UBC International Week – Symposium on Global Health and Science Education
Originally published on February 26, 2010 The Faculty of Science will be holding a symposium titled “Poster Science-Iweek Symposium” to celebrate UBC-International Week. When: Thursday, March 18 / 2010 Time: Session 1: 1:00 pm to 3:15pm Session 2: 3:30 pm to 5:00pm Where: Auditorium – Michael Smith Laboratories 2185 East Mall – UBC Registration: Free […]
Presentation Feb 3rd, 2010: Developing treatments for neglected global diseases
Originally published on January 21, 2010 Wednesday, February 3 at 12pm, IRC Lecture Theatre 5, 2194 Health Sciences Mall, UBC campus Presentation by: R.E.W. (Bob) Hancock, PhD, OC, OBC, FRSC The global burden of infectious diseases is enormous, affecting billions of individuals and representing the 2nd leading cause of death. To permit the campus community […]
Let’s Talk Sustainability and Global Health (NOW! at the 2010 Student Leadership Conference)
Originally published on January 4, 2010 Reposted from www.now-org.com Join us at this panel workshop in on 9 January 2010! Global Health, Sustainability, and Leadership Come to learn more about cutting edge ideas and ways to take action in sustainability and global health. This panel discussion is presented by the UBC Neglected Global Diseases Initiative […]
iCo Therapeutics Signs Collaboration Agreement with The Consortium for Parasitic Drug Development
Originally published on September 24, 2009 VANCOUVER, Canada- iCo Therapeutics Inc. (TSX-V: ICO) is pleased to announce that the company has signed a collaboration development agreement with The Consortium for Parasitic Drug Development (CPDD) for the research and development of iCo’s oral drug delivery technology for the treatment of neglected diseases such as leishmaniasis and […]
Notes and Minutes from Informational Seminar, 9 September 2009
Originally posted on September 21, 2009 Neglected Global Diseases Initiative – University of British Columbia (NGDI-UBC) Informational Seminar, 9 September 2009, 4:30PM—6:00PM Michael Smith Labs, Rm. 101 Meeting Minutes 4:30 PM: Introductory presentation of the proposed Neglected Global Diseases Initiative (NGDI-UBC) by Dr. Kishor Wasan—Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 4:50 PM: Meeting open to questions […]