hree members of the Faculty of Medicine have been named recipients of the 2019 Certificate of Merit Award by the Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME). The award recognizes and rewards faculty members who are committed to medical education in 17 medical schools across Canada. Maria Hubinette, Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Practice and scholar with the Centre…
Dr. Karla Williams, assistant professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia (UBC) has received a Canada Research Chair in Oncology. Dr. Williams is one of 187 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 49 institutions across the country, and one of 12 new chair holders at UBC. The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science…
On behalf of Simon Fraser University, congratulations to Fiona Brinkman on being named a 2018 Royal Society of Canada Fellow. She is developing sustainable infectious disease control methods including better ways to track and control microbes more effectively and ensuring that children get appropriately vaccinated. http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/201… SFU’s outstanding research infrastructure supports researchers and trainees across the university. http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc7O3… http://www.youtube.com/user/RSCSRC1
Seven researchers in the Faculty of Medicine have been named Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) in recognition of excellence in their respective fields of study. The chairs include five new appointments and two renewals. Newly appointed CRCs in the Faculty of Medicine: Liam Brunham, Canada Research Chair in Precision Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, focuses his work on genetic aspects of cholesterol levels,…
The Allen Institute in Seattle announced today their 2018 Next Generation Leaders, a group of six early-career neuroscientists who will participate in a special advisory council for the Allen Institute for Brain Science, a division of the Allen Institute. Now in its fifth year, the Next Generation Leaders Program was created for and by researchers in early stages of their…
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Chris Turner (Granville Lab) was awarded the Australasian Wound & Tissue Repair Society (AWTRS) Young Investigator of the Year Award at the 2018 Cutaneous Biology Conference (Oct 29 – Nov 1, 2018) in Australia. Dr. Turner also received a 2018 BCREGMED Travel Award for his abstract, Granzyme K expressed by classically activated macrophages contributes to inflammation and impaired remodeling in burns, as well…
MSFHR is pleased to be partnering with CIHR’s Institute of Health Services and Policy Research to co-fund six 2018 Health System Impact Fellows, enabling a total of 13 Fellows to be awarded in BC, supporting the development of BC’s health policy talent while addressing pressing policy issues in our province. In 2017, MSFHR made a decision to put its Health Policy…
The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) and the Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine (FAFM) has named a Downtown Eastside doctor as one of its 2018 family physicians of the year. Dr. Christy Sutherland is a medical director for PHS Community Services Society (also known as the Portland Hotel Society), education physician lead for the B.C. Centre on Substance Use, and…
Innovate BC, a Crown agency that connects local innovators with government funding, resources, and support, has awarded $944,600 through its Ignite program to spark the commercialization of technologies that will solve industry problems in the natural resources and applied sciences. Four BC research projects in diverse fields such as clean technology, forestry, and agriculture will split the funding. To date, Innovate BC…
Connie J. Eaves, Professor of Medical Genetics and Distinguished Scientist at the BC Cancer Agency, is among six individuals to be inducted into the 2019 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. The recognition honours individuals whose contributions to medicine and the health sciences have led to extraordinary improvements in human health. Dr. Eaves is a world authority in stem cells of…
