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.
UBC Engineering Students Contributing to Global Health
Replacing bolt cutters, device offers better patient recovery.
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
Lundbeck Foundation will create a joint five-year professorship in drug delivery and nanomedicine.
UBC’s Ebola Action Fund supports Engineering Student Project
Funding will support The Biomedical Engineering Student Team (BEST).
Recording of NGDI Ebola Symposium Released
This meeting focused on Canada’s current contributions to potential therapeutics in response to the 2014 West African outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease.
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
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.
Rapid test to diagnose severe sepsis
A test could help doctors diagnose sepsis and begin treatment earlier.