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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Dr. Robert Petrella to Serve as Chair-Elect of the CFPC Section of Researchers Council in 2025
We are pleased to share that Dr. Robert Petrella, our esteemed department head, has been named Chair-Elect of the Section of Researchers (SOR) Council for 2025 under the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). The Section of Researchers (SOR) is the section of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) that represents members…
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Researchers awarded Convening and Collaborating (C2) and Reach grants from Michael Smith Health Research BC
We are excited to share that six researchers from the Department of Family Practice have received Knowledge Translation focused team funding awards from Michael Smith Health Research BC. Please join us in congratulating and celebrating them for the innovative work that they do. Reach Program This grant is awarded to support teams of researchers and…
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Lifestyle program geared at hockey fans helps improve men’s health
Participants take part in a Hockey FIT training session. A new study led by researchers at UBC and Western University shows how a lifestyle program that taps into people’s passion for local hockey teams can help improve men’s health. The study, published in The Lancet’s eClinicalMedicine, details the main results of the Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey…
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Developing a Capacity Estimator (CapEs) to Support Canadian Primary Care Planning in a Time of Crisis
Elka Humphrys and Morgan Price of the UBC Innovation Support Unit share their recent research project “Primary Care Teams Capacity Estimator”. This study’s goal was to estimate how clinical capacity changes when different healthcare providers are embedded in primary care teams. In this study, the team completed 7 modified Delphi sub-studies to co-develop evidence about…
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Green Healthcare – Collective Wellbeing for People and Planet
Drs. Farah Shroff (UBC DFP) and Lumas Joseph Helaire (Harvard Chan School of Public Health) BackgroundAs global climate change accelerates, the crisis of species survival invites holistic ways of knowing. There is a resurgence of engagement in Indigenous spiritual wellbeing systems as part of anti-colonial liberation movements. Green collective wellbeing systems (GreenCoWell) offer opportunities to…