SPPH doctoral students named UBC Health Equity Scholars

Chelsey Perry and Katherine White have joined the second cohort of Health Equity Scholars representing both UBC Vancouver and Okanagan.

Medicine, Colonialism, and Historical Complexity.  

The W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics and UBC Centre for India and South Asian Research (CISAR) are pleased co-sponsor a talk by Kiran Kumbhar, Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Centre for the Advanced Study of India at the University of Pennsylvania. Join them on Friday, February 7, 2025, from 9-10:30AM in-person at the School of […]

Meet our faculty – Heather Palis

Meet Dr. Heather Palis, an Assistant Professor (Partner) at the School of Population and Public Health.

Meet our Alumni: Mahdieh Bazyari, Safety Health and Environmental Manager at Unilever 

Read to learn about Bazyari’s background, public health aspirations, and her reasons for selecting UBC’s MSc OEH Program.

Advancing HIV Care: How UBC’s MHA Program helped Simon Rayek turn research into action

Simon Rayek has long focused on community-based research and health promotion around health outcomes for 2SLGBTQIA+ people, in particular HIV and AIDS.

Meet Our Alumni: Shayla Kaplen, Occupational hygienist

Read to learn about Kaplen’s background, public health aspirations, and her reasons for selecting UBC’s MSc OEH Program.

Meet SPPH REDI Leader: Susan Cox

We speak with Dr. Susan Cox, Professor and Director of PhD and MSc Programs at SPPH, Interim Director of the Centre for Applied Ethics, and Chair of Biomedical Ethics of the Centre for Applied Ethics.

Dr. Patricia Janssen honoured with Women Leaders in Digital Health Award

She is among ten female visionaries selected as Women Leaders in Digital Health 2024 by Digital Health Canada. This award recognizes those who are harnessing the power of IT to transform Canadian health and healthcare.