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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 >

From the executive suite, focusing on street-level challenges
November 14, 2013Two mining companies invest in UBC research into new treatment option for chronic heroin addiction. Read More >

Doubling down on a proven strategy
November 14, 2013Clinical Professor of Orthopaedics Shafique Pirani seeks to replicate his success treating clubfoot in low-income countries -- this time, in Bangladesh. Read More >

Building an airtight case
November 14, 2013Associate Professor Chris Carlsten uses a polycarbonate-enclosed chamber to measure the effects of diesel exhaust on the human body -- particularly whether it causes asthma. Read More >

Investigations and breakthroughs
November 14, 2013Catch up on the latest research from the Faculty of Medicine. Read More >

Ask, don’t tell, for better HIV care
November 6, 2013Clinical Assistant Professor Richard Lester responds to the WHO's recent recommendation to use text message reminders for HIV treatment. Read More >

Telephone therapy for depression improves work productivity
November 4, 2013The study, led by Psychiatry Professor Raymond Lam, found that "talk therapy" combined with medication resulted in better job performance than medication alone. Read More >