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» Faculty of Medicine » Home » 2017 » October » 23 » FoM Medicine This Week | Oct 16 – 20, 2017

FoM Medicine This Week | Oct 16 – 20, 2017

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

STORIES & NEWS RELEASES

  • Four faculty members recognized as Mental Health Difference Makers
  • Future health professionals get crucial training in Indigenous culture
  • UBC launches program to advance chronic disease research
  • Made-in-Canada lung cancer risk predictor outperforms other screening methods

Media Mentions

  • CBC: Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences’ Christopher Shaw explains his decision on retracting the publication of his scientific paper. Similar articles appeared in MSN and Globe and Mail.
  • Vancouver Sun: Pediatrics’ Stuart Turvey describes how research has a direct impact on patients at BC Children’s Hospital.
  • Vancouver Magazine: SPPH’s Ruth Elwood Martin discusses her research that supports men as they transition from prison back into the community
  • Globe and Mail: SPPH’s Rachel Murphy criticizes diets that rely on supplements
  • Globe and Mail: Psychiatry’s William Panenka’s baseline testing program for concussion in Richmond hockey players draws attention of Harvard Medical School
  • TVO: Surgery and SPPH’s Nadine Caron interveiwed and recognized for being the first female First Nations MD graduate and general surgeon
  • CBC: Students from 11 of UBC’s health-related programs get crucial Indigenous culture training. Similar articles appeared in CTV and Metro Vancouver.

social Media Highlights

Top Tweet
Nadine Caron interviewed for being Canada’s first female First Nations MD grad and general surgeon.

Top Facebook Post

First-year medical student Dakota Peacock among those welcoming the new interdisciplinary learning opportunity at UBC.

 

 

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