New Directions in Cancer Research
UBC researchers are currently leading the way towards eliminating some cancers, such as vaccine preventable cervical cancer.
Ranked among the world’s top medical schools with the fifth-largest MD enrollment in North America, the UBC Faculty of Medicine is a leader in both the science and the practice of medicine1.
Across British Columbia, more than 11,000 faculty and staff are training the next generation of doctors and health care professionals, making remarkable discoveries, and helping to create the pathways to better health for our communities at home and around the world.
Your support of the UBC Faculty of Medicine is a gift for all British Columbians. Through your generosity, you are enabling our researchers to pursue solutions to health care’s most pressing challenges. You are also encouraging the clinicians of tomorrow to reach their full potential as they train to deliver outstanding health care throughout the province.
UBC researchers are currently leading the way towards eliminating some cancers, such as vaccine preventable cervical cancer.
By 2020, brain diseases and disorders will overtake heart disease and cancer as the leading cause of death and disability in Canada.
Diabetes currently affects more than 400 million people worldwide. In Canada alone, an estimated 3.7 million people could be living with diabetes by 2018, with requirements for regular care from a family doctor, complex diet management, daily insulin injections or medications, and periodic hospitalization.
The Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health envisions a future where Indigenous people are leaders in healthcare and where all Indigenous people receive optimal, respectful and culturally safe care.
As a member of the UBC Medical Alumni Association (MAA), you have access to invaluable opportunities for connecting with medical alumni across BC, throughout Canada, and around the world, as well as for supporting the next generation of medical students. Please join today, and consider making an additional donation to support the work of the association.