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A wearable device developed by students at the University of British Columbia shows promise in preventing meltdowns in children with autism.
The device, called Reveal, measures three indicators of anxiety — sweat, heart rate, and skin temperature — using sensors integrated into clothing. The readings are transmitted to the parent’s smartphone in real time, allowing the caregiver to step in before the situation escalates.
The device stems from a project in an entrepreneurship-and-innovation class that the team members attended last year.
“We knew from the start that we wanted to create something with a real social impact, not just another consumer device,” said group leader and engineering student Andrea Palmer, noting that B.C. is home to around 15,000 children with autism.
The students overcame several challenges when designing the device, including: finding a comfortable way to wear the device, and perfecting an algorithm that would “learn” from an individual’s indicators.
Development of specific algorithms is well under way and Palmer’s team is working on finding the ideal location for the sensors in clothing.
“Children with autism can be extremely sensitive about their clothes, particularly to tags and seams that stick out. We initially played with sensors embedded into a t-shirt but are experimenting with other clothing items that would be less noticeable and more comfortable,” Palmer said.
The product was recently recognized in the Canadian Global Impact competition, which looks for outstanding ideas that will make a difference in the lives of people in the next few years. Palmer beat out competitors from across Canada to win the prize, a scholarship to Singularity University in Silicon Valley.
The Reveal team is inviting parents of autistic children in the Lower Mainland to provide input in fine-tuning the product before pilot testing starts. To participate, contact hello@awakelabs.com or contact Andrea Palmer at (604) 790-9805.
To view a webcast with Andrea Palmer, click here: http://livestream.com/ventureLAB/canadaGIC (Andrea Palmer is at the 46:00 mark)
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| UBC’s Travel Planning Tool | Health Coverage for Students Studying Abroad | New Online Guide: Ergo Your Office Today! | |||
| UBC has a new travel planning resource for faculty and staff who travel on behalf of the University for business or research, and department administrators who facilitate faculty and staff in making travel arrangements. Read more… | If you have a dependent child (19-25) studying outside Canada, they may continue coverage under your MSP, Extended Health and/or Dental Care plans. Read more… | With the new Ergo Your Office Online Guide, you have the power to ensure your workstation is set up safely and properly. Read more… | |||
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| The 2015 Pick Your Peak Stair Challenge for staff and faculty is coming – kick-off is May 25, and the challenge runs until June 19, 2015! Read more… | Did you know a wide range of Health, Fitness and Family discounts on and off campus are available to UBC staff and faculty? Read more… | Need to make changes to your benefits enrollment or dependents? Check out our Forms page to get the correct form. Read more… | |||
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| Benefits Stories: Patricia’s Story | Humans of Human Resources: Tracey Hawthorn | Registering in BC’s PharmaCare Program | |||
| In this month’s Benefits Story, we hear from Patricia, who tells us about UBC’s Travel Benefits. Read more… | We profile Tracey Hawthorn, UBC’s Work Re-Integration & Accommodation Program (WRAP) Coordinator at the Okanagan campus. Read more… | If you have not registered yet in BC’s Fair PharmaCare program, or are new to BC, you and/or your family are required to register for Fair PharmaCare. Read more… | |||
For those who are interested, UBC HR has developed a new online ergonomics tool that you can use to ensure your workstation is set up safely and properly. This brand-new tool features step-by-step instructions designed to empower staff and faculty to make workstation adjustments that will benefit their health and safety while at work. For more information, please see the following link, http://www.hr.ubc.ca/benefits-fyi/2015/05/15/new-online-guide-ergo-your-office-today/#sthash.cYukPzX6.dpuf.
University of British Columbia students and postdoctoral fellows in the fields of biological engineering and bioinformatics have received $3.3 million in grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
The two NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) grants will prepare students and postdoctoral fellows for careers in industry, government and academia through value-added professional and personal skills training. The two teams, led by Microbiology and Immunology associate professor Steven Hallam, and Psychiatry and Centre for High-Throughput Biology professor Paul Pavlidis, will each receive $1.65 million over six years.
“The CREATE program is a valuable resource that supports the professional and technical skill development of students and postdoctoral fellows as they pursue pioneering research at UBC and with partners outside UBC,” said John Hepburn, Vice President Research and International.
“We are grateful to NSERC and the Government of Canada for their continued support of young researchers.”
UBC’s two CREATE grants are part of a $28 million investment announced by the Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State for Science and Technology today in Toronto, ON.
To learn more about CREATE grants, click here.
UBC’s CREATE grants:
Steven Hallam, Associate Professor, UBC Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Ecosystem Services, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship (ECOSCOPE)
An emerging bioeconomy will require highly-trained personnel to understand and engineer microbial communities for social, economic and environmental sectors. In natural ecosystems, microbial communities are more efficient at performing metabolic tasks than single cells. This “community metabolism” function is of interest to synthetic biologists who engineer biological systems and could be helpful in creating valuable new materials and industrial processes. Thus, the ECOSCOPE grant will provide students with the skills needed to translate knowledge derived from studying environmental sequence information from microbial communities into commercial and entrepreneurial activities.
“ECOSCOPE aspires to train a new generation of scientific entrepreneurs poised to start new companies, develop independent scientific programs or join a burgeoning synthetic biology sector in need of motivated and creative problem solvers with durable environmental ethics,” said Hallam.
Paul Pavlidis, Professor, UBC Department of Psychiatry and Centre for High-Throughput Biology (CHiBi)
Training Program in High-Dimensional Bioinfromatics (HDB)
Technological innovation has given scientists unprecedented ability to gather and analyze enormous pools of informatics, bioinformatics and computational biology data. Experts who can organize, visualize, analyze and interpret these large data sets are in high demand in industry and academia because exploiting these huge reservoirs of multi-faceted data is the only means by which new discoveries and innovation will be possible. The HDB program is a partnership between UBC and Simon Fraser University and will provide training in collaborative research, professional skills and entrepreneurship to graduates.
“We’re thrilled NSERC is supporting this new bioinformatics graduate training program. One of the most exciting features is our internship program where students will spend a summer outside their primary research lab, working with data-generating groups in academia or industry. This experience will help our trainees come out of the program better prepared for the challenges and opportunities of being a bioinformatician in the real world,” said Pavlidis.
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On behalf of the Regional Department of Psychiatry CPD Committee, please join us at our next monthly grand rounds on June 2, 2015 from 0830 to 0930, details attached.
We are pleased to announce that you can now join us live on your computer or mobile device using this webinar link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5019453466339477505 . Pre-registration is required to obtain your personal link to the webinar.
If you are joining on your mobile device, download the GoToMeeting app from the APP Store and when participating, we strongly suggest you use WiFi as data roaming is quite intensive.
A strong majority of Canadians believe health research makes important contributions to health care and the economy, according to a new public opinion poll commissioned by Research Canada. MSFHR collaborated on this survey with Research Canada and other national partners, including our provincial counterpart, Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation.
For the first time, we commissioned a BC-specific sample, and we are encouraged by the fact that British Columbians are committed to health research and health innovation in Canada.
In fact, 89 percent of British Columbians view health and medical research as making important contributions to the Canadian health-care system. And three quarters of British Columbians say health and medical research makes important contributions to the Canadian economy.
Every sixty seconds, someone in Canada needs blood.
The ability to give any blood type to any recipient represents a dream scenario that would dramatically reduce blood shortages. Thanks to new research by a team from the University of British Columbia — including five current or former MSFHR award holders — that dream is one step closer.
In a new study, the UBC researchers outline their creation of an enzyme with the potential to turn Type A or B blood into the universal Type O. The study’s lead author is Dr. David Kwan, a 2011 MSFHR Trainee.
A new discovery that may prevent dangerous brain swelling after head trauma demonstrates the impact of research supported through MSFHR partnerships.
UBC researchers have identified a protein that enables chloride ions to enter nerve cells in the brain following a traumatic injury, creating a crushing pressure that damages the brain. The researchers found that blocking this protein’s activity prevents fluid entry into the cells.
This finding finally gives scientists a specific focus for much-needed drug development.
The research leading to this discovery was supported by a $1.5-million grant awarded in 2013 through Brain Canada’s Multi-Investigator Research Initiative (MIRI). MSFHR co-funded this award in partnership with UBC, Genome BC, the University of Saskatchewan, and the Canada Brain Research Fund.
Work is underway to revise the BC SUPPORT Unit business plan for re-submission to CIHR during the summer.
To support the revisions, the BC SUPPORT Unit team is forming a number of reference groups, drawing upon the expertise of the project’s multi-partner Interim Governing Council. These reference groups are helping to further define patient engagement, the provincial data platform and the SUPPORT Unit’s data services, regional centres, hiring process for permanent leadership, and evaluation framework.
The team is also developing a patient engagement strategy that will further define how patients will be engaged in the SUPPORT Unit’s governance, priority setting, and the conduct of research itself.
This is the first in a series of monthly updates designed to help readers “connect the dots” on various initiatives in BC that support and advance the actions outlined in the provincial strategy document Directions for Health Research in BC.
Knowledge translation, captured in action 2b, is an action that is already well underway. While hardly exhaustive, even a quick survey of KT activity in BC uncovers an impressive list. To begin with, each of the regional health authorities has its own set of internal activities underway designed to increase capacity for health research and its translation into the organization.
On a provincial scale, the BC KT Community of Practice (CoP) recently launched a new website designed to support collaboration among and increase engagement between KT researchers, practitioners, and others with an interest in KT in BC.
BC’s emerging models of harmonized research ethics review were acclaimed by a national audience earlier this month at the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards.
Three members of the BC Ethics Harmonization Initiative (BCEHI) Advisory Committee presented the initiative’s progress to date, including challenges, successes, and lessons learned. The presenters shared details of BC’s pilot models for ethics review of minimal risk and above minimal risk studies, describing how committee members came together across organizational lines to develop and adopt a common framework.
Conference participants were impressed by the collaborative approach and the progress that has been made in bringing the harmonized models to pilot implementation. The minimal risk model — launched in December 2014 — is nearing the end of its pilot phase, while the above minimal risk model is scheduled to start June 1.
What drew you to health, social or community care? What ignites your passion? What step — big or small — could you take to make our health care system better for British Columbians?
On October 15, 2015, as a partner in Change Day BC, MSFHR encourages you to take that step by making a pledge to change or try something new to make things better.
A pledge is something that you commit to doing, changing or improving in health, social and community care. It doesn’t matter how big or small it is or how you carry it out. Your pledge can be personal (“I pledge to be more physically active by putting 10,000+ steps into my daily life”) or work related (“I pledge to focus on providing a supportive communication liaison between my patients and their family physicians”).
MSFHR President & CEO Dr. Diane Finegood will be among the expert speakers at the 15th Annual Healthcare Summit in Kelowna this June. In anticipation of the summit, Dr. Finegood sat down to provide her views and opinions on the future of health care.
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UBC People· UBC student nabs international baseball title · Computer science professors and postdoc receive ACM Best Paper Award · Engineering student first to receive new memorial scholarship · UBC offers first-ever online photonics course · Engineering physics group qualifies as finalist · Steel Bridge Team at the regionals · Psychology graduate promotes science to Aboriginal students · Robotics and Automation Technologies for Humanitarian Applications |
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UBC PeopleUBC student nabs international baseball titleThird-year electrical and computer engineering student Alex Webb has been named Pitcher of the Year in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics West division, a league of eight schools from B.C., Oregon, Idaho and California. The UBC Thunderbirds junior baseball pitcher finished the year with a 2.22 earned run average. Webb tallied 95 strikeouts and tied for the second most wins in the West Group with a 9-3 record. More information here. Computer science professors and postdoc receive ACM Best Paper AwardComputer science associate professors Giuseppe Carenini, Cristina Conati and postdoctoral research fellow Ben Steichen are the recipients of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS) Best Paper Award. Their article was selected for exemplifying research that bridges contributions in machine intelligence and interaction. More information here. Engineering student first to receive new memorial scholarshipAlexandra Dozzi, a third-year mechanical engineering student, is the inaugural recipient of the Marie Carter Memorial Undergraduate Engineering Scholarship awarded by the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation. The $5,000 award is given to an outstanding Canadian female student who is currently pursuing undergraduate studies in engineering. More information here. UBC offers first-ever online photonics courseUBC is offering the world’s first online course to include photonics fabrication, experimentation, and data analysis. Taught by electrical and computer engineering professor Lukas Chrostowski, students and industry professionals taking the course learn how to design integrated optical devices and circuits through a hands-on approach and get to build their own photonics chip. Online registration for the six-week online course has launched on edX. More information here. Engineering physics group qualifies as finalistFourth-year engineering physics students Alexander Toews, Darrick Lee and Elizabeth Wicks were selected as one of the six finalist groups in the Medical Device Development Centre Awards for Excellence in Biomedical Engineering Student Design and Innovation. Their project involved a way of applying a novel ultrasound method to assist surgeons when doing spinal surgery, specifically for spinal fixation procedures. More information here. Steel Bridge Team at the regionalsThe UBC Steel Bridge Team participated in the regional competition at the American Society of Civil Engineers Pacific Northwest Regional Conference at Idaho State University. Teams were challenged in bridge construction speed, load-bearing ability, and bridge weight. The team’s bridge came to 5.6 metres in length, and was designed to bear a load of 1,090 kilograms. Next year, the team aims to resume their place at the regionals and to qualify for the national competition. More information here. Psychology graduate promotes science to Aboriginal studentsNew psychology graduate Ryan Tomm (BA ’15) has worked to promote science to Aboriginal students. He won an NSERC award to do summer research and shared his knowledge of the research process through workshops at the Indigenous Students Association at UBC. The Aboriginal student also received an NSERC Aboriginal Ambassadors award in 2014 and used this funding to do outreach with Aboriginal teens. Tomm is accepted into the MA program in Behavioural Neuroscience and hopes to pursue a PhD. He plans to use his knowledge to help shape policies related to mental health in Aboriginal communities. More information here. Robotics and Automation Technologies for Humanitarian ApplicationsFaculty of Applied Science Associate Dean and Mechanical Engineering Professor Elizabeth Croft will be hosting a presentation given by Jonathan Ledgard, co-founder of research and technology transfer consortium Red Line at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne. The talk is titled “A proposal to accelerate the development of cargo drones and droneports in order to save lives and build economies.” More information here. |
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From: The Office of the Vice-President Research & International
To: Associate Deans Research, President’s Advisory Committee – Major Awards, Faculty Research Awards Committee, Liu Institute, Peter Wall Institute, Hospital Affiliates, Award & Grant Facilitators.
