Skin cancer risk reduction in organ transplant recipients
Sarah Baldwin, a student in the Vancouver Fraser Medical Program, discusses her 2014 SSRP project, which examined skin cancer prevention in organ transplant recipients. Describe FoM SSRP you were involved in? SB: While skin cancers comprise nearly 40% of malignancies in organ transplant recipients – with nearly 70% of fair-skinned recipients affected within 20 years […]
Diabetes prevention in Vancouver’s South Asian community
Kirandeep Kaur Kandola, Vancouver Fraser Medical Program Class of 2017, discusses her 2014 SSRP project, which examined diabetes in Vancouver’s South Asian community. Please briefly describe the SSRP project you were involved in. KK: I had the opportunity to be a member of the Prevention Matters research team under Dr. Tricia Tang this past summer. […]
The effects of omega-3s on neuron growth
In the summer of 2014, SSRP participant Ryan Heron, Island Medical Program Class of 2017, had the opportunity to work with supervisors Dr. Brian Christie, Affiliate Professor, and Dr. Patrick Nahirney, Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, to study the effects of a nutritional supplement—omega-3 fatty acids—on the growth of neurites, the […]
Contributing to the health of Aboriginal communities
Luke Hughson and his supervisor Dr. Robert Olson undertook a comprehensive retrospective chart review of all cancer cases diagnosed in Haida Gwaii.
The effect of homelessness on health care use
Melissa Carr (Communications Coordinator, VFMP) Adrienne Cheung, Vancouver Fraser Medical Program Class of 2016, stands amid the hustle and bustle of St. Paul’s Hospital. She has just returned home from Toronto, after spending some time with her family. Cheung is waiting for Dr. Anita Palepu, a nationally renowned general internist. Dr. Palepu weaves her way […]
Learning “…to provide culturally safe care”
“Since 2001, BC’s Aboriginal peoples experienced ‘worsening trends’…including increased rates of HIV/AIDS, use of prescription drugs, poor housing, low birth weights, and the number of children who live as governmental wards. Since 1992, Status-Indian men maintained the lowest life expectancy of any group in the province, dying almost 10 years earlier than non-Aboriginal women, the […]