Join the School of Biomedical Engineering for the SBME Symposium on June 13, 2023.
The symposium will provide an opportunity for faculty, trainees, industry and hospital partners, and students to learn from and engage with peers who are making an impact in the field of biomedical engineering.
Highlights include a keynote by Murali Venkatesan, Head of Danaher Equity Ventures, and research talks from Sara Roccabianca (Michigan State University), Adrien Desjardens (University College London), and Gane Ka-Shu Wong (University of Alberta).
The event also includes a panel conversation on reconciliation and collaboration in biomedical engineering, exploring building meaningful partnerships between Indigenous peoples and the biomedical engineering research community, rooted in respect for Indigenous knowledge and culture.
Update May 3: The Kaltura Cloud Migration is now complete. Access and manage your Kaltura videos through the new Teaching & Learning Media Portal at learning.media.ubc.ca or via Canvas.
Plan to make any changes to your Kaltura videos before April 1, or after April 30. If you must change a Kaltura video in April, make a copy first (instructions on the LT Hub website).
From May 1, access the Teaching & Learning Media Portal at new domain learning.media.ubc.ca
UBC Health has partnered with the Public Scholars Initiative to create a new Health Equity Stream, and the call for applications is now open.
UBC doctoral students who are undertaking innovative health equity-oriented research are invited to apply by Friday, May 12, 2023.
PSI supports UBC doctoral students whose research extends beyond the academy and traditional disciplinary approaches to impact the public good through collaborative, action-oriented, and creative forms of scholarship in their dissertation work.
The Health Equity Stream will facilitate the development of a community of PhD students working to address the complex questions and challenges of our world through collaborations, with a particular focus on those conducting research that improves health equity within local, national, and global health systems.
Celebrate Learning Week is a forum for the UBC teaching and learning community to collaborate, network and engage in knowledge exchange. The week-long initiative will be hosted online and in-person from May 2–9, with the theme the Power of Place in Teaching and Learning.
Faculty, staff and students, as well as community members, are encouraged to participate in Celebrate Learning Week by coordinating and/or attending events.
If you are interested in hosting a lecture, poster session, or workshop to showcase teaching and learning at UBC, submit your ideas by March 31.
Hear firsthand from individuals with lived experience of incarceration and their allies as they delve into the significance of peer-led interventions in offering personal support, health mentorship and systems navigation.
When: March 30, 2023, 7–9 pm Where: UBC Robson Square
Join the Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc) for the 2023 BC Rural Health Conference on June 2–4 in Whistler.
The conference is designed for rural physicians, residents, medical students, nurse practitioners and nurses, and allied health professionals. The program includes over 50 interactive plenary and breakout sessions on current and emerging rural medicine trends, and activities to network with rural peers.
