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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 to address public health issues in Indigenous communities. One-week intensive courses are offered toward the completion of the Graduate Certificate or Certificate (non-credit) in Indigenous […]
