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 >

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 >
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