Please share the following information with Department Heads and Faculty Members:
MAJOR EXTERNAL AWARD DEADLINES: Please visit this page to view available awards and deadlines. The call is open for the Prix Galien, Sloan Fellowships, Gairdner and many others. The Order of Canada is open for nominations throughout the year. https://research.ubc.ca/support-resources/awards-applications-nominations/external-awards-deadlines
VPRIO AWARD DOCUMENT LIBRARY: Resources and support materials for applications and nominations can be accessed by the UBC community through the Award Document Library on our SharePoint site (CWL and access via a campus network or VPN is required) https://vpri.share.ubc.ca/Awards
CREATING A DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC AWARD LIST: The Departmental Awards Committee Manual created by Dr. Mel Comisarow (Professor Emeritus of Chemistry) is a useful guide. A copy is available for download in the VPRIO Award Document Library.
UBC’S INTERNAL RESEARCH AWARDS: The official call for nominations for UBC’s Faculty Research Awards will be released in June.
NOMINATION TRACKING – MAJOR EXTERNAL AWARDS: If you are planning to submit a nomination for one of the major external awards, please advise the Faculty Awards Coordinator brenda.carrier@ubca.ca so nomination activity can be effectively and confidentially tracked. Tracking UBC’s participation in major external award competitions is an institutional priority.
In this week’s issue:
Announcements:
Funding Opportunities:
Awards and Honours:
Events:
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Faculty of Medicine Internal Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund Competition
Registration Deadline: May 27, 2015
FoM Internal Deadline: July 6, 2015; 9am PDT
The Faculty of Medicine has launched an internal Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund competition to distribute CFI funds.
*Mandatory registration is required by May 27, 2015 – Online Registration Form
Successful applicants will go forward to the UBC internal review for the CFI national October 2015 round.
Full competition details are available on the FoM Internal CFI JELF Competition webpage.
The application deadline for this FoM internal competition is July 6, 2015, 9:00am PDT.
Please direct any questions to fom.cfi@ubc.ca.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Susan G. Komen – Breast Cancer Research Funding Opportunities
Pre-Application Deadline: June 17, 2015; 1pm EST
Full Application Deadline: November 9, 2015; 1pm EST
Susan G. Komen announces call for research proposals from early career investigators on the following three programs:
Department of Defense – Neurofibromatosis Research Program and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program
Pre-application Deadline: July 10, 2015
Full Application Deadline: July 27, 2015
The Department of Defense has recently announced funding opportunities within the Neurofibromatosis Research Program (NFRP) and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program (TSCRP).
NFRP Opportunities:
TSCRP Opportunities:
Full details for NFRP Opportunities at http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/nfrp.shtml
Full details for TSCRP Opportunities: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/tscrp.shtml
Rare Diseases: Models & Mechanisms Network – Catalyst Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
On behalf of the Clinical Advisory Committee of the Rare Diseases: Models and Mechanisms Network, we would like to invite applications from clinicians and clinician scientists who have discovered novel genes in patients with rare diseases and wish to collaborate with a model organism investigator who is able to carry out functional analysis on an orthologous gene in a model system.
Funds Available: A maximum of $25,000 will be awarded for each catalyst grant
Eligibility: Applications may be submitted by any investigator associated with a Canadian Institution.
Relevant Research Areas:
Three categories of Connection applications will be considered:
Application Process: A Connection Application may be submitted to the RDMM Network info@rare-diseases-catalyst-network.ca.
For further information about the RDMM network, please visit their website at http://www.rare-diseases-catalyst-network.ca/.
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fund – The Steacie Prize in the Natural Sciences
Nomination Deadline: June 30, 2015
The Steacie Prize is a Canadian award of $10,000 presented once a year to a scientist or engineer of 40 years of age or less for outstanding scientific work carried out in Canada. To compete for this prize, a person must be nominated by a colleague. The winner is selected by a distinguished panel appointed annually by the E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fund, a private foundation dedicated to the advancement of science and engineering in Canada.
For further information, please visit our website at www.steacieprize.ca or email PrixSteaciePrize.SIMS@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca.
EVENTS:
UBC Centre for Blood Research Seminar Series – Complement coagulation conundrums
Date & Time: May 27, 2015; 12-1pm
Location: LSC 3, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
Seminar by:
Dr. Ed Conway
Professor of Medicine, UBC
Director, UBC Centre for Blood Research
The two major blood‐borne proteolytic cascades, complement and coagulation, cooperate to protect organisms against bleeding and infection. The past decade has seen major advances in delineating the molecular links between these systems that have resulted in at least one successful therapy for otherwise devastating diseases. I will discuss new pathways that are being uncovered in our lab that hopefully will yield effective new therapies.
UBC Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy – Visiting Scholar Presentation with Dr. Atiya Mahmood
Date & Time: June 25, 2015; 2:30-4pm
Location: Lab 3, 3rd floor, UBC Hospital, Koerner Pavilion, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver
The Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy is delighted to host Dr. Atiya Mahmood (Associate Professor, Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University) who will present on her research on mobility, aging and the built environment. The title of her presentation is “Mobility, Aging and Built Environment: Participatory Research on Neighbourhood Walkability with Photovoice and Environmental Audits”.
Please email Cynthia.hsieh@ubc.ca if you would like to attend.
For more information, please see the attached poster.
Date: See below
Location: See below
Part 1 (Required Workshop)
Date & Time: June 15; 6-9pm
Location: In-person (Grand Pacific Hotel, Victoria) or by videoconference across Vancouver Island
Part 2 (Optional Follow-Up Session)
Date & Time: choice of Aug 13 or Sep 10; 6-7pm
Location: Teleconference
Target audience: Family physicians (free to attend) & MOAs ($60 honorarium provided). We also welcome specialists, allied health professionals, residents & students.
Up to 4.0 Mainpro-C/ MOC Section 1 credits
These two-part interactive sessions will cover new guidelines for routine HIV testing, how to implement the recommendations, and what to do following a positive result.
Register here: http://ubccpd.ca/course/hiv-testing-workshop-june-vancouver-island
Please contact hiv.cpd@ubc.ca for further details.
In this week’s issue:
Announcement:
Funding Opportunities:
Awards and Honours:
Events:
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Faculty of Medicine Internal Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund Competition
Registration Deadline: May 27, 2015
FoM Internal Deadline: July 6, 2015; 9am PDT
The Faculty of Medicine has launched an internal Canada Foundation for Innovation competition to distribute John R. Evans Leaders Funds.
*Mandatory registration is required by May 27, 2015 – Online Registration Form
Successful applicants will go forward to the UBC internal review for the CFI national October 2015 round.
Full competition details are available on the FoM Internal CFI JELF Competition webpage.
The application deadline for this FoM internal competition is July 6, 2015, 9:00am PDT.
Please direct any questions to fom.cfi@ubc.ca.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Weston Brain Institute – Rapid Response 2015
LOI Deadline: June 16, 2015; 2pm EDT
The Weston Brain Institute is delighted to launch its Rapid Response 2015 program to provide seed funding for totally novel, high-risk, high-reward translational research ideas to catalyze the development of safe and effective treatments for neurodegenerative diseases of aging. Each project may receive up to $150,000 over 12-18 months
Applicants must be researchers or postdoctoral fellows, and developing a therapeutic and/or a tool to help accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.
Submission of the Letter of Intent is done through the Institute’s online grant management system at https://weston.smartsimple.ca/welcome/neuroscience.
The Weston Brain Institute will be holding a Program Information Session for this funding opportunity on May 20th at 1:00 PM. This session is intended to provide you with comprehensive information on the application process and to provide an opportunity for open questions.
To sign-up for the WebEx and receive the dial in details as well as submit any questions you may have in advance, please follow the link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YX22TJS
The Institute welcomes inquiries about our funding programs at neuro@weston.ca or 416-935-4056.
Additional information about the Program can be found at http://westonbraininstitute.ca/funding-opportunities/2015-rapid-response/.
Heart and Stroke Foundation, BC & Yukon – Knowledge to Action Grants
Deadline: June 20, 2015; 4:30pm
The Heart and Stroke Foundation, BC & Yukon, is pleased to announce the launch of a new funding opportunity, Knowledge to Action (KTA) Grants I and II. This provincial initiative will help to disseminate cardio and cerebrovascular (CCV) research or lead to development of future research while also contributing to the implementation of research results. KTA Grants will bolster knowledge development and dissemination and the practical application of knowledge generated by research. A fund of $90,000 is available for this initiative.
KTA Grants I will be offered for meetings, conferences and planning activities facilitating knowledge translation and exchange. Funds will support the establishment of teams and collaborations focused primarily on emerging areas of strength in BC CCV research.
KTA Grants II will allow for individuals or teams to put evidence collected from operating grants into practice in clinical or community settings. Funding could be used for pilots or for systemic implementation.
Application and guidelines can be found at http://www.hsf.ca/research/en/heart-and-stroke-foundation-british-columbia-yukon-0.
For more information, contact: Research@hsf.bc.ca or call Jennifer Leong at 778-372-8022
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
Nomination Deadline: August 28, 2015
The Harrington Prize is the result of collaboration between The American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), one of the nation’s oldest and most respected medical honor societies, and the Harrington Discovery institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio – part of The Harrington Project for Discovery & Development – a non-profit institute dedicated to enabling physician-scientists to transform their discoveries into therapies that enhance patient care. Both organizations understand the hurdles associated with turning discoveries into medicines, and they are eager to highlight those who have navigated the path successfully.
A committee composed of members of the ASCI Council and the Harrington Discovery Institute Scientific Advisory Board will review nominations and select the recipient. This annual prize includes:
For more information about the Harrington Prize nomination requirements, please visit www.the-asci.org/HarringtonPrize.
Nomination Deadline: September 15, 2015
Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science is awarded to those whose body of research exhibits outstanding achievement in medical science as demonstrated by works of lasting significance. This biennial prize of $200,000 is one of the four Nemmers Prizes administered by Northwestern University. They are made possible by a generous endowment from Erwin and Frederic Nemmers. The Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize was founded in honor of their mother.
For further information, please visit the Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize website at http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/nemmers/.
EVENTS:
Centre for Blood Research Seminar Series – Bombesin-directed magnetic polymersomes for cancer therapy
Date & Time: May 20, 2015; 12-1pm
Location: LSC 3, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
Seminar by:
Dr. Urs Hafeli
Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UBC
Polymersomes consist of amphiphilic synthetic block copolymers that form relatively stable membrane vesicles. In this presentation, the preparation and use of polymersomes is reviewed. Specific anticancer-drug filled polymersomes will then be discussed. Specifically, polymersomes were prepared from pluronic L121 and loaded with magnetic nanoparticles (MNP) and an anti-cancer drug (camptothecin) using a continuously operating micromixing device. Characteriza-tion by TEM confirmed the successful incorporation of the MNP and narrow size distribution of the hybrid polymersomes. Drug release of loaded magnetic polymersomes was sustained over several days. Camptothecin polymersomes reduced the cell viability of human prostate cancer cells (PC-3) measured after 72 h significantly, while drug-free polymersomes showed no cytotoxic effects. The polymersomes were then further functionalized with bombesin, a targeting peptide that binds specifically to the GRPR (gastrin releasing peptide receptor) of tumor cells. Specific cell binding and uptake in PC-3 cells was quantified by flow cytometry while imaging was done with fluorescence spectroscopy, confocal microscopy and magnetic resonance imaging. Polymersomes are very versatile agents, can be prepared at large scale with ease using a micromixer, and offer many different options of functionalizing them to turn them into diagnostic, therapeutic or even theranostic targeting and imaging agents.
UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine – Pathology Day
Date & Time: May 22, 2015; 7:45am to 8:30pm
Location: 1st floor, Jim Pattison Pavilion North, Vancouver General Hospital
Pathology Day is an annual event held in late May featuring oral and poster presentations from graduate students, residents and other trainees. At an evening reception cash prizes are awarded for the top three graduate student oral presentations, top three resident oral presentations and the top four poster presentations.
To confirm your attendance, please register at https://pathology-epayment.sites.olt.ubc.ca/pathology-day/.
Please see attached poster for further details.
Personalized Medicine Summit – Transforming the Practice of Medicine
Date: June 7-9, 2015
Location: Life Sciences Institute, UBC, Vancouver BC
The Personalized Medicine Summit will be held on June 7-9, at the UBC Life Sciences Institute. The early bird registration deadline is May 19, with only limited spots left.
