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Dr. Sabrina Wong, FAAN 2020
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The American Academy of Nursing (AAN) announced its new 2020 Fellows on August 6, 2020. We warmly congratulate Dr. Sabrina Wong, Professor and Associate Director of Research with the School of Nursing, who will be inducted as a new Fellow along with…
MSFHR Funding Announcement
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Dr. Fuchsia Howard has been awarded the prestigious 5-year Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award. Dr. Howard's research program is in Critical Illness Survivorship: Evidence to Design Patient-Centred Interventions, which…
Remembering Clarissa Green
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We fondly remember Associate Professor Emerita Clarissa Green, who died at home on August 8, 2020 surrounded by family. Clarissa joined the faculty of the School of Nursing in 1980 and was an inspiring educator, practitioner and scholar in British…
Canada Research Chair in Men's Health Promotion Announced
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The overarching aim of Dr. Oliffe's CRC research program is to improve the physical and mental health of men and their families by studying three major health issues: Men’s depression and suicide Tobacco reduction and smoking cessation in…
Impact of Covid-19 on Medically Complex Children
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Rob Shaw from the Vancouver Sun has done an excellent report on an in-progress study being conducted by Dr Jennifer Baumbusch. "As home support declined during the pandemic,...families are struggling with burnout, depression and other side…
UBC team launches art initiative to promote mental health of men in prison
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Supporting people in prison to create something beautiful during a dark and difficult time is how UBC School of Nursing associate professor Dr. Helen Brown and her team describe their new program to deliver “art and reciprocity…
UBC team launches art initiative to promote mental health of men in prison
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Supporting people in prison to create something beautiful during a dark and difficult time is how UBC School of Nursing associate professor Dr. Helen Brown and her team describe their new program to deliver “art and reciprocity kits” to people…
New Online Tool Supports Women in Violent Relationships
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Colleen Varcoe has teamed up with researchers at Western and the University of New Brunswick to create an app that could help women find their way through violent relationships. Read the feature story on the Applied Science website.
Spotlight on Long Term Care
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Sept-2020 READ | New Survey Shows Links between COVID-19 pandemic and BC Nurses' mental health
Sonia Acorn, In Memoriam
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Sonia Acorn - A Timeline of CareerApril 3, 1939 Born Sonia Griffin, Webster's Corner, PEI1957 Graduated St. Joseph's Convent and Notre Dame Academy, Charlottetown1960 …