Evaluation of Indoor Environmental Quality in Health-Care Facilities – Vancouver
Which physical attributes of indoor office environments are most predictive of workers’ satisfaction, productivity, health, and well-being?
Award helping researcher get to the guts of the metagenomics situation
Dr. Amee Manges’ genomic and metagenomic research benefits from a Canadian Foundation for Innovation award. Photo: Stefan Mladenovic
MHA student Julie Ho wins prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Award
The award recognizes individual achievement and promising contributions in the field of health services management.
SPPH signs cooperative agreement with Russia’s Far Eastern State Medical University
The cooperation agreement opens the door for shared learning, the exchange of faculty and researchers and organizing joint conferences. Photo: Svetlana Kishchenko
Kids benefit from rough and tumble play with dads
Risky play is an injury prevention strategy, says UBC’s Mariana Brussoni. Photo: grandriver, iStock
Promoting post discharge survival
PhD candidate, Dr. Matthew Wiens, receives Grand Challenges Canada grant for his Uganda-based Post Discharge Survival Project. Photo: Micah Dekorne of Designed4 Humanitarian Media
Microbial genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis – British Columbia
This is part of a large study – Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in British Columbia – funded by the BC Centre for Disease Control.
Arsenic and old toenails
Health geographer Trevor Dummer studies how our surroundings impact our health. Photo: Cancer Prevention Centre.
Smoke exposure from forest fires and health effects – Australia
Dr. Sarah Henderson was awarded a joint visiting scholarship to test whether the BCCDC smoke model could be applied in Australia.
Risky Play Meets Nature Play – Vancouver
Introducing nature elements into the outdoor play spaces at local childcare centres to provide children with challenging play opportunities