research excellence

Park and charge: UBC researchers invent safe wireless vehicle charging technology

University of British Columbia researchers have invented a safe, efficient technology to wirelessly charge electric vehicles using “remote magnetic gears” – and successfully tested it on campus service vehicles.

Oct 26, 2012

Cycling infrastructure can reduce risk of cycling injuries by half: UBC study

Certain types of routes carry much lower risk of injury for cyclists, according to a new University of British Columbia study on the eve of National Bike Week in Canada.

Oct 18, 2012

Some MS patients experience “natural” improvements in disability: UBC-VCH research

Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients sometimes experience “natural” improvements in disability at least over the short term, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.

Oct 17, 2012

Fruit fly’s ‘sweet tooth’ short-lived: UBC research

The humble fruit fly may have something to teach us about forgoing empty calories for more nutritional ones – especially when we’re hungry.

Oct 16, 2012

Thirteen Canada Research Chairs valued at $11 million appointed at UBC

University of British Columbia research in areas ranging from physical therapy, to conservation ecology, to climate change received a boost today with the appointment, advancement or renewal of 13 Canada Research Chairs.

Oct 12, 2012

First video footage of unstudied West African seahorse released

Researchers from the University of British Columbia’s Project Seahorse today released the first-ever footage of a little-known seahorse species.

Oct 10, 2012

Fish getting smaller as the oceans warm: UBC research

Changes in ocean and climate systems could lead to smaller fish, according to a new study led by fisheries scientists at the University of British Columbia.

Sep 30, 2012

Backpack-toting birds help UBC researchers reveal migratory divide, conservation hotspots

By outfitting two British Columbia subspecies of Swainson’s thrushes with penny-sized, state-of-the-art geolocators, University of British Columbia researchers have been able to map their wildly divergent migration routes and pinpoint conservation hotspots.

Sep 25, 2012

UBC opens new $133M Pharmaceutical Sciences Building

The University of British Columbia today officially opens the new Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Building, a state-of-the-art learning and research facility that will enable UBC to graduate 224 new pharmacists per year by 2015 – a 47 per cent increase – and more than double the research space for drug discovery and health care innovation.

Sep 18, 2012

Funding for neglected global diseases research at UBC exceeds $20M

Researchers with the Neglected Global Diseases Initiative (NGDI) at the University of British Columbia have attracted more than $20 million in funding to find ways to eliminate diseases and conditions that kill millions of people in developing countries worldwide.

Sep 10, 2012

Global ocean health gets passing grade: UBC researchers

The health of the world’s oceans received a score of 60 out of 100 from a team of international scientists, including fisheries researchers at the University of British Columbia.

Aug 15, 2012

Severe flu increases risk of Parkinson’s: UBC research

Severe influenza doubles the odds that a person will develop Parkinson’s disease later in life, according to University of British Columbia researchers.

Jul 20, 2012

Single-cell parasites co-opt “ready-made” genes from host: UBC research

Two species of single-cell parasites have co-opted “ready-made” genes from their hosts that in turn help them exploit their hosts, according to a new study by University of British Columbia and University of Ottawa researchers.

Jul 18, 2012

Widely prescribed MS treatment may not slow progression of disease: Vancouver Coastal Health and UBC Research

Researchers with the UBC Hospital MS Clinic and Brain Research Centre at Vancouver Coastal Health and the University of British Columbia have published important data in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) about the impact of a common drug therapy on the progression of multiple sclerosis for people with the relapse-remitting form of the disease.

Jul 17, 2012

How to make global fisheries worth five times more: UBC research

Rebuilding global fisheries would make them five times more valuable while improving ecology, according to a new University of British Columbia study, published today in the online journal PLoS ONE.

Jul 13, 2012

Seabirds study shows plastic pollution reaching surprising levels off coast of Pacific Northwest

Plastic pollution off the northwest coast of North America is reaching the level of the notoriously polluted North Sea, according to a new study led by a researcher at the University of British Columbia.

Jul 4, 2012

The EU underpays Madagascar for access to fish: UBC research

Unfair and exploitative political agreements allow Europeans to eat fish from the plates of developing countries, according to a study led by University of British Columbia researchers.

Jul 3, 2012

Inhalable nitric oxide shown safe as potential anti-microbial treatment: UBC-VCH research

Results from a clinical study by a UBC-Vancouver Coastal Health research team have increased hope for a new, effective and inexpensive anti-microbial treatment using inhalable nitric oxide.

Jul 3, 2012

Atlanta has world’s most efficient airport, Korea now leads in Asia: UBC research

Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL), one of the world’s busiest international airports, is also the most efficient for the sixth year running says an aviation think-tank based at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business.

Jun 28, 2012

Unemployed Americans face greater risk of mortality: UBC study

Employment policy is also health policy according to a University of British Columbia study that found that workers experienced higher mortality rates if they didn’t have access to social protections like employment insurance and unemployment benefits.