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Saraswathi Vedam wins Innovation Challenge from National Quality Forum
December 15, 2017Saraswathi Vedam, Associate Professor in the Department of Family Practice, was one of five people to win the 2017 Innovation Challenge from the U.S.-based National Quality Forum (NQF), for developing and validating patient-designed measures of autonomy and respect, as well as tools to capture patients’ reported mistreatment in maternity care. NQF issued the 2017 Innovation Challenge […] Read More >

Giving Back
December 13, 2017From tackling hemophilia in Uganda to teaching swimming lessons in Bangladesh, meet some of our faculty and students giving back at home and around the world. Read More >

A researcher’s “gut feeling” leads to a reversal on catheter use
December 13, 2017Andrei Krassioukov's efforts led to the withdrawal of a Cochrane review finding that catheters could be reused without an increased risk of infection. Read More >

Giving back by taking rubbish – and recycling it
December 11, 2017SPPH Professor Karen Bartlett creates own initiative to shrink the school’s environment footprint. Read More >

Changing lives — one diagnosis and lesson at a time
December 11, 2017The vast majority of adults with ADHD don’t even know they have it. Drs. Gurdeep and Anita Parhar are working to change that. Read More >

Back to the basics
December 11, 2017UBC’s Ed Conway is tackling hemophilia in Uganda using ‘older’ and ‘better’ technology Read More >

A lifetime of lifesaving leads a faculty member to Bangladesh’s “drowning fields”
December 11, 2017Clinical Professor Steve Beerman aims to reduce childhood drowning in Bangladesh. Read More >

Female and rural doctors retiring earlier than previously thought
December 11, 2017The research reveals that projections about physician availability could be inflated. Read More >

MD student Max Moor-Smith talks about his summer research project in India
December 8, 2017Second-year medical student Max Moor-Smith shares his experience providing health education for children in Spiti Valley, India. Read More >

Bursary fosters family connections
November 29, 2017The Doctors of BC bursary has allowed dermatology resident, Lisa Flegel to stay in touch with her family and find a work-life balance. Read More >