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The Stronger Together project connects patients with expert resources, online counselling, daily health trackers and opportunities to build social connections with Canadians experiencing similar health circumstances.

New UBC research partnership connects patients with virtual health communities

By Patty Wellborn on January 6, 2021

Researchers with the UBC Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management (CCDPM) have teamed up with digital health company Curatio to provide Canadians with virtual health support during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Health, Research, Southern Medical Program

A UBCO student project developed a method to make shipping containers immediately identifiable by using artificial intelligence.

UBCO team creates live technology to track shipping containers

By Patty Wellborn on December 18, 2020

With hundreds of thousands of packages and shipments crossing the globe, especially during the holiday season, the industry has turned to UBC Okanagan researchers to develop better ways to track parcels.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged College of Graduate Studies, Research, School of Engineering

UBCO researcher Mohammad Zarifi has made significant improvements to the real-time sensors that monitor frost and ice build-up on airplanes and turbines.

UBCO research takes the chill off icy build-up on planes and wind turbines

By Patty Wellborn on December 17, 2020

New UBC Okanagan research is changing the way aircraft and wind turbine operators are addressing the risks related to ice build-up.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Research, School of Engineering

Simulation session in the KGH emergency department. Note: in order to conserve PPE, the team pictured here is not wearing PPE appropriate for simulation but not bedside patient care.

COVID-19 simulation guide supports rural health care response

By Nathan Skolski on December 10, 2020

New research from the UBC Southern Medical Program (SMP) supports the use of telehealth in the care of Parkinson’s patients in rural communities, particularly within the Interior Health region.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Health, Research, Southern Medical Program

Photo caption: UBCO researchers Negin Kazemian and her supervisor, Assistant Professor Sepideh Pakpour, are investigating the internal dynamics of fecal matter donors and recipients to determine the effectiveness of the therapy.

UBCO researchers suggest stool transplants can battle serious infections

By Patty Wellborn on December 9, 2020

Genetic analysis helps ensure successful fecal microbiota transplants

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Research, School of Engineering

The survey showed that 80 per cent of respondents indicated a willingness to use telehealth for follow-up appointments as part of their Parkinson’s treatment.

Telehealth offers new rural health care options for Parkinson’s patients

By Nathan Skolski on November 18, 2020

New research from the UBC Southern Medical Program (SMP) supports the use of telehealth in the care of Parkinson’s patients in rural communities, particularly within the Interior Health region.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Health, Research, Southern Medical Program

UBCO research contributes to new understanding of gastro-intestinal mucus

UBCO research contributes to new understanding of gastro-intestinal mucus

By Nathan Skolski on November 12, 2020

Gut mucus. It may not be everyone’s favourite subject, but new research from UBC Okanagan has found it’s more complex and intimately linked to the body’s microbiota than previously thought.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Research

A new study from UBC Okanagan examines how using social media impacts happiness.

UBCO study says it’s not if, but how people use social media that impacts their well-being

By Nathan Skolski on November 2, 2020

New research from UBC Okanagan indicates what’s most important for overall happiness is how a person uses social media.

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

Sarah Dow-Fleisner, assistant professor of social work.

Standardized measures needed to screen kinship foster placements

By Nathan Skolski on October 29, 2020

New research is proposing a novel screening tool to assess the quality of care in kinship foster care placement settings.

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

UBCO experts share sweet advice about sugar and artificial sweeteners

UBCO experts share sweet advice about sugar and artificial sweeteners

By Christine Zeindler on October 28, 2020

Like so many other areas of life, Halloween festivities may look a little different this year in the midst of COVID-19. As health authorities ask people to take precautions and parents grapple with what is safe for their children, one thing remains constant: Kids love candy.

Posted in News Features, Spotlight | Tagged Faculty of Health and Social Development, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Research, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

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