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NGDI awarded Peter Wall International Roundtable 2015

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

NGDI Honours the Closing of Truth & Reconciliation Commission

Truth and Reconciliation Commission on residential schools reaches ceremonial end.

Biomedical Engineering Student Team Public Debriefing

Biomedical Engineering Student Team Public Debriefing

The team brought back potential projects for improving the existing medical technology and solving some clinical challenges.

UBC Engineering Students Contributing to Global Health

UBC Engineering Students Contributing to Global Health

Replacing bolt cutters, device offers better patient recovery.

Global Health Partners Call on G7 for NTD Action

Global Health Partners Call on G7 for NTD Action

The Neglected Global Diseases Initiative has joined over ninety other global health groups, institutions and individuals in supporting the elimination of neglected tropical diseases.

NGDI Member Urs Hafeli to Lead International Professorship

NGDI Member Urs Hafeli to Lead International Professorship

Lundbeck Foundation will create a joint five-year professorship in drug delivery and nanomedicine.

UBC’s Ebola Action Fund supports Engineering Student Project

UBC’s Ebola Action Fund supports Engineering Student Project

Funding will support The Biomedical Engineering Student Team (BEST).

Cdn Gov’t to send Military Medical Personnel to West Africa

Cdn Gov’t to send Military Medical Personnel to West Africa

Announcement includes Call to Action for recruitment of Canadian medical personnel for 8 week deployment with Canadian Red Cross.

Canadian Researchers Come Together to Combat the Ebola Outbreak

Canadian Researchers Come Together to Combat the Ebola Outbreak

NGDI-UBC is working closely with CDRD to identify a novel approach to developing the next generation of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies for the prevention and treatment of Ebola.