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Brian MacVicar and Jon Stoessl appointed as Co-Directors, DMCBH
April 13, 2015Their role will focus on improving patient care, spearheading new treatments and advancing health research at the DMCBH. Read More >

Taking aim at antimicrobial resistance
April 13, 2015Professor Natalie Strynadka is receiving more than $1 million in federal grants to find new antimicrobial medications and preserve the effectiveness of existing ones. Read More >

Faculty of Medicine gets new Canada Research Chairs
April 10, 2015Gina Ogilvie, in the School of Population and Public Health, is the new Canada Research Chair in Global Control of HPV-Related Disease and Cancer. Read More >

Researchers target protein to stop spread of aggressive tumours
April 9, 2015Inhibiting a specific protein associated with aggressive, hard-to-treat tumours slows down their ability to spread to other sites in the body, a team of UBC researchers has discovered. Read More >

How mindfulness can benefit the modern teenager
April 8, 2015Today’s teens face a unique set of stressors from social media, parents, schools, and society, says Dzung Vo, a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. Read More >

New student awards aimed at B.C.’s aspiring rural physicians
April 8, 2015The first round of $5,000 B.C. Rural Interest Awards have been awarded to 20 medical students who have shown an interest in working in rural or remote communities. Read More >

Midwifery students gear up for placements in Nepal and Uganda
April 2, 2015The students will work alongside local midwives and physicians, learning to help deliver babies in low-resource settings. Read More >

New medical school space opens at Vernon Jubilee Hospital
April 1, 2015Students in the Southern Medical Program officially have a new place to call home at Vernon Jubilee Hospital. Read More >

Can children with autism learn two languages?
April 1, 2015UBC bilingualism expert Stefka Marinova-Todd says there’s no reason why children with autism should be discouraged from speaking another language, or two. Read More >

Martin Gleave appointed as Head, Department of Urologic Sciences
March 31, 2015Dr. Gleave's appointment is effective April 1, 2015 to June 30, 2020. Read More >