Raymond Lam awarded the CPA J.M. Cleghorn Award for Excellence and Leadership in Clinical Research
Raymond Lam, Professor and Head of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry received the the J.M. Cleghorn Award for Excellence and Leadership in Clinical Research from the Canadian Psychiatric Association. Dr. Lam receives this award for his research into the clinical and neurobiological factors in seasonal, treatment-resistant and workplace depression, which has […]
Dianna Mah-Jones named Outstanding Occupational Therapist of the Year
Dianna Mah-Jones, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, has received the 2015 Outstanding Occupational Therapist Award for her exceptional contribution to the profession.
Celebrating excellence
Professor Emeritus David Schiefele was among the 37 faculty members and staff honoured at the Faculty of Medicine’s annual awards reception.
Oscar Casiro wins distinguished service award from Medical Council of Canada
Oscar Casiro, the former Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Island, has been awarded the Dr. Louis Levasseur Distinguished Service Award from the Medical Council of Canada (MCC). Dr. Casiro served a one-year term as President of the MCC, which conducts over 12,000 assessments of medical students and graduates every year through its three examinations across Canada, and […]
Bruce McManus receives 2015 Howard Morgan Award
Bruce McManus, Professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine is the 2015 recipient of the Howard Morgan Award for Distinguished Achievements in Cardiovascular Research. Dr. McManus serves as Co-Director of the Institute for Heart + Lung Health, CEO for Centre of Excellence for Prevention of Organ Failure (PROOF Centre), and as Immediate-Past Director, […]
Aaron Wong earns 2015 Resident Teaching Award
Dr. Aaron Wong is a clinical instructor of dermatology and program co-director of UBC’s five-year Dermatology Residency Program, which sees doctors-in-training working alongside dermatologists and other physicians in teaching hospitals and subspecialty dermatology clinics around the province. This summer, Dr. Wong became one of only two recipients in the nation to earn the Canadian Dermatology […]
Three faculty members inducted into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Dana Devine, Jean Shoveller and Roger Wong have been inducted into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS), one of the highest honours for members of the Canadian health sciences community.
Two Department of Medicine members recognized by the Royal Society of Canada
Robert C. Brunham was elected a Fellow, and Julio Montaner received the McLaughlin Medal.
Dr. Michael Brauer recognized for Jerome J. Wesolowski Award
Michael Brauer, Professor, School of Population and Public Health has won the Jerome J. Wesolowski Award, which recognizes sustained and outstanding contributions to the knowledge and practice of human exposure assessment, from the International Society of Exposure Science. Dr. Jerome J. Wesolowski was one of the founding members of the International Society of Exposure Analysis […]
Two faculty members receive 2015 Alumni Achievement Awards
John Gilbert, Founding Director and Professor Emeritus, UBC School of Audiology and Speech Sciences and Julio Montaner, Professor and Head, Division of AIDS, Department of Medicine are among seven inspiring members of the UBC community that have received the 2015 Alumni UBC Achievement Awards. These seven individuals have through their extraordinary endeavours, taken the lead on […]