Upcoming Events
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May 2025 Rounds | Dr. Jude Kornelsen and Asmaa Anwar
Housing Is Healthcare: Equity In Access For All Residents Date: Wednesday 14 May 2025Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM Pacific TimeLocation: Zoom Talk Abstract Inequities exist within Canada’s public healthcare system, including geographic disparities that impact access to care. In British Columbia, patients who need highly specialized care must access their treatment in the Lower Mainland.…
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April 2025 Rounds | Dr. Robert Petrella
Please join us for our upcoming research rounds with our department head, Dr. Robert Petrella! Sport Fandom as an Engagement Innovation in Hard-to-Reach Populations: A Cluster RCT to Evaluate a Community-Based Health Behaviour Change Intervention Date: Wednesday 16 April 2025Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM Pacific TimeLocation: Zoom Talk Abstract Obesity is a relapsing, progressive chronic…
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February 2025 Rounds | Dr. Nisha Malhotra and Dr. Ruvini Amarasekera
Please join us for our upcoming research rounds with Nisha Malhotra (The Birthplace Lab) and Ruvini Amarasekera (R2, St. Paul’s Hospital) Date: Wednesday 26 February 2025Time: 12:00 – 1:30 PM Pacific TimeTitle 1: Healthcare Disparities in Canada: Examining the Role of Socio-Economic Status and Identity Factors (12:00 – 12:55)Title 2: Embedding Indigenous Ways of Knowing…
News and Announcements
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Celebrating Resident Doctors Appreciation Week
Read here to learn how the Faculty of Medicine is celebrating resident doctors. Resident Doctors Appreciation Week 2023
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February Cedar Award: Dr. Nahla Fahmy
This month, we recognize Dr. Nahla Fahmy as the recipient of the Cedar Award. A former UBC family practice residency grad, Nahla is currently an active preceptor for both residents and medical students. She recently started one of the team-based primary care learning centres (TPCLC), something she says she is “passionate about co-leading.” Nahla is a full-service family doctor…
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Elaine Carty and Dr. Carol Herbert Inducted into the 2023 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
Professors emerita Elaine Carty, founding director of UBC’s midwifery program, and Dr. Carol Herbert, a former head of the department of family practice, are among six laureates to be inducted into the 2023 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. Read more here.
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Celebrating 20 years of Indigenous Excellence in Medicine
On November 8, the UBC faculty of medicine community celebrated 20 years of the Indigenous MD Admissions Pathway and the Indigenous Family Medicine Residency Program during an event where learners, alumni, family, faculty, staff and Indigenous community members gathered together to honour the achievements of the past two decades. Read more here.
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The UBC Faculty of Medicine Celebrates 20 Years of Midwifery Education
The Midwifery program reached its 20-year anniversary in November 2022. Read more about its impact an accomplishments here.