Vancouver Acute honours four faculty members
Four faculty members are recipients of the 2016 Vancouver Acute Medical Staff Awards. This award recognizes the special achievements of members of the Vancouver Acute medical, dental and allied staff. These outstanding individuals were nominated by their peers and chosen by the Vancouver Coastal Health selection committee to celebrate the work in the fields of clinical […]
Three alumni win the 2016 UBC Alumni Achievement Awards
Three Faculty of Medicine graduates were recently awarded the 2016 UBC Alumni Achievement Awards. The three recipients are Jessica Otte, Donald and Elizabeth MacRitchie and James Frankish. The award winners will receive their awards at a celebration being held on November 1, 2016, at UBC’s Robert H Lee Alumni Centre. Jessica Otte (MD’09) is the recipient of the Young […]
Jim Frankish receives the 2016 UBC Faculty Community Service Award
James (Jim) Frankish has won alumni UBC’s Alumni Achievement Faculty Community Service Award. This award recognizes a UBC faculty member who has rendered significant community service in areas other than teaching and research. Dr. Frankish is involved in promoting the health of people, particularly vulnerable populations, in British Columbia, and has been a leader in developing […]
Lori Brotto named new Executive Director of the WHRI
Lori Brotto, Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology has been appointed as Executive Director, Women’s Health Research Institute, BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre, effective July 1, 2016. Dr. Brotto has a PhD in Psychology from UBC. She also trained at the University of Washington where she completed a one-year internship in the Department of Psychiatry […]
Dorothy Shaw and Michael Charles Klein appointed to the Order of Canada
Dorothy Shaw, Vice President, Medical Affairs of BC Women’s Hospital and Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology is among five B.C. residents appointed as Officer to the Order of Canada. Michael Charles Klein, Professor Emeritus, Department of Family Practice has been appointed as Member to the Order of Canada. Dr. Shaw was appointed […]
2016 Faculty of Medicine Award Recipients
Jan Friedman, Professor, Department of Medical Genetics receives the 2016 Bill and Marilyn Webber Lifetime Achievement Award.
Aaron Phillips receives Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize
Each year, two outstanding postdoctoral fellows are selected as recipients of the Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize. Nominated by their faculties, the Killam PDF Prizes are awarded to full-time postdoctoral fellows in recognition of their outstanding research and scholarly contributions. We continue our spotlight on the 2015 Killam PDF Research Prize recipients with a chat […]
Nadine Caron wins the Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award
The award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons recognizes physicians devoted to justice for Canada’s Indigenous peoples.
Aboriginal PhD student Dustin King receives Governor General’s Gold Medal
King received the prestigious medal in recognition of his PhD research.