For more information, and to register now, please visit http://www.personalizedmedsummit.com/program/.
Date: See below
Location: See below
Part 1 (Required Workshop)
Date & Time: June 15; 6-9pm
Location: In-person (Grand Pacific Hotel, Victoria) or by videoconference across Vancouver Island
Part 2 (Optional Follow-Up Session)
Date & Time: choice of Aug 13 or Sep 10; 6-7pm
Location: Teleconference
Target audience: Family physicians (free to attend) & MOAs ($60 honorarium provided). We also welcome specialists, allied health professionals, residents & students.
Up to 4.0 Mainpro-C/ MOC Section 1 credits
These two-part interactive sessions will cover new guidelines for routine HIV testing, how to implement the recommendations, and what to do following a positive result.
Register here: http://ubccpd.ca/course/hiv-testing-workshop-june-vancouver-island
Please contact hiv.cpd@ubc.ca for further details.
Events
Issues & Resources
· The May 2015 issue of the Staff Pension Plan Update newsletter is available.
SENT ON BEHALF OF DR. HOWARD FELDMAN, EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE DEAN, RESEARCH
A Faculty of Medicine Internal Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund (CFI JELF; formerly known as Leaders Opportunity Fund) Retention Competition with full details will be launched on Friday, May 15, 2015.
Please note that the application form will mirror the national CFI JELF application form.
Please direct any questions to fom.cfi@ubc.ca.
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the extension of Dr. Gary Redekop as Head pro tem, Department of Surgery effective May 1, 2015. During the past year, Dr. Redekop has provided tremendous support to the faculty and staff in the department and I am grateful for his willingness to provide continued leadership in the interim period. I anticipate that a search for a new Head will be initiated in the fall of 2015, and thank the faculty and staff in the Department for their continued support.
Sincerely,
Gavin C.E. Stuart, MD, FRCSC
Dean, Faculty of Medicine
Vice Provost Health, UBC
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| May 7 | MESSENGER reveals Mercury’s ancient magnetic field secrets | |
| May 11 | Congress approval rating tanking over poor choice of words | |
| May 13 | Satellite mapping reveals agricultural slowdown in Latin America: UBC study | |
| May 14 | Media studies program prepares UBC students for the digital economy | |
Upcoming Event Highlights |
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| May 15 | Buddhism and the Ecological Challenge | |
| May 16 | Macro Photography Workshop | |
| May 18 | Third International Autonomic Symposium | |
| May 20 | Housing for All: a series of events on the future of public housing | |
| May 20 | UBC Faculty Pension Plan: 2015 Pension Forum | |
| May 22 | Creating Connections 4.0: “Engaging Our World” | |
| May 23 | TEDxStanley Park | |
| Find out what else is happening at UBC this week. For sports events, visit the UBC Athletics site at http://www.gothunderbirds.ca/calendar.aspx. |
UBC has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People in 2015, and the only post-secondary institution to be chosen. This designation recognizes employers that offer the country’s best benefits for younger workers. UBC received this award for attracting and retaining young employees for the third year in a row.
Some of the services that UBC offers to support young employees are:
More information here.
A documentary film directed by Master of Fine Arts graduate Charles Wilkinson has won top honours and a cash award of $10,000 at the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. Haida Gwaii: On The Edge Of The World is a beautiful, hopeful story about life on the archipelago along the northern B.C. coast which has been home to its residents for 14,000 years. More information here.
Human Early Learning Partnership associate professor Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl is the recipient of the 2015 Joseph E. Zins Distinguished Scholar Award for Outstanding Contributions to Action Research in Social and Emotional Learning. The awards are given to researchers for advancing research and practice in the field of social and emotional learning (SEL). Their mission is to help make SEL an integral part of education from preschool through high school. More information here.
Adele Diamond, a professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Psychiatry, received an honorary doctorate from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev on May 12. Diamond was recognized for her research on the executive functions that include thinking outside the box, mentally relating ideas, giving considered responses, resisting temptations and staying focused. Diamond also gave the Zlotowski Neuroscience Lecture, a lecture that she had given 20 years ago. More information here.
The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies has announced the UBC scholars selected as Peter Wall Institute Wall Scholars for 2015-2016. Faculty members spend one year in residence at the Peter Wall Institute in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment and are selected based on scholarly achievements and innovative research proposals. Scholars are provided with shared office space at the institute and $20,000 in funding. View the list of scholars for 2015-16 here.
School of Population and Public Health PhD candidate Lianping Ti is the winner of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Health Services and Policy Research Rising Star Award for 2014/15. The award recognizes the research excellence and knowledge translation initiatives of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Ti is working as a research associate with the Urban Health Research Initiative of the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS on projects based in Vancouver and Bangkok. More information here.
S-FRAME Software Inc. has donated 50 network licenses to the Department of Civil Engineering’s computer labs as well as 150 annual student licenses for civil engineering undergraduate and graduate students for a period of five years. This gift is in addition to S-FRAME’s 2013 donation of 60 licenses to UBC Engineering at the Okanagan campus. More information here.
UBC’s Unmanned Aerial Systems team placed fifth in the 2015 Student Unmanned Aircraft Systems competition in Alma, Quebec. The team of twenty students from mechanical, electrical, physics and integrated engineering collaborated in the competition that involved locating 21 objects over a distance of one square kilometre in a 25 minute timeslot. More information here.
Sydney Roy, an undergraduate student in the joint UBC-University of Northern B.C (UNBC) Environmental Engineering program, has been named UNBC’s top female athlete of 2015. Roy, a soccer player, set a new record for goals in a season when she scored her sixth goal in the season’s final match against Thompson Rivers University. More information here.
The UBC chapter of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) has won the CSCE National President’s Best Student Chapter Award. Led by president Charles Noftall, the chapter has grown from twenty members to 174 over the past two years. Throughout the year, the chapter held tours of Vancouver’s high profile construction sites, and hosted discussions and seminars with industry-leading professionals. The past year’s highlight was the UBC CSCE Industry Night which drew 384 students, faculty and industry members. More information here.
The inaugural Faculty of Applied Science Student Research Video Contest challenged students to tell their research story in a compelling video of 60 seconds or less. The top three winners were the Screw Cutter Project by Shalaleh Rismani, Gregory Allan, Vivian Chung and Andrew Meyer (Biomedical Engineering); Mercury and Artisanal Mining by Brandon Nichols (Mining Engineering); and Sniffer on the Chip by David Vassiliev (School of Engineering, Okanagan). More information here.
Arbutus Medical, a startup out of Engineers in Scrubs Program, is asking for help to send 100 surgical drill covers to earthquake victims in Nepal. The goal is to raise $25,000 to distribute the low-cost alternative to surgical drills to eight hospitals in Nepal. More information on how to donate here.
A reminder to all of our Permit holders:
UBC Congregation Ceremonies will be held at the Chan Centre on May 20-22 & 25-27. The ceremonies place a large demand on Rose Garden parkade and with several ceremonies per day we expect to see high traffic volume along Marine Drive in the vicinity of the Chan Centre.
To ensure graduates and their visitors have a stress-free and enjoyable ceremony we are limiting the use of Rose Garden Parkade to guests only.
UBC Parking permits will not be valid at Rose Garden parkade for the above dates. We encourage you to use alternate facilities such as Fraser River Parkade or North Parkade. All permits will be valid at all multi-level parkades on Campus (except Rose Garden) during Graduation. To help plan your trip please visit http://parking.ubc.ca/find-parking.
Thank you
UBC Parking & Access Control
The University of British Columbia
110-6200 University Boulevard | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4 Phone 604 822 6786 | Fax 604 827 2509 parking.support@ubc.ca www.ubcparking.com
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Attached to this email and below is a poster for the next BC Reproductive Mental Health Academic Rounds on Tuesday, 2nd June 2015, 12.00 – 1.00. Dr Monique Wong, Infant and Child Psychiatrist at the Alan Cashmore (Infants and Childhood Mental Health) Centre in Vancouver will be presenting on ‘The Mother-Baby Dyad & the Importance of Baby. The impact of maternal psychiatric illness on attachment and infant health.’. We look forward to you joining us.
Please circulate the information to any colleagues who may be interested in joining us via Telehealth or Teleconference.
Should you wish to join us for this presentation, please respond to kthomaspeter@cw.bc.ca asap but by end of day 27th May 2015 at the very latest.
When joining us via Telehealth for any of these presentations, please respond with the following information:
1) Your location (city/hospital) and preferred Telehealth site/room.
2) A contact person for your site who will be responsible for arriving 15 minutes early to participate in the test call and distributing slides, evaluation materials and a sign in sheet.
A Help Guide is attached to assist with setting up Telehealth connections if needed.
When joining via Teleconference, respond via email to kthomaspeter@cw.bc.ca for connection details.
A Note for Physicians: The Reproductive Mental Health Academic Rounds are a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Physicians who attend via Telehealth are eligible are able to earn MOC Section 1 credits so long as they sign and return the attendance and evaluation form. These forms will be emailed to the site contact in advance of the presentation.
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In this week’s issue:
Announcement:
Funding Opportunities:
Awards and Honours:
Events:
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Faculty of Medicine Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund Internal Competition
A Faculty of Medicine Internal Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund (CFI JELF; formerly known as Leaders Opportunity Fund) Retention Competition with full details will be launched on Friday, May 15, 2015.
Please note that the application form will mirror the national CFI JELF application form.
Competition Timeline
| Competition Launch | May 15, 2015 |
| Intent to Apply Deadline | May 27, 2015 |
| Competition Deadline | July 6, 2015 |
| Results Announced | August 14, 2015 |
| Successful Applicants work towards UBC CFI Internal Deadline | September 15, 2015 |
| CFI National Deadline | October 15, 2015 |
| Anticipated CFI Decision Date | April 2016 |
Please direct any questions to fom.cfi@ubc.ca.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – Grant Opportunities
Deadline: May 13, 2015
The Gates foundation and its Grand Challenges partners are now accepting applications for the following grant programs:
Proposals are being accepted online until May 13, 2015 on the following topics:
Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million.
Department of Defense – Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program and Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program Funding Opportunities
Deadline: June 2015, See below
The Department of Defense has recently announced funding opportunities within the Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) and Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP).
PRCRP Opportunities:
PRMRP Opportunities:
Full details for PRCRP Opportunities at http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prcrp.shtml
Full details for PRMRP Opportunities at http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prmrp.shtml
Weston Brain Institute – Rapid Response 2015
LOI Deadline: June 16, 2015; 2pm EDT
The Weston Brain Institute is delighted to launch its Rapid Response 2015 program to provide seed funding for totally novel, high-risk, high-reward translational research ideas to catalyze the development of safe and effective treatments for neurodegenerative diseases of aging. Each project may receive up to $150,000 over 12-18 months
Applicants must be researchers or postdoctoral fellows, and developing a therapeutic and/or a tool to help accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.
Submission of the Letter of Intent is done through the Institute’s online grant management system at https://weston.smartsimple.ca/welcome/neuroscience.
The Weston Brain Institute will be holding a Program Information Session for this funding opportunity on May 20th at 1:00 PM. This session is intended to provide you with comprehensive information on the application process and to provide an opportunity for open questions.
To sign-up for the WebEx and receive the dial in details as well as submit any questions you may have in advance, please follow the link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YX22TJS
The Institute welcomes inquiries about our funding programs at neuro@weston.ca or 416-935-4056.
Additional information about the Program can be found at http://westonbraininstitute.ca/funding-opportunities/2015-rapid-response/.
Mitacs – Globalink Research Internship
Deadline: June 18, 2015; 5pm PDT
The Mitacs Globalink Research Internship (GRI) is now accepting faculty submissions for summer 2016. GRI pairs faculty in Canada with international undergrads for 12-week research projects from May to September.
Submit projects by June 18, 2015, at 5 p.m. PDT.
Questions? Visit the Mitacs website, or contact globalink@mitacs.ca.
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
UBC College of Health Disciplines – 2015 Awards Competition
Deadline: June 2015, see below
The College of Health Disciplines is pleased to announce this year’s awards competition to acknowledge outstanding students, educators and health professionals that exemplify interprofessional health, education and practice. Please assist the College by bringing these scholarships and awards to the attention of your students, colleagues and community partners in health, and kindly post/distribute the attached posters within your units.
Student Scholarships – 2015 Call for Applications
Open to current UBC students in any health or human services degree program who will be entering their final year of study in September 2015.
Application deadline: June 8, 2015.
Interprofessional Awards – 2015 Call for Nominations
Open to teams and/or individuals who exemplify excellence in interprofessional collaboration in health care. Nominees may be health professionals or educators, and may be from or outside UBC.
Nomination deadline: June 8, 2015 for McCreary Prize; June 15, 2015 for rest of interprofessional awards.
Full details and application/nomination forms are available on the College’s website at http://www.chd.ubc.ca/about/awards-and-scholarships/.
EVENTS:
UBC SPARC Office – CIHR 2015 Foundation Scheme Information Session
Date & Time: May 14, 2015; 1-4pm
Location: UBC Point Grey campus, with videoconference connections to hospital sites and UBC Okanagan
The SPARC Office has arranged a CIHR 2015 Foundation Scheme Information Session, hosted by Dr. Lara Boyd. The target audience is brand-new 2015 applicants and grant facilitators/research support staff who are not yet familiar with the Foundation Scheme.
