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Announcing the winners of the 3rd Annual 'Society to Cell' Clyde Hertzman Memorial Fellowship

Announcing the winners of the 3rd Annual 'Society to Cell' Clyde Hertzman Memorial Fellowship It is our pleasure to announce the recipients of the 3rd annual ’Society to Cell’ Clyde Hertzman Memorial Fellowship competition! This fellowship is funded by the Social Exposome Cluster to&nbsp…

Social Exposome Cluster supports knowledge mobilization to improve child health and well-being

The Social Exposome Cluster recently held a funding competition to support knowledge mobilization projects led by Cluster members. Two projects were selected for funding. Read below to find out how these projects will reduce child health inequalities and support the well-being of children in…

Huan Lab Publishes new Paper in Nature Methods!

Our environment contains millions of different chemicals, but we don't know what most of them are. Even with advanced analytical tools like mass spectrometry, many of the detected signals cannot be matched with any known chemicals. The Huan lab at the Social Exposome Cluster recently came up with a…

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The 2nd 'Society to Cell' Clyde Hertzman Memorial Fellowship competition is now open!

  The Social Exposome Cluster invites applications for the 'Society to Cell' Clyde Hertzman Memorial Fellowship. This funding opportunity is open to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. For information about the award, eligibility and to apply please see here: …

Seminar with Dr. Takao Hensch May 13th

Dr. Michael Kobor appointed The Edwin S.H. Leong UBC Chair in Healthy Aging

Dr. Michael Kobor, the Lead of the Social Exposome Cluster has been appointed as the inagural Edwin S.H. Leong UBC Chair in Healthy Aging - A President's Excellence Chair. Dr. Kobor will build a permanent program focused on deepening understanding of the aging process and developing…

Childhood Poverty Report Card and the Impact of BC Floodings on Food Insecurity

Campaign 2000 is a public education national network of organizations, with the goal of raising Canadian awareness and support for ending child poverty. They release annual national “report cards” with statistics about child poverty in Canada. In collaboration with Campaign 2000,…

Climate change, wildfires, and their impact on child health outcomes in Canada

Climate change is accelerating, especially in high latitude countries like Canada where climate change is being experienced more directly, and in some cases more dramatically. It is becoming more and more evident that climate change has serious implications for human health, in particular the…

Announcing the Winners of the 'Society to Cell' Clyde Hertzman Memorial Fellowship

It is our pleasure to announce the recipients of the ’Society to Cell’ Clyde Hertzman Memorial Fellowship! This fellowship is funded by the Social Exposome Cluster and the Human Early Learning Partnership to financially support UBC trainees who are conducting research&nbsp…