News and Updates

Staff Feature: Natalie Fujisawa!

  Recently, Natalie Fujisawa, BKin, RKin, ACSM-CEP, and research coordinator for the Cancer Exercise and Physiotherapy Lab was featured in the EXCEL fall newsletter. Natalie is the Hub CEP for the BC branch of EXCEL, an online exercise program for individuals living with cancer in rural areas. Here’s a little bit more about Natalie: What […]

Gillian Smith — Student of the Month!

CEPL Lab member, Gillian Smith, has been selected as the September 2023 Student of the Month, in the Rehabilitation Sciences Graduate Program! Gill is currently working on her MSc in Rehabilitation Sciences, studying how changes in muscle and body composition during chemotherapy affect colon cancer outcomes, and how psychosocial factors like social isolation and income […]

The Arm Morbidity Self-Monitoring (AMS) Study is featured on VCHRI!

This month, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute has featured a CEPL study:  the Arm Morbidity Self-Monitoring (AMS) Study. For more information about this article, please click here. Researchers from the University of British Columbia would like to understand how to assess shoulder and arm issues related to breast cancer and its treatment.  Taking part in this […]

Impressions about Vancouver from a South American perspective

Rafael Fujita is a doctoral student from Brazil who is a visiting student through the UBC Go Global Program, funding from Emerging Leaders of the Americas Program (ELAP – EduCanada), and scholarship from the CAPES Foundation, an agency under the Ministry of Education of Brazil. He arrived in January 2022 and is returning to Brazil […]

Dr. Kristin Campbell will be a panelist at BC Women’s Health Foundation Illuminations Event

We are excited to share that Dr. Kristin Campbell is one of four panelists presenting at the upcoming BC Women’s Health Foundation Illuminations luncheon, Thursday April 7th.  She will be joined by Dr. Mohamed Bedaiwy, Dr. Lori Brotto and Dr. Deborah Money as well as keynote speaker, Dr. Bonnie Henry.  For more information on this […]