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Alumni Q&A: Dr. Monica Beaulieu
The program will start by teaching you what is “in the box”, so you can — confidently, but strategically — think outside it.
SPPH recognizes our Postdoctoral fellows for National Postdoc Appreciation Week
“I hope this research can help reshape the prevailing dementia narratives of disability and decline to a new narrative of capability and capacity.”
Postdoctoral Fellow Gloria Puurveen
SPPH Professor Dr. Boris Sobolev’s Hip Fracture Study
“Our study was concerned with effects of possible changes in policy for the timing of surgery on mortality in the population of patients with hip fracture in Canada,” says lead author Boris Sobolev, a Professor in the School of Population and Public Health.
Back to School: Welcome to the new academic year
Whether you are a student who is new or returning, local or international, we want you to feel welcome, excited and proud to be a part of our School.
Shannon Charney named new Senior Administrator, School of Population and Public Health
Ms Shannon Charney joined the School on August 27th, and comes to us from the University of Alberta where she has been for the last 8 years as the Assistant Chair – Administration, supporting two departments within the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry. Having worked within both municipal and provincial (BC) government levels, as well […]
Three SPPH Students Win Friedman Awards for Scholars in Health
Congratulations to SPPH students Anita Minh, Ashleigh Rich, and Christina Luong on their selection as winners of the Friedman Award for Scholars in Health.
MHA Candidate Jennifer Krempien receives the 2018 Robert Wood Johnson Award
Master of Health Administration candidate Jennifer Krempien has been awarded the 2018 Robert Wood Johnson Award at the National Health Leadership Conference in St. John’s, Newfoundland. The Robert Wood Johnson Award was established in 1956 by Johnson & Johnson, and is presented to one student from each of the six Canadian universities offering graduate programs […]
Congratulations to our 2018 MHA award recipients
Six graduating MHA students received awards recognizing their leadership in health care administration.
Meet our graduate: Erin Ready, MPH
Name: Erin Ready, MPH Program: Master of Public Health Why did you take this program? During my previous training as a clinical pharmacist, I developed a keen interest in HIV. From a pharmacist’s perspective, I found it really rewarding to help patients understand their medications and minimize their side effects. I also found that I’m […]
Meet our graduate: Jessica Liauw, MHSc
Name: Jessica Liauw Program: Masters of Health Science (MHSc.) Why did you take this program? I pursued the Masters of Health Science program to enhance my knowledge and skills in epidemiology, statistics, and research methodology. The focus on these topics within the core courses, as well as the flexibility and variety of elective courses available, […]
MHA Event: Dialog and Reception, June 15, 2018
We welcome all MHA alumni, students and special guests for an exclusive class and reception.
Strategic Management – SPHA 561
Regardless of what role you envision yourself holding in an organization, a solid understanding of strategy is essential if you are going to contribute to major decisions.
Healthcare Management Internship at BC Children’s Hospital
Internship – Healthcare Management, received March 2018. Please help circulate widely to colleagues who might be interested.
SPPH researchers part of $43 million CIHR funding
University of British Columbia researchers, including School of Population and Public Health faculty, have been awarded $43m for 65 projects through Canadian Institutes for Health Research Project Grants. Image credit: CIHR IPPH
Get involved with the SPPH Exchange 2018
The SPPH Exchange is a student organized event held annually and featuring a keynote speech, workshops, and a poster and networking session. Here’s why you should get involved.
Meet Our Alumni: Titilola Falasinnu, PhD
Titilola Falasinnu gets up every morning thinking about the women in her life who have been affected by lupus.
New UBC public health program will train Indigenous health leaders
A new public health program offered at the University of British Columbia aims to address health inequities by training Indigenous health leaders working in communities across the country. Photo credit: Faculty of Medicine/Martin Dee
SPPH students win best presentation and poster at Cascadia conference
SPPH students Andrea Jones and Kyle Meeking won the best oral presentation and poster at the recent Cascadia Occupational, Environmental and Population Health conference.
Key Canadian health policy challenges include sustained poor health outcomes for Indigenous populations: analysis
An analysis of Canada’s health-care system has highlighted three key health policy challenges, including sustained poor health outcomes for Indigenous populations.
Canadians giving up food, heat to pay for prescription drugs: UBC study
More than 900,000 Canadians reduced their spending on basic necessities like food and heat to pay for prescription drugs in 2016, according to new research by a team from the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, McMaster University, and The University of Toronto. Photo credit: Charles Williams/Flickr. This image has been cropped.
Vancouver part of multi-million dollar Healthy Cities project
Vancouver is one of 10 cities in a multi-million dollar partnership to investigate how to develop cities to equitably support healthier lives, whilst also protecting the planet. Photo credit: gtriay/Pixabay
Indigenous people face higher risk of transportation injuries in British Columbia
Indigenous people in British Columbia suffered transportation-related injuries at a rate 1.89 times higher than the province’s total population between 1991 and 2010, a new University of B.C. study has found.
Do men’s toenails contain clues about prostate cancer prevention?
A project analyzing men’s toenails to find clues about prostate cancer prevention has been funded by Prostate Cancer Canada and the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation. Photo credit: Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick
Peer health ambassador project for incarcerated men receives $1.3m funding
A peer health ambassador project for incarcerated men co-developed by the Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education has received $1.3 million in government funding.
