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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, […]


September 1, 2023

Dr. Chris West appointed Assistant Dean, Research

Dr. West is an Investigator with the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management based at UBC Okanagan and an Associate Professor with the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences.


April 9, 2024

UBCO showcases student health research

Over 200 people attended the student-led conference which featured research and public health experiences from 68 students and represented six different faculties at UBC Okanagan.


April 4, 2024

Rising Star – Certificate of Excellence

Liisa Wainman has been recognized with the Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) Rising Star – Certificate of Excellence.


February 21, 2024

Graduate Student Q&A: Nathan Adams

Meet Graduate Student Nathan Adams. His research focus is investigating sedentary behaviour among people with spinal cord injury.


February 9, 2024

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.


November 16, 2023

Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis named to the Royal Society of Canada for 2023

Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis, a professor in the UBC faculty of medicine’s department of medicine and CCDPM Director, has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for 2023.


September 5, 2023

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