School of Population and Public Health
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The Sentinels of Change Alliance shows what’s possible when collaboration is a foundation, not an add-on.
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Is your neighbourhood playable? New website breaks it down
UBC researchers have created Canada’s first playability index, revealing how neighbourhoods support—or hinder—children’s outdoor play. Explore what makes a city playable and why urban planners need to think like kids.
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New research reveals decline in B.C. kindergarteners developmental health after pandemic
Data shows record-high vulnerability rates among young learners, raising concerns about long-term impacts.
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Bringing Indigenous ways of knowing to neuroscience
University of B.C. researchers are working with Indigenous scholars and communities to bring Indigenous perspectives into brain science.
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Call for unified action in opioid crisis at UBC Okanagan debate
The event was sold out with over 700 people coming together for an evening of debate and discussion.
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UBC study challenges alarming U.S. maternal death rate reports
Reports of a dramatic upward trend in the U.S. maternal death rate are being challenged by new UBC research published today in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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Genetic testing could greatly benefit patients with depression, save health system millions
The study shows that in B.C. alone, implementing pharmacogenomic testing could save the provincial public health system an estimated $956 million over 20 years.
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Prenatal education by text message is working, UBC research shows
In this Q&A, Dr. Patricia Janssen discussed the decline of traditional in-person prenatal classes and the rise of text-messaging prenatal education program.
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Even low levels of air pollution contribute to increased health risk
Levels of air pollution well below national and international air quality guidelines are associated with an increased risk of death, according to a new Canada-wide study led by researchers at the University of British Columbia.
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Drones get blood to patients faster—and reduce waste
Using drones instead of ambulances for emergency delivery of perishable blood products in Rwanda resulted in blood arriving for transfusions 79 minutes faster on average.
