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Richard Lester. MD, FRCPC. UBC Division of Infectious Diseases. UBC Rank: Associate Professor. Email. 604-875-4588. Areas of. Focus. Dr. Lester’s work focuses on researching digital health and virtual care for patient care in local and global health environments, focusing on mobile phone use (mHealth), equity, and access.
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Richard Lester (UBC Associate Professor): Global digital...
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Dr. Richard Lester is the Director of the Neglected Global...
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Faculty of Medicine, UBC. Dr. Richard Lester completed his...
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Richard Lester (UBC Associate Professor): Global digital health for patient engagement in care and virtual care. Work in Canada, Africa and globally. Quantitative and qualitative studies, implementation research, data science, and digital health policy and ethics.
A clinician researcher with an interest in infectious disease control, global health, and the use of mobile technologies to improve health outcomes. · Experience: The University of British...
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Faculty of Medicine, UBC. Dr. Richard Lester completed his research fellowship in HIV in Kenya at the University of Manitoba and University of Nairobi collaborative, where he initiated development of an innovative mobile phone health (mHealth) service that was demonstrated in a landmark trial, WelTel Kenya1 (Lancet 2010 ), to improve HIV ...
Dr. Richard Lester is an assistant professor in Global Health and the director of the Neglected Global Diseases Initiative at the University of British Columbia. He is also a consultant at the BC Centre for Disease Control, and the founder of the WelTel International Health Society.
Physician researcher, innovator, University of British Columbia - Cited by 7,794 - Infectious Diseases - Global Health - Digital Health - mHealth