2019 IMP / DMSC Teaching Award Recipients Announced
September 11, 2019
Drs. Samantha Stasiuk, Jonathan Tang, John Cooper, and Brad Williamson were recently recognized for their teaching contributions. Read More >
IMP Info Sessions Restart September 9
September 3, 2019
Find out how you can earn your MD at the University of Victoria with the IMP. The first info session of the 2019/20 academic year will be on September 9, 2019, at 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building, Room 160. The free event is open to everyone. Read More >
Student Summer Research Project Explores Central Nervous System Inflammation
August 29, 2019
Sofía Zhang-Jiang (IMP Class of 2022) was one of four IMP students who spent some of their summer tackling research projects through the UBC Faculty of Medicine Summer Student Research Program (FoM SSRP). Read More >
Back to School Q&As – Part 2
August 23, 2019
With summer holidays almost over here at the IMP, we wanted to introduce seven more of our incoming and returning students. Read More >
Back to School Q&As – Part 1
August 19, 2019
With summer holidays almost over here at the IMP, we wanted to introduce six of our incoming and returning students. Welcome (back), everyone! Read More >
Student Co-founds Peer-support Chat Line for LGBTQ2 Youth in BC
July 5, 2019
LGBTQ2 youth face higher health and mental health risks than their heterosexual peers, but they don’t always have the support they need to navigate those challenges. So, Conor Zeer-Wanklyn (IMP Class of 2021) and Victoria entrepreneur Corey McPherson created QCHAT, a non-profit, low-barrier referral and peer support program. Read More >
Paving the Road to Indigenous Genomic Equity
June 21, 2019
In 2018, the Silent Genomes project received $10.4 million in funding from Genome Canada, Genome BC, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and others to reduce healthcare disparities and improve precision diagnosis for Indigenous children with genetic disease. Now, just over a year into the project, the team has laid a solid foundation for the work head. Read More >
