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BCCHRI HEALTH STARTS CATALYST GRANTS
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Congratulations to Dr. Manon Ranger on two top-ranked BCCHRI Health Starts Catalyst grants: Ranked #1: The role of neuroinflammation in early life pain/sucrose-induced neurodevelopment impairments will be awarded a Catalyst Grant of $40,000 CAD…
UBC Sustainability Initiative Grant Awarded
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UBC SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE GRANT FOR CLIMATE EDUCATION Congratulations to UBC Nursing Lecturer, Raluca Radu, for securing a UBC Sustainability Initiative Grant for $4,956 to support a Climate Education-related project, Enriched learning through…
2021 Research Clusters
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The following research cluster leads and members have received funding for their projects for 2021. Congratulations to all! UBC RESEARCH EXCELLENCE CLUSTERS UBC funded 35 Research Excellence Clusters in 2021/22 including 11 clusters in the second…
Two UBC Nursing Assistant Profs receive CIHR Project Funding
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Congratulations to UBC School of Nursing assistant professors, Dr. Saima Hirani and Dr. Lillian Hung, for their successful grants in the 2020 CIHR Fall competition:
Rapid Testing at Orchard Commons
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Orchard Commons rapid testing was a fantastic experience; I have been following British Columbia’s COVID response since the pandemic began and had wanted to get involved with community testing, so the opportunity to be a part of the BD Veritor…
MSFHR Funding Announcement February 2021
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Congratulations to the three teams listed below, recent recipients of MSFHR Funding for the following projects (click on the titles for more information about the study): A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT TO EXPLORE COVID-19 RAPID REDESIGN AND REDEPLOYMENT…
Virtual Nursing Gala 2021
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RSVP AND CALL FOR NOMINATIONSThursday, May 13, 2021 | 6:30 PM | VIA ZoomRSVP IS NOW OPENThis annual event is an opportunity to thank you, our alumni and supporters who have made a deep and lasting commitment to nursing education, teaching, and…
Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards
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Two faculty members are among the recipients of these HIFI awards. Congratulations Dr. Manon Ranger and Dr. Wendy Hall! Creating a calmer NICU: Pilot testing a robot for optimizing brain development in preterm infants in the NICU HIFI AWARD: $24,859
Lactopedia
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UBC expert launches resource to improve breastfeeding in CanadaIn Canada, parents who are considering breastfeeding have only limited complete support systems. Few hospitals or community clinics have full-time lactation consultants, and education…
Glennis Zilm Announced as a 2020 Alumni Builder
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Glennis Zilm, BSN Class of 1958, Honorary Professor at the School of Nursing, and one of the authors (with Ethel Warbinek) of the much-referenced, much-gifted Legacy: History of Nursing Education at the University of British Columbia 1919-1994 has…