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iHEAL: New app marks Canada 1st in helping women cope with partner violence
Global News | | Media coverage
Colleen Varcoe, professor emeritus of nursing at UBC, talks about iHEAL - an online tool to help victims across Canada who experience violence from current or past partners.
UBC SALA tops Canadian university rankings; Nursing and Engineering take second
| Announcement
The Faculty of Applied Science's unique disciplines rank among the highest in Canada, according to university rankings tables.
This Vancouver compassion club was saving lives. Then things got political
The Province | | Media coverage
Nursing PhD candidate Trevor Goodyear argued that B.C. should be scaling up safer-supply programs rather than shutting them down.
IV vitamin therapy a 'case of marketing, not science,' says UBC nursing prof
CBC The Current | | Media coverage
Nursing professor Dr. Bernie Garrett commented on IV vitamin therapy, saying it is not based on science.
Concussions ended Scott Ramsay's hockey career — but they've become his passion as a nurse
The Province | | Media coverage
Scott Ramsay, who graduates from UBC this week with a PhD in nursing, has been working to intervene in the lives of youth struggling with brain injury, after battling brain injury himself.
From Athlete and Patient to Researcher and Clinician: Using Lived Experience to Guide Concussion Care
| Spotlight
Scott Ramsay graduated from UBC Applied Science with a PhD in Nursing. He was inspired to pursue a graduate degree after working at BC Children’s Hospital outpatient neurology clinic with paediatric patients facing unabating concussion symptoms.
B.C. nurse says arrest of safe drug supply activists could make overdose crisis worse
CBC Listen | | Media coverage
Nursing PhD candidate Trevor Goodyear argued that law enforcement cracking down on people providing safe supplies of drugs works against public health.
Here's why B.C. experts believe standard time should be permanent
CTV News | | Media coverage
Nursing professor emeritus Dr. Wendy Hall argued that daylight saving time pushes our sleeping schedule back, leading to less rest, which could have negative consequences on our daily lives.
Nurses condemn the arrests of safe supply providers
The Tyee | | Media coverage
Nursing PhD candidates Trevor Goodyear, Lauren Airth and Sammy Iammarino wrote that law enforcement cracking down on people providing safe supplies of drugs works against public health.
The potentially high risks of alternative health care
The Tyee | | Media coverage
Nursing professor Dr. Bernie Garrett led a study which found that Canadians may be using unproven, dangerous alternative health care treatments. Business professor Dr. David Hardisty commented on the findings of the study.