Chief medical officers are leading Canada through COVID-19 crisis – and many are women
There they are on Canadian televisions and smartphones day after day — chief medical officers, including Dr. Vera Etches, MD’00, tirelessly updating the country on the COVID-19 pandemic and what needs to be done to fight it.
Staying happy while staying home: Lessons from occupational therapy
Dr. Skye Barbic and Dr. Catherine Backman, BSc (Rehab)’81, PhD’01, professors in UBC’s department of occupational science and occupational therapy, shared practices that will help to maintain function, health and well-being while staying at home.
Vancouver anesthesiologist creates portraits of colleagues on the front line, and away from it
Dr. Cyrus McEachern, BSc’06, MD’12, has been creating portraits of his anesthesiology colleagues – including Drs. Steven Moore, MD’12, Oliver Applegarth, BSc’96, MD’00, MEd’09, Jason Wilson, BSc’01, PhD’05, MD’10, Dr. Himat Vaghadia, MHSc’88, and Karl Huttunen, BSc’97, MD’01, a project that has made him feel closer to them and taught him that no one is alone in their fears and anxieties in the pandemic.
Is quarantine giving you acne? How to keep your skin happy indoors
Katie Beleznay, MD’09, a clinical professor in UBC’s department of dermatology and skin science, says we are out of our normal routines, which can have an influence on our skin.
Vancouver radiologists and UBC students build database of COVID-19-affected lung images
Dr. Kendall Ho, MD’86, academic director at the UBC Community Health and Wellbeing Cloud Innovation Centre and radiologists at UBC and Vancouver General Hospital are building an open-source, artificial intelligence model to improve future COVID-19 diagnostics based on CT-scans and chest X-ray images.
How to have a baby in Nelson during a pandemic
Tanya Momtazian, BSc’03, BMw’07, an adjunct midwifery professor at UBC, shared how COVID-19 has changed childbirths and pointed out that pregnant women’s risk of contracting the virus is no greater than for the larger population.
How coronavirus affects women’s health care: ‘You can’t do a Pap smear over the internet’
Dr. Deborah Money, BSc’81, MD’85, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of British Columbia and executive vice-dean of the faculty of medicine at the school, says many types of appointments in women’s health care need to continue to be in person, and if those visits are deferred for too long due to the coronavirus, that could lead to long-term consequences.
A Message to our Alumni
I wanted to take a moment to reach out during this unprecedented time to thank you. In the space of a few weeks, we have all had to adapt to new ways of living and working together. The speed with which we have been able to mobilize during this transition is a reflection of your […]
Recorded Webinar: How can we reduce COVID-19 anxiety?
On Tuesday, March 31st, UBC alumni, friends, and the community participated in our first webinar in a COVID-19 series. UBC experts answered viewer questions and suggested ways we may be able to address our anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation was moderated by Kathryn Gretsinger, MJ’06, Senior Instructor, UBC Graduate School of Journalism; Senior Faculty Advisor to UBC President.
Congratulations Shelagh Davies, MSc’75, a recipient of the 2019-2020 UBC Alumni Builder Award
The award recognizes Shelagh’s outstanding contributions to the field of speech-language pathology education and research and to the UBC School of Audiology and Speech Sciences.