With a central focus on patient-centred care and innovative solutions, UBC researchers are committed to improving the health of our communities and access to care – both nationally and globally.
Together with our partners, our researchers are breaking down barriers to care and exploring further treatment and preventative initiatives in areas such as HIV/AIDS, HPV and addictions.
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Key Research Groups
- BC Centre for Excellence in HIV / AIDS
- BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute
- UBC Centre for Disease Control
- Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health
- Centre for Health Evaluation Outcome Sciences
- Human Early Learning Partnership
- Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences
- Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
- Edwin S.H. Leong Healthy Aging Program
Spotlight
Vancouver part of multi-million-dollar Healthy Cities project
Vancouver and four other cities will be examined for ways to reduce health inequities through better development and service delivery.
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Midwifery linked to better birth outcomes in state-by-state “report card”
States with higher midwifery integration, like Washington and Oregon, generally had better results,
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Study finds that Canadians giving up food, heat to pay for prescription drugs
8.2 per cent of those who received a prescription in 2016 did not take medication as prescribed because of the cost,
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Indigenous people face higher risk of transportation injuries in B.C.
Overall hospitalization rates for transport injuries in B.C. declined by more than two-thirds between 1991 and 2010.
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Older patients and families could pay the price of slowing healthcare spending
Spending on medications, hospitals trending up in B.C., while spending on nursing homes down significantly
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Study finds no added risk for home births in rural areas
The results are good news, since midwife-assisted home birth could play a big role in extending maternal health care to rural areas.
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Women’s weight associated with pregnancy complications
The observational study, led by Assistant Professor Sarka Lisonkova and published in JAMA, followed 743,630 women in Washington State between 2004 and 2013.
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Drug costs vary by more than 600% in study of 10 high-income countries
Canadians spent an estimated $2.3 billion more than the average of the nine comparator countries.
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Guiding women through pregnancy, via text message
SmartMom, Canada’s first prenatal education program delivered by text messaging, was developed by a team led by UBC's Patricia Janssen.
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UBC study confirms that two doses of HPV vaccine provide long-lasting protection
Published in JAMA, it was the longest examination of the vaccine's most widely-used version.
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