UBC faculty smiling at the Faculty Wellbeing Champions Recognition Event, standing behind a table in front of wide windows.
This month over 100 members of the UBC community gathered to celebrate the Faculty Wellbeing Champions Recognition Event to celebrate 124 faculty nominated by students recognized as “Faculty Wellbeing Champions", including AH scientists Drs. Russolillo and Puyat. 🧰
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You're invited to a Research Rounds session, presented by Dr. Pat Camp, reflecting on the past 10 years of partnership, practice, and progress in Indigenous #LungHealth research. 🫁
📆 May 4, 5PM PpST
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://bit.ly/41xnGRF
Meeting ID: 690 4928 8529
Passcode: 927990
South Asians with kidney failure in Canada have much lower likelihood of #KidneyTransplantation, according to research co-authored by Reetinder Kaur. Language is one big barrier, which is why Kaur is keen to educate the Punjabi-speaking population on the topic.
Read more at: https://bit.ly/4cdIpjG
When evaluating over 40k people over the course of 10 years, researchers found that a policy of using buprenorphine/naloxone as a first line treatment for #OpioidUseDisorder saved 1,602 fewer years of life compared to a methadone policy.
A compilation of three images: a person curled up with head in hands, central red ECG waveform, gloved hands holding a kidney cross-section model.
🌸 Both spring flowers and science are in bloom!
April's Evidence Speaks summaries look at:
🚴 #PTSD symptoms after transport injuries
🫀Gender differences in bystander intervention in #CardiacArrests
⚕️Why glomerular disease patients are at 30% higher cancer risk
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4c4Xy6N
Walking helps preserve independence and health in people with #dementia. This paper highlights the role of familiarity and daily routines in supporting independence, the importance of planning walking routes, the challenges posed by the built environment, and the growing role of technology. 🧓
Dr. Bohdan Nosyk's research seeks to inform complex policy decisions surrounding the prevention and management of HIV/AIDS and substance use disorders.
Is that a mission you want to contribute to? Then we hope to see your application!
Banner for Health Data for All of Us (Our Health Data Journey) with speaker headshots; event April 21 in Ottawa and online.
How have patient-oriented research and health data been used to improve the care of patients with kidney disease?
These are the questions that AH scientist Dr. Adeera Levin will be exploring in her rapid-fire talk at Health Data for All of Us on April 21.
Learn more 👉🏾 https://lnkd.in/gME-tZzy
“Music connects people. It is universal,” says Dr. Hung. “Music is not and should not be a luxury — it needs to be accessible.” 🪕
#ActiveLearning is a key part of mental health and emotional resiliency, at all ages. This study demonstrates practical ways to integrate that active learning.
An image of Dr. Amy Salmon, the director of the Centre of Advancing Health Outcomes, smiling at the camera. She is super imposed over a background of the mountains and shores of Vancouver Island. Quote text reads: “The aim of the friendly visit service is to create safe and genuine connections to necessary services through non-medical friendly visitors.”
By 2030, 1 in 4 Canadians will be over 65.
Ensuring health care systems can meet these anticipated care needs poses a hefty challenge. A $1.3-million project co-led by Dr. Amy Salmon is meeting that challenge by helping older, rural adults feel safe at home.
Learn more :
https://bit.ly/4sKzDzp
To recognize Kidney Health Month, we are resharing our profile on Dr. Adeera Levin, a leading nephrologist with @advancinghealth.bsky.social whose research has enhanced the care of patients across the continuum of kidney care. Read more: buff.ly/Clv0BfX
#research #kidney #kidneyhealthmonth
2025 Top 10 Research Advances Improving rheumatoid arthritis self-management through digital coaching. A captioned image of Dr Linda Li smiling.
Living well with rheumatoid #arthritis takes daily effort. Researchers, including AH scientist Dr. Linda Li, found that combining wearable activity trackers, a mobile app, and remote physiotherapist coaching helped people better manage their condition.
👉 Explore more: https://lnkd.in/gzfpA-_H
Dr. Amy Salmon, a person with blue hair wearing a blazer in front of a historic red-brick St. Paul's Hospital building.
Yesterday was Dr. Amy Salmon's first day as the director of the Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes! 🎊
We spoke with Dr. Salmon about her history and accomplishments at the Centre, her goals for the future, and what excites her the most about taking the helm.
🔖Read more: https://bit.ly/4bMzQvD
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Sheltering from the atmospheric river? Bunker down with March's Evidence Speaks to find out how:
🚶To support walking for people living with dementia
⚕️Different opioid use disorder treatments compare
🤒 COVID-19 infections raise diabetes risk
Read the full rundown:
https://bit.ly/4bgbLgQ
Members of seven startup ventures posing outside the Robert H Lee Alumni Centre entrance
7 startup ventures have joined the 51st cohort of UBC’s Venture Founder program!
