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Jill Zwicker, our PhD graduate won the Pursuit Award

Jill Zwicker, our PhD graduate won the Pursuit Award

Congratulations to Jill Zwicker, one of our PhD graduates, who has won the Pursuit Award in Childhood Disability Health Research sponsored by the Bloorview Research Institute! Each university in Canada could only nominate one recent PhD graduate so Jill already has the distinction of being the UBC nominee. Dr. Susan Harris and Dr. Lara Boyd, her […]

Dr. Teresa Liu Ambrose’s research featured in The Vancouver Sun

Dr. Teresa Liu Ambrose’s research featured in The Vancouver Sun

Dr. Teresa Liu Ambrose’s research was featured in an article in The Vancouver Sun on April 23, 2012. “Exercise programs, especially those involving resistance (weight) training, help stave off progression to dementia in older people already showing signs of cognitive impairment, local researchers have shown in a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The randomized, controlled […]