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Overall Lab discovers master switch; could provide road map to treat inflammatory diseases

New research by Chris Overall and his team shows that the MMP2 protease enzyme works as a master switch to activate inflammatory diseases…

At the opening celebration of the UBC Dentistry & National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology Oral Health Research Centre in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on December 13, 2012, from left to right: UBC Dentistry professors Drs. Markus Haapasalo, Leandra Best, Catherine Poh, Christopher Zed; Ms. Deborah Chatsis, Ambassador of Canada to Vietnam; UBC Dentistry 
 professors Drs. Michele Williams; Charles Shuler, Dean, and Edward Yen.

UBC Dentistry opens oral health research centre in Vietnam

The first oral health research centre between a North American university and a hospital in Southeast Asia has been opened by UBC Dentistry in Vietnam today.

Normally an individual has two alleles—one from the mother and one from the father. Because these have different origins of inheritance, the genotype is called heterozygous (left). The new test for oral cancer risk detects change in the gene of interest within an allele. If a mutation occurs and one of the alleles is lost, this is loss of heterozygosity (right).

A ten-year longitudinal study by UBC Dentistry faculty could boost oral cancer detection

UBC Dentistry professors Drs. Lewei Zhang, Catherine Poh, Michele Williams and Denise Laronde have taken a giant step closer to understanding the complex stages involved in malignant transformation…

UBC Dentistry launches research centre in Vietnam

Faculty members from UBC Dentistry are in Vietnam in December to open the first oral health research centre between a North American university and a hospital in Southeast Asia…

Left: Drs. Rokshana and Khozema Chherawala. Centre: Staff from the Chherawalal's offices in Maple Ridge and Port Coquitlam. Right: Drs. Mahsa Soraya and Alex Galo and family.

New small group learning rooms and a named operatory: Recognizing those who make a difference in our lives

Drs. Rokshana and Khozema Chherawala stepped forward this past year to generously support the extensive renovation project in the John B. Macdonald Building (JBM)—and to honour their hard-working staff members…

Dr. David Sweet, O.C. talks to the CBC about forensic science

The Early Edition host Rick Cluff from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Vancouver talks to Dr. David Sweet, O.C. about trace DNA evidence…

Graduate students and faculty in the Graduate Student Commons on opening day, September 13, 2012. The space is now fully furnished with study carrels that are also computer work stations.

The Graduate Student Commons—Enhancing the Student Experience

In record speed—less than two years of planning and construction—a new study space in the John B. Macdonald Building (JBM) was ready to greet graduate students as this fall semester began…

Part-time faculty members of the 2011 – 2012 academic year

Meet the Part-Time Faculty at UBC Dentistry…

Graduates of the UBC Faculty Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Leadership Program, May 18, 2012. Dr. Komkham Pattanaporn is seen in the front row, third from right.

Faculty member enriched by campus-wide teaching program

UBC’s Faculty Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Leadership Program responds to a university commitment toward excellence in teaching and learning, and is also an ideal resource for Dentistry’s faculty development…

Highlights from GPR Research Day

Highlights from General Practice Residents Research Day and the awards and certificates of completion ceremony of postgraduate residency programs…