
Poole Foundation provides million-dollar gift for research and rehabilitation gym
April 7, 2016A major focus of the gym will be exercise's impact on people with cancer and other chronic diseases. Read More >

UBC demonstrates viable alternative treatment for heroin addiction
April 6, 2016A widely available licensed pain medication is as effective as pharmaceutical-grade prescription heroin for people with chronic heroin addiction. Read More >

Clinical placements take UBC physical therapy students from BC to Karnataka
April 6, 2016UBC physical therapy students reflect on their international clinical placements in rural India. Read More >

A change of place
April 5, 2016How the arrival of family medicine residents on the east coast of Vancouver Island has helped transform a medical community. Read More >

B.C. leads Canada’s largest effort to improve kidney disease care
March 31, 2016Adeera Levin, head of the UBC Division of Nephrology, is directing the five-year project, which aims to reduce the number of people who need dialysis or organ transplants. Read More >

A three-decade partnership to advance vision science
March 31, 2016The Foundation Fighting Blindness has channeled $2.8 million to UBC scientists through year-after-year funding. Read More >

Aging diminishes spinal cord regeneration after injury
March 31, 2016The discovery by ICORD Director Wolfram Tetzlaff has implications for an increasingly active population of older adults. Read More >

Physical therapy students gain new training venue in Prince George
March 30, 2016The rehabilitation program, partially staffed by students in the Northern and Rural Cohort, serves heart and lung patients. Read More >

The pediatrician and the peanut
March 21, 2016The story of Clinical Associate Professor Edmond Chan’s campaign to change an overly-cautious mindset – and reduce peanut allergies. Read More >

Two researchers’ take on the next 100 years
March 18, 2016Associate Professor Jehannine Austin shares what will she thinks the next 100 years will bring at UBC. Read More >
Contact
Communications
UBC Faculty of Medicine
Email: communications.med@ubc.ca
Office: 604.822.2421