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Talking across silos to enable health system improvement

More than 200 people from diverse roles, sectors, and regions across British Columbia came together at a health summit in January to discuss shared priorities for improving BC’s health system. The Breathe and Weave: Talking Across Silos to Enable Health System Improvement health summit was a series...

  • Health Systems
  • Partnerships
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Call for applications now open for Health Equity Stream of Public Scholars Initiative

UBC Health is pleased to invite doctoral students from UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan who are undertaking innovative health equity-oriented research to apply for the new Health Equity Stream of the Public Scholars Initiative (PSI). The call for applications for the 2023/24 cohort is now open until...

  • Interdisciplinary Research
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HIFI call for proposals with healthy aging stream opens February 15

The call for proposals for the 2023 Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards opens on February 15 to faculty members at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan. The deadline to submit a proposal is April 14, 2023. UBC Health is offering up to $25,000 to faculty members who are collaborating across...

  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Sponsored registration for students to attend substance use conference

UBC Health and the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) work together to enhance substance use education and training for health professional students at UBC. Through this partnership, a limited number of sponsored registrations are available for health professional students to attend the BC...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems
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Excellence in health research, education, and practice celebrated through UBC Health awards and scholarships

UBC Health is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 UBC Health Awards and Scholarships. 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 educators...

  • Awards + Scholarships
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New opportunity for doctoral students conducting research to improve health equity

Doctoral students at the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses will have a new opportunity to support work focused on making an impact on health equity. UBC Health has partnered with the Public Scholars Initiative (PSI) to create a health equity funding stream that will facilitate the development of a...

  • Health Systems
  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Bringing patients and society back into social accountability of medical education

A patient engagement research project will enable medical education at UBC to be more responsive to the needs of patients and society in British Columbia. “Involvement of patients and the public in healthcare delivery and health research has become increasingly common and expected, but sustained...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Partnerships
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Funding for innovative health research awarded to interdisciplinary teams

UBC Health is pleased to announce that 12 interdisciplinary research teams have been selected to receive a Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Award . HIFI Awards enable interdisciplinary groups of health researchers to undertake innovative activities that have the potential to create...

  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Interprofessional workshop focused on decreasing substance use stigma

A new workshop on decreasing substance use stigma through improved team-based communication and patient-centered care was delivered to students as part of the UBC Health Integrated Curriculum last month. Nearly 400 students from audiology, dentistry, dietetics, genetic counselling, pharmacy, and...

  • Collaborative Health Education
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Ministry of Health research seed grant open for proposals

In partnership with the Ministry of Health, the Faculty of Medicine and UBC Health are offering researchers up to $50,000 through the Ministry of Health Research Seed Grant Program, which provides funding to universities in BC to produce research that responds to pertinent health-related questions...

  • Interdisciplinary Research

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