For full details and to register for the May 14th session, please visit the Information Session announcement at http://sparc.ubc.ca/programs/cihr-2015-foundation-scheme-information-session-may-14th-1-4pm-0. Note: There is limited capacity at some of the sites, including UBC Vancouver, so priority will be given to brand-new 2015 applicants. As such, please register by no later than Monday so that numbers can be finalized.
If you are unable to attend, but would like to receive a copy of the presentation slides, please let Christy McTait (Christy.mctait@ubc.ca) know and you will be included on the message she will be sending to workshop registrants on Tuesday/Wednesday. Otherwise, the presentation slides and a recording of the session will be uploaded to the Presentation Materials section of the SPARC website (https://sparc.ubc.ca/presentation-materials; CWL required) in early June.
One final note: Christy will be away from the office from May 14th to June 1st inclusive, so will response to all queries as soon as possible upon my return.
If you have any questions, please call or email Christy McTait at 604-827-5615 or christy.mctait@ubc.ca.
Date & Time: May 15, 2015; 4-5pm
Location: Biomedical Research Centre, 2222 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
Seminar by:
Dr. Benjamin Freedman
Instructor in Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor (July 1), University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) have dual value as laboratory models of disease and as potential cell therapeutics. For the kidney, hPSCs represent the only long-term cultivatable cells capable of producing new nephrons. We recently devised methods to differentiate hPSCs into convoluted, tubular organoids that mimic kidney development and integrate diverse nephron cell populations, including proximal tubular cells, podocytes, and endothelial cells. When treated with small molecules cargoes or nephrotoxic compounds, this ‘kidney-in-a-dish’ exhibits functional characteristics typical of kidney tissue. Using patient-derived and genome-modified hPSCs, we are using this system to investigate the molecular pathophysiology of polycystic kidney disease and glomerulonephritis. hPSCs provide a new tool for analyzing kidney development and disease in vitro, with potential for high-throughput therapeutic screens, personalized biomarkers, and regenerative medicine.
Hted by Dr. Kelly McNagny Kelly@brc.ubc.ca
alumni UBC – School of Hard Knocks
Date & Time: June 11, 2015; 6:30-9pm
Location: Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre, 6163 University Boulevard, Vancouver
What Have We Learned about Sport Concussion?
At least 332,000 professional and amateur athletes in North America will watch their sport from the stands or the couch as they recover from a concussion this year. Being sidelined certainly isn’t the most severe consequence of a rough or violent hit in sport. Concussions can have serious, cumulative, and long-lasting effects. When concussed athletes return to play before their brain function is fully restored, they are more likely to sustain a second concussion, which in turn may have greater consequences.
Join scientists and clinicians from UBC’s Faculty of Medicine for a discussion on the latest science behind sport concussions. Tailored for parents, athletes, coaches, and teachers, this panel of international thought leaders will cover the big questions on everyone’s mind:
Program begins at 6:30 pm with a reception to follow.
Light refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP at http://www.gifttool.com/registrar/ShowEventDetails?ID=1420&EID=20165.
Date: October 17, 2015
Location: Segal Building (SFU), 500 Granville St, Vancouver
Target Audience: Family Physicians, pediatricians, hospitalists, nurses, residents & students
Up to 6.25 MainPro-M1/ MOC Section 1
Registration: https://events.ubccpd.ca/website/index/110432
Overview
The BC Society of Allergy and Immunology and UBC Continuing Professional Development have joined forces to create a brand new conference! Designed to address identified knowledge gaps, the robust agenda captures the most common issues faced by family physicians in a clinical setting. Participants will hear from leades in the field on such topics as immunotherapy, food allergy testing and the management of specific allergies.
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| May 4 | Exposure to air pollution in the first year of life increases risk for allergies | |
| May 4 | Gigantic whales have stretchy ‘bungee cord’ nerves | |
| May 5 | Epilepsy drug could help treat Alzheimer’s disease | |
| May 6 | Supportive families and schools critical in protecting transgender youth health: UBC study | |
| May 6 | How your brain reacts to emotional information is influenced by your genes | |
Upcoming Event Highlights |
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| May 8 | UBC Opera Ensemble – Chatman: Choir Practice | |
| May 9 | UBC Botanical Garden — A Growing Affair Plant Sale | |
| May 9 | Wu Man and the Shanghai Quartet | |
| May 12 | Opening Party:”Heaven, Hell & Somewhere in Between”at the Museum of Anthropology | |
| May 12 | Nepal Benefit Concert | |
| May 14 | Thinking Outside the (Lunch)Box: Approaches to Creating Healthy Student Environments | |
| May 14 | UBC Golf Classic in support of Engineering Design Teams | |
| Find out what else is happening at UBC this week. For sports events, visit the UBC Athletics site at http://www.gothunderbirds.ca/calendar.aspx. |
UBC has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People in 2015, and the only post-secondary institution to be chosen. This designation recognizes employers that offer the country’s best benefits for younger workers. UBC received this award for attracting and retaining young employees for the third year in a row.
Some of the services that UBC offers to support young employees are:
• a postdoctoral fellows office, which acts as a resource centre to help postdocs expand their professional skills
• learning and development programs for employees including Coaching@UBC, career and personal development workshops, and an academic leadership development program for faculty
• “Hot Lunch,” a cross-campus networking initiative that provides staff with opportunities to connect with colleagues in other departments.
More information here.
The School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) program at UBC was ranked 20th in the 2015 QS World University Rankings by Subject. The rankings highlight the world’s top universities in 36 individual subjects based on academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact. More information here.
A documentary film directed by Master of Fine Arts graduate Charles Wilkinson has won top honours and a cash award of $10,000 at the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. Haida Gwaii: On The Edge Of The World is a beautiful, hopeful story about life on the archipelago along the northern B.C. coast which has been home to its residents for 14,000 years. More information here.
Human Early Learning Partnership associate professor Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl is the recipient of the 2015 Joseph E. Zins Distinguished Scholar Award for Outstanding Contributions to Action Research in Social and Emotional Learning. The awards are given to researchers for advancing research and practice in the field of social and emotional learning (SEL). Their mission is to help make SEL an integral part of education from preschool through high school. More information here.
The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies has announced the UBC scholars selected as Peter Wall Institute Wall Scholars for 2015-2016. Faculty members spend one year in residence at the Peter Wall Institute in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment and are selected based on scholarly achievements and innovative research proposals. Scholars are provided with shared office space at the institute and $20,000 in funding. View the list of scholars for 2015-16 here.
School of Population and Public Health PhD candidate Lianping Ti is the winner of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Health Services and Policy Research Rising Star Award for 2014/15. The award recognizes the research excellence and knowledge translation initiatives of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Ti is working as a research associate with the Urban Health Research Initiative of the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS on projects based in Vancouver and Bangkok. More information here.
S-FRAME Software Inc. has donated 50 network licenses to the Department of Civil Engineering’s computer labs as well as 150 annual student licenses for civil engineering undergraduate and graduate students for a period of five years. This gift is in addition to S-FRAME’s 2013 donation of 60 licenses to UBC Engineering at the Okanagan campus. More information here.
Arbutus Medical, a startup out of Engineers in Scrubs Program, is asking for help to send 100 surgical drill covers to earthquake victims in Nepal. The goal is to raise $25,000 to distribute the low-cost alternative to surgical drills to eight hospitals in Nepal. More information on how to donate here.
The inaugural Faculty of Applied Science Student Research Video Contest challenged students to tell their research story in a compelling video of 60 seconds or less. The top three winners were the Screw Cutter Project by Shalaleh Rismani, Gregory Allan, Vivian Chung and Andrew Meyer (Biomedical Engineering); Mercury and Artisanal Mining by Brandon Nichols (Mining Engineering); and Sniffer on the Chip by David Vassiliev (School of Engineering, Okanagan). More information here.
The Asian Canadian and Asian Migration (ACAM) Studies Program will celebrate its first year with a recognition ceremony featuring guest speaker Mary Kitagawa. Kitagawa led the campaign for UBC to award honorary degrees to Japanese Canadian students affected by internment in the Second World War. The event is open to the public and is followed by a reception.
Date: May 8
Time: 2 – 4 p.m.
Place: St. John’s College, 2111 Lower Mall, Vancouver, BC.
Info: RSVP to: acam.program@ubc.ca. More info here.
As any new mother will tell you, things can get pretty overwhelming after you bring your new bundle of joy home from the hospital. However, some postpartum experiences cause more anxiety and distress than others.
Unwanted, intrusive thoughts of harm coming to one’s infant are experienced universally by all new mothers, and close to half of new moms experience unwanted, intrusive thoughts of harming their own babies. Both of these kinds of “harm thoughts” (accidental and intentional) can be extremely upsetting to the women who experience them; provoking fears about their own mental stability and, subsequently, ability to care for their child.
Dr. Nichole Fairbrother, a clinical psychologist and assistant professor in the University of British Columbia Department of Psychiatry, has been working on a research project that aims to determine both how common these thoughts are, among postpartum women, as well as what kinds of mental health issues might result from them.
Perinatal caregivers often worry that “harm thoughts” may indicate that a woman is at risk of hurting her child. However, evidence suggests that the occurrence of these thoughts is quite normal, and is much more likely to lead to the onset or exacerbation of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), a potentially debilitating anxiety disorder. Responding appropriately to women who report these kinds of thoughts is critical for mothers and their infants.
“New mothers and their healthcare providers are often very concerned by the thoughts of harm they experience in relation to their infant, and worry that they may be at risk of harming their
baby,” explains Dr. Fairbrother. “If, in fact, these thoughts do not indicate a risk of harm to the infant, but rather indicate an increased risk of developing an anxiety disorder such as obsessive compulsive disorder, I believe it is important to educate mothers and their care providers about this.”Currently, Dr. Fairbrother’s project is in the data collection and recruitment phase. Pregnant women who agree to participate will be administered questionnaires and an interview at 33 weeks gestation, and again at one and three months post-partum. This research will determine the prevalence of postpartum thoughts of harm and postpartum OCD. It will also examine whether or not there is an association between these thoughts and actual maternal harming behaviours.
Dr. Fairbrother believes the knowledge gained through this study will be integral to the development of interventions for pregnant and postpartum women and educational material for maternity care providers. She is optimistic that her research will have a positive effect on how pregnant and post-partum women are cared for.
“New mothers are sometimes unnecessarily separated from their infants, due to misconceptions around these kinds of thought patterns,” says Dr. Fairbrother. “My hope is that we can influence the content of prenatal education, particularly education relating to postpartum mental health.”
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To: All members of the Faculty of Medicine
This is a reminder that the Faculty of Medicine Full Faculty Meeting & Webcast is next Monday, May 11 at 5 pm.
Details of the meeting are outlined below. For details and instructions on the interactive webcast features, including how to use your employee/student ID to register to vote, please visit MedNet.
Thank you.
From: Faculty of Medicine – Communications
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 3:41 PM
To: Faculty of Medicine – Communications (communications.med@ubc.ca)
Subject: Faculty of Medicine Full Faculty Meeting: May 11, 2015 – Notice of Meeting & Webcast
To: All members of the Faculty of Medicine
This is your notice that the Faculty of Medicine Full Faculty Meeting will be held on Monday, May 11, 2015 between 5:00 – 6:30 pm at the following locations:
Agenda – May 11, 2015 Full Faculty Meeting
Webcast Event details:
Watch: Click on this link to attend the on demand webcast beginning at 5 pm. Where possible, please join the meeting 5 minutes before beginning. For users with older web browsers, click this supplemental link.
Note: Viewers are asked to use Firefox or Internet Explorer – Chrome may not work for the webcast due to a recent change in their browser.
The interactive webcast format enables Faculty of Medicine members to attend and participate from their computer anywhere in the Province. Voting members can also vote during the live webcast. For details and instructions on the interactive webcast features, visit MedNet.
Regrets: Karminie de Silva at Tel: 604 822 2421 | Email: fomdo.reception@ubc.ca
Dear Colleagues,
I am writing to inform you of a 5-day “Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
(MBCT) Professional Training” being offered at Hollyhock Educational Retreat Center, Manson’s Landing,Cortes Island, BC Canada, August 28-September 2, 2015 by Susan Woods,MSW,LICSW (http://www.slwoods.com) and myself, Mark Lau, PhD,
RPsych(http://www.vancouvercbt.ca/staff/dr_lau.html) with Andrea Grabovac,MD,FRCPC.
This 5 day professional retreat-training lays the foundation for the MBCT training process and is one of the requirements for MBCT Teacher Qualification/Certification (http://mbpti.org/mbct-teacher-qualification-and-certification/).
Recommended experiences to develop competency and best practice skills as an MBCT teacher also include the following; sustaining a personal mindfulness meditation practice, participation in an 8 week MBCT group, supervised co-facilitation and ongoing clinical supervision.
Please note that Canadian specialist physicians completing this training program are eligible for 25 section 2 credits of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Maintenance of Certification Program.
For more details on this workshop and how to register, please go to https://hollyhock.ca/programinfo/mindfulness-based-cognitive-therapy-mbct-professional-training/
INFO/BOOKINGS
Phone: 800.933.6339 x232,
E-mail: registration@hollyhock.ca
Warm regards,
Mark Lau, Ph.D., R.Psych
CACBT-ACTCC-Certified in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Vancouver CBT Centre
302-1765 West 8th Ave.
Vancouver, BC
V6J 5C6
Ph. 604.738.7337
Fax. 604.738.7339
E-mail. mark.lau@vancouvercbt.ca
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Subject: Deadline for 2015 CPA Junior Investigator Colloquium extended to May 20!
