Local solutions for boosting COVID-19 vaccine uptake
Learn how the UBC Innovation Support Unit in the department of family practice is working to reduce barriers to immunization in western Canada.
Community partners celebrate launch of UBC’s Drone Transport Initiative
The Stellat’en First Nation and Village of Fraser Lake recently celebrated the official launch of UBC faculty of medicine’s Remote Communities Drone Transport Initiative, a pilot project funded by the 2020 TD Ready Challenge.
Bridging gaps in community health care
UBC medical resident Willow Thickson is helping to create a safer space for Indigenous patients in BC.
UBC Innovation Support Unit receives federal funding to help communities accelerate COVID-19 vaccination
Workshops will engage communities to adapt local vaccination programs to better address structural barriers and reduce vaccine hesitancy.
Tackling the science behind the long-term effects of COVID-19
Meet the UBC researchers investigating the long-term impacts of the disease.
Travelling the road to reconciliation
Faculty of Medicine releases Response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action
UBC launches new lab to combat healthcare’s environmental impact
From transforming hospital food systems to driving innovation in medical device design, a team of researchers will generate solutions to lessen the footprint of healthcare in B.C.
UBC receives $750K TD Ready Challenge grant to deliver health care supplies by drone to remote B.C.
The new initiative is in collaboration with First Nations partners.
COVID-19 collaboration saves lives of ICU patients
A research collaboration between UBC and Vancouver General Hospital examined how the immune system can overreact in the presence of COVID-19 and attack the lungs.