Faculty of Health
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Nurse practitioners bring holistic lens to primary care
When Shari Hurst completes her nurse practitioner studies, she will become a primary care provider to up to 1,000 patients in the Victoria region. Hurst, a registered nurse of 25 years who specialized in cardiology, is among 34 students completing their final year of the University of Victoria’s Master of…
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Healthy sleep varies widely by country, study finds
Newly published research from the University of Victoria shows that there isn’t a universal standard for what constitutes a healthy…
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A healthy change
This May, Tammy Hopper joins the University of Victoria as the inaugural dean of the Faculty of Health—UVic’s first new…
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Microglia: when good cells go dark
Marie-Ève Tremblay, her research team and partners at the City University of New York (CUNY) reported some first-in-world findings recently.…
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New podcast series explores the realities of dementia caregiving
When Ashley Sharma graduated from high school, she didn’t imagine that within a few years, she would become her grandmother’s…
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The ‘everyone problem’: How the UVic Concussion Lab is advancing research on traumatic brain injuries
A University of Victoria lab dedicated to the study of concussions is advancing research to improve treatment and the lives…
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Bridging Indigenous knowledge with mainstream psychology
A huge, historic charitable gift made national news in October 2024 when Bruce McKean and his Waverley House Foundation donated…