7 startup ventures have joined the 51st cohort of UBC’s Venture Founder program!
We want to highlight the Minder team. Featuring AH scientists Drs. Vigo and Richardson, this startup will be delivering evidence-based mental health resources for students.
🖱️ https://bit.ly/3NAaDvf
Four Faculty of Medicine researchers have been honoured with UBC’s 2025 Faculty Research Awards. We would like to extend our congratulations to awardees, and particularly highlight Advancing Health scientist Dr. Anne Gadermann.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4bC6xfk
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March is #ColorectalCancer month.
Advancing Health scientist Dr. Mary De Vera shares her perspective as a doctor and a colorectal cancer survivor with Your Morning Vancouver.
Listen to the full conversation:
Huge congratulations to Dr. Conklin and her team! Their work looks beyond the traditional framework of diet, exercise, and medication, instead exploring how the gains, loss, and absence of social relationships impacts #diabetes risk and disease progression.
#Pharmacies are increasingly becoming an a vital way that Canadians receive essential clinical services, like medication renewal, vaccination, and assessment of minor ailments. 💊
But more rural communities have much less access to pharmacies— making it harder for residents to use these services.
#VirtualCare can make health care much more accessible, especially for people living in rural areas. However, there are risks when it's over-relied upon.
For example, patients living with #KidneyDisease in Northern BC were less supported in learning to use their medical tech through remote care.
🏫 While 79% of surveyed Canadian #UniversityStudents had a perceived need for #MentalHealth treatment, only 40% tried to access those services.
These disparities were related to age, international background, and financial stress.
How can we develop pathways towards equitable research with and for people who experience sex- and gender-based health inequities?
Created by the PWHR and WHRI, the 'Beyond the Binaries' guide is here to help.
Download the guide:
https://bit.ly/46YB5oO
How do you build a digital STBBI testing program? 💭
In this webinar, Dr. Mark Glibert from the BC Centre for Disease Control will share practical lessons from GetCheckedOnline, a platform which has been running for more than a decade.
🗓️Wed February 25
⏰1pm CT
Register: https://bit.ly/4cbwWBp
Join us in congratulating Foundry's research team and community partners on securing CIHR funding for their community-engaged project, which adapts evidence-based strategies into practical, youth-focused guidance for providers in acute/community care settings. https://ow.ly/3ysh50Yhb7V
Are you a member of the interdisciplinary health team at Providence Health Care?
Then you're invited to join the following session: Understanding Decision-Making Capability - From Core Concepts to Clinical Application.
📅 Thurs, Mar 12, 11:30AM
📍In-person and Zoom
https://bit.ly/46eWWZ0
This grey and rainy February, let our new Evidence Speaks be your science umbrella to keep away all the online misinformation.
Learn about:
🏫 Disparities in #MentalHealth service access in uni
📱Risks of over-relying on #RemoteCare
💊 Inequality in BC #pharmacy access
👉https://bit.ly/4kxJXHw
How do videos on #TikTok portray homelessness?
Dr. Skye Barbic and team analyzed the top videos to find out. They found that while mostly positive, depictions of #homelessness often lacked nuance and raised ethical concerns around consent.
What are Advancing Health scientists working on? Let's find out!
One main theme from our projects funded by the CIHR Fall Project Competition is #SubstanceYse and #overdose prevention. Our researchers are looking to reduce overdose risk among youth, address gaps in toxicology profiles, and more.
Over 8 million Canadians live with #ChronicPain. What makes their treatment decisions more challenging? 🤕
A survey by Dr. Linda Li's team found the biggest issues were difficulty understanding health care info, lack of prior knowledge, and lack of physician support for their preferred treatment.
Large language models (LLMs) are used to predict patterns in large groups of text. Dr. Kathryn Isaac and team analysed 1888 #BreastCancer pathology reports with an LLM, finding it was extremely accurate in predicting the chance of relapse.
The CIHR Fall 2025 Project Grant Competition results have been announced!
This round, Advancing Health scientists are leading 5 of the funded projects, with an additional 8 projects being supported by our scientists as co-investigators.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3ZmBkWB
The 38th CHSPR Health Policy Conference
The Quintuple Aim: Can’t Get There From Here?
📆 Mar 11-12
🗺️UBC Alumni Centre.
Featuring AH's Dr. Sutherland as a speaker, it asks how Canada is ensuring timely access to healthcare.
Register before early bird rates end: http://chspr.ubc.ca/conference/
🎯 Join us on Feb. 3 to explore the fundamentals of writing effective research grant proposals that present a compelling narrative, articulate the research problem & demonstrate how the proposed work addresses it. Register today: www.vchri.ca/events/...
What did Advancing Health get up to in 2025?
With over 70 scientists conducting active research, the answer is, 'a lot'! From untangling long hospital wait times to improving mental health care, join us in reflecting on last year's wins.
Check it out 👉 https://bit.ly/49HmmPA
Join the next session of the KT Canada seminar series!
Dr @melaniebarwick.bsky.social and Alison Hoens will present on "Overview and Implications of the WHO Global Research Agenda on Knowledge Translation and Evidence-informed Policy-Making".
More info here! bit.ly/3Nh0za5
#ImpSci
Ring in the new year right by saying 'no' to misinformation with real, cutting-edge science! Jan's Evidence Speaks explores:
🤖 Could #LLMs be used to predict breast cancer?
❗Deciscional conlifct surrounding #ChronicPain
📱 How TikTok covers #homelessness
Learn something new: https://bit.ly/49ltRNl
Join Clinical Trials British Columbia for ASK US episode on Jan 27, where a panel will discuss the main regulatory changes, their relationship to the incoming Good Clinical Practice, timelines, readiness tips and other learning resources.
Stay informed – register today: https://lnkd.in/g3YMtCum
Ring the new year in right, with a Research Rounds Zoom Meeting with dvancing Health scientist and UBC professor Dr. Nick Bansback! He'll be discussing how designing clinical trials with participants can improve enrollment.
📆 Jan 12, 2026
🕧 5-6 PM Pacific Time
🔗 Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/44m60dB
A pilot #dementia care village in Langely is taking an approach to care rooted in residents' "cultural background, life history, celebrating that, preferences, choices, autonomy, dignity." AH's Health Dr. Habib Chaudry said, "It's really taking a holistic perspective.."
🌳https://bit.ly/3Yz2KIk
"Younger youth (12–14 years) preferred in-person care, while older youth (21–24 years) mostly used virtual services."
These are some very important findings that could have an important impact on how we shape these programs! Kudos to all the researchers involved, including Drs. Ding and Barbic!
Seminar: Building a Learning Health System for Correctional Health Services in BC
Featuring a conversation between Jennifer Duff from the BC Mental Health and Substance Use Service and AH's Dr. Amanda Slaunwhite.
📆 Tues Jan 6, 2026, 12pm PT
🗺️ In-person or virtual
Register: https://bit.ly/4q6f8vh
Work with us! The Canadian Regional Coordinating Centre (RCC), led by Drs. Adeera Levin and David Cherney, is looking for a Clinical Research Monitor to provide oversight of Canadian sites for EASi-KIDNEY, a multi-centre international clinical trial.
Learn more: buff.ly/iYYdFYF
#research #kidney
Ring the new year in right, with a Research Rounds Zoom Meeting with dvancing Health scientist and UBC professor Dr. Nick Bansback! He'll be discussing how designing clinical trials with participants can improve enrollment.
📆 Jan 12, 2026
🕧 5-6 PM Pacific Time
🔗 Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/44m60dB
