Jocelyn Conway
UBC Prominent in WIPO Re:Search Partnership Report
We congratulate all five UBC researchers for their collaborations and contributions to WIPO Re:Search and working to develop interventions for neglected global diseases.
NGDI’s Raquel Baldwinson wins Killam Doctoral Award
NGDI Congratulates Raquel on her Killam Scholarship and continued work and support for NGDI. See her student profile and Killam video.
UBC Global Health Online Network
Do you want a place to connect with other UBC members interested in Global Health? Do you have a question that you’d like to ask an expert? New Online Network coming soon.
Four gut bacteria decrease asthma risk in infants
New research by scientists at UBC and BC Children’s Hospital finds that infants can be protected from getting asthma if they acquire four types of gut bacteria by three months of age.
UBC Speaks Up
UBC`s Mental Illness Network for Destigmatization recognizes World Suicide Prevention Day
Join us for World Sepsis Day Event
Please join us on Sept 11 for an early event in recognition of World Sepsis Day on Sunday Sept 13, 2015. The UBC community has recently made breakthroughs in the treatment and diagnosis of Sepsis and in our understanding of the disease.
New weapon in the fight against malnutrition
UBC scientists have opened the doors to new research into malnutrition by creating an animal model that replicates the imbalance of gut bacteria associated with the difficult-to-treat disease.
NGDI awarded Peter Wall International Roundtable 2015
Ethical Implications in Ebola Research and Development: Does This Change Everything for Neglected Diseases?
NGDI Honours the Closing of Truth & Reconciliation Commission
Truth and Reconciliation Commission on residential schools reaches ceremonial end.
Biomedical Engineering Student Team Public Debriefing
The team brought back potential projects for improving the existing medical technology and solving some clinical challenges.