Therapeutics Initiative (TI) Best Evidence Webinar: Climate-Conscious Inhaler Prescribing: Tackling Climate Change, One Pen Stroke at a Time presented by Dr. Val Stoynova, general internist in community and tertiary care in Victoria at Island Health and a Clinical Associate Professor at UBC; and Dr. Celia Culley, a clinical pharmacist and pharmacy clinical coordinator in Victoria […]
Dr. Eileen Pitpitan will share preliminary results from a recent pilot study with transgender women in Tijuana, Mexico examining syndemics (i.e., co-occurrence of multiple, negative psychosocial health conditions) and social networks. Intervention approaches targeting social networks have been shown to be effective at improving HIV prevention and care outcomes among marginalized, stigmatized, hidden populations. However, few […]
The Action on Sepsis Research Excellence Cluster is entering into its fourth year as an interdisciplinary network tackling sepsis at the provincial, national, and global levels. We are excited to host a strategic planning workshop to review our progress and establish our goals over the coming years as we apply for our next round of […]
The Action on Sepsis Research Excellence Cluster is entering into its fourth year as an interdisciplinary network tackling sepsis at the provincial, national, and global levels. We are excited to host a strategic planning workshop to review our progress and establish our goals over the coming years as we apply for our next round of […]
What can land-based healing practices look like in cities? How do they connect to systemic changes (including #LandBack) needed for Indigenous communities to heal and thrive? How has city planning, as part of colonial “nation building,” created health inequities by disconnecting urban Indigenous people from the rich histories and medicines of the land? This webinar […]
Join us in-person and on Zoom for an interactive presentation by, Harjinder Heer and Pardeep Atwal, Registered Clinical Counselors to learn about grief, loss, and how to build resiliency. You will also learn about digital resources you can utilize to manage your mental health.
Health After 2020 dialogue sessions are held as part of the Health After 2020 program, which enables researchers to engage in interdisciplinary, cross-institutional collaborations that aim to create change in health and health producing systems. These collaborations respond to the broad effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and further our understanding of the determinants and experience […]
Please join us Thursday, December 1 at 11 am (PST) in LSC Lecture Theatre 3 for a talk from our invited speaker. This will be a hybrid seminar and also available via Zoom. Speaker: Dr. Michael Regnier from the Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington Dr. Regnier’s laboratory studies the molecular mechanisms of cardiac and […]
Our popular and award-winning series of short and focused sessions, CME on the Run! 2022-2023, will be offered virtually again this year from Sept. 2022 to May 2023. The UBC Department of Family Practice and UBC CPD are excited to introduce our next series of lectures and incredible speakers. Session dates and themes: Sep 16, […]
The Women’s Health Seminar Series features multidisciplinary research on women’s health. The goal of the series is to provide multidisciplinary training and mentorship to faculty, students, and community members across a broad range of women’s health research topics. Speakers will present their research regarding the biological, psychological, behavioural, economic and social impacts on women’s health outcomes […]
This free, virtual event on December 6 will focus on the translation of relevant neuropsychiatry research to novel solutions to address the ongoing overdose crisis, various mental health challenges, and pain. Topics like progress in psychedelic research, success stories in translational research and novel treatments for substance use disorders will be discussed during this full-day […]
To imagine and reimagine a more just global health, Dr. Amaya Perez-Brumer asks you to join her in sitting with the discomfort of the following question, “Does global health make data or does global health make health?” To begin to think through this question, she will discuss three ongoing paradoxes rooted in the extractive logics at the […]
