Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management

New Faculty Joins CCDPM

New Faculty Joins CCDPM

Dr. Femke Hoekstra has been appointed Assistant Professor (tenure-track) with the Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Medicine, Division of Social Medicine and an Investigator with the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management.

UBC Okanagan lands new Canada Research Chair, $6M in federal research funding

UBC Okanagan lands new Canada Research Chair, $6M in federal research funding

UBC Okanagan professor Dr. Sarah Purcell is now being recognized as a world-class researcher. As part of the latest funding announcement from the federal government, Dr. Purcell, an Assistant Professor in the Southern Medical Program and in the Department of Biology, is the new Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Nutrition and Metabolism in Chronic Disease. Dr. Purcell, […]

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UBC Okanagan researchers explore correlations of diet and appetite across the menstrual cycle

New study recruiting volunteers for a study examining diet and appetite across the menstrual cycle.

Pushing the boundaries of spinal cord research

UBCO’s Dr. Christopher West is part of an interdisciplinary team exploring how implantable technologies can help people with spinal cord injury live longer, healthier lives.

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A team approach to understanding post-treatment cancer care

A team approach to understanding post-treatment cancer care

Researchers at UBCO are exploring the critical role family physicians play in post-cancer care.

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Fitbit Physical Activity study for Children and Youth with Diabetes in Kelowna and surrounding communities

Being more active might be related to better blood glucose levels in people with diabetes, which is important to optimize health outcomes. Little is known about how active children with diabetes are, or why they are active (or not). Our aim is to learn about physical activity in children with diabetes in Kelowna, BC and […]

UBCO meeting EPIC challenge with people living with spinal-cord injury

UBCO meeting EPIC challenge with people living with spinal-cord injury

UBCO’s Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis is hoping to recruit as many as 60 participants for a project called “Exercise guidelines and Promotion and Implementation in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury” – or EPIC SCI. 

2022 UBCO Interdisciplinary Student Health Conference

2022 UBCO Interdisciplinary Student Health Conference

The UBC Okanagan Interdisciplinary Student Health Conference (IDHC) brings together students from across UBC Okanagan to showcase their health science research and public health experiences at an engaging presentation event.

Dr. Sarah Purcell Joins CCDPM

Dr. Sarah Purcell Joins CCDPM

Dr. Sarah Purcell has been appointed Assistant Professor with the UBC Faculty of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and UBC Okanagan Faculty of Science, Department of Biology.