News & Announcements

  • Behind the lab doors: Brain Behaviour Laboratory

    Behind the lab doors: Brain Behaviour Laboratory

    Researchers at Dr. Lara Boyd’s lab are investigating brain behaviour to accelerate stroke recovery and enhance quality of life and independence post-stroke.

  • More health-profession students will train at new UBC facility in Surrey

    More health-profession students will train at new UBC facility in Surrey

    Students in class at UBC’s new health profession training facility in Surrey. Credit: Paul H. Joseph, UBC Brand & Marketing More people will have the opportunity to train for in-demand careers, such as physical therapists, occupational therapists and midwives, at a new state-of-the-art University of British Columbia (UBC) facility in Surrey. “Our Province is focused…

  • Jared Smith – Master of Physical Therapy – North

    Jared Smith – Master of Physical Therapy – North

    Jared Smith Hometown: Valemount, B.C. Master of Physical Therapy – North 2nd year student What inspired you to pursue your program? I was ready for a career change and was dealing with some of my own injuries at the time. A physiotherapist helped change my mindset from thinking that I was broken and going to…

  • Back to School 2024

    Back to School 2024

    At the end of each summer, the UBC Faculty of Medicine welcomes British Columbia’s next generation of healthcare professionals and researchers to our campuses across the province. This year, the Faculty also welcomes the largest MD class in its history which includes learners who are musicians and professional athletes, former equestrians and machine operators, and those who…

  • Indigenous MPT student awarded Indigenous Graduate Fellowship

    Indigenous MPT student awarded Indigenous Graduate Fellowship

    We are thrilled to announce Maddi Bulloch, an Indigenous student in the Master of Physical Therapy Program, is a recipient of the prestigious Indigenous Graduate Fellowship (IGF). The IGF, awarded based on academic merit, is part of an annual competition managed by the UBC Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Tell us a bit about yourself and your…

  • Dr. Joseph Anthony reappointed as Associate Dean, Health Professions

    Dr. Joseph Anthony reappointed as Associate Dean, Health Professions

    We are pleased to announce the reappointment of Dr. Joseph Anthony as Associate Dean, Health Professions, effective to June 30, 2029.

  • Dr Jackie Whittaker Receives a Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award

    Dr Jackie Whittaker Receives a Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award

  • Facilitating rural and northern youth to engage in regular physical activity

    Facilitating rural and northern youth to engage in regular physical activity

    Dr. Taru Manyanga with the UBC Master of Physical Therapy – North program at UNBC is bringing together youth and other key partners to develop interventions for youth physical activity engagement across northern B.C.

  • National Physiotherapy Month – 2024

    National Physiotherapy Month – 2024

    In honour of National Physiotherapy Month, meet some of the outstanding physical therapists throughout British Columbia.

  • MPT Student Lynda Li Received UBC StEAR Funding

    MPT Student Lynda Li Received UBC StEAR Funding

    Name and Title(s):   Lynda Li – MPT Student Congratulations to MPT Student Lynda Li for receiving a UBC Strategic Equity & Anti-Racism (StEAR) Enhancement Fund for their organization Volentia Research Translation. Volentia equips UBC-affiliated research investigators and graduate students with free language translation services to enhance the diversity of research populations. What inspired you to…