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UBC Midwifery welcomes the Class of 2023!
20 new undergraduate students met each other, faculty and staff on September 3rd. They opened the day by writing a word or symbol on a rock that expressed their hopes and wishes for their midwifery studies and future midwifery practice. The words included patience, optimism, compassion, faith, resilience, balance and growth. We wish these all…
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UBC Midwifery welcomes midwifery, nursing and obstetrical delegates from across India sponsored by JHPEIGO and the Gates Foundation
Following the international Women Deliver Summit in Vancouver, delegates will meet with UBC faculty for two days to discuss upscaling midwifery in all 39 Indian states and territories.
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Saraswathi Vedam receives her professorial gown from Dean Dermot Kelleher on May 14, 2019
Dr. Vedam is UBC’s first full Professor of Midwifery.
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Cathy Ellis, MSc, RM, successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on May 3, 2019
Cathy’s research examined Factors Affecting the Use of Midwifery Services in Remote Nepal. Congratulations, Dr. Ellis!
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Congratulations Dr. Hamideh Bayrampour and team on their #1 ranked $125,000 CIHR grant: Perinatal Cannabis Exposure and Early Developmental Outcomes
Dr. Hamideh Bayrampour’s application for a Canadian Institutes of Health Research catalyst grant was ranked #1 of 115 submissions in the Cannabis Research in Urgent Priority Areas pool. This year-long award of $125,000 will enable Dr. Bayrampour to initiate her study, “A pilot prospective cohort study to examine the prenatal cannabis exposure and early developmental…