CPA Junior Investigator Research Colloquium
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED
It has come to light that the CPA Junior Investigator Colloquium call for submissions was not received by all psychiatry residents in a timely manner. The CPA received a request from residents and program directors to extend the deadline and has agreed do so.
Submissions will be accepted until Wednesday, May 20 at midnight.
Successful candidates receive a $500 stipend, collectable upon attendance.
Psychiatry Residents and Fellows are encouraged to apply for the 2015 CPA Junior Investigator Research Colloquium to be held on Friday, October 2, 2015. Sponsored by the Canadian Psychiatric Association and organized by the CPA Research Committee, this small, all day workshop brings together 18 junior investigators (psychiatry residents and fellows who are on the path towards a successful clinician-scientist career) together with Canadian psychiatrist mentors who have led nationally funded research programs and mentored junior faculty members.
2015 mentors include:
Colloquium Co-Chairs, Dr. Jitender Sareen, University of Manitoba and Dr. Phil Tibbo, Dalhousie University with:
The Colloquium will be held during the CPA Annual Conference in Vancouver. Junior investigators will obtain feedback on past, current and future research, receive information about various aspects of the research process and have the opportunity to create research networks. Residents and fellows with an interest and potential in developing research careers in psychiatry are encouraged to apply.
Read what Colloquium 2014 residents and mentors had to say about their experience.
For more information, contact Hélène Côté at 1-613-234-2815 (232) or at hcote@cpa-apc.org
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Thinking Beyond Symptoms: Managing Cognitive Dysfunction in Depression”
1200 to 1300 HOURS
Sherbrooke Centre – Lecture Room # 1
Videoconference:
| PAH – Meeting Room # 3 | BUH UBC Room # 633 | RMH Main Floor Conference Room |
| SMH Bldg F Room # 401 | ERH Parklane Room (Manor Side) | Langley Memorial Cottage |
| Cottonwood Lodge | CGH – Cedar Ridge Room | Burnaby DDMHS – Conference Room A |
Presented by:
Dr. Raymond Lam, MD, FRCPC
Professor and Associate Head for Research
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia
Director, Mood Disorders Centre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
Executive Chair, Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT)
Learning Objectives
~ Lunch generously sponsored by Janssen ~
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| Introduction This month we celebrate Safe and Sustainable Transportation Month, answer some of UBC’s key transportation questions with C+CP’s Krista Falkner, and more! Got a story idea you’d like us to cover? Ping us on email or Twitter. Campus and Community Planning Throughout May, we’re celebrating safe, active and sustainable transportation with activities and events aimed at promoting walking and cycling on campus! There’s an event for everyone including Jane’s Walk, Walk n Roll to School and Bike to Work Week. The UBC English Language Institute logged the most kilometers last year – who will take the crown in 2015? And if your bike needs a little TLC, there’s free community bike clinics to make sure you’re safe on the road this May. You can read it here.
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In the Spotlight UBC Community Conversations Received your Transit Referendum voting package? David Suzuki speaks at UBC UBC Farm markets back in June Connect with C+CP For more information on Campus and Community Planning: Visit planning.ubc.ca You’re receiving this newsletter because you signed up to receive updates from Campus and Community Planning. |
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Here are just some of the news and events of interest this month. For a complete list, visit MedNet: mednet.med.ubc.ca.
– Recent Appointment Announcements
– Leadership Opportunities & Searches:
– Director, Human Early Learning Partnership
– Director, Clinical Educator Fellowship Program
– Interim Associate Lead for OSCE Assessment – MD Undergraduate Education
– Vancouver Fraser Medical Program Year 3 Site Director – MD Undergraduate Education
– Interim Co-Director for the Foundations of Medical Practice IV and Transition into Clinical Education – MEDD 422 Course
– Assistant Dean, Faculty Development
– The Cancer Prevention Centre gets a new name
– Read April’s Staff Spotlights
– Invitation to teach One Day @ UBC courses
– MDUP Accreditation Update – April 2015
– Staff Professional Development Funding – Updates for New 2015-16 Funding Year
– Save the Date: Full Faculty Meeting is May 11
…Read more
DATES & DEADLINES
Spring Start Up Funds | Deadline: June 30
…Read more
UPCOMING EVENTS
May 5: Global Health at UBC Town Hall
May 8-9: 12th Annual Pediatric Emergency Medicine Update & Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS)
May 9: 2nd BC eHealth and Innovative Technology Showcase (eHITS)
May 11: Full Faculty Meeting
May 12: Your Heart, Your Health
May 20: VCHRI & BCCRIN Clinical Research Symposium
May 20: Building Bridges to Support Individuals with FASD
May 25: 11th D. Harold Copp Lecture
May 26: The Secret, Social Lives of Bacteria
SAVE THE DATE
June 3: MedNet (Sharepoint) Training
June 7: Personazlied Medicine Summit
June 8: World Doctors Orchestra
June 8-13: 23rd World Congress of Dermatology
June 22-26: 2015 International Conference on Health Promoting Universities and Colleges
June 24: WordPress Training
NEWS & HONOURS
-A big step closer to changing blood types
-Med student creates art classes for people living with brain injuries
-UBC’s Southern Medical Program prepares to graduate first students
-Kimberly Schonert-Reichl receives the 2015 Joseph E. Zins Distinguished Scholar Award
-“Chemo brain” is real, UBC researchers say
-UBC researchers discover brain swelling mechanism
-Dianne Miller recipient of the 2015 Virginia Greene Leadership Award
-Four faculty members receive the 2014-15 Killam Teaching Prize
-Psychiatry fellow helps best-selling author with Huntington’s book
-Erica Frank wins two prestigious awards
-Two faculty members receive BC’s prestigious Robinson and Elliot awards
-Dawn DeWitt named Governor of British Columbia Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP)
-St. Paul’s Hospital to re-locate within Vancouver
-Brian MacVicar and Jon Stoessl appointed as Co-Directors, DMCBH
-Taking aim at antimicrobial resistance
-Faculty of Medicine gets new Canada Research Chairs
-Researchers target protein to stop spread of aggressive tumours
-How mindfulness can benefit the modern teenager
-New student awards aimed at B.C.’s aspiring rural physicians
-Midwifery students gear up for placements in Nepal and Uganda
-New medical school space opens at Vernon Jubilee Hospital
-Can children with autism learn two languages?
…Read more
To UBC videoconferencing room users at Children’s and Women’s Hospital,
We are writing to announce two changes regarding videoconferencing (VC) at Children’s and Women’s Hospital (C&W):
UBC VC rooms – Audio-Visual (AV) Support
The UBC Faculty of Medicine operates under a standardized support model for its VC rooms around the province – onsite MedIT/Telehealth AV technician support and/or remote support provided by the MedIT Service Desk. Effective May 1, 2015, we will introduce this standardized support model at C&W. As such:
If you require assistance in any of the aforementioned rooms, the MedIT Service Desk can be contacted Monday to Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at medit.servicedesk@ubc.ca or 1.877.266.0666.
Chan Centre (Auditorium) – VC Booking
The processing of VC booking requests for the Chan Centre is being transitioned to the UBC FoM Room Booking team, which already provides this service for UBC FoM VC rooms on site. This will enable UBC and CFRI to provide a more centralized and seamless service for VC bookings. Clients interested in booking the Chan Centre for VC events are now asked to submit their request by filling out the UBC FoM Room Request Form.
Please note this change does not apply CFRI room 3113 – please continue to contact the CFRI Room Booker for VC bookings in room 3113.
If you need assistance with your VC booking or have any questions about this change, please contact the FoM Room Booking team at roombooking.fom@ubc.ca or 604-875-4111 ext. 62381.
Thank you,
In this week’s issue:
Announcement:
Funding Opportunities:
Events:
Other:
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Launch of the new UBC Research & International website
The following message is sent on behalf of President Arvind Gupta and Dr. John Hepburn, Vice President Research & International:
We are pleased to announce the launch of the new UBC Research + International website: research.ubc.ca
The site shines a spotlight on UBC’s accomplishments as a global research player, and focuses strongly on research excellence, innovation and impact, and international engagement.
Highlights include:
We encourage you to visit the site to explore the depth, reach and impact of UBC-led research—and to share the link widely with your respective networks. Thank you.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Mitacs and Own the Podium – Partners for Innovation in High-Performance Sport Research
LOI Deadline: May 15, 2015
Full Application Deadline: June 19, 2015
Mitacs is a national, not-for-profit organization that has designed and delivered research and training programs in Canada for 15 years. Working with 60 universities, thousands of companies, and both federal and provincial governments, we build partnerships that support industrial and social innovation in Canada. One of these partnerships is with Own the Podium (OTP).
OTP and Mitacs developed a partnership through Mitacs’ Accelerate and Elevate programs, which support the brightest PhD and postdoctoral candidates conducting research in high-performance sport. These interns share their time between academic, industrial, and sports facilities tying together the major elements of the Canadian sport-research ecosystem.
All projects must have clear potential for economic impact to Canada and therefore must likely include a Canadian for-profit partner, where the intern will spend at least 25 percent of his/her time.
The current call for projects follows an initial pilot between OTP and Mitacs in 2014-15 that saw the funding of four projects, with a combined value of $200,000+ and each spanned two to three years. Up to 10 projects will be selected for funding in the current round.
For further details, please see the attached call for proposals.
UBC Faculty of Medicine – Spring Start Up Funds
Deadline: June 30, 2015
The Faculty of Medicine has funds available for up to $5000 in start up funding. Applicants must be in the first two years of a full-time faculty appointment as Assistant Professor and higher, or a Clinical faculty appointment as Clinical Assistant Professor and higher in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. Previous awardees of UBC Faculty of Medicine Spring Start Up Funds, and applicants who have received $200,000 or more in Start Up Funds are ineligible.
The funds can be used for the following: Research equipment, research supplies and/or research services (e.g. cost recovery payments to core equipment) and research support salaries (e.g. technical personnel).
For further information, please visit our website at https://mednet.med.ubc.ca/Research/DeadlinesAndFunding/FundingOpportunities/Pages/Spring-Start-Up-Funds.aspx.
EVENTS:
Date & Time: May 4, 2015; 4-5pm
Location: Biomedical Research Centre, 2222 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
Seminar by:
Dr. Judah Denburg
Director, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine
William J. Walsh Professor of Medicine
Scientific Director, AllerGen-NCE Inc.
McMaster University
Hosted by Dr. Kelly McNagny Kelly@brc.ubc.ca
UBC SPARC Office – NSERC Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) Grants Workshop
Date & Time: May 4, 2015; 1-3pm
Location: Room 101, Michael Smith Laboratories, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver
The SPARC Office is pleased to announce it is once again organizing an NSERC Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) Grants Workshop for UBC researchers interested in applying to this valuable research partnership funding program.
Jeffery Nerenberg, Senior Manager, Research Partnerships, from the NSERC-Ottawa office will be coming to UBC on Monday, May 4th, 2015 to give a presentation, meet with researchers and address any questions you may have related to the NSERC CRD program. In addition to Mr. Nerenberg, some successful UBC CRD applicants will also outline and discuss their experiences with the CRD program.
This information session is scheduled for:
1:00 – 3:00pm on Monday, May 4th, and additional information is available on the Event Registration webpage on the SPARC website.
Please NOTE: Registration for this Workshop is REQUIRED. Lunch will be provided.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to forward them to David Woods (david.woods@ubc.ca) in the SPARC Office.
UBC Faculty of Medicine – Global Health at UBC: A Call for Network Development
Date & Time: May 5, 2015; 4-5pm
Location: Room 1001, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
The Faculty of Medicine Research Council would like to invite you and your colleagues to a town hall meeting on Global Health at UBC: A Call for Network Development.
Guest Speakers: Drs. Richard Lester and Gina Ogilvie
Objective: To advance an online UBC network for Global Health
Video linked to:
Vancouver General Hospital (DHCC 2256)
Victoria General Hospital (VGH 1912)
University of Northern BC (NSHC 9-370)
Kelowna General Hospital (KGH CAC 237)
Royal Columbia Hospital (RCH 017)
Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH M 3.525)
Children’s and Women’s Hospital (CSB V2-222)
Please contact feldman.assistant@ubc.ca to set up additional video sites.
Centre for Blood Research Seminar Series – C3 glomerulopathy: a confluence of hematology, immunology and nephrology
Date & Time: May 6, 2015; 12-1pm
Location: LSC 3, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
Seminar by:
Dr. Sean Barbour
Assistant Professor, UBC Division of Nephrology
Dysfunction in the alternate pathway of complement is well known to result in atypical HUS. However, comparatively much less attention has been focused on a newly described type of kidney disease called C3 glomerulopathy, which is also due to abnormalities in the alternate pathway of complement. This talk will review the history behind the evolution of C3 glomerulopathy being considered a distinct disease entity from other types of glomerulonephritis, and the clinical presentation, prognosis, complement abnormalities, and treatment of C3 glomerulopathy. Advancing our understanding of C3 glomerulopathy and improving outcome for patients with this severe type of renal disease will require improved collaboraon between clinicians unfamiliar with complement, and scientists unfamiliar with this disease.
Centre for Blood Research – 2015 CBR Research Day
Date & Time: August 19, 2015; 12-7pm
Location: West Atrium, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
Registration is now open for CBR Research Day on August 19, 2015. Please register online at http://cbr.ubc.ca/events/research-day/. Everyone is welcome. So please feel free to forward the attached program and RSVP link to anyone you feel may benefit from attending.
