CENTRE for CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION and MANAGEMENT
Kathleen Martin Ginis
RESEARCH LEAD
Professor with UBC Faculty of Medicine Department of Medicine and the UBC Okanagan Faculty of Health and Social Development
The Faculty of Medicine’s Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management (CCDPM) serves as a provincial leader for research excellence, knowledge translation and exchange in the urgent research field of chronic diseases.
ABSTRACT
The Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management (CCDPM) will advance the prevention and self-management of chronic conditions by aligning with the Faculty of Medicine’s strategic plan for research in core areas such as heart and lung health, brain and mental health, and chronic diseases and to accelerate knowledge translation. The CCDPM aims to build and maintain collaborations that harness collective research strengths from across the Faculty of Medicine’s distributed education and research sites.
Visit the CCDPM website here
2019 - 2020 Faculty of Medicine Annual Report
Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management
AFFILIATED INVESTIGATORS
Dr. Jennifer Davis, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management
Dr. Charlotte Jones, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
Dr. Mary Jung, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Sciences
Dr. Jonathan Little, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Sciences
Dr. Lesley Lutes, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Deanne Taylor, Director of Research, Interior Health
Dr. Neil Eves, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Sciences
Dr. Devin Harris, Executive Medical Director for Quality and Patient Safety, Interior Health
Dr. Tricia Tang, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
Dr. Daryl Wile, Clinical Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology
NEWS AND EVENTS
Students use virtual reality to transform stroke recovery
Psychology, computer science students incorporate VR, AR into brain injury rehabilitation
Do two puffs equal a bong hit? Research aims to find out
UBC Okanagan team standardizes dosing with the Index of Cannabis Equivalency
UBCO gut health research moves from lab to real world
New technology will leverage personal gut microbiome to treat conditions
Future of inter-community transportation to be explored
UBCO professor teams up with tourism and transit agencies to examine options
UBCO takes steps to address gap in primary health care
New post-degree certificate builds nurses’ expertise to practice in primary care settings
Insomnia therapy reduces postpartum depression, study shows
UBC Okanagan researcher part of trial that demonstrates effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia
Top athletes offer insights into women’s running
Lacing up for Life will explore myths and challenges women face in endurance sports
Psychedelic experience improves therapists’ ability to deliver ketamine therapy
UBCO study finds experiential learning enhances therapeutic outcomes
Contact
Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management
CCDPM website here
Reichwald Health Sciences Centre
1088 Discovery Avenue
Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7
Tel: 250-807-9187
Email ccdpm.med.@ubc.ca