Here are just some of the news and events of interest this month. For a complete list, visit MedNet – the Faculty’s intranet site at mednet.med.ubc.ca.
– Faculty Housing Consultation Sessions
– Free Flu Vaccination Clinics
– Faculty Development: Call for Original Screenplays and Videos
– Leadership Opportunities:
– Executive Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs
– Clinician Advisors – Academic Learning Community Pilots, Vancouver Fraser Medical Program
– Director, Chronic Disease Prevention Program
– Call for Abstracts: Medical Education Research Symposium
– Reminder: Call for Proposals: Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund
– Call for Nominations:
– Faculty of Medicine Awards
– Chew Wei Memorial Prize in Cancer Research
– Margolese National Brain & Heart Disorders Prizes
– Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize
– CAME Awards
– CAME Certificate of Merit Award
– Canadian Medical Association Awards
– UBC Policies and Procedures Updates
– Faculty of Medicine Internal Canada Research Chairs Competition
– New CWL Password Policy
– City Wide Course in Evidence Based Medicine
– MOOC Development Opportunity
– Read the latest issue of the UBC Medical Journal
Nov. 4: Movember @ Mahoneys: Conversations about Men’s Mental Health
Nov. 4 – 8: Thrive at UBC
Nov. 7: Remembrance Day Ceremony | UBC Okanagan
Nov. 11: Remembrance Day Ceremony | UBC Vancouver
Nov. 14: Earl W. Davie Symposium
Nov. 14: LSI Café Scientifique: “Once upon a time we treated Diabetes with Insulin”
Nov. 20: WordPress Training Session
Nov. 25: Ovarian Cancer Workshop for Family Physicians: Reversing the Classroom
Nov. 26: Full Faculty Meeting
Nov. 26: Routine HIV Testing Workshop for Family Physicians
Nov. 27: Leaders of Tomorrow
Nov. 27: MedNet Training Session
SAVE THE DATE
Dec. 9 & 10: E-Mental Health Conference
May 5: Full Faculty Meeting
– Jim Frankish recognized for health leadership
– Martin Gleave awarded Aubrey J. Tingle Prize
– Province resumes support for UBC’s Therapeutics Initiative
– Keep your head in the game
– Kevin Eva awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Educators
– Animating a love of science
– Daily inspiration for the Southern Medical Program
– Altitude adjustment
– Christopher Honey wins gold at World Masters Games
– Post-doctoral fellows awarded diabetes research fellowships
– “Gold standard” imaging study casts doubt on MS theory
– CIHR Fellowship | Internal deadline: Nov. 8
– Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize | Internal deadline: Nov. 22
– CIHR New Investigator Award | Internal deadline: Nov. 25
– Dr. Chew Wei Memorial Prize in Cancer Research | Deadline: Dec. 13
– Internal CRC Tier 2 Competition | Deadline: Dec. 16
– Margolese National Brain & Heart Disorders Prizes| Deadline: Feb. 28