POSTERS! Please indicate on the form if you will be presenting a poster. For pending poster titles mark the field as “TBA.”
For further information, please contact hana.kim@ubc.ca.
OTHER:
ONE DAY @ UBC CENTENNIAL COURSES
As part of the official UBC Centennial celebration, UBC Continuing Studies is offering 10 free One Day @ UBC Centennial courses on Saturdays from September 2015 through May 2016. These One Day @ UBC Centennial Courses are open to anyone over the age of 15 and we expect each course to enroll between 50 and 120 students. Each course is divided into a morning (9:30am to 12:00 noon) and an afternoon session (1pm to 3:30pm).
UBC Continuing Studies is looking for professors and postdoctoral fellows who are willing to share their research/scholarship with the local community by delivering a 2.5 hour lecture/discussion on a Saturday morning or afternoon as part of a One Day @ UBC Centennial course. There is a modest honorarium of $250.
Our goal is to select 20 professors and postdoctoral fellows that collectively provide the local community with a broad representation of the world-class research and scholarship at UBC.
ONE DAY @ UBC (REGULAR EDITION)
In addition to the 10 free Centennial courses, we will also be offering our regular One Day @ UBC courses from September 2015 through May 2016.
Regular One Day @ UBC courses are taught by UBC professors, sessionals and affiliated instructors on Saturdays from 9:30am to 4pm. Each course is usually taught by a single instructor. There is no grading and classes are usually limited to a maximum of 30 students. The small class size provides for a more seminar style learning and teaching experience.
The honorarium for teaching a regular One Day @ UBC course is $600.
If you are interested in delivering a 2.5 hour lecture/discussion as part of a One Day @ UBC Centennial course and/or in teaching a regular One Day @ UBC course, please send an email to don.black@ubc.ca. Please include a course title and short description of your topic.
The deadline for submission for the One Day @ UBC Centennial courses is May 25, 2015.
The deadline for submission for the regular One Day @ UBC course to be offering in the Fall 2015 term (September through December, 2015) is July 6, 2015.
If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Don Black at don.black@ubc.ca or 604-822-1460.
Welcome to our annual PSR/RPS Canada and PSR B.C.’s National Conference
SPECIAL REGISTRATION RATES FOR STUDENTS – EARLY BIRD STILL IN EFFECT! REGISTER NOW!
Click here to register!
Limited Bursaries for People with Lived Experience – click here for more information
We will be hosting a Welcome Reception at the Coast Plaza Hotel on Tuesday, June 16th, 2015
Join us for music and a social gathering from 5:30pm – 7:00pm in the Ballroom Foyer.
We will be hosting a movie/popcorn evening with movies related to the mental health sector on Tuesday, June 16th from 7:00pm – 9:00pm. More info to come…
The Pre Conference Institutes Program will be on Monday, June 15th from 9:00am – 3:30pm
and the 2 Day Conference Program on Tuesday, June 16th and Wednesday, June 17th, 2015
at the Coast Plaza Hotel & Suites, 1763 Comox Street, Vancouver, B.C.
Our Fantastic Keynotes this year include Wendy Edey (Hope Institution), Susan McGurk (Boston University), Brent Seal (www.sealwellness.com) and Kim Mueser (Boston University).
These are keynote presentations you don’t want to miss!
To REGISTER and for CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE and PACKAGE INFO: Click Here
We hope you will find some time to explore Vancouver. Coast Plaza Hotel is centrally located. Adjacent to Denman Street is home to a multitude of storefronts and restaurants, boasting culinary delights from all over the globe. From falafels at Babylon Café to hand-made ramen at Kintaro to the solid Western cuisine offerings at Cactus Club Cafe, Denman Street is a foodie delight
Located within minutes of the hotel’s front door, Stanley Park is an ecological oasis in the heart of the city—perfect for a jog, stroll or picnic. While you’re there, check out the Vancouver Aquarium, a dynamic place to learn about and experience aquatic life first-hand.
Located almost at the hotel’s front door, English Bay connects to the Stanley Park Seawall, a popular running and biking route. English Bay features the Cactus Club Café, as well as kayak rentals, volleyball courts, beaches and events such as the Polar Bear Swim.
Located across the water, hotel guests can take a trip across False Creek in one of Vancouver’s little blue aqua ferries. Granville Island is a sprawling haven of activity featuring fine restaurants, theatres, galleries and artists’ studios and all things fresh: seafood, fruit, vegetables, plants, flowers, candies and fudge, breads and baked treats.
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UBC People· New UBC Research + International website · New respiration measurement app wins Canadian award · EERI seismic design team stands up to the competition in Boston · UBC/UNBC environmental engineering team wins student design competition · The Cancer Prevention Centre gets a new name · UBC Opera and UBC Symphony Orchestra present world premiere of Stephen Chatman’s Choir Practice |
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UBC PeopleNew UBC Research + International websiteUBC has launched a new Research + International website. The site shines a spotlight on UBC’s accomplishments as a global research player, and focuses strongly on research excellence, innovation and impact, and international engagement. Highlights include:
Visit the site at research.ubc.ca to top New respiration measurement app wins Canadian awardResearchers from UBC’s Electrical and Computer Engineering in Medicine Lab have developed a mobile application that can help front-line healthcare workers measure respiration rate more quickly. The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association has selected the app as a recipient of a 2015 Connected to the Community Award. More information here. to top EERI seismic design team stands up to the competition in BostonThe UBC Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) seismic design team returned from the 2015 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition in Boston with several awards: second place in poster presentation, third place in architecture, fifth place in oral presentation and seventh place in design proposal. The team of 30 students worked 750 hours to design and construct a 1/78th scale model of a 30 storey high-rise building from balsa wood. to top UBC/UNBC environmental engineering team wins student design competitionTeam Undine Energy Solutions, composed of undergraduate students from the joint UBC-UNBC Environmental Engineering program, finished first in the B.C. Water and Waste Association 2015 Student Design Competition. Teams were challenged to sketch out an anaerobic digestion system plan to digest sludge to produce biogas at the City of Kelowna’s wastewater treatment plant. The team of UBC/UNBC students included Stephanie Doherty, Maureen Long, Allison Matfin, Clayton McBride and Brenden Vissers. More information here. to top The Cancer Prevention Centre gets a new nameThe Cancer Prevention Centre will now be known as the Centre of Excellence in Cancer Prevention. Led by School of Population and Public Health professor Carolyn Gotay, the Centre is a novel partnership between the Canadian Cancer Society and UBC. The “Centre of Excellence” designation reflects the quality of research undertaken at the centre and its continued commitment to generating evidence-based knowledge. A tea will be held to celebrate the name change. Date: May 6 to top UBC Opera and UBC Symphony Orchestra present world premiere of Stephen Chatman’s Choir PracticeThe UBC Opera Ensemble will be joined by Jonathan Girard, director of the UBC Symphony Orchestra, along with members of the UBC Symphony Orchestra, for the world premiere of Stephen Chatman’s one‑act opera Choir Practice. Date: May 8-9 to top MOA unveils exhibition of Portuguese popular artThe Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC is presenting part of the largest collection of Portuguese folk art in North America in a new exhibition. Heaven, Hell & Somewhere In Between: Portuguese Popular Art runs May 12 – October 12. The North American premiere of this exhibition will include 300 Portuguese folk artworks – a mix of urban graffiti and mural paintings combined with popular rural puppets, figurines, carnival masks, ceramics, and more. More information at http://moa.ubc.ca/. to top |
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Most department members purchase annual SPSS Statistics licenses, through UBC IT. In past years, UBC IT has contracted with IBM (owners of SPSS), for SPSS Statistics desktop licenses that expired on March 31 (+ 30 day grace period) and UBC IT Okanagan, has contracted with IBM for SPSS Statistics network licenses and ran the network license server. The SPSS Statistics network licence contract had an annual expiry of May 31 (+ 30 day grace).
In an effort to combine the two purchase contracts into one larger one and reduce campus community confusion about expiry dates, a decision was made last year to provide SPSS Statistics desktop for 14 months, at the price of 12 months. Expiry dates of both desktop and network versions are now May 31 (+ 30 day grace).
Some computers are confusingly displaying May 1 as the expiry date. We have been assured that they will continue to work until July 30 (end of the grace period) and in any event renewed license activation codes are expected to be distributed to you before the end of May.
Colin Bryant
Computer and Communications Systems Manager | Medicine | Psychiatry
The University of British Columbia | Pt. Grey Campus
Phone 604 822 7374
E-mail colin.bryant@ubc.ca
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April 27, 2015
This conference is hosted by Perinatal Services BC, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority. It is an opportunity for health care professionals interested in the care of pregnant and postpartum women and their newborns to be updated on new research and clinical best practices across the continuum of perinatal and newborn care.
This conference will engage health care professionals from a wide range of disciplines in knowledge transfer and interprofessional collaboration in order to provide the best care possible and ensure healthy mothers and babies. The format will include plenaries, breakout sessions, poster sessions, and networking opportunities.
Learning Objectives
1. Review clinical best practices and new research acquired from researchers, experts, and fellow participants, which will inform the care of pregnant and postpartum women and newborns;
2. Reflect on five new developments across the continuum of care from conception to postpartum that will impact clinical practice;
3. Discuss current surveillance and system improvements in perinatal services that are relevant to improving maternal/fetal and newborn outcomes; and
4. Integrate knowledge learned by engaging in dialogue with other health care professionals from a range of disciplines.
This conference will be of interest to all those who are interested in care for pregnant women and their newborns. The interdisciplinary audience includes but is not limited to:
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Abstract submissions are now being accepted for breakout sessions and interactive poster presentations. Please refer to our abstract submission guidelines for more information.
The abstract must be submitted by online electronic submission. Deadline for abstract submission is July 17, 2015.
Marriott Vancouver Pinnacle Downtown
1128 W Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E 4R5
We are pleased to offer a group rate of $153 for single or double occupancy, plus applicable taxes. To reserve a room, please book online or call +1-604-684-1128. Let the hotel know that you are booking under the Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies 2016 Conference room block to receive the reduced rate.
Stephanie Lai, Marketing Coordinator
UBC Interprofessional Continuing Education
Phone: +1.604.822.2801, Toll-Free (within Canada/US): +1.855.827.3112
Email: marketing.ipce@ubc.ca
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In this week’s issue:
Announcement:
Funding Opportunities:
Awards and Honours:
Events:
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Innovative Ebola Research Grants
Registration Deadline: May 25, 2015
Full Application Deadline: June 8, 2015
The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to support innovative research projects relating to Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) with achievable outcomes, and with strong potential to have an impact on the management of EVD in the current outbreak, or to prevent or improve the response to potential future EVD outbreaks, by the end of the funding period.
CIHR will provide funding for applications that are determined to be relevant to the following research areas:
The total amount available for this funding opportunity is $2,400,000. This amount may increase if additional funding partners participate. The maximum amount per grant is $250,000 for up to one (1) year.
Webinars: There will be 2 information webinars to learn more about this funding opportunity. For questions about the registration process, please contact Melanie Brule at melanie.brule@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.
Full details on this funding opportunity, including application deadlines and instructions, can be found at https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=2248.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation – Clinical Research Awards
LOI Deadline: June 1, 2015; 2pm PST
Full Application Deadline: September 9, 2015
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc. (CFFT), the nonprofit drug discovery and development affiliate of the CF Foundation, offers competitive awards to support clinical research projects directly related to CF treatment and care.
Projects may address diagnostic or therapeutic methods related to CF or the pathophysiology of CF, and applicants must demonstrate access to a sufficient number of CF patients from CF Foundation-accredited care centers and to appropriate controls.
Up to $100,000 per year (plus 8% indirects) for a maximum of three years may be requested for single-center clinical research grants. For multi-center clinical research, the potential award is up to $225,000 per year (plus 8% indirects) for a maximum of three years.
For trials exceeding these limitations, please contact Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics before submission.
For further information, please visit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation website.
Department of Defense – Lung Cancer Research Program
Pre-Application Deadline: June 2, 2015
Full Application Deadline: September 16, 2015
The Department of Defense has recently announced 3 funding opportunities within its Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP).
LCRP Opportunities:
Full details for LCRP Opportunities available at http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/lcrp.shtml.
Weston Brain Institute – Rapid Response 2015
LOI Deadline: June 16, 2015; 2pm EDT
The Weston Brain Institute is delighted to launch its Rapid Response 2015 program to provide seed funding for totally novel, high-risk, high-reward translational research ideas to catalyze the development of safe and effective treatments for neurodegenerative diseases of aging. Each project may receive up to $150,000 over 12-18 months
Applicants must be researchers or postdoctoral fellows, and developing a therapeutic and/or a tool to help accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.
Submission of the Letter of Intent is done through the Institute’s online grant management system at https://weston.smartsimple.ca/welcome/neuroscience.
The Weston Brain Institute will be holding a Program Information Session for this funding opportunity on May 20th at 1:00 PM. This session is intended to provide you with comprehensive information on the application process and to provide an opportunity for open questions.
To sign-up for the WebEx and receive the dial in details as well as submit any questions you may have in advance, please follow the link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YX22TJS
The Institute welcomes inquiries about our funding programs at neuro@weston.ca or 416-935-4056.
Additional information about the Program can be found at http://westonbraininstitute.ca/funding-opportunities/2015-rapid-response/.
