Nine faculty members among “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds”
Nine members of the UBC Faculty of Medicine have been included in “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds,” a list of 3,200 researchers in 21 fields compiled by Thomson Reuters. The list is comprised of scientists whose number of citations were in the top 1 per cent in their field in the year of publication. According to an […]
OS&OT graduate research receives support
Two graduate students in the Department of Occupational Therapy & Occupational Sciences have been awarded support from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Master’s student Karen Davies, is the recipient of the CIHR Masters Award for her project entitled “Long-term follow-up of children with idiopathic toe walking.” […]
Three members of the Faculty receive 2014 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards
Three members of the Faculty of Medicine were honoured this month with the 2014 YWCA Women of Distinction awards in recognition of their inspiring achievements. Visit the YMCA website for full details.
Dr. Jill Zwicker receives Career Development Award
Dr. Jill Zwicker, Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy has received the Career Development Award from the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program. This four-year salary award will support Dr. Zwicker’s research on developmental coordination disorder (DCD). DCD is one of the most common motor disorders in children, and significantly interferes with a child’s […]
Rehabilitation Sciences PhD candidate receives four doctoral research awards
Bita Imam, PhD candidate in Rehabilitation Sciences, has received four doctoral research awards: the Vanier scholarship, the CIHR Doctoral Research Award (ranked second), the inaugural Anne Martin Mathews CIHR-IA Doctoral Recognition Prize in Research on Aging, and the UBC Killam Doctoral Scholarship. Supervised by Dr. Bill Miller of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Imam’s research […]
Faculty members to receive 2014 Order of British Columbia
James Hogg, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, is one of four faculty members appointed to the Order of BC.
Denise Pugash, Mari DeMarco recognized for women’s health research
Denise Pugash, a Clinical Professor in the Department of Radiology, and Mari DeMarco, a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, received 2014 Nelly Auersperg Awards from the Women’s Health Research Institute. The Nelly Auersperg Award in Women’s Health Research was established in 2000 by donors who have known Dr. Auersperg […]