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Aarthi Gobinath came to UBC with a graduate fellowship to understand how how changes to the brain – especially those in post-partum mothers — make some people more vulnerable to mood disorders.
May 31, 2018
David Tindall, a UBC sociology professor, wrote an op-ed for The Conversation after the federal government purchased the Trans Mountain pipeline.
When you’re on a diet, counting calories usually means paying close attention to labels. But you might be surprised to learn that labels often provide the nutritional information of the recipe – not the final product. What goes in and what comes out during food processing aren’t necessarily the same.
UBC president Santa J. Ono published a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland asking that Canada work with Saudi Arabia to fight for the safe release of a […]
UBC Therapeutics Initiative researchers discovered that more than four per cent of elementary school children in B.C. are taking stimulant medications for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, CBC reported.
CKNW interviewed Bryan Kung, a UBC master’s candidate, who has created new technology that may help with cleaning up oil spills. Kung has developed a low-cost membrane that separates oil […]
Business Standard reported on research from UBC in an article about heart functioning at high altitudes. Researchers from UBC’s Okanagan campus, Cardiff Metropolitan University, and the Loma Linda University School […]
Global interviewed Jason Rivers, a clinical professor of dermatology at UBC, about skin cancer. He said while people are aware of sun exposure danger, not enough people protect themselves.
Werner Antweiler, a UBC economist, spoke with Star Vancouver about the federal government’s pipeline purchase. He explained that federal and provincial governments are often left to cover the costs of […]
Susanne Clee, a diabetes researcher and professor in UBC’s department of cellular and physiological sciences, spoke to Global for a story about the likelihood that women will develop health issues […]
Maxwell Cameron, a UBC political science professor, spoke to the Globe and Mail about the B.C. electoral-reform referendum this fall. Cameron said he was pleased with the referendum questions and […]
Business in Vancouver mentioned a startup from UBC in an article about cost efficiency in building operations. Sensible Building Solutions is a Wi-Fi sensing system that identifies occupied buildings.
David Tindall, a UBC sociology professor, wrote an op-ed for The Conversation after the federal government purchased the Trans Mountain pipeline. “The decision poses real risks to the federal Liberals […]
Castanet reported on a joint study between UBC’s Okanagan campus and Interior Health involving people who have experience urinary incontinence. Darlene Taylor, a UBCO nursing professor, said the medical study […]
The Province highlighted former UBC Thunderbird golfer Evan Holmes. Holmes was the 2017 CIS men’s individual champion and recently declared his professional golfer status.
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Wendy Norman, a professor and chair of family planning and public health research at UBC, weighed in for a Globe and Mail article about long-acting reversible contraceptives. She said she and […]
Kelowna Now highlighted the UBC Okanagan U17 Junior Heat basketball girls team. The team had a winning record at the recent Prairie Elite Basketball League tournament.
The Tyee interviewed Shelley Johnson, a UBC professor of social work and Canada Research Chair in Indigenizing Education, about the gap between white schools of social work and Indigenous families. She […]
The Tyee quoted Scot Hein, an urban design lecturer at UBC, about the benefits of older shopping streets. “With a whole bunch of smaller buildings on a street, you get a […]
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