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Julio Montaner wins Killam Prize in health sciences
May 2, 2017The national award from the Canada Council for the Arts will be presented to him at Ottawa's Rideau Hall. Read More >

MedIT’s Ed Tech team recognized for “Neuroanatomy” video by 2017 MEDEA Awards
April 28, 2017MedIT's Ed Tech team recognized for "Neuroanatomy" video by 2017 MEDEA Awards. Read More >

Three faculty members awarded the 2017 CAME Certificate of Merit Award
April 27, 2017Three faculty members awarded the 2017 CAME Certificate of Merit Award. Read More >

UBC Rehabilitation Sciences student awarded the 3M National Student Fellowship
April 26, 2017Rehabilitation Sciences doctoral student Laura Bulk receives the 3M National Student Fellowship Award. Read More >

UBC study confirms that two doses of HPV vaccine provide long-lasting protection
April 25, 2017Published in JAMA, it was the longest examination of the vaccine's most widely-used version. Read More >

Uncoding cancer – one cell at a time
April 24, 2017UBC Professor Sohrab Shah talks about his interests in biology and computer science, and why he thinks genomics will tip the scales in beating cancer. Read More >

Tool launched to help parents allow ‘risky play’
April 24, 2017Mariana Brussoni and colleagues launched an online tool to help parents change their approach to outdoor play. Read More >

Medical history reveals multiple sclerosis begins to impact patients sooner
April 21, 2017Helen Tremlett and colleagues found that there is a phase before MS is diagnosed during which people begin to show symptoms. Read More >

Drug created from malaria parasite stops cancer in mice
April 20, 2017Mads Daugaard showed that the drug was effective against a highly aggressive bladder cancer. Read More >

Leonard Foster awarded the 2017 Genome BC Award for Scientific Excellence
April 19, 2017Leonard Foster, Professor and Interim Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, has been named the recipient of the 2017 Genome BC Award for Scientific Excellence. This award honours an individual, group or company in B.C. whose work has had a significant impact on advancing the fields of genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics or systems […] Read More >