Each year, the Faculty of Medicine recognizes faculty and staff members for excellence in teaching, research, administration, innovation and public service. Congratulations to our 2019 recipients:
Bill and Marilyn Webber Lifetime Achievement
Recognizes extraordinary members of the Faculty of Medicine who have had sustained distinguished careers at UBC in the areas of research, teaching and/or service.
Joanna Bates
Family Practice
Applegarth Staff Service
Recognizes outstanding contributions by UBC staff members to the Faculty of Medicine.
Lindsay Lynch
Dean’s Office
Tien Pham
Cellular and Physiological Sciences
Ara Silva
Family Practice
Co-recipient
Adrian Whitehead
Family Practice
Co-recipient
Award for Excellence in Mentoring Early Career Faculty
Recognizes faculty members who have formally been identified as mentors and who exemplify a deep commitment to fostering the professional and personal development of faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers.
Corinne Hohl
Emergency Medicine
Clinical Faculty Teaching
Clinical Faculty Award for Career Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Recognizes senior clinical faculty members who have demonstrated sustained excellence in teaching over the course of their careers.
Sam Stewart
Emergency Medicine
Michael Kenyon
Medicine
Blair Butler
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Clinical Faculty Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Recognizes excellence in teaching by clinical faculty members.
Sarah Finlayson
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Josh Williams
Emergency Medicine
Alison Walzak
Medicine
Clinical Faculty Award for Excellence in Community Practice Teaching
Recognizes clinical faculty members throughout British Columbia who have demonstrated excellence in teaching and made an educational impact in a local community.
Ron Abrahams
Family Practice
VFMP
Donna Doyle
Family Practice
IMP
Libby McCoid
Family Practice
SMP
Fariba Mohtashami
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
VFMP
Continuing Professional Development Awards
Award for Distinguished Service to CME/CPD
Recognizes substantial long term contributions to Continuing Professional Development/Continuing Medical Education in the Faculty of Medicine.
Victor F. Huckell
Medicine
Award for Innovation in CME/CPD
Recognizes outstanding innovation and/or creativity with original work in the area of CME/CPD programming.
Christy Sutherland
Family Practice
Co-recipient
Amanda Giesler
BC Centre on Substance Use
Co-recipient
Distinguished Achievement
Recognizes meritorious performance.
Poul Sorensen
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Overall Excellence – Senior Faculty
Teresa Liu-Ambrose
Physical Therapy
Overall Excellence – Senior Faculty
Kevin Harris
Pediatrics
Overall Excellence – Early Career
Peter Stirling
Medical Genetics
Overall Excellence – Early Career
Tricia Tang
Medicine
Excellence in Education
Orson Moritz
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Excellence in Basic Science Research
Alexander Wyatt
Urologic Sciences
Excellence in Basic Science Research
Mahyar Etminan
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research
Paul Yong
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research
Laura Arbour
Medical Genetics
Service to the University and Community
Lori Brotto
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Service to the University and Community
UBC Killam Teaching Prizes (2018/19)
Awarded to faculty nominated by students, colleagues, and alumni in recognition of excellence in teaching.
Majid Alimohammadi
Cellular and Physiological Sciences
Susan Cox
School of Population and Public Health
Tracy Pressey
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Jason Read
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
UBC Killam Research Prizes (2018)
Awarded to full-time faculty members in recognition of outstanding research and scholarly contributions.
Shoukat Dedhar
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Timothy Kieffer
Cellular and Physiological Sciences