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Women’s weight associated with pregnancy complications
November 14, 2017The observational study, led by Assistant Professor Sarka Lisonkova and published in JAMA, followed 743,630 women in Washington State between 2004 and 2013. Read More >

Research finds link between marijuana use and testicular cancer
November 8, 2017New research from Northern Medical Program Professor Russ Callaghan has found that use of marijuana is associated with the development of testicular cancer. Read More >

Young Indigneous people dying at much higher rate than peers
November 6, 2017Overdose was the leading cause of death, followed by illness and suicide. Read More >

Joy Russell named Family Physician of the Year for B.C.
November 2, 2017Joy Russell, a UBC clinical assistant professor in the Department of Family Practice, has been named Family Physician of the Year in B.C. by the College of Family Physicians of Canada. Read More >

Alzheimer’s disease might be a “whole body” problem
October 31, 2017Weihong Song used surgically-joined mice to show that the protein considered to be Alzheimer's main culprit can travel from elsewhere in the body to the brain. Read More >

Elspeth McDougall honoured with the 2017 Karl Storz Lifetime Achievement Award
October 27, 2017Elspeth McDougall, Professor, Department of Urologic Sciences, was recently honoured with the Endourological Society’s 2017 Karl Storz Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. McDougall is the first woman member of the Endourological Society, having joined the society in 1988, and also the first woman to be awarded this prestigious honour. The annual award is given to a senior endourologist whose […] Read More >

Agnes Lee elected to Executive Committee of American Society of Hematology
October 26, 2017Agnes Lee, Associate Professor, Division of Hematology in the Department of Medicine has been elected into the Executive Committee as councillor for the American Society of Hematology (ASH). Dr. Lee will serve a four-year term beginning after the 2017 ASH Annual Meeting in December. The American Society of Hematology is the world’s largest professional society […] Read More >

Former Head of Surgery Richard Finley wins highest honour from American College of Surgeons
October 23, 2017Richard J. Finley, former Head of the UBC Department of Surgery, received the 2017 Distinguished Service Award (DSA) of the American College of Surgeons. The DSA is the highest honour bestowed by that organization. Dr. Finley was honored for “his leadership as a driving force for change to better train future surgeons by electronic means […] Read More >

UBC launches program to advance chronic disease research
October 19, 2017Based at UBC Okanagan, the interdisciplinary team will explore how physical activity and nutrition can affect various chronic conditions. Read More >

Made-in-Canada lung cancer risk predictor outperforms other screening methods
October 18, 2017The tool was developed in part by Professor of Medicine Stephen Lam. Read More >