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Scientists develop painless and inexpensive microneedle system to monitor drugs

Researchers at UBC and the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) in Switzerland have created a microneedle drug monitoring system that could one day replace costly, invasive blood draws and improve patient comfort.

Jul 25, 2016

A better way to tax vacant Vancouver homes

The Globe and Mail published an op-ed by UBC economics professor Joshua Gottlieb about a proposed tax to make housing more affordable in Vancouver. “The city would introduce a property […]

Jul 25, 2016

Could Donald Trump pass a sanity test?

A Vanity Fair story about Donald Trump assessed the presidential candidate’s psychological profile using a tool created by UBC criminal psychology professor emeritus Robert D. Hare. Hare’s test of sanity was introduced in 1980 […]

Jul 25, 2016

Bureaucrats don’t take think-tank reports seriously

Business Standard India reported on research from UBC’s Okanagan campus that found that government policy makers and advisors attach more credibility to university reports than they do to think-tank reports. […]

Jul 25, 2016

Bad eating habits rise among gays lesbians, bisexuals

The Economic Times India highlighted UBC research that found eating disorders are on the rise for young lesbian and bisexual girls, while such behaviours are declining among their straight peers. […]

Jul 25, 2016

B.C. Liberals face balancing act on housing as election looms

Tom Davidoff, UBC’s director of the Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate, was interviewed for a Canadian Press story published on City News about B.C. housing. Davidoff said if […]

Jul 25, 2016

Pokémon Go could help people with depression conquer ‘barriers’

CTV News featured an interview with UBC psychology professor Amori Mikami for a story on the psychological impacts of playing the popular smartphone game Pokémon Go. Mikami studies social interactions […]

Jul 25, 2016

In the Downtown Eastside, a brotherhood of support

The Globe and Mail featured UBC research for a story on the Dudes Club, a health group in the Downtown Eastside. UBC school of nursing researchers are evaluating the program […]

Jul 25, 2016

Medical complaint challenges B.C. prison’s use of segregation

The Globe and Mail interviewed Ruth Elwood Martin, UBC’s director of the Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education, for a story on the use of segregation in B.C. prisons. […]

Jul 25, 2016

‘Underdiagnosed’ variety of heart attack striking new moms

CBC News interviewed UBC medicine professor Dr. Jacqueline Saw for a story on spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or SCAD. “Patients with peripartum SCAD have a larger degree of heart attack […]

Jul 25, 2016

Battle over GMO labelling on Canadian horizon

The Winnipeg Free Press referenced a paper by Loren Rieseberg, a UBC botany professor and research chair in plant evolutionary genomics. In the paper commenting on a newly released U.S. […]

Jul 25, 2016

B.C. orders review of health record keeping system

The Vancouver Sun published a Times Colonist story on the upcoming review of a controversial electronic health record system. The review will be led by a UBC professor. Dr. Doug […]

Jul 25, 2016

Japanese Buddhism’s ‘Western Turn’

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Jul 25, 2016

Researcher looking to study abandoned religion in the Okanagan

Kelowna Now reported on a UBC study looking into the experiences of parents whose adult children have left the religious tradition they were raised in. PhD candidate Glendon Wiebe is working with […]

Jul 25, 2016