UVic geographer Jutta Gutberlet, who works with waste-pickers鈥攐r binners, as they鈥檙e often called鈥� in Victoria and Brazil says the COVID-19 pandemic has hit this population hard. On Earth Day, Gutberlet talks about her efforts to share health information to help keep these workers, who play an important role in diverting waste from landfill, safe.
A global impact ranking released today by Times Higher Education (THE) evaluating universities鈥� global contributions towards meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) puts UVic among the world鈥檚 top tier of leaders in climate action, and among the world鈥檚 top 100 institutions overall in contributing to a sustainable future for the planet. THE ranked UVic fourth among the world鈥檚 universities for climate action鈥攎eaning research and action taken to understand and respond to the global challenge of climate change.
In a significant step for Indigenous health research in BC, a new provincial network will provide Indigenous peoples with the ability to have more control over what and how research is conducted to improve health and wellness in their communities.
The COVID-19 crisis has shown that pandemics belong as much to the present as the past. From Ebola to HIV/AIDs to Zika, 番茄社区 historian Mitchell Hammond says disease has played an increasingly significant role in global affairs in recent decades. Hammond shares what we can learn from the pandemics of the past.
In order to measure the effectiveness of physical-distancing strategies on COVID-19, we must turn to mathematical and computer simulation models like the ones being developed by 番茄社区 statistical mathematician Junling Ma.
UVic has delivered more than 200 litres of hand sanitizer鈥攅nough for about 65,000 single doses鈥攆or use by Island Health, whose front-line workers are in the thick of responding to the health crisis. UVic chemist David Leitch led the effort to plan and execute a manufacturing campaign consistent with stringent Health Canada standards, using supplies already on hand.
A new UVic initiative is building face shields for frontline health workers as we face a worldwide shortage of disposable face masks.
The following 番茄社区 experts are available to media to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic.
An integrated, holistic, centre dedicated to student well-being鈥攖hat鈥檚 the vision for UVic鈥檚 Student Wellness Centre (SWC), scheduled to open in Summer 2020. UVic students will access Counselling and Health in one convenient locati鈥�
UVic biochemist and microbiologist John Burke is taking a different pathway in his cancer research by exploring at the molecular level how our immune system can help fight and treat the disease, thanks to a $956,250 Project Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Olav Krigolson has developed a unique mobile electroencephalography (EEG) system to investigate what鈥檚 happening in our brains when we鈥檙e tired, stressed, oxygen-deprived, struggling with dementia, concussed鈥攐r on Mars.
The Digital Technology Supercluster is funding the Fresh Water Data Commons project, involving biochemist Caren Helbing, and the Women's Entrepreneurship Program鈥攁 first of its kind for UVic鈥攐verseen by Jerome Etwaroo of UVic's Coast Capital Savings Innovation Centre.
UVic health informatics graduate student Amr Farghali has developed a tool to help visualize vast amounts of patient data鈥攊mproving the speed and accuracy of cancer diagnosis. 鈥淭he human brain interprets visual images faster than text,鈥� says Farghali, who works full-time as a senior pharmacist. Farghali decided to redirect his medical science career to where the need was greatest: providing cancer specialists with faster, more efficient screening methods.
UVic is working with multi-disciplinary health-science teams across Canada to create safer, more effective drugs.
A Q&A with Dr. Irehobhude (Ireh) Iyioha, a new faculty member at UVic Law whose research interests include health law.
For three years, Faculty of Humanities Dean Chris Goto-Jones has been teaching a free, online course through Leiden University called Demystifying Mindfulness. More than 112,000 people have so far enrolled in the massive open online course (MOOC). Here, Goto-Jones explains the origins, contemporary interest and the continuing evolution of mindfulness in the health sector.
