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UBC Health webinars and event recordings available on YouTube

UBC Health has created a YouTube channel to give students, faculty, and health partners improved access to its webinars and event recordings. Videos are organized by playlists and include substance use and addiction webinars, Health After 2020 research dialogue sessions, team-based care dialogue...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems
  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Call for proposals opens on May 16 for collaborative health enrichment activities

The call for proposals for Collaborative Health Enrichment Activities, a new funding opportunity, opens on May 16. UBC Health is offering up to $2,000 per year, to a maximum of $6,000 over three years, to faculty members at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan to support the development and delivery of a...

  • Collaborative Health Education
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Join the conversation about the respectful and equity-oriented collection and use of disaggregated data

UBC Health and its partners are committed to being part of ongoing conversations about the collection and use of disaggregated data. A series of disaggregated data dialogue sessions hosted by UBC Health resulted in participants recognizing the need for principles and guidelines for the collection...

  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Partnership sponsors students to attend substance use conference

UBC Health and the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) work together to enhance substance use education, training, and research for health professional students at UBC. Through this partnership, BCCSU is providing free registration to 30 health and human services students at UBC for the BC Substance...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Partnerships
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Community partner advocates for gold standard in patient engagement

UBC Health works to advance excellence in collaborative health education, interdisciplinary health research, and improvements in health systems. But that work wouldn’t be possible without the involvement of patients and community members. Long-time community partner, Darren Lauscher, shares his...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems
  • Interdisciplinary Research
  • Partnerships
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Proposed team-based care clinic at UBC moving forward

UBC Health is pleased to announce that a proposed team-based primary care teaching clinic on the UBC Vancouver campus is moving forward. The clinic will be housed in the new Gateway Health Building, which was recently approved as part of the UBC Budget 2022/23 . Expected to open in 2024, the team-...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems

UBC Health award and scholarship recipients recognized for excellence in health research, education, and practice

Every year, UBC Health recognizes the academic and research excellence of faculty and students from various health disciplines at UBC as well as the achievements of health educators, professionals, and community partners across BC. UBC Health is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 UBC...

  • Awards + Scholarships
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Virtual reality innovation in exposure therapy

What do you think of when you hear “virtual reality”? Virtual reality immerses participants in realistic simulated environments that stimulate the senses, including vision, hearing, and even touch. Would you think that virtual reality could treat medical conditions? That’s what one...

  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Health After 2020 dialogue sessions begin next month

UBC Health is hosting Health After 2020 dialogue sessions throughout the year to highlight the work of eight interdisciplinary teams at UBC who received funding through the Health After 2020 program. The program enables researchers to engage in interdisciplinary and cross-institutional projects...

  • Interdisciplinary Research

Leadership Update – Associate Vice-President, Health

Dr. Anne Martin-Matthews has announced that she has decided to step down from her role as Associate Vice-President (AVP), Health at the end of June 2022. “It has been a privilege to serve in this role and to collaborate with colleagues so committed to UBC’s strategic vision in establishing the...

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