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A recipe for understanding cancer
December 6, 2013Collect data on 30,000 people. Wait 10 years. Track their health. Analyze. Read More >

Bruce Wright appointed Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Island
December 5, 2013Recruited from the University of Calgary, Dr. Wright will lead undergraduate and postgraduate medical programs throughout Vancouver Island. Read More >

Steven Morgan appointed Director, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
December 4, 2013Dr. Morgan has focused on health care financing, equity and pharmaceutical policy. Read More >

At the nexus of nature and nurture
November 28, 2013Rats' parenting styles leave marks on their offspring's genes. Now Michael Kobor is trying to prove that the same thing happens in humans. Read More >

Clinical Professor appointed Vice Provost, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
November 28, 2013Susan Porter is a member of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Read More >

A disputed asthma therapy has safe record in B.C.
November 26, 2013The UBC-Vancouver Coastal Health study found that hospitalization rates for people who used the combination therapy were not significantly higher than people who used just corticosteroids. Read More >

All of UBC’s residency programs endorsed by accrediting bodies
November 26, 2013Roger Wong (standing), Associate Dean of Postgraduate Medical Education, leads UBC's 67 postgraduate medical education programs. Read More >

Where drowning is an epidemic, UBC tries “immunization”
November 20, 2013Clinical Associate Professor Steve Beerman aims to reduce childhood drowning by half in a Bangladeshi village. Read More >

Wyeth Wasserman appointed Associate Dean, Research and Executive Director of CFRI
November 19, 2013He will help develop the academic health sciences centre with BC Children's and Women's Hospitals. Read More >

Young scholars take UBC to the world
November 14, 2013The Faculty of Medicine's first faculty member, Sydney Friedman, has created a scholarship to enable students and resident to travel outside western Canada. Read More >