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UBC Medicine researchers awarded more than $2.9M from CFI for cutting-edge research infrastructure
September 13, 2024Projects will drive discovery and innovation in key areas like brain health, cancer and microbiome research. Read More >

Terry Fox New Frontiers Program awards more than $9M in funding to UBC cancer researchers
September 12, 2024Funding will advance research and new treatments for ovarian cancer and acute leukemia. Read More >

Drs. John Gill and Cheryl Wellington inducted as fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
September 10, 2024Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honours in the Canadian health sciences community. Read More >

UBC welcomes health profession students to new training facility in Surrey
September 10, 2024Physical therapy, occupational therapy and midwifery students are now learning under one roof in the Fraser region. Read More >

Mpox outbreak underscores urgent need for rapid-response capability
September 9, 2024We’re still recovering from the last pandemic because we weren’t prepared. This time around we must ask ourselves — how can we bring our research and science to patients safely and rapidly? Read More >

Drug discovery could prevent spread of childhood bone cancer
September 4, 2024By stopping cancer from spreading to the lungs, the drug could give children and teens battling osteosarcoma a greater chance of survival. Read More >

UBC’s Torsten Nielsen, Gina Ogilvie, Manish Sadarangani elected to the Royal Society of Canada for 2024
September 3, 2024Fifteen UBC faculty members were announced by the RSC as new Fellows and as new Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Read More >

Why an eye exam should be on your child’s back-to-school checklist
September 3, 2024Dr. Jane Gardiner shares tips for keeping your child’s eyes healthy as they head back to school. Read More >

Back to School 2024
August 26, 2024Meet some of the new and returning learners at the Faculty of Medicine. Read More >

UBC research pinpoints how early-life antibiotics turn immunity into allergy
August 20, 2024Researchers at the University of British Columbia have shown for the first time how and why the depletion of microbes in a newborn's gut by antibiotics can lead to lifelong respiratory allergies. Read More >