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» Faculty of Medicine » Home » 2017 » October » 19 » FoM Medicine This Week | Oct 9 – 13, 2017

FoM Medicine This Week | Oct 9 – 13, 2017

 

 

 

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

STORIES & NEWS RELEASES

  • Faculty of Medicine receives $31M in federal grants for research infrastructure
  • Hitting the road to understand the challenges of rural health
  • New research underlines need to develop a hepatitis C vaccine
  • New evidence emerges for genetic predisposition to peanut allergy
  • Quebec pharmacare system provides lessons for Canada
  • CPD’s HOUSE program recognized by College of Family Physicians

Media Mentions

  • The Atlantic: Medicine’s Ryan McNeil says frequent drug users don’t seek out doctors for help
  • CBC: Surgery’s Aziz Ghahary created an app-enabled ‘smart bandage’ that can sense when a wound is becoming infected
  • Vancouver Sun: SPPH’s Paul Kershaw quoted about parents’ challenges in saving money for their children’s future. A similar article appeared in The Province.
  • Globe and Mail: OB-GYN’s Caitlin Dunne writes op-ed about making workplaces fertility-friendly to attract more female employees
  • Vancouver Sun: Medicine’s Denise Daley identifies a gene associated with allergy to peanuts. Similar articles appeared in Metro Vancouver, CTV and International Business Times.
  • Globe and Mail: Surgery and Cellular & Physiological Sciences’ James Johnson quoted about rising obesity rate among children
  • Indo-Canadian Voice: SPPH’s Steve Morgan finds Quebec’s drug pharmacare system created major deficits
  • Reuters: Cardiology’s Christopher Fordyce found that a public education campaign increased use of bystander CPR
  • The Verge: SPPH’s Sarah Henderson and Michael Brauer discuss health impact of smoke from wildfires. A similar article appeared in Mother Nature Network.
  • CBC’s Early Edition: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine’s Cheryl Wellington discusses a health condition linked to repeated concussions.

social Media Highlights

Top Tweet
Congratulations to our Faculty for receiving UBC’s largest share of Canada Foundation for Innovation funding.

Top Facebook Post

 

 

SPPH Professor Steve Morgan says Quebec’s health care plan didn’t live up to promises about saving taxpayers’ money.

 

 

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