16 Apr 2018
Dr. David Byres Honoured w/Dean's Medal of Distinction
We are proud to announce that at the Applied Science Celebration on April 12, our adjunct professor and alumnus Dr. David Byres was honoured with the Dean's Medal of Distinction.
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05 Dec 2017
Transgender Youth and Health Care Access
Close to half of transgender young Canadians aren't accessing health care when they need it, according to a study coming out of the Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre (SARAVYC) and published in Family Practice in November 2017.
03 Nov 2017
Celebration of Landmark Professorship
UBC School of Nursing Celebrates Landmark Professorship
23 Oct 2017
K M MacMillan Scholar
Announcing Dr. Martha Mackay as the new Katherine M. MacMillan Nursing Research Scholar at UBC
04 Oct 2017
UBC Nursing Research & Teaching Scholarship Report (2015/16 - 2016/17)
The UBC School of Nursing is pleased to share the recently released report, which highlights research and teaching scholarship activities in the School from 2015/16 to 2016/17.
03 Oct 2017
Sandra Lauck Accepts New Professorship
The UBC School of Nursing, in partnership with St Paul’s Hospital, is proud to announce that Dr. Sandra Lauck has been selected to hold the St. Paul’s Hospital and Heart & Stroke Foundation Professorship in Cardiovascular Nursing at UBC.
02 Oct 2017
Why some populations are wary of health professionals
Dr Colleen Varcoe explains why some populations are distrustful of health professionals and often wait until a problem becomes unbearable. Her research team suggests that changing practice, de-stigmatizing patients, could ease the burden on emergency rooms, increase preventative health care, and save money.
19 Sep 2017
How Much Sleep Do Children Need?
Dr Wendy Hall posts an op-ed on sleep quantity and quality necessary for optimizing childrens' health, based on research from the expansive sleep study that reviewed over 800 academic papers on the subject of sleep.
19 Sep 2017
Dr Saewyc Comments on E-Cigs
If most e-cigarettes in Canada include nicotine then it is likely that young people who vape will end up addicted to nicotine. That is the opinion that Elizabeth Saewyc offered in an e-mail interview on vaping among youth. She went on to encourage the government to enforce existing rules around e-cigarettes.
19 Sep 2017
Prostate Cancer, Capacity to Work & Taboos
Dr John Oliffe attended the Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference in Melbourne in August 2017 to discuss how prostate cancer affects men's capacity for returning to work after surgery. A graduated return is recommended.
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