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The B.C. Patient Safety and Quality Council’s annual awards program celebrates improvements to the quality of health care and patient safety. This year Dr. Michael Noble, from UBC’s Department of […]
Nov 7, 2013
Nursing professor Susan Dahinten, who led the evaluation research for the first three years of the Fostering Early Development (FED) Program, was recently shortlisted for the Premier’s Award of Excellence […]
The Minerva Foundation for B.C. Women has announced the leading British Columbian women who will be honoured for their impact in the science industry at the eighth annual “Women In™” […]
Artist Scott Gillies created a 3D painting of an imagined transit station at UBC.
Submitted by: Marc Brillinger The Brain Sciences: Applications in Social Activism and Social Change My interdisciplinary research focuses on the critical, yet unexplored, intersection of social justice and the burgeoning […]
Submitted by: Adriana Suarez-Gonzalez How do individuals adapt to extremely different environments? That is the main question that drives my research and I am using poplar trees and their genes […]
Submitted by: Tracy Tang Ethics are at the heart of the most controversial health care issues today, such as end-of- life decisions. UBC Nursing, in partnership with BC Women’s and […]
Submitted by: Subhashini Vashisth We can see the effects of man-made natural disaster, Global warming. One possible answer to this is Air Capture, an engineered way to accomplish what trees […]
Submitted by: Dr. Mina Hoorfar CTCs circulating in the bloodstream are the source of metastasis and hence responsible for the majority of cancer-related deaths. Detection of CTCs can be used […]
Submitted by: Sepideh Pakpour Today, the health effects associated with indoor dust are a worldwide problem. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated an elevation in the incidence of respiratory problems in children. […]
Submitted by: Georgia Perona-Wright They say troubles come in threes, and infections also rarely strike alone. Influenza virus kills through bacterial pneumonia; tuberculosis is cruelly exaggerated in people with HIV/AIDS; parasitic […]
Submitted by: Gil Kimel Patients suffering from advanced heart failure – there are more than 3,000 in B.C. – often have months to live, and more often than not, it’s […]
The debate over the human threat to wildlife doesn’t have to be polarizing, suggests new research from UBC’s Sara Dubois.
Nov 7, 2013 - by Corey Allen
Water Wars Thu Nov 7 2013, 6:15 PM – 12:15 AM Aquatic Centre Escape from the cold for a night of wild and wet fun in the warmth of the […]
Experiencing the horrors of war can cause people to have a greater affinity for members of their own group, according to new UBC research.
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