CHSPR Seminar | Patient Perspectives on Routine Pregnancy Testing: An Ethical Inquiry

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

Speaker: Amanda Sears, PhD Student, UBC School of Population and Public Health This presentation will critically explore the ethical dimensions of routine pregnancy testing in acute clinical care through the framework of epistemic injustice. Using data from close- and open-ended survey questions, this talk will present the results of a thematic analysis to examine the […]

Climate Policy and the New US Administration

Applied Sciences Third Space 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada

With the inauguration of Donald Trump for a second term as President on January 20, the role of the US federal government in climate action is expected to shift significantly. Join the Climate Solutions Research Collective for an informal conversation with faculty experts who will lead us in a dialogue around: - Executive Orders impacting […]

Real Stories from the Front Lines: Research with Impact

Online/Virtual Event

Stories from the Front Line: Universities and Global Citizenship Richard Lester, Medicine, UBC, and Director, Neglected Global Diseases Initiative; Jason Nickerson, Law, University of Ottawa, and Humanitarian Representative, Doctors without Borders Online Event Tuesday, January 28, 5-6:30 pm Please note that this event is scheduled to be online only. Neglected Global Diseases (NGDs) are infectious […]

Navigating Menopause

Online/Virtual Event

Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan are welcome to attend. Format: Zoom webinar. About this webinar: Join UBC faculty from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Melanie Atlas and Dr. Lori Brotto, along with other expert speakers for this special webinar on navigating the physical and emotional aspects of menopause. […]

Winter 2025 Indigenous Public Health Training Institute

Liu Institute for Global Issues 6476 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Explore Canada’s only Indigenous Public Health professional development opportunity at UBC’s Faculty of Medicine. The Indigenous Public Health Training Institutes equip Indigenous community members and scholars with the necessary skills […]

CHSPR Health Policy Conference: Primary Care at A(nother) Crossroads

Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre 6163 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

The 37th annual Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR) health policy conference will confront the primary care crisis. With primary care stretched beyond its limits, it is necessary for provincially delivered and funded systems to learn from each other and more quickly apply evidence to practice. Speakers will engage with approaches that are […]

BIG25 Research Day

Life Sciences Centre 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The BIG Research day is an annual tradition of Bioinformatics, Interdisciplinary Oncology and Genome Science + Technology graduate programs at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. Over 100 […]

Global Health Conference 2025

Online/Virtual Event +1 more

The Institute for Global Health at BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre are thrilled to announce the 7th Annual Global Health Conference (GHC25). This year’s conference […]

Free