The Link is a bi-weekly roundup of the news and events of interest within the Faculty of Medicine. For a complete list, visit MedNet: mednet.med.ubc.ca.

WHAT’S NEW

• Read the Faculty of Medicine 2016-2021 Strategic Plan: Building the Future
• Grants for small projects – TLEF call for proposals open
• Call for nominations: Graduate Student Awards
• Policies & Guidelines Update
• Funds still available for staff professional development
• Read the 2015 Annual Awards & Significant Honours Report
• Attend the Sexual Assault Policy Information Sessions

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LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES & SEARCHES

• Head, Department of Physical Therapy
• Head, Department of Dermatology and Skin Science
• Enhanced Skills Program Director – Family Practice Postgraduate Program

STAFF SPOTLIGHT

Learn more about Marianne Bacani, Event Coordinator, National Core for Neuroethics, Department of Medicine, in this week’s staff spotlight.

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If you are interested in being profiled or wish to nominate a colleague, e-mail: communications.med@ubc.ca

Faculty Spotlight

Julio Montaner, Professor, Department of Medicine and Head of the UBC Division of AIDS has been appointed a University Killam Professor.

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NEWS & HONOURS

• COPD could overwhelm healthcare systems within two decades
• Jehannine Austin named member of the Royal Society of Canada
• A “volunteer patient” finds herself coping with an all-too-real illness
• William Schreiber becomes president of American Society for Clinical Pathology
• Island Medical Program graduate Dr. Roxanne Mitchell wins prestigious award in psychiatry
• New UBC education space opens at Royal Inland Hospital
• Genetics-based prescribing moves one step closer to reality
• UBC researchers discover how cancer’s ‘invisibility cloak’ works
• Three faculty receive Margolese and Chew Wei Prizes

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DATES & DEADLINES

• Gairdner Foundation: Canada Gairdner Wrightman Award | Deadline: Oct 1
• Call for nominations: John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award | Deadline: Oct 1
• National Psoriasis Foundation: Discovery Grant | Deadline: Oct 12
• Call for nominations: Jacob Biely Faculty Research Prize | Deadline: Oct 12
• Call for submissions: UBC Medical Journal | Deadline: Oct 14

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

EVENTS

• Oct 5: Career Day 2016
• Oct 5: WiP Seminar: Treatment Gaps in Depression and the Impact of Physician Incentives
• Oct 13: Sexual Assault Policy Information Session
• Oct 13: CBR World Thrombosis Day
• Oct 24: Gairdner Symposium

CONFERENCE

• Sep 28 – Oct 1: 7th Annual Brain Development Conference

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Next issue publication date:
October 11, 2016

The Link is a biweekly publication created for faculty and staff
by Faculty of Medicine Communications.