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UBC cultural safety researchers include, from left, professors Rachelle Hole, Lawrence Berg, Joan Bottorff and Mike Evans.

UBC partners with Okanagan Nation Alliance to promote cultural safety in health care

By Jody Jacob on March 22, 2011

The Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) and UBC's Okanagan campus have entered into a...

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Aboriginal, Cultural Safety, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, School of Social Work

Chris Willie is pursuing a PhD in Human Kinetics at UBC’s Okanagan campus. His research is about to be published in one of the world's top clinical journals, Hypertension.

Top clinical journal publishes study by UBC Human Kinetics student

By Jody Jacob on March 16, 2011

Chris Willie, a Human Kinetics PhD student at UBC's Okanagan campus, is the principal author of a new study soon to appear in one of the world's top clinical journals, Hypertension.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Faculty of Health and Social Development, Health, Human Kinetics, Learning, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

Nursing professor Kathy Rush

Researchers seek to better integrate graduate nurses into workplace

By Jody Jacob on February 4, 2011

Province-wide project receives $149,000 from Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research has awarded $149,000 to a province-wide research team co-led by Kathy Rush, associate professor of nursing at UBC’s Okanagan campus, and Monica Adamack, regional practice leader, clinical education, for Interior Health. Given through the BC Nursing Research […]

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Faculty of Health and Social Development, Health, School of Nursing

Dr. Barbara Pesut, Canada Research Chair in Health, Ethics and Diversity.

UBC Nursing Professor Barbara Pesut named Canada Research Chair

By Bud Mortenson on December 17, 2010

Barbara Pesut, assistant professor of nursing at UBC's Okanagan campus, has been named Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Health, Ethics and Diversity. One-fifth of Canada’s population resides in rural areas where access to healthcare services is limited. Pesut’s research involves developing treatment approaches for quality end-of-life healthcare, specifically for people who are at risk for […]

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Barb Pesut, Canada Research Chair, Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing

Fourth-year UBC Human Kinetics student Shaun Crowell takes the blood pressure of a client at COACH as part of his volunteer work term.

UBC Human Kinetics students put skills to the test

By Jody Jacob on November 10, 2010

UBC Human Kinetics students are out in the community getting hands-on work experience by volunteering their skills to various organizations in the Okanagan.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Faculty of Health and Social Development, Human Kinetics, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

Lynn Bosetti, Dean of the Faculty of Education

UBC's Okanagan campus welcomes new Dean of Education Lynn Bosetti

By Bud Mortenson on October 1, 2010

The Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus has welcomed Lynn Bosetti as its new Dean. Bosetti has a PhD in educational policy and administration from the University of Alberta, and comes to UBC from the University of Calgary, where she was Professor in Educational Policy and Leadership Studies, and served […]

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Faculty of Education, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences

Cynthia Mathieson, Dean of the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences

Two new Deans appointed at UBC's Okanagan campus

By Bud Mortenson on June 14, 2010

UBC's Board of Governors has approved the appointment of new Deans for the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences and the Faculty of Health and Social Development at UBC's Okanagan campus. Cynthia Mathieson, current Acting Dean of the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed as Dean for a […]

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Faculty of Health and Social Development, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences

UBC Nursing professor Carole Robinson has received the Award of Distinction from the College of Registered Nurses of B.C.

B.C.'s Registered Nurses recognize Robinson with Award of Distinction

By Bud Mortenson on May 21, 2010

Carole Robinson's remarkable career in nursing has earned her the Award of Distinction from the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia (CRNBC). Robinson is the acting Director of the School of Nursing, acting Associate Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Development, and coordinator of the Master of Science in Nursing program at […]

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing

Researchers from UBC's Okanagan campus are working with hospice societies from throughout B.C.'s Southern Interior. The team includes, from left, Barb Pesut, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Joan Bottorff, Director of the Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention, and Carole Robinson, Acting Director of the School of Nursing.

UBC and hospice societies working on improving end-of-life care in rural and remote communities

By Bud Mortenson on May 6, 2010

A research team at UBC's Okanagan campus is working with hospice palliative care societies from throughout the B.C. Interior to help improve end-of-life care for people in rural and remote communities. Executive directors from 24 of the region's volunteer hospice societies were invited to meet at UBC's Okanagan campus on April 22 to share their […]

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Barb Pesut, Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing

Joanne Konnert from the Interior Health Authority and Colin Reid from UBC Okanagan.

Universities and Interior Health collaborating on $1M elderly care study

By Bud Mortenson on March 31, 2010

A research program with nearly $1-million in funding is underway in B.C.'s Okanagan region and Alberta to look at ways to improve the care of seniors when sudden health issues force them into a hospital. The "Older Persons' Transitions in Care (OPTIC)" research team includes Colin Reid, assistant professor of human kinetics at UBC's Okanagan […]

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Faculty of Health and Social Development, Human Kinetics, Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

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