Year in Review 2023

Highly promising new research could stop the neurodegenerative disease in its tracks and even reverse its devastating effects.

Faculty of Medicine scientists reveal the hidden and not-so-hidden ways that climate change affects our health — and what we can do about it.

The newly expanded Master of Occupational Therapy program inspires more graduates to stay and practice in rural and remote communities across the province.

The UBC-Vancouver Coastal Health Planetary Healthcare Lab is charting a path toward net zero healthcare systems that are better for both patient and planet.

UBC researchers have shown how a new kind of genetic test could help millions of Canadians with depression by connecting them with the right antidepressants sooner.

UBC researchers are working to increase Asian representation in Alzheimer’s research, improving disease prevention, diagnosis and care.

UBC researchers join an international team that is developing innovative, implantable technologies to protect the health of people with spinal cord injury.

This year, UBC’s largest-ever cohort of family medicine resident doctors began their training in urban, rural, remote and Indigenous communities across B.C.

Heart disease and stroke are the number one cause of premature death in Canadian women. Faculty of Medicine scientists are working to improve equity in heart research.

New research from UBC and BC Cancer points the way toward new treatment possibilities for neuroblastoma, one of the most common childhood cancers.

UBC will graduate more midwives to provide care for families in British Columbia, thanks to an increase in program seats announced by the Government of B.C.

The appointment recognizes Dr. Cullis’s groundbreaking work on lipid nanoparticle delivery technology that has enabled COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and other nanomedicines.