Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes

09/23/2025

How do different styles of surgery for impact patient quality-of-life?

Before surgery, patients are under significant psychological stress, reporting poor sleep, depression, and anxiety.
Advancing Health scientist Dr. Jason Sutherland and team investigated how type of surgery impacted quality-of-life outcomes.

A breast cancer diagnosis can cause significant psychological strain, with women reporting poor sleep, depression, and anxiety before surgery. Understanding ...

09/19/2025

UBC's 2025 Faculty of Medicine Award Recipients have been announced!

“Congratulations to this year’s outstanding faculty and staff award recipients, who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to the Faculty and whose contributions are helping to move our shared vision forward — to transform health for everyone,” said Dr. Mieke Koehoorn, Dean pro tem for UBC's Faculty of Medicine.

While we want to echo her sentiment towards all awardees, we particularly want to congratulate Advancing Health scientist Dr. Daniel Vigo, on the recognition for his tireless work on public .

Read about all the awards:
https://bit.ly/47Nyuzj

09/18/2025

Join us this November for the Inaugural PHC CREST Conference!🎺

Focusing on elevating the nursing and allied health clinician-scientist, this event will feature two keynote speakers, a panel discussion, a workshop, and more. It will include presentations from Dr. Skye Barbic, Dr. Lillian Hung, Michelle Carter, and Iva Cheun.

Date: Nov 6, 2025
Place: St. Paul's Hospital and Virtual

Learn more and register:
https://bit.ly/4nBsOx9

09/17/2025

Better access to new life-saving medical treatments is coming with the launch of an eight-bed clinical trials unit at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital in Vancouver. Advancing Health is proud to have been involved in the development and launch of this new central piece of our province's clinical infrastructure.

Learn more:
https://bit.ly/46a9eCf

09/12/2025

Upcoming webinar: Boosting Real-World Evidence in Health Services! 🚨

Advancing Health scientist Dr. Ehsan Karim will explore the effectiveness of extensions and doubly robust estimators in integrating high-dimensional proxies from administrative health data to minimize residual confounding in observational studies.
Date: Sep 25th
Time: 12-1pm

Register today:
https://bit.ly/42sSROC

09/05/2025

On September 16, Clinical Trials BC will be welcoming Dr. Shannon Bard for their opening episode of ASK US: Season 6!

With host Dr. Jean Smart, Shannon will explore the environmental impact of clinical trials and how you can integrate good environmental practices into your clinical trial site. You’ll learn about new initiatives, key issues around sustainability, participant considerations, and more.

Register today: https://lnkd.in/gYeR3Hxi

09/03/2025

It's said you are what you eat. But what you eat depends on who you spend time with.

Recent longitudinal studies conducted by Advancing Health scientist Dr. Annalijn Conklin and their team are illustrating the complex interplay between social engagement, gender, nutrition, and health. This is particularly important as people age, and their social connections and activities decline, causing knock-on effects on their well-being.

Read the full article:
https://bit.ly/3VCAiUl

09/02/2025

For women, two key life stages, and , can reveal a lot about future risk for heart disease and stroke. So what's the connection between them? 🫀

Heart and Stroke Canada asked Advancing Health scientist Dr. Karin Humphries to explain:

https://bit.ly/3HHwOwO

08/26/2025

Looking for science facts without the fiction?

Evidence Speaks is here to help! Once again we're digging into recent papers by Advancing Health scientists and their teams. For August, come learn about...

• Gender-based differences in alcohol withdrawal
• Gene editing's promise in curing
• Step goals for stroke rehabilitation

Read the full summaries:
https://bit.ly/4mXSzHp

08/24/2025

How can we ensure the Canadian public's trust in our and transplant system?

In this opinion piece, Advancing Health scientist Dr. John Gill, along with Dr. Anthony Jevnikar, discuss the regulations and safeguards built into the Canadian system, while also exploring how recent reporting on errors in the US can prompt us to consider potential improvements.

Read more:
https://bit.ly/47Izftn

08/22/2025

Advancing Health scientist Dr. Mieke Koehoorn has been appointed as Dean pro tem of the UBC Faculty of Medicine, as well as interim Vice President, Health, effective September 1st.

A professor in the School of Population and Public Health, Dr. Koehoorn holds a PhD in epidemiology and is a senior scientist with Partnership for Work, Health and Safety—an innovative research collaboration between UBC and WorkSafeBC.

Congratulations, Dr. Koehoorn! Read the full article here:
https://bit.ly/475CBXa

08/20/2025

Goodbye WiP, hello Advancing Health Talks! 👋

Over the last decade, the Work in Progress (WiP) Series has showcased cutting-edge research by Advancing Health investigators, the seminars watched by an audience of over 4,600 viewers.

That same growth has necessitated the format to evolve. That's why this fall we'll be launching “Advancing Health Talks". This seminar series will feature multiple guest speakers and panel discussions on current ‘hot topics’ in and focus areas, as well as “in the news” presentations. We hope you'll come and join us!

Learn more about the format here:
https://bit.ly/45KAYMn