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Spotlight: Apply for the faculty emerging leaders program

Develop your leadership skills through the Faculty of Medicine Faculty Emerging Leaders Program (FELP), and apply to join the 2026 cohort by Monday, Nov. 3.

FELP provides faculty with the opportunity to develop key leadership skills and prepare for future leadership roles within the academic environment. The program features six modules held over six months, from January to June, 2026. Four modules will be delivered virtually, with the first and final modules delivered in person in Vancouver.

For questions, please contact the Organizational Development team at FoM.OrgDev@ubc.ca.

Learn more and apply on MedNet.


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Events

BC Children's Hospital Research Institute PITCH Seminar Series NEW
Description: The guest speakers Betty Yao, MSc Candidate, Klein Geltink Research Team, presenting Metabolic Conditioning Increases GLUT1 Expression and Improves Adoptive T Cell Therapy; and Katie Tsung, MSc Candidate, Lim Research Team, presenting Role of β-Integrins in CD47 Mediated Cell Death in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Date & Time: Oct 15; 9:30–10:30am
Location: Zoom, and BCCHR Room 2108
Meeting ID: 689 5564 9564
Passcode: 467779

ATM Learns - Advances & Challenges in AI for Healthcare 
Date:
 Oct 15, 2025
Time: 3:00–4:00 p.m. PT
Location: Zoom
Register here

Gairdner Symposium
Date: Oct. 20, 2025
Time: 2:15-4:00 p.m. PT
Location: Chan 2111 LT, BCCHR, and zoom (please email jshum@cmmt.ubc.ca for Zoom details)

Sepsis Forum 2025 NEW
Date:
 Oct. 23, 2025
Time: 8:00 a.m.–2:15 p.m. PT
Location: Zoom
Register here

Global Health Security Forum 2025 NEW
Date:
 Nov. 5, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m.–6 p.m. PT
Location: Zoom
Register here for virtual attendance


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UBC Library collections changes: Sage & the Public Library of Science Journals NEW 

UBC Library has announced upcoming changes to its collections for UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan. 

Effective Dec. 31, 2025, UBC Library will end its ‘all titles’ subscription agreement with the publisher Sage, changing how library users access some Sage titles moving forward. 

The library has also announced changes to its publishing agreement with the Public Library of Science (PLOS). 

Find more information and FAQs on the UBC Library website.


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