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Patient videos offer new resource for health program instructors

Video vignettes of patients and caregivers talking about their health journeys are available for instructors at UBC to use as part of their curricula. The Living Library video collection illustrates how patient experiences and perspectives—on healthcare teams, communication and relationship...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Partnerships
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UBC Health awards and scholarships competition for 2022 now open

The competition for the 2022 UBC Health Awards and Scholarships is now open until November 10, 2022. Through these awards and scholarships, UBC Health recognizes the academic and research excellence of faculty and students from various health disciplines at UBC and the achievements of health...

  • Awards + Scholarships
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Global health conference enriched by students

UBC recently welcomed nearly 250 in-person and virtual delegates from over 50 countries at the 2022 Towards Unity for Health (TUFH) conference held at the Vancouver campus in August. TUFH is an international, intersectoral, and intergenerational global health conference that brings together health...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems
  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Call for proposals open for Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards

UBC Health invites faculty members at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan to submit a proposal for the Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards by October 14, 2022. We are offering up to $25,000 to faculty members who are collaborating across faculties, disciplines, and campuses to develop new...

  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Health in unexpected places

UBC Health is inviting interdisciplinary teams who are undertaking innovative health-oriented research in faculties, schools, or departments that stretches beyond the usual or expected to participate in Health After 2020. The Health After 2020 program enables researchers to engage in...

  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Become a panelist for team-based care event

What work are you doing in team-based care? What questions do you have? What ideas do you have to share? UBC Health is currently inviting people to participate as TBC @ UBC Network event panelists to disseminate learnings, stimulate dialogue, and explore emerging questions in their work to advance...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems
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Dr. Christie Newton appointed Associate Vice-President, Health pro tem

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Christie Newton as Associate Vice-President, Health pro tem , effective July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. Dr. Newton is an associate professor and the Associate Head, Education and Engagement in the Department of Family Practice in the Faculty of...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems
  • Interdisciplinary Research
  • Partnerships
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UBC Health in action

One year ago, the Office of the Vice-President, Health launched the UBC Health strategic plan for 2021-2026, Better Health Together . Representing the vision and priorities of the University of British Columbia in advancing collaborative health, Better Health Together provides a roadmap to connect...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems
  • Interdisciplinary Research
  • Partnerships
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Interdisciplinary teams awarded funding for innovative health research

Computer models to detect disease, robotics to treat disorders, serious game educational resource for health students, active school travel initiatives, and team-based social prescribing—these are only a few of the interdisciplinary research projects that have been selected to receive a Health...

  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Summer program launches for students interested in health professions

A new summer program for students interested in a health profession as a career option is launching in August. The Health Professions Summer Program, developed by an interprofessional planning team, will be hosting 15 high school and undergraduate students to participate. The program is designed to...

  • Collaborative Health Education

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