Posts Tagged ‘CIHR’

Three research programs win $6M in CIHR grants to promote global health equity

Aug. 30, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: , , , , , , ,

Three research projects at the University of British Columbia have won five-year grants totaling nearly $6 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to promote greater equity in global health.

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T-cell discovery holds promise for organ transplant and immunodeficiency treatment: UBC research

Aug. 22, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

University of British Columbia researchers have solved a long-standing mystery surrounding the activation of T-cells, white blood cells that find and kill viruses and bacteria but also participate in the rejection of transplanted organs. By identifying the mechanism that leads T-cells to spring into action and proliferate, the research, published online this month by the [...]

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UBC researchers awarded $2 million from two NSERC programs

Jun. 17, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

University of British Columbia researchers have received a total of $2 million from two grant programs of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). More than 140 UBC students also received NSERC scholarships, fellowships and awards.

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Canadians and Americans get different drug information online: UBC study

Feb. 23, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: , , , , , ,

Canadians and Americans are getting vastly different search results when they look up prescription drug information online, says a study by researchers at the University of British Columbia.

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UBC professor named Canada’s Health Researcher of the Year

Nov. 16, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: , , , ,

Clyde Hertzman, the director of the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) and a professor at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia, has been named Canada’s 2010 “Health Researcher of the Year.”

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UBC gains $5.4 million for microbiome research from CIHR, Genome BC

Oct. 14, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

The University of British Columbia today welcomed the announcement of $5.4 million in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Genome British Columbia for research into how micro-organisms affect human health.

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T cell discovery shows promise for Type 1 diabetes treatment: UBC-CFRI study

Oct. 5, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: , , , , , , ,

A research team from the University of British Columbia and the Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI) at BC Children’s Hospital has identified the role of a type of T cell in type 1 diabetes that may lead to new treatment options for young patients.

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Fat serves as cells’ built-in pH sensor: UBC research

Aug. 26, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

A specific type of fat present in cell membranes also serves as a cellular pH sensor, a team of University of British Columbia researchers has discovered.

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Twenty-five UBC students win prestigious Vanier Canada Scholarships

Jun. 3, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: , , ,

Twenty-five doctoral students from the University of British Columbia have been awarded the 2010 Vanier Canada Scholarships, the Canadian equivalent of the Rhodes scholarships in the U.K. and the Fulbright scholarships in the U.S. UBC has the second highest number of scholars, after the University of Toronto. Last year, 17 UBC students were among the [...]

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Marijuana ineffective as an Alzheimer’s treatment: UBC-Vancouver Coastal Health research

Feb. 8, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

The benefits of marijuana in tempering or reversing the effects of Alzheimer’s disease have been challenged in a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.

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