Introducing the 2025 UBC Okanagan Postdoctoral Fellowship Winners: Dr. Sarvenaz Heirani Moghaddam and Dr. Seth McCarthy
Dr. Sarvenaz Heirani Moghaddam, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, explores gamification in stroke recovery and Dr. Seth McCarthy, Faculty of Health and Social Development, investigates how exercise can reduce inflammation in the body.
Meet Dr. Seth McCarthy
Dr. McCarthy, winner of the 2025 UBC Okanagan Postdoctoral Fellowship, focuses on how exercise can be used to reduce the levels of inflammation in our body
Researchers Captivate the Audience at UBC Okanagan’s Twelfth Annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition
We had a wonderful Wednesday evening celebrating graduate student research at our twelfth annual Three Minute Thesis Competition! To start off the night, Dr. Jelena Komanchuk, winner of the Michael Smith Health Research BC and UBC Okanagan Postdoctoral Fellowships, shared her talk “Sleep health inequities for children in foster and kinship care.” Using the tool […]
Meet Nathan Adams
Developing an inclusive language media guide for sedentary behaviour and spinal cord injury.
How do sleep, infant feeding, and the gut microbiome impact infant health?
Mahtab Matin, Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing student, discusses her interdisciplinary research, her pathway to graduate school, and her passion for community-engaged research.
UBCO’s Killam Doctoral Scholarship Winners are Leading the Way with Innovative Research
From exploring music and machine learning to investigating new methods for diagnosing mild traumatic brain injury, the 2024/2025 UBCO Killam winners are conducting ground breaking research.
Defining chronic pain for high-performance athletes with disabilities
UBCO study says customized training and recovery plans critical to success
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Deep diving with elephant seals offers unique insights into human health
Elite free divers can hold their breath for 10 minutes […]
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Meet Spencer Ursel
Spencer Ursel, Master of Science in Health & Exercise Sciences student, unravels the relationship between exercise, metabolism, and immune function.
UBCO study raises concerns about partner violence in queer relationships
Violence in an “invisible relationship” can make seeking help feel impossible
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