Dear Department members,
As you all are aware, following the resignation of Ms. Vicky Yau in February, the Department commenced a search and recruitment process for the role of Director, Administration with the Department of Psychiatry. That process has now concluded and I am delighted to share that Ms. Margaret Koshi is the successful candidate; she has accepted this position and will assume this new role effective April 1.
Margaret is well known to all of you in her role as the Manager of Communications and Partnerships for the Department since 2019. Prior to that, she served as our Assistant Human Resources Manager for Faculty from 2014 to 2019. With her wealth of internal knowledge, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and the diverse administrative experience she has gained during her ten years as a member of Psychiatry’s managerial team, I am confident she will make a successful transition to this new role.
Vicky has kindly agreed to continue to support the Department during the transition process and we expect a gradual handover of tasks over the next couple of months. During this period, please continue to work with Vicky on ongoing items, and also copy Margaret in your emails and requests to facilitate a smooth transition.
As Margaret assumes this new role, we will soon be initiating a recruitment process for the Communications Manager role, however in the meantime, please continue to connect with Margaret at margaret.koshi@ubc.ca on Communications-related requests.
Please join me in warmly congratulating Margaret as she steps into this key role on the UBC Psychiatry Administration Team!
Sincerely,
Dr. Lakshmi N. Yatham, MBBS, FRCPC, MRCPsych (UK), MBA (Exec)
Professor and Head, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Director, Institute of Mental Health, UBC
Regional Head and Program Medical Director, VCH/PHC
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