Building capacity for telediabetes care in urban (and rural) Indigenous communities
Aidan O’Callahan, an Honours Cognitive Psychology and Indigenous Studies student from the University of British Columbia Okanagan, worked on a FoM SSRP research project in the summer of 2019. Could you please briefly describe the project you were involved with? AO: For sure! Over the summer, I worked under Dr. Charlotte Jones (clinical associate professor […]
The Lived Experience of Receiving Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder Among Punjabis in Surrey, BC: A Qualitative Study
Shawna Narayan, a third-year science undergraduate student, received a Faculty of Medicine Summer Student Research Program (FoM SSRP) award in the summer of 2017 to work with Dr. Nitasha Puri (physician with Fraser Health and clinical instructor with UBC’s Department of Family Practice) at the Roshni Clinic in Surrey. The Roshni Clinic is specifically designed […]
Proactive molecular-based classification tools to improve endometrial cancer management
The Faculty of Medicine Summer Student Research Program allows students to gain valuable research experience to help them prepare for successful careers in the field of health care. In the United States, 60,000 women are diagnosed with endometrial cancer each year and 11,000 will die from their disease. Most patients can be treated by surgery […]
Efficacy of novel movement treatment regimes in decreasing spasticity
Project title: Efficacy of Novel Movement Treatment Regimes in Decreasing Spasticity Supervisor: Dr. Paul Zehr Can you describe your project? After stroke there are changes in arm and leg coordination as well as increased muscle activity and spasticity in some muscles, which cause problems during walking. Because of this, many stroke survivors have flexed postures […]
The relationship between recreational drug use and on-site medical services at electronic dance music events
The explosive rise in the number of people attending music festivals in recent years has also brought with it a drastic spike in drug misuse and overdoses. In 2014, thirteen deaths were linked to illicit drug use during music festivals. Many festivals recognize the importance and value of having expanded medical services (i.e. services in […]
The effects of glucagon suppression and leptin on diabetes
Currently, 3.4 million Canadians have diabetes. This number is expected to increase by 44% within the next 10 years, raising the number of Canadian diabetic patients to 5 million. Approximately 10% of diabetes cases are type 1 diabetes, for which patients require multiple daily insulin injections. Insulin treatment helps manage type 1 diabetes but this […]
Proliferating killer T cells and survival in ovarian cancer
Katrina Genuis, Island Medical Program Class of 2015, worked at the BC Cancer Agency Deeley Research Centre in Victoria in the summer of 2012. She discusses her project and what she learned from the experience. Project title: Proliferating Killer T Cells and Survival in Ovarian Cancer Supervisor: Dr. Brad Nelson, founding director of the Deeley […]
Efficacy of cycling rehabilitation on post-stroke locomotion
In the summer of 2011, Kulveer Parhar, Vancouver Fraser Medical Program Class of 2014, visited Victoria to participate in a SSRP research project supervised by Dr. Paul Zehr. Please briefly describe SSRP project you were involved in. KP: I worked along PhD candidate Taryn Klarner on a pilot project investigating the efficacy of an arm […]
Cancer patients and online resources: critical evaluation is key
Jane McLeod, Vancouver Fraser Medical Program Class of 2017, discusses her Summer Student Research Program project conducted at the B.C. Cancer Agency. Can you describe the research project you were involved with last summer? JM: I worked with Dr. Ingledew at the BC Cancer Agency, Fraser Valley Centre (Surrey) to look at the quality of […]