Explaining the design of the dental services program at the Games
Dr. Christopher Zed talks to AM770 CHQR host Dave Rutherford about the comprehensive design of the dental services program available at the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games…
Third-year Dental Student Oxana Korj Given a Huge Honour
Vancouver, BC – With a strong desire to volunteer, third-year dental student Oxana Korj found herself given a huge honour—to carry the country-name board for The Netherlands during the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. “I volunteered to be a performer in the ceremonies, perhaps a dancer which is my background,” […]
UBC and Douglas College oral health care initiative attracts local community support
In collaboration with Douglas College, the UBC Dental Hygiene Degree Program has devised a unique community service and learning project to address some of the unmet dental and oral health needs for low-income families and individuals in New Westminster…
Canadian Cancer Society Awards UBC Dentistry Faculty over $800k in Research Grants
UBC Dentistry researchers Drs. Catherine Poh and Chris Overall have received two out of the four Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute grants awarded to UBC this year…
CIHR Awards UBC Dentistry Periodontal Researchers over $1.28m in Research Grants
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has awarded UBC Dentistry periodontal researchers Hannu Larjava and Lari Hakkinen funding for two investigations…
Three Faculty Members Granted Fellowship to the ACD
Faculty members Drs. Jeffrey Coil, assistant professor, Virginia Diewert, professor, and Christopher Zed, clinical associate professor and associate dean, were inducted into the American College of Dentists (ACD) as new Fellows…
Dr. Alan Lowe Recognized by the German Society of Dental Sleep Medicine
Dr. Alan Lowe received the 4th Meier-Ewert Award from the Deutsche Gesellschaft Zahnarztliche Schlafmedizin (DGZS)—the German Society of Dental Sleep Medicine…
UBC Dentistry Team Returns from Brazil
Four DMD 2010 (candidate) students (Emery Bland, Alvin Lo, Mike O’Brien and Mike Webster) and recent graduate Anthony Reichert DMD 2009 travelled to Brazil and volunteered as dentists for a week…
Governments of Canada and BC Invest in UBC Dentistry’s Bioimaging Facility
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) will fund the expansion of UBC Dentistry’s bioimaging facility for bone imaging and analysis…