Sam Sheps
Sam Sheps, Professor in the School of Population and Public Health and the Director of the School’s MSc and PhD Program received the 2011 George Elliot Award for lifetime contribution to public health in BC.
Danuta Skowronski, Clinical Professor in the School of Population and Public Health and a Physician Epidemiologist at BCCDC, received the 2011 James M. Robinson Award for significant contributions to public health.
Recipients of the James M. Robinson Award and the George Elliot Award are nominated by BC Medical Health officers, Public Health Association of BC members and School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) faculty members. The final list of nominees is reviewed and the winner selected by a committee composed of a Chair, a Provincial Health Officer, a retired member of the public health community, and a representative from SPPH.