SPPH faculty and students win at 50th anniversary of Postgraduate Public Health Training in Western Canada
School of Population and Public Health faculty and students won several awards at the 50th anniversary of Postgraduate Public Health Training in Western Canada.
Meet Our Alumni: Lianping Ti, PhD
If Lianping Ti looks familiar, it may be because she taught you biostatistics this year. A PhD program alumna, Dr. Ti once took the courses she now teaches with Senior Lecturer Mike Marin, and says she still sometimes refers to his YouTube videos for programming in R. Photo credit: V. Saran Photo
Student Research: Looking into the risk of osteoarthritis after knee injuries
Allison Ezzat’s research will examine physical activity and health outcomes in female adolescents one to two years after ACL injury.
Older patients and families could pay the price of slowing health care spending
Canada and British Columbia are no exceptions to the worldwide trend of smaller increases to health-care spending. But the impacts of slowing growth in health-care spending should be examined, according to new research by Associate Professor Kimberlyn McGrail. Photo credit: StockSnap/Pixabay
SPHA 590A Research Project
SPHA 590 is a 6 credit capstone course for students to use the learning outcomes from their MHA courses and apply it to a specific area of professional practice within healthcare
Saving lives through interventions that address pre-eclampsia
Professor Joel Singer outlines how the Gates Foundation-funded CLIP cluster randomized controlled trial aims to save lives through community-level interventions that address pre-eclampsia. Photo credit: Pexels/Pixabay
Meet Our Graduates: The importance of lived experience and an open mind
Master of Public Health graduate Jennifer Lee discusses why lived experience is a form of expertise that is just as or more important than letters behind a name.
SPPH community helping to launch BC Global Health network
School of Population and Public Health students, faculty, and alumni are helping to launch a global health network in British Columbia.
Meet Our Graduates: How flushing toilets can spread infection – and UV light can kill it
MSc OEH graduate Jesse Cooper explains why his research looking at how flushing toilets can contribute to pathogen transmission in healthcare facilities could help stop infections and protect patients.
Congratulations to SPPH’s 2017 Fall Graduates!
Congratulations to our graduates on the culmination of all their hard work!
Investigating how children’s health behaviour changes when starting high school
Research Highlight: Professor Louise Masse’s project will examine how physical activity, sedentary behaviour and diet changes when children move from elementary to high school, with the potential to change unhealthy behaviours seen during this period. Photo credit: stevepb/Pixabay
Study finds no added risk for home births in rural areas
Elizabeth Nethery, a PhD student in the school of population and public health, compared the outcomes for rural women who have babies at home to those in other, more populated, parts of the U.S., to investigate access to care in rural areas. Photo credit: Jason Lander / flickr. This photo has been cropped
Student Research: Integrating therapy for stimulant use with treatment for long-term opioid-dependence
School of Population and Public Health doctoral candidate and 2017 Killam Doctoral Award winner Heather Palis is working on an innovative solution to the opioid overdose crisis. Credit: Providence Health Care
Research Highlight: Investigating how injured construction workers can get back to work quickly and safely
Associate Professor Chris McLeod’s project looks at how injured construction workers can get back to work as soon as they are healthy to do so, in a sector with a high incidence of injuries, and a challenging environment for accommodating work injuries.
Young Indigenous people who use drugs in BC 13 times more likely to die than young Canadians
A new study by The Cedar Project demonstrates that young Indigenous people who use drugs in BC are dying at an alarming rate – nearly 13 times Canadians their age.
Student Research: Evaluating a new way to improve care for newborns and children in Rwanda
Celestin Hategeka has been involved in keeping children healthy in Rwanda since he was seven years old.
SPPH researchers part of teams to receive MSFHR Reach awards
SPPH researchers are part of 16 teams to have received 2017 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Reach awards.
Future health professionals receive new training to better care for Indigenous people
Students from 11 of UBC’s health-related programs will come together for the first time for a new learning experience designed by the Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health to help students better serve Indigenous people.
A lesson for Canada: Quebec pharmacare system creates winners and losers
Quebec spends $200 more per person than the rest of Canada to provide prescription drug coverage to everyone in the province, finds new research that could inform plans for a nationwide universal drug plan.
Ethical and social implications of Learning Health Systems
Million Dollar Med$: exploring Canadians’ access to life-saving medicines
Meet our alumni: Shannon Waters, PHPM Residency Program
As a family doctor, Shannon Waters became frustrated at seeing people coming in to her clinic still unwell, despite having treated them previously. So she decided to pursue a residency in Public Health & Preventive Medicine.
New tool maps nature across Vancouver to boost mental health
Emily Rugel, a PhD candidate at SPPH, has been studying the link between access to natural spaces and mental health. In a recently published study, Rugel created a Natural Space Index to more precisely measure exposure to nature across Metro Vancouver. Photo credit: 12019/Pixabay
One step closer to a Hepatitis C vaccine
New research has confirmed that infection with one hepatitis C virus type does not protect against subsequent infection with different types of the virus, and that a prophylactic vaccine consisting of a cocktail of virus types might be the way forward.
Early guidance can help future moms fight fear of childbirth
A new University of British Columbia study suggests that providing women with early knowledge about pregnancy and childbirth could help reduce the numbers of unnecessary C-sections.
Health care, education key to keeping women out of prison
Women in provincial prisons require health care to address trauma, addiction and chronic diseases in order to lower reincarceration rates, according to a new study that of women leaving a B.C. correctional centre.