Application Deadline: October 1, 2015
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to create a Registry of DOHaD cohort studies that will provide a database of metadata and definition of variables from all relevant Canadian cohorts, thereby linking them in a way that facilitates larger and better powered studies.
The specific objectives of the registry are to:
The total amount available for this funding opportunity is $1,300,000 over 5 years or a maximum of $260,000 per annum – enough to fund one grant. This amount may increase if additional funding partners confirm their participation in this initiative.
Full details on this funding opportunity, including application deadlines and instructions, can be found at https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/viewOpportunityDetails.do?prog=2252.
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
Prostate Cancer Foundation – Stupski Prize in Prostate Cancer Computational Oncology
The Prostate Cancer Foundation is pleased to announce the Stupski Prize in Prostate Cancer Computational Oncology, a first-in-field initiative designed to attract novel ideas to the field of cancer bioinformatics. These solutions will help clinicians and researchers optimize treatment for individual prostate cancer patients and will likely lead to breakthroughs in other cancers as common molecular drivers are uncovered.
A total of five $25,000 prizes will be awarded over the next two years. Additional details on this initiative may be found in the official press release at http://www.pcf.org/stupski-prize.
The inaugural Stupski Prize was awarded to Nikolaus Schultz, PhD, for his work developing the cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics. Future prizes will be awarded as a result of global, crowdsourced competitions. All interested parties are encouraged to sign up on the PCF website to be notified of upcoming Stupski Prize competitions: http://www.pcf.org/stupski/email.
EVENTS:
Centre for Blood Research Seminar Series – Receptor-mediated endocytosis in megakaryocyte development
Date & Time: April 29, 2015; 12-1pm
Location: LSC 3, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
Seminar by:
Dr. Hervé Falet
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Associate Biologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Blood platelets are produced by bone marrow megakaryocytes in a process that requires extensive membrane rearrangements. These include the formation of the demarcation membrane system, the surface‐connected membrane extension that invaginates into the cell body and elaborates to provide membranes for future platelets. Our current research is focused on the cellular mechanisms and membrane binding and deforming proteins involved in the formation of this unique internal membrane system. In this talk, we will highlight our recent efforts to characterize the role of the large GTPase dynamin 2 and the F‐BAR protein PACSIN2 in receptor‐mediated endocytosis required for megakaryocyte development and platelet production.
Please contact Dr. Hugh Kim (hughkim@dentistry.ubc.ca) to network with the guest speaker.
Date & Time: May 4, 2015; 4-5pm
Location: Biomedical Research Centre, 2222 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
Seminar by:
Dr. Judah Denburg
Director, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine
William J. Walsh Professor of Medicine
Scientific Director, AllerGen-NCE Inc.
McMaster University
Hosted by Dr. Kelly McNagny Kelly@brc.ubc.ca
UBC SPARC Office – NSERC Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) Grants Workshop
Date & Time: May 4, 2015; 1-3pm
Location: Room 101, Michael Smith Laboratories, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver
The SPARC Office is pleased to announce it is once again organizing an NSERC Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) Grants Workshop for UBC researchers interested in applying to this valuable research partnership funding program.
Jeffery Nerenberg, Senior Manager, Research Partnerships, from the NSERC-Ottawa office will be coming to UBC on Monday, May 4th, 2015 to give a presentation, meet with researchers and address any questions you may have related to the NSERC CRD program. In addition to Mr. Nerenberg, some successful UBC CRD applicants will also outline and discuss their experiences with the CRD program.
This information session is scheduled for:
1:00 – 3:00pm on Monday, May 4th, and additional information is available on the Event Registration webpage on the SPARC website.
Please NOTE: Registration for this Workshop is REQUIRED. Lunch will be provided.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to forward them to David Woods (david.woods@ubc.ca) in the SPARC Office.
UBC SPARC Office – CIHR 2015 Foundation Scheme Information Session
Date & Time: May 14, 2015; 1-4pm
Location: UBC Point Grey campus (location TBA), with videoconference connections to hospital sites and UBC Okanagan
The SPARC Office has arranged a CIHR 2015 Foundation Scheme Information Session, hosted by Dr. Lara Boyd. The target audience is brand-new 2015 applicants and grant facilitators/research support staff who are not yet familiar with the Foundation Scheme.
For full details and to register for the May 14th session, please visit the Information Session announcement at http://sparc.ubc.ca/programs/cihr-2015-foundation-scheme-information-session-may-14th-1-4pm-0.
If you have any questions, please call or email Christy McTait at 604-827-5615 or christy.mctait@ubc.ca.
You are invited to attend the
BC Neuropsychiatry Program (BCNP) Grand Rounds!
Date:
Wednesday, April 29th, 2015
Time:
11:00AM-NOON (PDT)
Location:
UBCH, Detwiller Pavilion, Room 1C13
***ATTN: UBC Attendees***
Kindly be seated ON TIME as we are starting PROMPTLY at 11AM
Topic:
Controversies in Post-Stroke Depression
Presenter:
Magda Ilcewicz-Klimek, MD, FRCPC
BC Neuropsychiatry Program
UBC Hospital
Clinical Instructor – Department of Psychiatry
University of British Columbia
All sites that did NOT pre-register and want to participate in this grand round must forward the following 3 items to Belinda.Chen@vch.ca by 1200 Monday April 27th.*
*Please be advised that we are unable to process any late requests.
**NOTE: Rooms must be reserved by the individual sites themselves**
Please note that 10:30 will be the scheduled time to turn on your equipment
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A team of UBC researchers has made a significant discovery uncovering the cause of brain swelling after trauma to the head. Their research, published today in Cell, paves the way for a preventative drug treatment for severe brain damage following stroke, infection, head injury or cardiac arrest.
By turning off a single gene, scientists from the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH), a partnership of UBC and Vancouver Coastal Health, were able to successfully stop swelling in rodent brains.
Brain swelling is a gradual process that becomes life-threatening within days of the injury, and is caused by sodium chloride drawing water into the nerve cells. This swelling—known as cytotoxic edema—eventually kills brain cells.
“We’ve known for years that sodium chloride accumulation in neurons is responsible for brain swelling, but now we know how it’s getting into cells, and we have a target to stop it,” explains brain researcher Brian MacVicar, co-director of DMCBH with the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and the study’s principal investigator.
The team, including Terrance Snutch, director of translational neuroscience at the DMCBH, developed several novel technological approaches to identify the cascade of events that took place within individual brain cells as they swelled.
They then switched off the expression of different genes and were able to pinpoint a single protein—SLC26A11—that acts as a channel for chloride to enter nerve cells. By turning off the chloride channel, the accumulation of fluid into the cells was halted, and nerve cells no longer died.
“It was quite a surprising result, because we had few indications as to what this protein did in the brain,” says Ravi Rungta, then a graduate student in the MacVicar lab and the paper’s lead author.
Though the technique used by the researchers to block swelling and cell death is unlikely to work quickly enough to mitigate swelling in the case of real head trauma, the discovery has provided a target for drug development.
“This discovery is significant because it gives us a specific target – now that we know what we’re shooting at, we just need the ammunition,” says MacVicar. “That’s what we’re doing now: looking for drugs to inhibit the chloride channel.”
BACKGROUND
This research was co-sponsored by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Brain Canada, Genome British Columbia, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and the Koerner Foundation.
About brain swelling:
Severe brain swelling is life threatening because the skull, which normally protects the brain, also limits its ability to expand. With increasing pressure and nowhere to go, the brain centres that control breathing can be crushed.
At present, treatment options are limited. When all other treatment options fail, an operation called a decompressive craniectomy is sometimes performed, in which a portion of the skull is removed and the brain is allowed to swell out of the skull. Although extreme, it can save the patient’s life, but the procedure is not always effective nor without complications. There is an urgent need for new treatments.
Some well-known figures whose lives were claimed by brain injuries include actress Natasha Richardson (wife of actor Liam Neeson), who died in 2009 after a skiing accident and Dr. Richard Atkins, creator of the Atkins diet, who died in 2003 after slipping on ice.
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The Western Branch Scientific Program is pleased to announce that there will be an additional scientific meeting for 2015 to be held on June 20, 2015.
Judith Felman, a psychoanalyst and specialist in Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy will be visiting Vancouver between June 7 and July 20. She has offered to present the model as a courtesy to our branch.
Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (D.I.T.) is a brief, 16 sessions therapy model developed in recent years by a team of renowned psychoanalysts at the Anna Freud Centre and the Tavistock Clinic: Peter Fonagy, Alessandra Lemma & Mary Target (2011). The approach is aimed at treating people presenting with mild to moderate depression and anxiety. The model is psychodynamic in nature. It aims to elucidate the patient’s object relationships, as they come to be expressed through the interpersonal narratives brought to the session, including the transference relationship. Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy encourages exploration of current and past relationships within a structured setting. This model also borrows elements from other, more cognitive therapeutic approaches, in particular in the supportive structure it provides and in the use of mentalisation as a technique to enable and develop the patient’s curiosity in exploring his mind.
This model offers alternatives for people within the medical organizations who are faced with the need to offer short term therapies. We hope you will find this useful in your many occupations within the medical system and also in your private practices.
Please see the attached flyer for additional information.
Warm regards
Judith Setton-Markus
Chair
WB Scientific Program Committee
Attached is the April update for the Future of IT in the Faculty of Medicine initiative. Highlights for the month include:
See theattached update for more details.
Let us know if you have any questions or comments about this initiative.
Regards,
Future of IT in the Faculty of Medicine Project Team
Dear Department Members,
The UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the UBC Department of Medicine are submitting a proposal for lunch time yoga classes and have reached out to the UBC Department of Psychiatry to see if any Department of Psychiatry members are interested in participating.
If you are interested in participating in lunch time yoga, please forward your name and email to me at psychiatry.hrmanager@ubc.ca. I’ll then pass your name and contact information to the coordinator who will keep you updated on the status of the lunch time yoga classes, if they will be happening and if so, the location, schedule, and cost.
Thank you,
Mary
Mary Liu CHRP
Human Resources Manager
Faculty of Medicine | Department of Psychiatry
The University of British Columbia
2255 Wesbrook Mall | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 2A1
Phone 604 822 7315 | Fax 604 822 7756
To: All members of the Faculty of Medicine
This is your notice that the Faculty of Medicine Full Faculty Meeting will be held on Monday, May 11, 2015 between 5:00 – 6:30 pm at the following locations:
Agenda – May 11, 2015 Full Faculty Meeting
Webcast Event details:
Watch: Click on this link to attend the on demand webcast beginning at 5 pm. Where possible, please join the meeting 5 minutes before beginning. For users with older web browsers, click this supplemental link.
Note: Viewers are asked to use Firefox or Internet Explorer – Chrome may not work for the webcast due to a recent change in their browser.
The interactive webcast format enables Faculty of Medicine members to attend and participate from their computer anywhere in the Province. Voting members can also vote during the live webcast. For details and instructions on the interactive webcast features, visit MedNet.
Regrets: Karminie de Silva at Tel: 604 822 2421 | Email: fomdo.reception@ubc.ca
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Michael Halpin is a PhD student in sociology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison (MA from UBC). He is currently conducting his dissertation project, which focuses on schizophrenia/psychosis and Huntington Disease. Michael has requested to come to Vancouver in May 2015 and conduct interviews at UBC. Michael is broadly interested in talking to those who are engaged in schizophrenia research and/or treatment, including professors, clinical researchers, staff, graduate students and post-docs. Interviews typically last 45 minutes to an hour, although the duration can be adjusted to accommodate your schedule. Interview questions address everyday activities and perspectives on recent developments in the field (e.g., NIMH’s RDoC Initiative). Participants typically find the questions very easy to answer. While visiting, Michael will also be interviewing individuals at EPI. Michael has previously conducted interviews with at a psychosis centre in the United States, as well as individuals with schizophrenia/psychosis and their family members. All study findings will be made available to participants after the study is completed.
Please contact Michael by email (mahalpin@wisc.edu) or telephone (608-658-3311) If you are interested in participating, or have any questions comments or concerns.
Michael Halpin, PhD. Candidate
Department of Sociology
University of Wisconsin – Madison
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The University of British Columbia’s Board of Governors has approved the appointment of Andrew Simpson as the new vice president, finance. He will begin the role June 22. Simpson has 25 years of experience as a senior executive leading the finance and operations portfolios at major post-secondary institutions in New Zealand and Canada. He joins UBC from Victoria University of Wellington where he has worked since 2009 as chief operating officer, implementing significant change in financial management practices and leading business planning for large-scale infrastructure projects, among other notable achievements. “Andrew Simpson’s focused strategic experience and long history of success managing financial and operational decisions in the higher education sector is extremely rare,” said Arvind Gupta, president and vice-chancellor of the University of British Columbia. “His depth of knowledge and proven ability to innovate and stimulate growth will make him a strong member of our senior management team.” At UBC, Simpson will oversee the areas of finance, treasury and risk management services across both UBC Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. The university has an operating budget of $2 billion, research income approaching $600 million, 161 spin-off companies and a $12.7 billion economic impact. Simpson will also lead the university’s relationship with UBC Investment Management Trust, which manages UBC’s endowment, staff pension plan, working capital and other investment portfolios, and UBC Properties Trust, which acquires, develops and manages real estate assets for the benefit of the university. “It is a great pleasure for me to return to Canada and play a role contributing to the growth and strength of UBC and its global reputation,” Simpson said. “I look forward to working with the entire UBC community to continue to build the institution and find new ways to support and enhance student learning and research productivity.” Previous to his leadership position at Victoria University of Wellington, Simpson was vice-principal, operations and finance, at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, from 2003 to 2008. In this role, he led the largest capital development in the university’s history and an expansive portfolio of responsibilities, including the management of the university’s investment services and pension plan. Prior to Queen’s, he was chief operating officer (1997-2003) at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand; financial controller and director planning and information (1995-1997) at the Central Institute of Technology, Wellington, New Zealand; and financial accountant/financial analyst (1990-1995) at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Before his long career in post-secondary institutions, he worked for Ernst and Young from 1985 to 1990, including two years as an audit supervisor in Toronto. Born in New Zealand, the 51-year-old Simpson holds dual citizenship with Canada. He is married and has two children. A chartered accountant, he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Otago, New Zealand, in 1986.
