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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

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

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

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

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.

Dr. Trevor Dummer

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

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