eHealth Strategy Office to collaborate with China in developing a mobile medical biometrics monitoring & communication system
We are happy to announce that the eHealth Strategy Office recently received our first grant from the Chinese government for collaborative research with the ShenZhen institute of Advanced Technologies (SIAT). The UBC Faculty of Medicine provided an official announcement of the grant, and described the project in more detail. The joint project will develop a […]
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Conference: Cross Cultural Mental Health Conference, Mental
The Cross Cultural Mental Health Conference is coming up this year in Vancouver on October 5-6, 2011. Our director Kendall will be there speaking about the InterCultural Online Network (iCON) project, and how we have been bringing health information in native languages to minority populations in the Vancouver area. The conference as a whole will […]
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Social media in health and medicine: UBC Graduate course open for registration
We are excited to announce a new course this fall at UBC offered through the School of Population and Public Health entitled "Social Media in Health and Medicine." This course is one of very few like it in graduate studies in the world.
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eHealth Summer Camp in the Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail ran a nice article this morning about the eHealth Young Innovators Summer Camp that was coordinated by our office and sponsored by TELUS. It was a real pleasure to host the camp at UBC, and we are so pleased to have this feedback from the students and the press. Harvey Zhang, […]
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Education Generation Fellowship: Lindsay Zibrik Takes Her Research to Peru
In June 2011, Lindsay will undertake the challenge of participation in the Education Generation Fellowship in the Sacred Valley region of Peru. The annual Fellowship program sends volunteer fellows overseas to enhance relationships with, and support education partners on the ground. Lindsay has been partnered with Education Generation’s partner Mosqoy: Sacred Valley Youth Fund in […]
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Dr. Sandra Jarvis-Selinger receives 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award
Congratulations to Dr. Sandra Jarvis Selinger, Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery and our Associate Director, for taking home a Distinguished Acheivement Award from the UBC Faculty of Medicine in the category "Excellence in Education."
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