We want to highlight the Minder team. Featuring AH scientists Drs. Vigo and Richardson, this startup will be delivering evidence-based mental health resources for students.
🖱️ https://bit.ly/3NAaDvf
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Four Faculty of Medicine researchers have been honoured with UBC’s 2025 Faculty Research Awards. We would like to extend our congratulations to awardees, and particularly highlight Advancing Health scientist Dr. Anne Gadermann.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4bC6xfk
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March is #ColorectalCancer month.
Advancing Health scientist Dr. Mary De Vera shares her perspective as a doctor and a colorectal cancer survivor with Your Morning Vancouver.
Listen to the full conversation:
Huge congratulations to Dr. Conklin and her team! Their work looks beyond the traditional framework of diet, exercise, and medication, instead exploring how the gains, loss, and absence of social relationships impacts #diabetes risk and disease progression.
#Pharmacies are increasingly becoming an a vital way that Canadians receive essential clinical services, like medication renewal, vaccination, and assessment of minor ailments. 💊
But more rural communities have much less access to pharmacies— making it harder for residents to use these services.
#VirtualCare can make health care much more accessible, especially for people living in rural areas. However, there are risks when it's over-relied upon.
For example, patients living with #KidneyDisease in Northern BC were less supported in learning to use their medical tech through remote care.
🏫 While 79% of surveyed Canadian #UniversityStudents had a perceived need for #MentalHealth treatment, only 40% tried to access those services.
These disparities were related to age, international background, and financial stress.
Beyond the Binary in Canada: Guide Subtitle: Pathways toward equitable research with people who experience sex and gender-based health inequities. Many hands of different ages and skintones, some wearing jewlery, reaching out.
How can we develop pathways towards equitable research with and for people who experience sex- and gender-based health inequities?
Created by the PWHR and WHRI, the 'Beyond the Binaries' guide is here to help.
Download the guide:
https://bit.ly/46YB5oO
Webinar on digital STBBI testing—Feb 25, 2026, 1–2 PM CT. Speaker: Dr. Mark Gilbert.
How do you build a digital STBBI testing program? 💭
In this webinar, Dr. Mark Glibert from the BC Centre for Disease Control will share practical lessons from GetCheckedOnline, a platform which has been running for more than a decade.
🗓️Wed February 25
⏰1pm CT
Register: https://bit.ly/4cbwWBp
Join us in congratulating Foundry's research team and community partners on securing CIHR funding for their community-engaged project, which adapts evidence-based strategies into practical, youth-focused guidance for providers in acute/community care settings. https://ow.ly/3ysh50Yhb7V
Ppcoming session, Understanding Decision-Making Capability: From Core Concepts to Clinical Application. This session will take place on Thursday, March 12, 11:30AM – 12:30PM, in-person (SPH Cullen) and via Zoom Speakers: Heather Burrett (Practice Educator, Occupational Therapy) Charisse Knowlan (Practice Educator, Social Work)
Are you a member of the interdisciplinary health team at Providence Health Care?
Then you're invited to join the following session: Understanding Decision-Making Capability - From Core Concepts to Clinical Application.
📅 Thurs, Mar 12, 11:30AM
📍In-person and Zoom
https://bit.ly/46eWWZ0
A collage of 3 images: College students in a lecture hall, a person connecting an peritoneal dialysis line at their waist, and several blister packs of pills.
This grey and rainy February, let our new Evidence Speaks be your science umbrella to keep away all the online misinformation.
Learn about:
🏫 Disparities in #MentalHealth service access in uni
📱Risks of over-relying on #RemoteCare
💊 Inequality in BC #pharmacy access
👉https://bit.ly/4kxJXHw
How do videos on #TikTok portray homelessness?
Dr. Skye Barbic and team analyzed the top videos to find out. They found that while mostly positive, depictions of #homelessness often lacked nuance and raised ethical concerns around consent.
Eight researchers' headshots with their names. From left to right: Dr Skye Barbic, Dr. Naveed Janjua, Dr. Angela Rusollilo, Dr. Frank Schuermeyer, Dr. Jason Sutherland, Dr. John Saples, Dr. Brian Grunau, Dr. Andrew Kestler.. The title reads "Investigating Substance Abuse and Overdose Prevention."
What are Advancing Health scientists working on? Let's find out!
One main theme from our projects funded by the CIHR Fall Project Competition is #SubstanceYse and #overdose prevention. Our researchers are looking to reduce overdose risk among youth, address gaps in toxicology profiles, and more.
Over 8 million Canadians live with #ChronicPain. What makes their treatment decisions more challenging? 🤕
A survey by Dr. Linda Li's team found the biggest issues were difficulty understanding health care info, lack of prior knowledge, and lack of physician support for their preferred treatment.