Victoria Cook honoured with the Kristin Sivertz Resident Leadership Award
Victoria Cook, a pediatric clinical immunology and allergy fellow at the Faculty of Medicine, has been selected as one of two recipients of the 2017 Kristin Sivertz Resident Leadership Award. This award was established to recognize residents who exemplify leadership within Canadian specialty education and encourage the development of future leaders in medicine. Dr. Cook […]
UBC recognizes three of Canada’s top health scientists
Stanley Nattel, Ian Mackenzie and Eduardo Franco are being honoured for their accomplishments in heart health, brain health and cancer.
Two Faculty of Medicine projects receive CFI grants
Faculty of Medicine researchers Leonard Foster and Natalie Strynadka are among fifteen UBC researchers who received a combined $3.9 million in funding for their research projects this week from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund. The John R. Evans Leaders Fund helps universities attract and retain researchers by providing funding for […]
Five faculty members receive latest round of CIHR Foundation Grants
The Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) has announced its latest Foundation Grants and five members of the Faculty of Medicine are among the awardees. A total of nine researchers from UBC attracted a combined $23.4m. CIHR Foundation Grant Recipients: The five UBC Faculty of Medicine recipients and their project titles are:
Karim Khan named Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis
Dr. Khan will work with the Canadian musculoskeletal, skin and oral health communities to identify research priorities, develop research funding opportunities, build partnerships and translate research evidence into policy and practice.
Lianping Ti receives the UBC Young Alumnus Award
Lianping Ti (PhD ’15) an Assistant Professor with the Department of Medicine, is the recipient of the 2017 UBC Young Alumni Award. This award recognizes a young alumnus (aged 35 or under) whose accomplishments are of such excellence that they provide inspiration and leadership to students and other young alumni. The recipient has also shown […]
BCCFP awards recognize Department of Family Practice members and residents
Each year, the BC College of Family Physicians (BCCFP) recognizes some of our province’s exceptional family physicians and residents with peer-nominated awards, as well as the patient-nominated My Family Doctor Award.
Two students receive 2017/18 Killam Doctoral Scholarship
Two students from our Faculty have received 2017/18 Killam Doctoral Scholarships. Killam Doctoral Scholarships are the most prestigious awards available to graduate students across UBC and are awarded to those who are “likely to contribute to the advancement of learning or to win distinction in a profession.” This year, fifteen doctoral students from the UBC […]
Nizal Sarrafzadegan receives the State of Kuwait’s Non Communicable Disease (NCD) Prevention and Control Award
Nizal Sarrafzadegan, Affiliate Professor with the School of Population and Public Health (SPPH), was recognized with the State of Kuwait’s Non Communicable Disease (NCD) Prevention and Control award for her significant contributions to the field of cardiovascular disease. The award was presented during the 63rd session of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Committee for […]