UBC Media Releases

April 15, 2015 – UBC welcomes $2 million for research on antibiotic resistance

April 7, 2015 – UBC research at base of Mt. Everest shows impacts of high altitudes on cardiovascular health

March 15, 2013 – UBC clubfoot treatment in Bangladesh gains $4.3M federal boost

November 22, 2012 – ‘Repurposed’ anti-parasite drug shows promise as new TB treatment: UBC research

November 8, 2012 – UBC-CFRI effort to save pregnant women awarded additional $17 million

November 6, 2012 – Top Canadian, Indian institutions form $30M partnership to improve water and infrastructure safety, eradicate diseases

September 12, 2012 – UBC partners with Vietnamese hospital to create $8M oral health research centre.

September 10, 2012 – Funding for neglected global diseases research at UBC exceeds $20M.

June 20, 2012 – UBC research receives $2.9 million to improve nutrition of rural Cambodian women and children.

June 5, 2012 – UBC drug formulation receives $1.1 million for clinical development as HIV treatment.

April 26, 2012 – UBC grad students receive 2012 Africa Initiative Graduate Research Grant.

February 28, 2012 – UBC researcher invents “lab on a chip” device to study malaria.

December 1, 2011 – UBC, CFRI and BC Children’s researchers to lead $2.8-million project to reduce deadly infection in Bangladeshi mothers, children.

August 30, 2011 – Three research programs win $6M in CIHR grants to promote global health equity.

July 29, 2011 – UBC Biomedical engineering innovators win global competition to tackle maternal health.