Judy Illes elected to American Association for the Advancement of Science
Dr. Illes is the Canada Research Chair in Neuroethics and Director of the National Core for Neuroethics.
Jennifer Bruin recognized for research excellence
Jennifer Bruin, a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, received a L’Oréal-UNESCO Research Excellence Fellowship from L’Oréal Canada and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO. Dr. Bruin, a member of Dr. Timothy Kieffer’s lab in the Diabetes Research Group, is developing ways to produce pancreatic islets from stem cells. Her work has […]
Faculty members win MSFHR partnered scholar awards
Three faculty members have received the first Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) partnered scholar awards, collaborations with the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH) in Prince George and the St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation in Vancouver. NCCAH has partnered to fund Sarah de Leeuw, Affiliate Assistant Professor in the School of Population & Public […]
Faculty of Medicine researchers win prizes from CIHR Institute of Aging
Ben Mortenson, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, and Brodie Sakakibara, PhD candidate in Rehabilitation Sciences, won prizes for their poster presentations in the CIHR Institute of Aging poster competition at the Canadian Association on Gerontology’s 41st Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting. Dr. Mortenson received the post-doctoral prize for […]
Parkinson Society Canada gives grants to four Faculty scientists
Parkinson Society Canada has awarded research grants to two faculty members and two post-doctoral fellows in the Faculty of Medicine: Doris Doudet, Professor in the Division of Neurology, received $45,000 to develop a radioactive tracer to allow imaging scans of the brain. Imaging will help pinpoint changes in the system in the brain that produces […]
Dan Pratt recognized for research into teacher self-reporting
Daniel Pratt, a Professor in the Faculty of Education who holds a cross-appointment in the Faculty of Medicine, has been awarded the Imogene Okes award from the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE.) The award honors the memory of Imogene Okes, whose reports on adult education participation have been widely used and quoted […]
New Canada Research Chairs appointed in the Faculty of Medicine
Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Evan Wood and Brian Kwon are the Faculty’s three new appointees.
Faculty members recognized for teaching excellence
Two faculty members received the CJG Mackenzie Prize for Excellence in Teaching from the School of Population and Public Health (SPPH). Craig Mitton, Associate Professor at SPPH, is a Senior Scientist at the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation and a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar. The focus of his research is in […]