Julio Montaner given UBC’s highest faculty honour: Killam Professor
Dr. Montaner established the global standard of care for HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention.
Peter Leung wins the 2016 John McNeill Excellence in Health Research Mentorship Award
Peter C.K. Leung, Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology receives the 2016 John McNeill Excellence in Health Research Mentorship Award. Dr. Leung receives this award based on his outstanding accomplisments as a research scholar and mentor over more than three decades at UBC, and the extent of the impact his mentorship has made on his many trainees. […]
Donna Drynan receives the 2016 U21 Health Sciences Teaching Excellence Award
Congratulations to Donna Drynan, Senior Instructor & Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy for receiving the 2016 Universitas 21 HSG Teaching Excellence Award. Ms. Drynan is interested in the assessment of clinical competence in the practice education setting, and explores the best ways to teach and evaluate interprofessional education and collaborative practice. Her research interests lie […]
Four staff receive UBC President’s Awards
UBC presents the President’s Service Awards for Excellence and other staff awards annually to recognize staff members who demonstrate outstanding achievement and excellence within the UBC community. This year, four of our staff members within the Faculty receive President’s awards. 2016 President’s Service Awards for Excellence The President’s Service Award for Excellence is presented each […]
MHA candidate Olga Sawatsky wins 2016 Robert Wood Johnson Award
Olga Sawatzky, School of Population and Public Masters of Health Administration candidate, won a 2016 Robert Wood Johnson Award at a special ceremony hosted by the Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL) and the Canadian Healthcare Association (CHA). The award recognizes individual achievement and promising contributions in the field of health services management. Since its inception […]
Jacquelyn Cragg wins Branco Weiss Fellowship
Jacquelyn Cragg, ICORD Postdoctoral Fellow has won the Society in Science – Branco Weiss Fellowship for her postdoctoral studies. She joins physicists, biologists, social scientists, and other researchers from around the world in accepting the prestigious award given by ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). She was the only recipient this year from Canada. This […]
Faculty of Medicine researchers receive CIHR grants
Brian MacVicar, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, received the largest grant within the Faculty of Medicine in CIHR’s latest round of awards.