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.
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
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
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!
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.
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.
Preventable dental problems land many in the emergency room
More than 12,300 visits to B.C. emergency rooms (ER) every year for non-traumatic dental problems could be prevented if people had better access to dental care, according to new UBC research.
Back to School: Meet MSc student Raymond Khanano
As part of the Back to School series, we spoke with Raymond Khanano, a Master of Science student who is looking forward to completing and defending his thesis, and whose public health hero is none other than John Snow.
Every person counts in effort to reduce HIV infection
A recent study that reveals the most accurate estimate of the number of Metro Vancouver men who have sex with men (MSM) is providing a better understanding of the scope of HIV among this at-risk population.
Vancouver Summer Program: changing perspectives, training future practitioners
The Vancouver Summer Program wraps up this week, with 35 students from countries including China, South Korea and the Philippines, due to head home after an introduction to population and public health.
SPPH students and fellows win CIHR doctoral, postdoctoral awards
School of Population and Public Health students and fellows have won Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships Doctoral awards and a Canadian Institutes of Health Research fellowship.
Celebrating Health Research: Sharing SPPH stories
Share your research in the Celebrating Health Research storybook compiled by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research! Professor Carolyn Gotay speaks about advocating for “hands on” approaches to cancer prevention.
$6-million donation creates largest ever endowed scholarship at UBC
The University of British Columbia has created its largest ever endowed scholarship, thanks to a $6-million donation from the Faculty of Medicine’s first two members — Constance Livingstone Friedman and Sydney Friedman.
Programs that teach emotional intelligence in schools have lasting impact
Social and emotional learning programs for youth not only immediately improve mental health, social skills, and learning outcomes but also continue to benefit children years later, according to new research from UBC, University of Illinois at Chicago and Loyola University.
Build bikeways and they will come
Cycling is a fun and healthy way to get to work, combining exercise and the great outdoors with a necessary trip. So what should cities keep in mind when it comes to getting people on their bikes? Credit: waferboard/flickr
PhD student Stephanie Lake wins 2017 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Doctoral Scholarship
Doctoral student Stephanie Lake has won the 2017 Pierre Elliott Trudeau doctoral scholarship, the fourth School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) student to do so.
MHA Candidate Micheli Bevilacqua receives 2017 Robert Wood Johnson Award
Master of Health Administration candidate Micheli Bevilacqua has been awarded the 2017 Robert Wood Johnson Award.
Drug costs vary by more than 600% in study of 10 high-income countries
Costs for prescription drugs in the largest categories of primary care medicines varied by more than 600 per cent among 10 high-income countries with universal health care, according to joint research by SPPH and Harvard Medical School.
SPPH Faculty awarded six CIHR Project Grants, one Bridge Award
School of Population and Public Health faculty have won six Canadian Health Institutes of Research (CIHR) Project Grants and one Bridge Award in the Fall 2016 competition.
Prenatal education text messaging service launches throughout Northern B.C.
SmartMom, Canada’s first prenatal education program delivered by text messaging, has launched throughout the Northern B.C. region.
Mid-pelvic forceps, vacuum deliveries associated with higher rates of trauma for mothers and babies
Rates of maternal and infant trauma are higher in deliveries by mid-pelvic forceps or mid-pelvic vacuums compared with cesarean deliveries, according to new research by the Faculty of Medicine.