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A quest to restore cognition
February 18, 2016Can a mental training regimen help people coping with the effects of traumatic brain injury? Read More >

UBC helping with national study of opioid addiction treatment
February 16, 2016Evan Wood will lead the B.C. arm of the study, which will compare methadone and buprenorphine/naloxone. Read More >

An immune cell that performs double duty
February 15, 2016Megan Levings, in the Department of Surgery, found that regulatory T-cells not only signal other immune cells to attack but also keep them in check. Read More >

Poor air quality kills 5.5 million worldwide annually
February 12, 2016More than half of the deaths occur in two of the world’s fastest growing economies -- China and India. Read More >

Seeking an end to newborns’ “diagnostic odysseys”
February 11, 2016Matthew Farrer's lab will sequence a portion of critically ill infants' genomes within a week. Read More >

A 25-year partnership in professionalizing occupational hygiene
February 10, 2016The Faculty of Medicine has Western Canada’s only graduate-level training program devoted to workplace hazards and health impacts. Read More >

Faculty of Medicine garners 11 Canada Research Chairs
February 9, 2016Among the new appointees, Janice Eng was named a Canada Research Chair in Neurological Rehabilitation. Read More >

Air pollution exposure during pregnancy linked with asthma risk
February 9, 2016The study followed 65,000 children in Metro Vancouver from birth to age 10. Read More >

Common anti-depressant linked to health risk during childbirth
February 8, 2016UBC researchers found that use of drugs like Effexor was associated with a higher risk of excessive bleeding during delivery. Read More >

UBC residents gear up for 15th annual Resident Awareness Week
February 4, 2016UBC third-year anesthesiology resident and President of Resident Doctors of BC, Dr. Vishal Varshney reveals what’s in store for Resident Awareness Week, running February 15-19. Read More >