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Access, diagnosis improve life quality

Media release

A three-year University of Victoria study of people living homeless or barely housed while struggling with life-threatening medical conditions confirms that when palliative care can be found, it improves the difficult life circumstances and worsening vulnerabilities people face as their health fails.

New anthropology study on bone health

Media release

Physical exercise is known to make bones stronger but according to a new study, maternal health and its impact on the pace of a girl’s development can also shape her adult bone strength—with implications for fracture risk later in life.

Carey Newman, the 6th Audain Professor

Media release

Local Kwagiulth and Coast Salish artist Carey Newman is announced as the sixth Audain Professor of Contemporary Art Practice of the Pacific Northwest with UVic’s Department of Visual Arts. He will bring issues and perspectives around reconciliation into his classes at UVic.

Human disturbance affects fish diversity

The Ring

In a study that spans Canada's Pacific Coast, UVic researchers have confirmed that human disturbance of seagrass meadows results in lower fish diversity. While human activity is known to impact a variety of ecosystems, the effect of human activity on coastal biodiversity is largely unknown. Coastal seagrass meadows are important nursery grounds for commercial and ecologically significant fish species.

Sticklebacks thrive, rockfish suffer

Media release

In a study that spans the Pacific Coast of Canada, UVic researchers have confirmed that human disturbance of seagrass meadows results in lower fish diversity. Coastal seagrass meadows are important nursery grounds for commercial and ecologically significant fish species.

Frog genome mapping

The Ring

A UVic molecular biologist has gained new insights into how environmental contaminants may disrupt thyroid systems. The discovery was made while assembling the genome of the North American bullfrog.

Mapping the frog genome

Media release

A University of Victoria molecular biologist has new insights on how environmental contaminants may disrupt thyroid systems, discovered while assembling the genome of the North American bullfrog.

BC grants ignite two innovative projects

The Ring

Two UVic researchers working with industry to develop and apply new technologies have been awarded BC Innovation Council Ignite grants for their research on the protection of endangered species and the future of personalized medicine.

BC grants ignite UVic innovation

Media release

Two University of Victoria researchers working with industry to ignite the development and application of new technologies have been awarded BC Innovation Council grants for their vital work advancing the protection of endangered species and the future of personalized medicine.

UVic and Island Health collaboration

Media release

A Greater Victoria family with a personal connection to cognitive health issues today announced a major donation for a five-year initiative that will bring together UVic, Island Health and the University of BC for a research project that aims to improve the diagnosis and treatment of dementia.

CFI funding for UVic research

Media release

Five UVic projects, with $823,000 in new funding from a leadership fund from the Canada Foundation for Innovation as part of a $52-million federal investment announced Aug. 15, will carry out ground-breaking research including in an aquatic disease research facility at UVic.

New pathway for end-of-life care

The Ring

When Kelli Stajduhar was handed the 2017 Ehor Boyanowsky Academic of the Year Award last month from the Canadian Universities Faculty Association of BC, she was acknowledged as "a living ambassador for the very real difference scientific knowledge brings to revolutionizing health care."

Study asks people using drugs to shape their primary care

The Ring

A collaborative style of health research guided by those whose lives are the focus of the research is the model for a new Greater Victoria study aimed at helping people with multiple barriers get the primary health care they need without feeling judged, stigmatized and shut out.

Study asks people using drugs to shape their primary care

Media release

Primary health care delivered with understanding and compassion for people who use drugs is the focus of Greater Victoria's first patient-oriented research study funded through a collaboration between UVic, Island Health, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Detecting invasive species

The Ring

A research group at the University of Victoria can now detect the presence of invasive species in water or soil using environmental DNA—giving humans a better chance at defending the ecological balance of delicate habitat.

A new way to find invasive species

Media release

Wouldn't it be great if we could take a scoop of water from a pond and tell if an invasive species has recently been there? A research group at UVic can now do just that by measuring the DNA that every organism leaves behind.

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