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UBC Partnership Recognition & Exploration FundCongratulations to MSN student Crystal Point, the Musqueam Indian Band, and Dr. Helen Brown on securing one of UBC’s Summer 2025 Partnership Recognition and Exploration (PRE) Fund for the project, Educators’ Experiences on Weaving Cultural Safety and Humility Content into Nursing Education Programs.
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UBC Nursing course helps students transform climate anxiety into agencyUBC Nursing’s Dr. Monica Rana, an official UBC observer-delegate at COP30 and managing director of SARAVYC, helps students turn climate anxiety into action—exploring health impacts, resilience strategies and inclusion at COP30.
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Special Guest Speaker @ SARAVYCHosted by the Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre (SARAVYC), join guest speaker Dr. Ryan Watson on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025 at 3-4:30pm in room T182 at the UBC Hospital (3rd floor) for a presentation on Innovative Methods & Emerging Challenges in Research with Sexual & Gender Diverse Youth.
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PHSA mNPR x UBC virtual roundThe PHSA’s minimum Nurse-to-Patient Ratio (mNPR) team and Dr. Farinaz (Naz) Havaei are pleased to present a Virtual Learning Round on Insights into Nurse-to-Patient Ratio Research. Register to join online on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025 at 12-1pm PST.
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2025 UBC Postdoc Research DayDr. Jamie Forrest will be presenting his work, Mapping AI Diagnostic Innovation Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Synthetic Network Analysis of Trials, Institutions, and Clinical Research Funding, at the UBC Postdoctoral Research Day on Monday. Dec. 1, 2025. His postdoc supervisor is Dr. Meaghan Thumath.
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CAHN-ACHN Conference 2026Congratulations to Dr. Lydia Wytenbroek on being named president of the Canadian Association for the History of Nursing (CAHN-ACHN). The 2026 conference, Nursing Humanities and Historical Imaginations, will be held on May 29-31, 2026 in Toronto. The abstract deadline is: January 15, 2026.
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WNRCASN GrantsThe Western North-Western Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (WNRCASN) have announced several nursing education research grants. The deadline to apply is December 15, 2025.
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Public Scholar AwardCongratulations to UBC Nursing doctoral recipient on being selected for a UBC Public Scholar Initiative award:
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Putting Patients First 2026Don’t miss the Putting Patients First 2026 conference (PPF26) on March 3, 2026. Learn how bringing people of diverse experiences together to solve shared health problems – including people with lived and living experience – can improve health and health research in BC.
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MEDIA COVERAGE
Adults with IDD Account for 1 in 5 Long-Stay Psychiatric Inpatients
UBC Nursing’s Dr. Angela Russolillo comments on new research that shows patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) in Ontario have unmet needs, resulting in longer hospital stays than necessary.
Medscape Medical News Beating the time-change blues
On CTV Your Morning Vancouver, UBC professor emeritus and sleep expert, Dr. Wendy Hall explains how to beat the time-change blues.
CTV News Daylight saving time comes to an end
The Morning Show's Jennifer Palma interviews Dr. Wendy Hall about the effects of daylight saving time and the fall time change.
Global News
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PUBLICATIONS
* denotes UBC Nursing trainees & alumni Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on the HIV care continuum across global income levels: a mixed-methods systematic review
AIDS Research and Therapy
Emmanuela Ojukwu, Ava Pashaei, J.C. Maia, O.F. Omobhude, Abdulaziz Tawfik, Yvonne Nguyen Emergency department violence involving patients who use unregulated substances: A systemic perspective
International Journal on Drug Policy
Sunny Jiao*, Vicky Bungay, Emily Jenkins, Marilou Gagnon Development and testing of an electronic frailty index using Canadian electronic medical record data in primary care
BMC Primary Care
Manpreet Thandi*, Andy Gibb, Morgan Price, Jennifer Baumbusch, Sabrina Wong Feasibility and acceptability of gamified cycling exercise for residents in a long-term care home: A qualitative study
PLoS One
Lillian Hung, Z. Shen, J. Cheung, Michelle Lam*, Jamie Lam*, Tiffany Wu*, R. Wu, Arwen Fong*, Michelle Xiao*, Riea Singh*, Y. Qiu, Lily Wong*, Yong Zhao* Music Moves: Intergenerational Silent Disco Parties in Long-Term Care
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Rynnie Son*, Ilan Meghelli*, Julia Banco*, Oliver Yu*, Shambhavi Arora*, Swastika Mondol*, Charlotte Wang*, Lillian Hung A Life Disrupted: Perspectives on Track 2 MAID from Persons Living with Chronic Illness
Canadian Journal of Bioethics
B. Pesut, Sally Thorne, C. Variath, M. Hall, C. Schiller, H. Sharp, G. Wiebe, W. D. Robertson, M. McKenzie, Laurel Plewes What Factors Influence Canadian Nurse Practitioners’ Willingness to Act as Assessors and Providers for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID)?
Global Qualitative Nursing Research
Z. Mokosak, B. Pesut, Sally Thorne Bridging the gap: the need for community-engaged research on blood cancer self-management experiences among South Asians
Supportive Care in Cancer
Sandeep Dhillon*, Ailsa Sirois*, Deepjot Sanghera*, A. Kaur, Aperrna Sasheendren*, H. Mian, L. Newton, S. Ahmed, T. Cosco, D. Lad, C. Bradley, M. Puts, Kristen Haase The Forgotten Caregivers: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Experiences of Fathers of Children With Medical Complexity
Journal of Clinical Nursing
Vanessa Fong*, N.A. Bandara, Jennifer Baumbusch
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