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UBC medicine members work with community groups to transform local health

By Qian Chow | April 16, 2024

An aerial image of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC Vancouver.

Members of the UBC faculty of medicine community are working with community partners to address priority issues across B.C. through support from the 2023-24 Community-University Engagement Support (CUES) Fund for projects

This spring, UBC awarded over $700,000 in support of these community-university partnerships which are aimed at benefiting communities and advancing collaborative research, teaching and learning.

CUES funding is paid directly to community partners and prioritizes reciprocal, inclusive engagement. This approach ensures all communities—especially those historically, persistently or systemically marginalized—can benefit.

Since its inception in 2018, the CUES Fund has awarded more than $3.2 million to 142 community-university partnerships, engaging UBC partners from 18 faculties across both Vancouver and Okanagan campuses.

Faculty of Medicine recipients and their projects:

BCC3 Healthy Aging Talks – Communicating Personalized Research Results Back to the Community

  • Community Partner: Sarah Chown, Ribbon Community (formerly known as AIDS Vancouver) 
  • UBC Partner | PhD Student: Tetiana Povshedna, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Breaking Barriers: Bridging Language Gaps in Research and Knowledge Translation

  • Community Partner: Patience Magagula, Afro-Canadian Positive Network of BC (ACP Net) 
  • UBC Partner | Faculty: Dr. Melanie Murray, Department of Medicine

Compassionate Palliative and Hospice Care for People with Neuro-Behavioral and Neuro-Developmental Complexity in BC

  • Community Partner: Sergio Cocchia, The Pacific Autism Family Network 
  • UBC Partner | Faculty: Dr. Suzanne Lewis, Department of Medical Genetics

Development of a Culturally Resonant Clinical Intervention and Research Agenda to Support Punjabi Men who use Substances

  • Community Partner: Gary Thandi, Moving Forward Family Services 
  • UBC Partner | Faculty: Dr. Nitasha Puri, Department of Family Practice

Providing a BC-Wide Community-based Peer-support Program for People with Brain Injury

  • Community Partner: Kix Citton, BC Brain Injury Association 
  • UBC Partner | Student Graduate Research Assistant: Janna Griffioen, Rehabilitation Sciences

SCOPE Social and Civic Opportunities: Pathways to Equity Program

  • Community Partner: Mimoza Pachuku, MOSAIC BC 
  • UBC Partner | PhD Student: Amarildo Ceka, School of Population and Public Health

Strengthening Health Resources for Immigrants and Newcomers in Greater Vancouver Through Cross Cultural Health Brokers: Grassroots Innovation to Meet Community Need

  • Community Partner: Zarghoona Wakil, Umbrella Multicultural Health Coop 
  • UBC Partner | Faculty: Dr. Jude Kornelsen, Department of Family Practice

Supporting Food Security, Nutrition, and a Positive Relationship with Food in the Middle Years: An Afterschool Community Participatory Action Project

  • Community Partner: Amber Quan, City of Surrey 
  • UBC Partner | Staff: Molly Sweeney Magee, Department of Pediatrics

Supporting Grief and Bereavement Programming in the DTES

  • Community Partner: Teng Lai Lim, Carnegie Community Centre 
  • UBC Partner | Faculty: Dr. Rachel Carter, Department of Medicine

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