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FORMER CANADIAN RUGBY PLAYER JAMIE CUDMORE SPEAKS ABOUT HIS CONCUSSION LAW SUITOct 09, 2019Dr. Shelina Babul, Associate director and sports injury specialist for BC children hospital was able to confirm the risk. “If you have a suspected concussion the first time, you’re now three times more likely to sustain a second concussion, potentially more severe in nature.” Dr. Shelina Babul, Associate director and sports injury specialist for BC […] Read More >
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Dr. Laura Sly appointed Associate Dean, Academic, at Graduate and Postdoctoral StudiesOct 07, 2019Laura Sly hails from Winnipeg, Manitoba where she did her undergraduate degree before pursuing graduate and postdoctoral work in Manitoba, Alberta, and British Columbia. Laura teaches in the Experimental Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology graduate programs. Her research focusses on the contribution of macrophages to inflammation with a special interest in reducing inflammation in immune-mediated […] Read More >
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Congratulations to Kim Marty | 2019 recipient of the UBC President’s Staff Award for Creativity and InnovationSince joining the Vaccine Evaluation Centre (VEC) as a work study student over 20 years ago, Kimberley Marty has become one of Canada’s most highly-regarded and most skilled data specialists, while building the VEC into a well-recognized international leader for data handling of vaccine trials. As the VEC Senior Data Manager, she coordinates data management and […] Read More >
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Defining Rare Disorders: A Profile of Dr. Judith Hall | The Scientist MagazineSep 18, 2019At a 1978 genetics conference in Montana, Philip Pallister, then the clinical director of the Boulder River School and Hospital, asked medical geneticist Judith Hall and a group of other researchers a rather startling question: Should we dig up a decomposing baby? “This story is ghoulish,” Hall tells The Scientist. The baby had been born with extra fingers, […] Read More >