Faculty members recognized for contributions to public health
Sam Sheps, Professor in the School of Population and Public Health and the Director of the School’s MSc and PhD Program received the 2011 George Elliot Award for lifetime contribution to public health in BC. Danuta Skowronski, Clinical Professor in the School of Population and Public Health and a Physician Epidemiologist at BCCDC, received the […]
Faculty of Medicine researcher wins Trudeau Foundation Scholarship
Daniel Werb, PhD candidate in the School of Population and Public Health, has been awarded the 2012 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship for his research project investigating initiation and cessation of injection drug use among street youth in Vancouver. Announced May 15 by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, Werb joins 14 Canadian doctoral candidates […]
2012 UBC Medical Alumni Association Awards
The UBC Medical Alumni Association presented the following awards at the Medical Alumni Association AGM & Awards Reception on May 12, 2012 at the William A. Webber Medical Student & Alumni Centre. Wallace Wilson Leadership Award Awarded annually to a graduate of the UBC Faculty of Medicine who has demonstrated high ethical standards and outstanding […]
Jehannine Austin receives Pfizer Psychiatry Research Award
Jehannine Austin, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Medical Genetics and a member of the Brain Research Centre, has received an inaugural Psychiatry Research Award from Pfizer Canada. The $100,000 award will support her research into the effect of genetic counseling on adherence to psychotropic medication in serious mental illness. “I am truly […]
2012 Faculty of Medicine Awards
Max Cynader, Professor of Ophthalmology, receives the Bill and Marilyn Webber Lifetime Achievement Award.
Stephen Withers elected to the Royal Society of London
Stephen Withers, Associate Member in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Professor in the UBC Department of Chemistry, has been elected as a Fellow to the prestigious Royal Society of London. Dr. Withers, a Canada Research Chair in Chemical Biology, studies how enzymes function and investigates their potential use in industry and in […]
Christopher Overall honoured as a leader in the field of matrix biology
Christopher Overall, Associate Member in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Professor in the UBC Faculty of Dentistry, received the Barry Preston Award from the Matrix Biology Society of Australia and New Zealand (MBSANZ). Dr. Overall, a Canada Research Chair in Metalloproteinase Proteomics and Systems Biology, researches a family of enzymes known as […]