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, […]

Leading in a Time of Uncertainty: My Road to Kindness

Hebb Building 2045 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Precarity and Uncertainty: A Green College Leading Scholars Series Bonnie Henry, Provincial Health Officer HEBB Building, Room 100, 2045 East Mall, UBC Thursday, January 30, 5-6:30 pm and livestreamed This event requires registration and attendance is limited to the UBC community. Registration: https://greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D1810%26reset%3D1 Dr. Bonnie Henry was appointed as Provincial Health Officer for the Province […]

Work in Progress: Bridging gaps in chronic disease research: Predictive modeling with health administrative data

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Belal Hossain Statistician, Advancing Health PhD Candidate, School of Population and Public Health, UBC Hanna Frank PhD Candidate, School of Population and Public Health, UBC Health administrative data offers a rich resource for understanding and predicting outcomes in chronic disease populations. However, its use is often limited by missing or unobserved clinical predictors and the […]

CHSPR Seminar | Cardiovascular Disease in Postpartum Women: Understanding Risk to Optimize Prevention and Management

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

Speaker: Rubee Dev, University of BC Globally, the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) related morbidity and mortality in postpartum women has increased. Women who experience adverse pregnancy outcomes have an increased lifelong risk of developing CVD. Yet, CVD amongst postpartum women remains under-studied, under-screened, and under-diagnosed. Early diagnostic testing and risk-based recommendations are required to combat […]

CHSPR Seminar | Tommy Douglas and the Quest for Medicare in Canada: How is it relevant now?

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

Speaker: Gregory Marchildon, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto Are there contemporary policy lessons which can be drawn from the history of Medicare? As the author of Tommy Douglas and the Quest for Medicare in Canada, Greg Marchildon will explore some of the answers to this question, especially concerning the single-payer and single-tier nature of the […]