?
UBC bilingualism expert Stefka Marinova-Todd says there’s no reason why children with autism should be discouraged from speaking another language, or two.