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The hazards of safe playgrounds
November 14, 2014Assistant Professor Mariana Brussoni questions the "over-engineering" of today's playgrounds. Read More >

A UBC faculty member on the front lines of the Ebola epidemic
November 10, 2014Clinical Assistant Professor Srinivas Murthy spent five weeks in Liberia working with the WHO. Read More >

Stories of hope behind bars
November 5, 2014Clinical Professor Ruth Martin (left) and research assistant Mo Korchinski are co-editors of a book about the resilience of women who are incarcerated in a B.C. prison. Read More >

Advocating for Aboriginal health
November 4, 2014Discover how UBC family medicine residents are working alongside First Nations communities to affect change. Read More >

Finding genetic clues to intellectual disabilities
October 31, 2014Evica Rajcan-Separovic and Suzanne Lewis are unravelling causes for intellectual disabilities that defy detection. Read More >

The search for a reliable antidote to heparin
October 29, 2014The compound developed by Jaychandran Kizhakkedathu is intended to prevent serious bleeding, especially during surgery. Read More >

Rubber duckies as research tools
October 27, 2014Susan Small, Director of UBC’s Pediatric Audiology Lab, shares tips on recognizing and preventing hearing loss in infants and children. Read More >

New test identifies severe sepsis within an hour
October 24, 2014Using a genetic signature, the test takes as little as an hour, speeding the time to treatment with aggressive antibiotics. Read More >

Dissecting assisted suicide
October 16, 2014Clinical Assistant Professor, Michael Curry, says crossing the line from alleviating suffering into assisted suicide could lead us into murky waters. Read More >

Enzyme may be key to stopping fatal sepsis outcomes
October 15, 2014Professor Keith Walley has discovered that controlling levels of the human enzyme PCSK9 could be the difference between life and death for patients with severe sepsis. Read More >