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Researchers from the University of British Columbia, Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI) and BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) have won a $2.8-million grant from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to improve the survival rate of Bangladeshi mothers, newborns and young children through the prevention of sepsis, a life-threatening form of infection in which the bloodstream is overwhelmed by bacteria.
Dec 1, 2011
Highlights of UBC media coverage in November 2011
Dec 1, 2011 - by Heather Amos
UBC launches start an evolution—a new fundraising and alumni engagement campaign
Research excellence fuels global quest to understand disease links
Dec 1, 2011 - by Paul Marck
Canada’s pluralistic society offers keys
Dec 1, 2011 - by Lorraine Chan
Chan Gunn has a cure for much of the world’s physical pain — the aches and strains that don’t usually show up on MRIs or X-rays, but can be debilitating nonetheless.
Dec 1, 2011 - by Brian Kladko
UBC’s Okanagan campus education students go beyond their textbooks
Dec 1, 2011 - by Darren Handschuh
In 2010, roughly 2,700 new teachers were certified in British Columbia but only about 1,500 new positions were available.
The continuously evolving role of educators along with growing concerns over job-shortages for new teachers prompted the overhaul of UBC’s one-year Teacher Education Program at the Vancouver campus.
Investing in high school graduation pays off
Dec 1, 2011 - by Basil Waugh
UBC prof leads new eight-month program to empower people with intellectual disabilities
Sauder marketing prof explores mysteries of consumer behaviour
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