Posts by Sarah Andersen

Living In Emergency: MSF Film Screening at the VIFC

Hey Terry crew! Check out this screening of Living in Emergency, a film about the medical NGO, Médecins Sans Frontières. (Film Trailer) I saw this film…

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Think. Speak. Inspire. Global Health Essay Competition.

Another cool event to check out! Plus the chance to get published and win money. Via Friends of MSF UBC and GOSA. Think. Speak. Inspire.  Global…

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St. Matthew’s Island

Working in a microbiology lab, I’ve seen my fair share of bacterial growth curves. They all follow the same pattern: a lag phase or period of…

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Think Positive: World AIDS Week at UBC

What do you think of when you think of HIV and AIDS? To be honest, I do not jump to Africa or Southeast Asia. Not because…

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Appetite for Public and Global Health? Check Out the Lunchtime Journal Club!

I always get a little excited at the beginning of a new school year (even if I’m also getting itchy graduation feet this time around….). So…

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A Life Worth Living: considering the limits of science in medicine and life

Horatio: O day and night, but this is wondrous strange! Hamlet: And therefore as a stranger give it welcome. There are more things in heaven and…

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Super Mario Meets Macrophage?

I’ve been finding a lot of interesting stuff in the lunch room magazine stack recently. Today someone left out a copy of the April 16 issue…

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Rally to Save the DTES Health Contact Centre-THIS AFTERNOON!

I realize that this is extremely short notice, but  I heard from a volunteer coordinator I know who works closely with members of the DTES community…

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Is the DTES trendy?

I saw something today that peaked my interest. While waiting in line for brunch this morning, I noticed a man ahead of me wearing a very…

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Hmm.

Grade inflation in American universities (via the NY Times) : Interesting. Thoughts?

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