THE LINK – DECEMBER 2013: 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.
– Appointment Announcements
– Leadership Opportunities:
– Director, Chronic Disease Prevention Program
– Director, Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics
– FoM Summer Student Research Program
– Faculty Development: Call for Original Screenplays and Videos
– Watch the Full Faculty Meeting Webcast
– Call for Comments:
– Proposed Policy Consolidation: Policies #31, 32, 33 & 63
– Proposed Policy Repeal: Policies #40 & 55
– Proposed Policy Amendment: Policy #47 (Chairs and Professorships Funded by External Funds)
– Cyber Security at UBC
– Call for Applications from CHES:
– Clinical Educator Fellowship Program
– Master of Health Professions Education Program in Canada
– Assistant Professor, Grant Tenure Track
– UBC Faculty and Staff Access to Lynda.com (Online Learning Resource)
Dec. 6-7: Public Health Policy in Asia: Rights, Risks, Redistribution & Resilience Conference
Dec. 9-10: E-Mental Health Conference
SAVE THE DATE
Jan. 9-10: Changing Environments and Population Health Conference
Jan. 20: Distinguished Medical Research Lecturers Event
Jan. 22: WordPress Training Workshop
Feb. 21-22: Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies: New Research and Best Practice Conference
May 1-3: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Conference
May 5: Full Faculty Meeting
– Canada Research Chairs appointed in the Faculty of Medicine
– Graduate student wins Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation
– At the nexus of nature and nurture
– A disputed asthma therapy has safe record in B.C.
– All of UBC’s residency programs endorsed by accrediting bodies
– Where drowning is an epidemic, UBC tries “immunization”
– Young scholars take UBC to the world
– At the nexus of nature and nurture
– From the executive suite, focusing on street-level challenges
– New arrivals to the Faculty of Medicine
– Doubling down on a proven strategy
– Faculty members recognized by BC College of Family Physicians
– Family Physician of the Year: Clinical Instructor Tom Rimmer
– Carol Lane, Jacquelyn Cragg honoured for impact in science
– Michael Noble receives BC Quality Award
– Dr. Chew Wei Memorial Prize in Cancer Research | Deadline: Dec. 13
– Internal Canada Research Chairs Tier 2 Competition | Internal deadline: Dec. 16
– Margolese National Brain & Heart Disorders Prizes| Deadline: Feb. 28
– Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award | Deadline: Feb 28, additional details TBA
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