Graduate student awarded scholarship in personalized medicine
Joslyn Quick, a first-year MSc student in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, was awarded the $50,000 Ronnie Miller Scholarship in Personalized Medicine. The Ronnie Miller Scholarship in Personalized Medicine was created in honour of Ronnie Miller, past Chair of the Rx&D Board (2011) and President & CEO, Hoffmann-La Roche Limited. It was awarded to a graduate […]
MHA student receives Robert Wood Johnson Award
Suzanne Idle, a second-year Master of Health Administration (MHA) student, is one of six of Canada’s top emerging health care professionals who were awarded the Robert Wood Johnson Award at the National Health Leadership Conference. The Robert Wood Johnson Award recognizes individual achievement and promising contributions in the field of health services management. The award is supported […]
Torsten Nielsen, David Huntsman receive Canadian Cancer Society Awards
Two faculty members received research awards from the Canadian Cancer Society. Torsten Nielsen, a Professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Clinician Scientist at the BC Cancer Agency, received the 2012 Young Investigator Award. The Young Investigator Award is given to a promising young Canadian investigator judged to have made outstanding contributions to […]
Elaine Carty awarded honorary doctorate
Elaine Carty, Professor and Interim Director of Midwifery in the Department of Family Practice, was conferred the degree Doctor of Science honoris causa from McMaster University. Dr. Carty is a nurse, midwife and one of Canada’s leading pioneers on several women’s health issues. She helped introduce midwifery into the Canadian health care system and was […]
2013 Faculty of Medicine Awards
Anthony Phillips, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, received the Bill and Marilyn Webber Lifetime Achievement Award.
Faculty members win John Charnley Award
Five faculty members in the UBC Faculty of Medicine and a co-author from Stanford University received the 2013 John Charnley Award from The Hip Society for their paper titled “Diagnostic Accuracy of MRI Versus Ultrasound for Detecting Pseudotumors in Asymptomatic Metal-on-Metal JHA.” The John Charnley Award is given annually by The Hip Society to a […]
Graduate students receive national award for science outreach
Tamara Bodnar, a fourth-year PhD student in Neuroscience, and Parker Holman, a second-year PhD student in Neuroscience, received the 2013 Let’s Talk Science CIHR-Synapse Award for Science Outreach. The annual Let’s Talk Science CIHR-Synapse Award recognizes an outstanding, innovative, health research-related activity done by a Let’s Talk Science Outreach volunteer or pair of volunteers. Bodnar and […]
Alexander Rauscher recognized for research excellence
Alexander Rauscher, Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology, received the London Drugs Award for Radiology Research Excellence for his project titled “Advanced Imaging of the Concussed Brain.” Dr. Rauscher, a physicist by training, develops and uses novel magnetic resonance techniques for neuroimaging. The “Advanced Imaging of the Concussed Brain” project investigates concussion in ice hockey […]
David Liu receives Young Investigator Award
Dave Liu, a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology, received this year’s Young Investigator Award from the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR). The award recognizes the research contributions of a CAR member early in his or her career. Dr. Liu’s research is focused on image guided minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of […]