In a new study, Dr. John-Jose Nunez and his team trained artificial intelligence (AI) to predict whether cancer patients would go on to see a psychiatrist or counsellor, based solely on their initial oncology consultation documents.
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Amid the stressful flurry of academic life, UBCO’s Building Academic Retention Through K9s (B.A.R.K.) program offers a potential solution: support dogs.
Last year, Hwang and Squires, along with Duke University’s Dr. Arkadev Ghosh, published research exploring the economics of close-kin marriages.
A UBC program is embracing the call to equity, diversity and inclusion to better serve local Indigenous youth in STEM.
Dopamine is a hot topic on social media, and though often it’s confused online, the actual science of this neurotransmitter will leave you craving more.
In 2022, researchers found a 29.6 per cent increase in colorectal cancer (CRC) rates in 20-34 year olds from 2001 to 2011, projecting a 42.8 per cent increase by 2030.
The Middle East Studies (MES) program invited Jabr to discuss the importance of integrating social justice and human rights approaches into mental health work, and how healthcare workers can do so.
As cities develop, sounds from traffic and construction threaten to drown out nature. Metro Vancouver, whose population is expected to surpass 9 million inhabitants later this year, is no exception.
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen shared insight into his upcoming journey to the Moon at a stellar space talk on March 27.
Some of the most important discoveries in physics have been made by women, but if you put the words “famous physicist” into Google, you’ll see a list of dozens of men before coming across a single one.
Natural language processing (NLP) is a form of applied machine learning. While NLP is booming, there are also concerns about bias in artificial intelligence.
A UBC study suggests that unhoused and housing-precarious people are at greater risk for traumatic brain injury (TBI), and experience more difficulty accessing care.
With moth abundance declining in the last 50 years, the task of learning why falls to researchers brave enough to venture into the dark for answers.
A multigenerational team of four marine scientists successfully completed a grueling 4,800 km rowing race across the Atlantic Ocean called the “World’s Toughest Row”, coming in first place while raising awareness and $250,000+ for ocean conservation.