Carmen Huang
Carmen’s passion for medicine began early, driven by a fascination with the human body and a desire to address healthcare needs in northern communities. She has a deep commitment to community health and literacy, highlighted by her work with the Reading Bear Society, where she engaged in outreach initiatives supporting early childhood education and local organizations.
Alvin Qiu
Alvin completed his PhD thesis work studying the epigenetic mechanisms driving a soft tissue cancer called synovial sarcoma. Throughout medical school, Alvin has been actively involved in student government and fostered opportunities to promote student scholarship and knowledge translation skills through his role as Editor-in-Chief of the UBC Medical Journal.
Valerie Mok
Valerie is deeply committed to ensuring equitable access to healthcare, particularly for marginalized populations. As president of the UBC Pathways to Medicine Club, Valerie spearheads efforts to provide equitable access and guidance for those interested in pursuing a career in medicine, especially for individuals from underrepresented backgrounds.
April 6 is UBC Giving Day!
Be part of the action and support the causes that matter most to you. From student scholarships to experiential learning opportunities, there are so many ways you can support UBC students.
The show must go online: Medical student traditions transformed for a virtual audience
When the COVID-19 pandemic upended the plans for UBC Medicine Spring Gala and MedPlay, UBC medical students found creative ways to continue these important traditions.
UBC Dialogues: Ensuring gender-affirming health care
Everybody should have access to health care that supports our identities. On Thursday, March 3, 2022, tune into this live webinar to hear UBC School of Nursing Director and Professor Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc and Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity’s Gender Equity Advisor Dr. A.J. Lowik (PhD’22 candidate) discuss how health-care professionals are changing the way they work and what are some key considerations for the future.
UBC PT Knowledge Brokers announce the launch of ‘Active For Health’
Developed in collaboration with the Physical Activity Support Kit Initiative (PASKI) Core Team and over 100 people including UBC Department of Physical Therapy, this free online toolkit of resources helps people living with chronic health conditions be more physically active. All of the resources in the toolkit have been evaluated to ensure they are appropriate, user-friendly and are in alignment with evidence from health care research.
Webinar: Technology meets biology: Changing how we fight disease on November 30, 2021
Hear from UBC experts Dr. Calvin Kuo, Dr. Manu Madhav and Dr. Nika Shakiba about how the School of Biomedical Engineering is building a bold and boundless community of collaboration, research and clinical expertise fueled by patient experience to bring interdisciplinary, tailor-made medical solutions to patients faster and make them available to everyone.
alumni UBC Achievement Awards on November 18th
The alumni UBC Achievement Awards are among the highest honours bestowed to UBC alumni. On November 18, 2021, we are excited to celebrate two alumni from the UBC Faculty of Medicine at a virtual gala who will be recognized for their passion and extraordinary endeavours to create a better world – Dr. James Watt, BSc’62, MD’67 – Global Citizenship Award and Dr. Jacquelyn J. Cragg, BSc’07, MPH’11, PhD’15 – Young Alumni Award.
2021 Annual UBC Chan Gunn Lecture with the World’s Greatest Athlete
Join Damian Warner, 2020 Olympic decathalon champion and his physiotherapist Dave Zelibka as they look back at their nine-year journey to the top of the Olympic podium, moderated by Senior Gunn IMS instructor Cory Choma.