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OS&OT graduate research receives support

By dcc2012 | June 10, 2014

Two graduate students in the Department of Occupational Therapy & Occupational Sciences have been awarded support from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Master’s student Karen Davies, is the recipient of the CIHR Masters Award for her project entitled “Long-term follow-up of children with idiopathic toe walking.” […]

Arsenic and old toenails

By dcc2012 | June 6, 2014

In his quest to figure out cancer, health geographer Trevor Dummer helped assemble the world’s largest collection of toenail clippings.

Douglas College awards honorary fellowship to Dr. Julio Montaner

By dcc2012 | June 6, 2014

Douglas College awarded its highest distinction, honorary fellowship, to Dr. Julio Montaner, Head of the Division of AIDS in the Department of Medicine and Director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE). “We are proud to recognize Dr. Montaner with our institution’s highest distinction, Honorary Fellowship. As an internationally recognized leader in the fight against […]

Three members of the Faculty receive 2014 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards

By dcc2012 | June 5, 2014

Three members of the Faculty of Medicine were honoured this month with the 2014 YWCA Women of Distinction awards in recognition of their inspiring achievements. Visit the YMCA website for full details.

Dr. Jill Zwicker receives Career Development Award

By dcc2012 | June 5, 2014

Dr. Jill Zwicker, Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy has received the Career Development Award from the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program. This four-year salary award will support Dr. Zwicker’s research on developmental coordination disorder (DCD). DCD is one of the most common motor disorders in children, and significantly interferes with a child’s […]

Faculty members receive 2014 Award of Excellence in Medical Practice

By dcc2012 | June 5, 2014

Three members of the Faculty were recently recognized by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia’s 2014 Award of Excellence in Medical Practice. 2014 award recipients include: Oscar Casiro, Regional Associate Dean, Island Medical Program, Victoria L. Jean Hlady, Clinical Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Vancouver Robin Love, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, Nanaimo […]

Rehabilitation Sciences PhD candidate receives four doctoral research awards

By dcc2012 | June 4, 2014

Bita Imam, PhD candidate in Rehabilitation Sciences, has received four doctoral research awards: the Vanier scholarship, the CIHR Doctoral Research Award (ranked second), the inaugural Anne Martin Mathews CIHR-IA Doctoral Recognition Prize in Research on Aging, and the UBC Killam Doctoral Scholarship. Supervised by Dr. Bill Miller of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Imam’s research […]

SPPH Professor Recognized by the Canadian Public Health Association

By dcc2012 | June 2, 2014

Dr. James Frankish, Professor and Director of Centre for Health Promotion Research, has won the Ron Draper National Health Promotion Award from the Canadian Public Health Association. Each year, the Canadian Public Health Association honours individuals or organizations who provide outstanding service to their community and profession. Dr. Frankish is a leader in the field of […]

Faculty members to receive 2014 Order of British Columbia

By dcc2012 | May 30, 2014

James Hogg, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, is one of four faculty members appointed to the Order of BC.

‘Sticky synapses’ can impair new memories by holding on to old ones

By dcc2012 | May 26, 2014

UBC researchers have discovered that so-called ‘sticky synapses’ in the brain can impair new learning by excessively hard-wiring old memories and inhibiting our ability to adapt to our changing environment.