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Aslam Anis and Jim Christenson awarded the 2018 Providence Health Care Research and Mission Award
May 1, 2018Aslam Anis, Professor in the School of Population and Public Health and Jim Christenson, Head and Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine are recipients of the 2018 Providence Health Care Research and Mission Award. Read More >

A quicker treatment for persistent depression?
April 26, 2018A 3-minute session of theta bursts was just as effective as a 37-minute session of standard high-frequency brain stimulation. Read More >

Kate Jongbloed receives the 2017/2018 UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
April 26, 2018The award recognizes graduate students who have made outstanding contributions to teaching and learning at UBC. Read More >

Professor’s book explains how mindfulness can improve sex
April 23, 2018Lori Brotto makes the case for paying attention in a non-judgmental way. Read More >

PhD student Emma Smith receives the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers
April 17, 2018The award recognizes the exceptional volunteer achievements of Canadians from across the country in a wide range of fields. Read More >

Look! Down in the petri dish! It’s a Superplatelet!
April 11, 2018UBC scientists have endowed platelets with extra powers so they can rise to the occasion in the face of trauma and continue the coagulation process. Read More >

Fentanyl overdose survivors require little if any hospital treatment
April 6, 2018UBC created the first-ever hospital protocol for handling fentanyl overdoses. Read More >

Top researchers join UBC as Canada 150 Research Chairs
March 29, 2018Josef Penninger will be the Canada 150 Research Chair in Functional Genetics and Director of the Life Sciences Institute. Read More >

Two members of the faculty receive the UBC 2017/18 Student Development Award
March 22, 2018Michael Lee, Senior Instructor, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy and Vivian Tsang, first year medical student are recipients of the 2017/18 UBC Student Development Award - Margaret Fulton Award. Read More >

Philip Edgcumbe leads XPRIZE Alzheimer’s Disease Team into highest honours
March 21, 2018Philip Edgcumbe, a UBC MD/PhD student, helped lead the XPRIZE Alzheimer's disease team into its highest honour at the 2017 XPRIZE Visioneers Summit. Read More >