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UBC and Vineyard Networks partner on advanced networks research Internationally respected Kelowna-based company Vineyard Networks is collaborating with UBC to create a new approach to data storage and retrieval. This partnership...
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| | Friday, August 06, 2010 | | Tattooing linked to higher risk of hepatitis C: UBC study | Youth, prison inmates and individuals with multiple tattoos that cover large parts of their bodies are at higher risk of contracting hepatitis C and other blood-borne diseases, according to a University of British Columbia study.
The researchers reviewed and analysed 124 studies from 30 countries, including Canada, Iran, Italy, Brazil and the United States, and found the incidence of hepatitis C after tattooing is directly linked with the number of tattoos an individual receives. The findings are published in the current issue of the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
“Since tattoo instruments come in contact with blood and bodily fluids, infections may be transmitted if instruments are used on more than one person without being sterilized or without proper hygiene techniques,” says lead author Dr. Siavash Jafari, a Community Medicine Resident in the UBC School of Population and Public Health (SPPH).
“Furthermore, tattoo dyes are not kept in sterile containers and may play a carrier role in transmitting infections,” says Jafari. “Clients and the general public need to be educated on the risks associated with tattooing, and tattoo artists need to discuss harms with clients.”
Co-authors of the study include Assoc. Prof. Jane Buxton from SPPH and the BC Centre for Disease Control; Mahyar Etminan, a scientist with the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation at Vancouver General Hospital and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute; Dr. Ray Copes, clinical professor at SPPH and Dr. Souzan Baharlou with the Department of Urology at BC Children’s Hospital.
Read the full media release on the UBC Public Affairs website. | |
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| Wednesday, August 04, 2010 | | School Director candidates’ presentations and vision statements now available | The four candidates for the new Director position at SPPH presented their research and vision statements for the School in July.
Download Dr. Giles Paradis’ presentation, Building Public Health Capacity through Research Partnerships: the Experience of the Quebec Population Health Research Network.
Download Dr. Laura Siminoff’s presentation, Advancing Health Policies through Multi-Method Research.
Download Dr. Erica Frank’s presentation, Accomplishing Outside the Box: case studies in global knowledge translation.
Download Dr. David Patrick’s presentation, Interdisciplinarity in Research, Service and Institutional Growth. | |
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| Monday, July 05, 2010 | | CIHR announces $2.1M in grants for SPPH Faculty | Faculty from the School of Population and Public Health will receive more than $2.1 million in operating grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for five new research studies.
- Kim McGrail, Morris Barer (SPPH and the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research), Stirling Bryan, Bob Evans (CHSPR), Scott Garrison and Steven Lewis: $489,907 over three years for Physician- and region-level variations in health care services use. This will be the first attempt to measure patterns of practice both for physicians and regions in BC. The results will inform policy-makers and managers as they continue to try to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system.
- Michael Law, Morris Barer, Kim McGrail (SPPH & CHSPR) Bob Evans (CHSPR), and Erin Strumpf: $222,084 over two years for For Whom the Bill Tolls: Private Drug Insurance in Canada. The researchers will investigate trends and influences on the generosity of private drug insurance benefits, in particular retiree benefits.
- Jean Shoveller, Mark Gilbert, Gina Ogilvie (BCCDC) and John Oliffe: $120,000 over two years for Online STI Testing & Youth. This study will seek to better understand youth's perspectives on the ways in which important aspects of their social contexts (e.g., stigma; gendered stereotypes) affect their engagement in new interventions, such as BC's Online Sexual Health Services Program, and other sexual health promotion activities. The researchers will use new information gathered during their study to inform the development and design of an online STI testing service in BC.
- Patricia Spittal and Martin Schechter (co-investigators): $888,950 over five years for Determining HIV related vulnerabilities among conflict-affected populations in Gulu and Amuru Districts Northern Uganda. This initiative aims to address the paucity of HIV-related epidemiological data for the Northern region of Uganda by assessing HIV prevalence and incidence rates and trends of disease among a cohort of individuals aged 13-39, in order to better inform post-conflict intervention planning. The implications of this new research initiative have great significance for developing policies and programs to confront HIV in the context of post-conflict.
- Jason Sutherland, Morris Barer, Michael Law, and Kim McGrail (SPPH & CHSPR): $410,375 over three years for British Columbia Hospitals: examination and assessment of Payment Reform – BCHeaPR. Their study will explore B.C.’s new activity-based funding model for hospitals and its impact on acute care hospital and related services in BC. The researchers expect these findings will be relevant across the country and in other countries where similar programs are being adopted.
