VGH/DHCC Staff and Faculty: Closures

VGH/DHCC Staff and Faculty: Closures

The Gordon & Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre will be closed on Monday, May 20th for Victoria Day. The facility will re-open as usual on Tuesday, May 21st. Please note the building may still be accessed during the holiday weekend by those with after-hours access programmed onto their cards. BGIS office contact information:BGIS office hours: […]

Read-and-Publish Agreement with Elsevier

The Canadian Research and Knowledge Network (CRKN; that includes UBC) has signed a Read-and-Publish Agreement with Elsevier. Corresponding authors affiliated with participating CRKN member institutions will be eligible for unlimited open access publishing in over 1,800 Elsevier Hybrid journals with no Article Processing Charge (APC), including in 165 Core Hybrid Specialty titles that are new to the CRKN agreement. Cell and Lancet titles are not included.

UBC Psychiatry IT: Memos & Updates | April 2024

DELETE IT: Don’t Get Hooked As another semester comes to a close, don’t forget phishing emails are being sent year round! Protect yourself and your data. If you get any suspicious emails, DO NOT REPLY. Please report it by forwarding them to PSYCH IT (psychiatry.it@ubc.ca) or UBC Cyber Security (security@ubc.ca). Visit the following link for […]

IMH Showcase | March 2024

RUIYANG GEResearch AssociateCo-director, Translational Neuroimaging Educational Program Meet Dr. Ruiyang Ge, a Research Associate in the UBC Department of Psychiatry and a former Marshall Fellow bridging computational psychiatry with advanced neuroimaging techniques. Currently, he is spearheading the “CentileBrain” project, a groundbreaking initiative providing sex-specific normative models for brain structures. He is also co-director of the […]

Inviting Nominations for the Role of Department Clinical Faculty Affairs Representative

Dear Colleagues, As our current Clinical Faculty Affairs Representative for Psychiatry, Dr. Joseph Tham, is nearing the end his term on June 30, 2024, the Department is now inviting self-nominations, or nominations on behalf of clinical faculty who are interested in this role. The commitment will be for a three-year term from July 1, 2024 to […]

Kamyar Keramatian

Memo to Clinical Faculty: 2024 UBC Psychiatry Research Day Accredited For MOC Section 1 Group Learning CME Credits

** Sent on Behalf of Dr. Sophia Frangou, Associate Head, Research, UBC Department of Psychiatry ** Dear Clinical Faculty Colleagues We are looking forward to welcoming you to the 2024 Annual Departmental Research Day.  The Departmental Research Day serves as our annual platform to highlight groundbreaking research, showcasing academic achievements and fostering a spirit of […]

PGE April 25, 2023 Mock OSCE Examiner Urgent Requirement

** Sent on behalf of the UBC Psychiatry Postgraduate Education Team** Dear Faculty Members, We are looking for Mock OSCE examiners for our April 25th exam.  The Mock OSCEs are an integral part of preparing our residents for their Royal College OSCE exams and we want to ensure the continued success for all of our […]

Announcing Ms. Margaret Koshi as New Director, Administration

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; […]

Proposal Process for Programs in the UBC Department of Psychiatry

Dear Colleagues, As you are aware, the UBC Department of Psychiatry has been implementing a restructure process for our Divisions, the final phase of which has been to establish revised criteria, organizational functions and accountabilities, and processes for refreshed Programs under each of the six Divisions. We are pleased to share a package, developed in […]