Past Events
Vancouver Institute Lecture | March 11
How UBC Enabled the COVID 19 MRNA Vaccines
Dr. Pieter Cullis, O.C., Director, Life Sciences Institute, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBC
Dr. Cullis is globally known for his contributions to the field of lipid nanoparticles. His research has contributed to the development of nanomedicines employing lipid nanoparticle delivery technology leading to five clinically approved drugs for cancer therapies, gene therapies, and vaccines, including BNT162b2, the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine marketed by Pfizer/BioNTech. He is also co-founder of ten biotechnology companies, author of over 350 scientific articles and holder of over 60 patents. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Dr. Cullis is the recipient of multiple awards and honours, including the Prix Galien Canada (2011), and more recently the Canada Gairdner International Award, as well as the Governor General’s Innovation Award, the Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science, and the Life Sciences British Columbia Global Impact Award.
Saturday, 11 March 2023 - 8:15pmNeglected Global Disease Initiative (NGDI) Lecture | March 9
Global Health Access & Equity: Issues in LMICs and HICs: Compare & Contrast
with Dr. Peter Hotez, internationally-recognized physician-scientist in neglected tropical diseases and vaccine development.
On behalf of the Neglected Global Diseases Initiative (NGDI) at the University of British Columbia and the organizing committee, we would like to invite you to attend the symposium on Global Health Access & Equity Issues in LMICs and HICs: Compare & Contrast. Dr. Peter J. Hotez will be the guest speaker. There will be a graduate student presentation competition and a panel discussion featuring health science researchers and professionals.
Format: In-person or Zoom.
Thursday, 9 March 2023 - 2:00pmVancouver Institute Lecture | March 4
How Will Canada Prosper in the Next Age of Uncertainty?
Dr. Stephen Poloz, Former Governor of the Bank of Canada, Special Advisor, Osler
Dr. Poloz is a distinguished economist with four decades of experience in financial markets, forecasting, and economic policy. He is the author of The Next Age of Uncertainty: How the World Can Adapt to a Riskier Future (2022). Dr. Poloz was the ninth Governor of the Bank of Canada until June 2020. Prior to that appointment, he served as Chief Executive Officer at Export Development Canada. He has been a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund and at the Economic Planning Agency in Tokyo, Japan, and past president of the Ottawa Economics Association. In 2017, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Trent University. Dr. Poloz is a Certified International Trade Professional, and a graduate of Columbia University’s Senior Executive Program.
Saturday, 4 March 2023 - 8:15pm
MEDTalks: Ensuring healthy aging | March 2
Aging inevitably affects us all, including our loved ones. So how can we ensure optimal health as we’re getting on in years? Hear from five top UBC researchers and experts from the faculties of Applied Science, Arts, Dentistry, Medicine, and Pharmaceutical Sciences. All alumni and friends are invited to this hybrid event to learn about different approaches to increasing and promoting healthy aging.
This event is presented in partnership by alumni UBC and the UBC faculties of Applied Science, Arts, Dentistry, Medicine, and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Moderator
Michelle Eliot, BA’98 — Host, CBC British Columbia’s BC Today
Speakers
Dr. Annalijn Conklin — Assistant Professor, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Scientist, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences
Dr. Christiane Hoppmann (she/her) — Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies; Professor, Department of Psychology, UBC Faculty of Arts; Canada Research Chair in Health and Adult Development
Dr. Michael Kobor (he/him/his) — Edwin S.H. Leong UBC Chair in Healthy Aging, UBC President’s Excellence Chair; Professor, UBC Department of Medical Genetics; Canada Research Chair in Social Epigenetics
Dr. Margaret P. Moss (she/her/hers) — Director, First Nations House of Learning; Professor, UBC School of Nursing
Shunhau To — Program Manager, UBC Geriatric Dentistry Program
Thursday, 2 March 2023 - 7:00pm
Healthy Aging Program Seminar | March 1
with Dr. Denis Gerstorf
This lecture may be viewed in-person at the Rudy North Lecture Theatre in the Centre for Brain Health at UBC or over Zoom.
Wednesday, 1 March 2023 - 4:00pm
FRIESEN PRIZE LECTURE | February 28
Recipient of the 2021 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Lecture 2-3pm
Reception 3-4pm
In person at the
Jack Poole Hall, Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre
6163 University Boulevard
Dr. David Lorne J. Tyrrell is a visionary clinician-scientist, creative virologist, entrepreneur and academic leader. His most celebrated life-saving accomplishment, in collaboration with Morris Robbins, was the licensing of the first oral anti-viral drug for chronic hepatitis B (Lamivudine) in 200 countries. This led to the establishment of the Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology in 2010 at the University of Alberta, where Dr. Tyrrell is its Founder and Director.
The Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research, established in 2005 by the Friends of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FCIHR), recognizes exceptional innovation by a visionary health leader of international stature.
Tuesday, 28 February 2023 - 2:00pm