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2016 Faculty of Medicine Award Recipients
June 29, 2016Jan Friedman, Professor, Department of Medical Genetics receives the 2016 Bill and Marilyn Webber Lifetime Achievement Award. Read More >

Gene that causes Huntington’s disease more common than previously thought
June 28, 2016The study opens new questions about the true number of people who manifest the neurodegenerative disease. Read More >

Heat exposure and poverty can be a lethal combination
June 28, 2016The study showed higher heat-related mortality in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside but also in pockets throughout the Lower Mainland. Read More >

UBC study offers more precise ovarian cancer diagnosis
June 24, 2016The team created an algorithm to diagnose and predict the clinical course of adult-type granulosa cell tumours, which make up 3 per cent to 5 per cent of ovarian cancers. Read More >

Canada spends over $400 million on medicine that harms seniors
June 22, 201637 per cent of older Canadians filled one or more prescriptions deemed potentially inappropriate for seniors. Read More >

Nadine Caron wins the Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award
June 21, 2016The award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons recognizes physicians devoted to justice for Canada's Indigenous peoples. Read More >

Aboriginal PhD student Dustin King receives Governor General’s Gold Medal
June 21, 2016King received the prestigious medal in recognition of his PhD research. Read More >

UBC leads effort to improve treatment of diabetic retinal disease
June 20, 2016David Maberley hopes to create diagnostic nodes in several small rural hospitals. Read More >

A potential early warning sign of transplant rejection
June 16, 2016Kirk Schultz and colleagues found higher levels of an inflammatory protein in people with chronic graft-versus-host disease. Read More >

Bringing health knowledge behind the walls
June 15, 2016MD students taught health to young offenders at Burnaby Youth Custody Services -- and in the process, learned a few things themselves. Read More >