Dr. Jim Frankish to join Vancouver Mayor’s Task Force on Mental Health and Addictions
The Task Force was created as part of efforts to address the crisis of severe, untreated mental illness in the city. (Photo: Jim Frankish)
2014 David Bates Memorial Lecture speaker announced
Dr. Richard Jackson from the Fielding School for Public Health, UCLA will speak at Semiahmoo Conference on January 9, 2014
Physical activity equivalent in cancer survivors and the population
Cancer survivors have similar physical activity levels as those who have never had cancer.
School of Population and Public Health Admissions Information Session
Learn about SPPH graduate programs and the admissions process.
A recipe for understanding cancer
Most good science takes time. John Spinelli, a cancer epidemiologist, is on intimate terms with that hard truth. (Photo: Brian Kladko)
Four ways to fix mass transit in Metro Vancouver
Lawrence Frank of UBC’s School of Population and Public Health believes that delaying transit improvements comes with a steep price. Photo: Jonathan Pope, Wikimedia Commons.
SPPH PhD student an “Emerging Leader” in Science
PhD student Jacquelyn Cragg who received the Emerging Leader Award from Minerva Foundation’s Women In™ Science program.
SPPH student wins Air & Waste Management Association award
MSc-OEH student Annie Wang wins Best Student Presentation Award at PNWIS 2013
UBC students investigating air quality in Quesnel
The project looks at air quality in general, as well as temporal changes, year-round.
Dr. Michael Brauer selected to UN’s Climate and Clean Air Coalition scientific panel
The CCAC, part of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), is the first global project to treat short-lived climate pollutants as an international challenge.