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Trauma surveillance goes mobile
July 28, 2015UBC general surgery resident Eiman Zargaran helps develop an app to support low-resource trauma centres around the world. Read More >

Removing the unknowns from “unknown cause epilepsy”
July 27, 2015A $100,000 gift from the Alva Foundation helps Matthew Farrer and colleagues identify the cause of seizures in some children. Read More >

Aerobic exercise is as good for the older brain as it is for the body
July 23, 2015An hour of aerobic exercise may be more potent than any pill to reduce older adults’ risk of cognitive decline due to mini-strokes, according to research by Teresa Liu-Ambrose. Read More >

Integrated health care model transforms HIV treatment in South Africa
July 21, 2015According to Angeli Rawat, recent PhD recipient, School of Population and Public Health, providing HIV care at local health clinics in South Africa has led to a massive increase in the number of people there receiving vital HIV treatment. Read More >

What is HIV Treatment as Prevention?
July 20, 2015What is HIV treatment as prevention? UBC Dr. M-J Milloy, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine explains. Read More >

World’s top HIV/AIDS researchers converge on Vancouver
July 16, 2015UBC Professor Evan Wood will address a plenary session of the 8th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention. Read More >

The Faculty of Medicine’s newest faculty
July 13, 2015A brief introduction to the latest recruits to UBC's Faculty of Medicine. Read More >

A shifting landscape
July 13, 2015Health care in B.C.'s Interior is transformed by the expansion of medical education and residency programs to the region. Read More >

A nuclear medicine meltdown averted
July 13, 2015A five-year effort by UBC and TRIUMF demonstrates that cyclotrons can meet Canada's urgent need for medical isotopes. Read More >

Investigations + breakthroughs
July 13, 2015The key to sun-induced skin aging; the epigenetics effects of diesel exhaust; a maternal care provider up-ends her own beliefs about hypertension treatment. Read More >