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FoM Medicine This Week | October 3-7, 2016

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Medicine This Week | October 3-7, 2016

Here is the round-up of news, stories, and media mentions from the UBC Faculty of Medicine.


STORIES & NEWS RELEASES

  • Occupational Therapy alumna and PhD student Stephanie Glegg receives Vanier Graduate Scholarship
  • UBC residents take to the stage at ninth annual Resident Talent Night
  • Natalie Zeytuni receives Banting Postodoctoral Fellowship
  • MD student Daniel Raff receives Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Award
  • Michael Hayden inducted into Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

Media Mentions

  • CBC New Brunswick: Dessa Sadovnick investigates multiple sclerosis in New Brunswick
  • Vancouver Sun: Radiology’s Bruce Forster describes UBC’s new anatomy visualization table. Similar articles appeared in the Ottawa Citizen and The Province.
  • Vancouver Sun: Psychiatry’s Kerry Jang says we need to rethink housing for homeless individuals with schizophrenia.
  • Psychology Today: OB-GYN’s Lori Brotto’s study shows best way to reduce distress among survivors of childhood sex abuse
  • Vice: Emergency Medicine’s Adam Lund aims to close the gap between public health and emergency doctors. Similar articles appeared in Vice U.K. and Australia.
  • Daily Mirror: Medical Genetics’ Wilfred Jefferies develops a new tool in the fight against cancer
  • CBC: Medicine’s Jerilynn Prior discusses a drug company’s stealth marketing campaign
  • Psychology Today: Brett Finlay’s book focusing on the benefits of exposing children to essential microbes
  • The Atlantic: SPPH’s Eva Oberle suggests that stress contagion might be taking place in the classroom
  • Ottawa Citizen: Pediatrics’ Tom Warshawski writes an op-ed on the need to ban food advertising to children
  • Vancouver Sun: Family Practice’s Margaret McGregor finds quality of residential care is still a big issue

Social Media Highlights

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UBC’s new tool for teaching anatomy — a giant touchscreen with virtual scalpels
Top Facebook Post

Congratulations to Christopher Wong, honoured with 2016 Fraser Health’s Above & Beyond’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
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