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| Monday, July 05, 2010 | | CIHR website profiles Patricia Spittal’s Aboriginal health study | | The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) website highlights the Cedar Project—a multi-year, CIHR-funded study into the health of Aboriginal youth. Led by SPPH Assist. Prof. Patricia Spittal and Chief Wayne Christian, the study has produced evidence linking historical trauma to an increased risk for disease. To read the full story, visit the CIHR website. | |
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| Tuesday, June 29, 2010 | | UBC Office of Learning Technology features online Master of Public Health program | The Office of Learning Technology at UBC recently profiled the new Distributed Learning format of the Master of Public Health program, which SPPH Assoc. Prof. Patti Janssen directs. This on-campus and online format of the program enables working professionals to advance their education. The Office of Learning Technology works collaboratively with academic and administrative units throughout UBC to support technology-enabled learning environments.
Read the full story by Michael Wong, "Making public health studies more accessible: Distributed learning in the Master of Public Health" on the OLT website.
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| Monday, June 07, 2010 | | CIHR grant bringing together cancer survivorship researchers in Canada | School of Population and Public Health Prof. Arminee Kazanjian and her colleague Richard Doll will receive $24,250 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The funds will support a workshop to bring together researchers working in key areas of cancer survivorship to form a national network of research partners. The aim of this research consortium will be to maintain the momentum of priority setting for cancer survivorship research in Canada and create action to advance these priorities.
As the number of cancer survivors increases in Canada and worldwide, it is becoming critical to understand the unique needs of this population and develop a Canadian research agenda that will inform service delivery. The workshop will ensure that knowledge translation considerations are integrated within the Canadian survivorship research agenda.
Several recent initiatives, led by Kazanjian and Doll, have paved the groundwork for a Canadian Survivorship Research Consortium, including an environmental scan, 2 two-day national invitational survivorship workshops, and a national invitational one-day meeting, all in 2008-09.
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| Tuesday, June 01, 2010 | | New camp for queer, trans, questioning and allied youth addresses health inequities | After the success of last year’s Camp FYrefly pilot project—led by organizer Rod Knight from the School of Population and Public Health—UBC’s Access and Diversity office is launching a new camp this summer called CampOUT! for queer, trans, questioning and allied youth from across B.C. Knight and SPPH Prof. Jean Shoveller sit on CampOUT’s Community Advisory Committee—a group of UBC faculty and staff and community members who have expertise in the issues facing queer, trans, questioning and allied youth.
For youth aged 14 to 21, CampOUT! aims to create a camping experience that fosters practical social, spiritual, educational, health, and leadership skills in an inspiring and welcoming space. Last year researchers at SPPH hosted Camp FYrefly, a camp program for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-identified, two-spirited, intersexed, queer, questioning, and allied youth developed at the University of Alberta in 2004. The camp was a success and illustrated the need to develop a camp that meets the distinct needs of B.C.’s communities.
Read the full UBC news release.
Read the 2009 UBC Reports article.
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| Monday, May 31, 2010 | | Study finds regional differences in C-section rate not a result of maternal request | Fewer than two per cent of cesarean births in British Columbia were a result of maternal request, but the number of cesarean and assisted vaginal deliveries varied widely across health regions in B.C., according to a new study by researchers at the School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) and the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR).
“There is a misconception that the overall increase of cesarean births is the result of maternal request,” says lead author Gillian Hanley, a PhD student in SPPH and Graduate Research Assistant at CHSPR. “Our analysis of B.C. data shows that this is not the case.”
Co-authors of the study include SPPH Assoc. Prof. Patricia Janssen and CHSPR Information Specialist Devon Greyson. Published in the June issue of the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, the UBC study examined all deliveries in B.C. between 2004 and 2007 and found an average of 21.2 per 100 deliveries were first-time C-sections and 14.2 per 100 deliveries were assisted vaginal deliveries involving the use of forceps and/or vacuum devices. Dystocia – or abnormal or difficult childbirth – was the most common reason for cesarean deliveries (30 per cent), followed by non-reassuring fetal heart rate (19.1 per cent).
Read the full UBC news release.
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| Friday, May 28, 2010 | | MSc student Jamie Daw wins second place in national poster competition | | Jamie Daw, a Master of Science student at the School of Population and Public Health, won second place in the student poster competition at the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research’s (CAHSPR) conference in Toronto in May.
She received the award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Health Services and Policy Research for her poster, The adequacy of prenatal care
utilization: distribution and predictors of inadequate care in British Columbia. The annual competition recognizes the outstanding research efforts of up-and-coming health services and policy researchers. Daw, who is a researcher at the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, will receive a prize of $800 as part of the award.
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| Friday, May 21, 2010 | | Congratulations to SPPH’s spring 2010 graduates | | The School of Population and Public Health honored its May 2010 graduating students at a celebration lunch on May 21 in the James Mather building. This spring marks the first cohort of students graduating from the School’s new two-year Master of Public Health program, with 10 students graduating. Eight students are graduating from the Master of Health Administration program, five from the Master of Health Sciences program, one from the Master of Science program, and three from the PhD program. Congratulations to all of the graduates! | |
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