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This is a reminder that the nomination deadline for representation on a number of Faculty of Medicine standing committees is Friday, April 24, 2015. Please see the message below for additional information.
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This message is being sent to all voting members in the Faculty of Medicine on behalf of Dean Gavin Stuart.
You are invited to submit nominations to fill upcoming vacancies on a number of the Faculty’s major standing committees. As required, an election by the Faculty’s voting members will be conducted in the late spring, after this call for nominations is complete.
The following FoM standing committees will have vacancies as of July 1, 2015:
*The “Call for Nominations” for the Research Associate vacancy is available here.
To nominate additional faculty members who are eligible for the above vacancies, please complete and return the nomination forms and nominee statements by midnight on Friday, April 24, 2015 to the attention of Patricia Lou, Assistant, Governance and Recognition, by mail/delivery/fax/email to:
Dean’s Office, Faculty of Medicine
317-2194 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
Fax: 604 822-6061
Nomination Materials
For an overview of the Faculty’s major standing committees and governance structure, please visit the FoM Overview of Governance and Major Standing Committees Organization Chart on MedNet.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Patricia Lou, Assistant, Governance and Recognition, at patricia.lou@ubc.ca or (604) 822-0397.
Thank you.
Gavin C.E. Stuart, MD, FRCSC
Dean, Faculty of Medicine
Vice Provost Health, UBC
The Faculty of Medicine is committed to equitable and diverse representation in its students, faculty, staff and administration, as outlined in the Faculty of Medicine’s Strategic Directions and in Valuing Difference: A Strategy for Advancing Equity and Diversity at UBC. Please keep the commitment to equity in mind in the nomination and selection process for new standing committee members.
The National Trajectory Project (NTP) examined the operation of current criminal justice provisions for people declared NCRMD and subject to the jurisdiction of Review Boards. The NTP was a multisite retrospective longitudinal study of 1800 individuals found NCRMD in BC, ON, and QC, Canada’s 3 largest provinces and with greatest number of NCRMDs.
Highlights of the Study Results:
1) Persons found NCRMD are much like other persons suffering from severe and persistent mental illness. This is a heterogeneous population, one-size does not fit all.
2) Individuals found NCRMD have low rates of recidivism and very low rates of violent recidivism, particularly when compared to offenders.
3) For most offenses, individuals found NCRMD tend to be detained longer under the Review Board than had they been found guilty and received a sentence.
The results of the National Trajectory Project (NTP) were published in a special edition of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry free to the public.
The Department would like to congratulate her on the importance of the project as well as the wide spread media coverage of it. Here are just several of many media outlets:
March 31, 2015
Harper’s Change To The Criminal Code Serves No Value to the Mental Health System
Marvin Ross, Huffington Post blog
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/marvin-ross/criminal-code-changes_b_6977768.html
March 26, 2015
Dispelling myths: mental illness and crime
Crimesense Magazine, by Danielle Dube
http://www.crimesensemag.com/tag/crime/
Just under 0.2 per cent of Canadian criminal cases in a year will receive a verdict of Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder (NCRMD), says a new article published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. According to the […]
Landmark study dispels ‘not criminally responsible’ myths
CMHA Ontario
http://ontario.cmha.ca/news/landmark-study-dispels-not-criminally-responsible-myths/
March 21, 2015
Insanity defence, not being abused in Canada Courts
Saskatoon StarPhoenix
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Insanity%2Bdefence%2Bbeing%2Babused%2BCanadian%2Bcourts/10905405/story.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTQ2NTg3MTk3ODEzNTc2Mjg4NzIaNTE4OTczYzJiNjJhZGI1NDpjb206ZW46Q0E&usg=AFQjCNFY75f8HeBujOFHYgZ8DmsXvZXuJA
Get-tough policy for not criminally responsible offenders unnecessary, studies find
Yahoonews.com, Daily Brew, Canada News, Steve Mertl
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/get-tough-policy-for-not-criminally-responsible-142537161.html
Mentally ill Canadians found ‘not criminally responsible’ are misunderstood
Examiner.com
http://www.examiner.com/article/mentally-ill-canadians-found-not-criminally-responsible-are-misunderstood
Treatment easy to get after crime, study finds
NCRs least likely to reoffend
Winnipeg Free Press, By: Alexandra Paul
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/treatment-easy-to-get-after-crime-study-finds-296984061.html
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition March 20, 2015 B5
March 20, 2015
Do criminals fake mental illness so they can escape jail time?
Global News, Noon News Hour BC
http://globalnews.ca/video/1895153/do-criminals-fake-mental-illness-so-they-can-escape-jail-time
Do criminals fake mental illness so they can escape jail time? We talk to Dr. Anne Crocker, a researcher who conducted a study on people who use the ‘not criminally responsible’ defence.
A study of people deemed not criminally responsible
CBC radio, All in a Day
http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Local+Shows/Ontario/All+in+a+Day/ID/2659871524/
Getting help for a serious mental illness might be easier if you’ve committed a crime. That’s according to a nation-wide study into offenders deemed “not criminally responsible”. All in a Day talked to a co-author from the Royal Ottawa.
Mentally ill Canadians found ‘not criminally responsible’ are misunderstood
Toronto Disability Examiner, Carola Finch
http://www.examiner.com/article/mentally-ill-canadians-found-not-criminally-responsible-are-misunderstood
March 19, 2015
Lacunes du système judiciaire face aux troubles psychiatriques
L’heure de pointe avec Line Boily, Toronto, Radio-Canada, 16h12
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/L_heure_de_pointe_Toronto/2013-2014/archives.asp?date=2015-03-19
New study breaks misconceptions about Canada’s NCR cases
Canada AM
http://canadaam.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=575808&playlistId=1.2292522&binId=1.815911&playlistPageNum=1
The National Trajectory Project profiles individuals found Not Criminally Responsible in Canada
By BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services.
http://www.bcmhsus.ca/recent-news-releases/2015/03/19/the-national-trajectory-project-profiles-individuals-found-not-criminally-responsible-in-canada
Canadian Press, by Colin Perkel
CTV: People found not criminally responsible unlikely to reoffend: study
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/people-found-not-criminally-responsible-unlikely-to-reoffend-study-1.2288240
cbc.ca: Insanity defence hardly a handy way to escape justice: study
http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/canada/story/1.3001947
The StarPhoenix: Insanity defence, not being abused in Canadian courts
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/Insanity+defence+being+abused+Canadian+courts/10905405/story.html
National Newswatch: Insanity defence hardly a handy way to escape justice, study concludes
http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2015/03/19/insanity-defence-hardly-a-handy-way-to-escape-justice-study-concludes/#.VSVVRU10yUk
Hamilton Spectator: “Not criminally responsible” hardly a handy way to escape justice: study
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/5515583–not-criminally-responsible-hardly-a-handy-way-to-escape-justice-study/
Regina Leader-Post: Insanity defence not being abused, study concludes
http://www.leaderpost.com/health/Insanity+defence+being+abused+study+concludes/10905078/story.html
Times Colonist: Abuse of insanity defence is a myth, study finds
http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/abuse-of-insanity-defence-is-a-myth-study-finds-1.1798039
Macleans.ca: Study: Insanity defence hardly a handy way to escape justice
http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/study-insanity-defence-hardly-a-handy-way-to-escape-justice/
In this week’s issue:
Funding Opportunities:
Events:
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Canadian Diabetes Association – 2015 Personnel Awards Competition Now Open
Deadline: May 4, 2015; 8pm EST
Applications are currently being accepted for the following Personnel Awards:
For detailed information regarding eligibility criteria, please visit the CDA website at http://www.diabetes.ca/research/research-grants-awards-competitions/2015-research-competition.
All applications are to be submitted online through ResearchNet,
amfAR – Mathilde Krim Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Research
LOI Deadline: May 14, 2015; 3pm EDT
The goal of amfAR’s Mathilde Krim Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Research is to:
Applicants must conduct basic biomedical research on HIV/AIDS to be considered for funding in this program.
Please visit the amfAR website for further information.
Prostate Cancer Foundation – Young Investigator Awards
Deadline: June 3, 2015; 3pm EDT
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) is pleased to announce a request for applications for Young Investigator Awards.
PCF (www.pcf.org) champions human capital investment to fast-forward solutions for prostate cancer with the ultimate goal of ending death and suffering from prostate cancer. The PCF Young Investigators Award program is one of our most significant efforts toward developing gifted cohorts of young prostate cancer researchers.
PCF Young Investigator Awards will be three (3) years in duration and will provide $75,000 per year. The award funds may be used flexibly to advance the career and research efforts of the awardee. Every PCF Young Investigator is required to be under the direct supervision of a mentor. Applicants should be within six-years following completion of a professional degree or clinical training such as MD, PhD, DSc, MD-PhD or equivalent and hold the title of Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Instructor, Research Associate, Assistant Professor, or equivalent. Applicants should have received no more than $200,000 in current direct research funding from all sources including institutional funds. Investigators who have specifically received young investigator research support from the NCI, NIH, or DoD are still qualified and very much encouraged to apply. Young Investigator awardees are required to attend the Annual PCF Scientific Retreat and Young Investigator Day, typically held in October, throughout the duration of their award.
For further information, please review the PCF Request for Applications.
Government of Canada – Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships
Internal Deadline: June 8, 2015
Please be advised that Banting has officially launched the 2015/2016 Banting Fellowship Competition and their website is now updated with the new competition information. The PDFO website has also been updated to reflect these changes however the changes will primarily impact the applicants that UBC will be endorsing through the internal adjudication process. The most significant change is that the Banting Application will require only 2 institutional documents instead of the 4 that were outlined in previously available information and used in previous years. These letters that formed part of the formal Banting Application have been streamlined so that the supervisor statement will now include professional development and the research environment, changing the page limit from 4 to 5 pages. The PDFO will assist in providing feedback/advice on the new institutional document where possible.
For your convenience, attached is a 1-page information flyer for circulation.
Please contact Hourik Khanlian (Hourik.khanlian@ubc.ca) with any questions regarding UBC internal processes.
For any general Banting inquiries (including Common CV and ResearchNet support) please send your questions directly to Banting http://banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca/contact/index-eng.html.
EVENTS:
Centre for Blood Research – Norman Bethune Symposium
Date: April 16, 2015
A webcast link for the recently occurred Norman Bethune Symposium is available at http://client.xelivebroadcast.com/20150416ubccbr/.
Date & Time: April 17, 2015; 4-5pm
Location: Biomedical Research Centre, 2222 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
Seminar by:
Dr. Judah Denburg
Director, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine
William J. Walsh Professor of Medicine
Scientific Director, AllerGen-NCE Inc.
McMaster University
Hosted by Dr. Kelly McNagny Kelly@brc.ubc.ca
Centre for Blood Research Seminar Series – Cardiovascular disease in children treated with second-generation antipsychotics
Date & Time: April 22, 2015; 12-1pm
Location: LSC 3, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
Seminar by:
Dr. Angela Marie Devlin
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UBC
Research Scientist, CFRI
Approximately 1 in 7 (1.2 million) Canadian children and youth under age 19 yrs are estimated to have a mental health condition and many will be treated with second‐generation antipsychotic (SGAs) medications. Recent estimates suggest that approximately 5600 children in British Columbia are undergoing SGA treatment. However, use of SGAs comes with concern because SGA treatment is associated with rapid weight gain and other comorbidities such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and impaired glucose tolerance. Recent estimates further suggest that SGA‐treated children have a 1.5 to 3‐fold greater risk of type 2 diabetes compared to those who are not treated. The mechanisms of SGA ‐induced weight gain and metabolic side effects are not known. Interestingly, not all SGA‐treated children develop these side‐effects suggesting there are underlying genetic and/or lifestyle factors that predispose a child. Targeted genetic analyses have identified interactions of SGA‐treatment with gene variants in pathways regulating methyl metabolism and appetite control, which may be useful in predicting children at risk for metabolic side effects. Further clinical and mechanistic studies have identified effects of SGAs on pancreatic beta cell function and have begun to characterize the effects of SGAs on cardiovascular function in children.
UBC SPARC Office – NSERC Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) Grants Workshop
Date & Time: May 4, 2015; 1-3pm
Location: Room 101, Michael Smith Laboratories, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver
The SPARC Office is pleased to announce it is once again organizing an NSERC Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) Grants Workshop for UBC researchers interested in applying to this valuable research partnership funding program.
Jeffery Nerenberg, Senior Manager, Research Partnerships, from the NSERC-Ottawa office will be coming to UBC on Monday, May 4th, 2015 to give a presentation, meet with researchers and address any questions you may have related to the NSERC CRD program. In addition to Mr. Nerenberg, some successful UBC CRD applicants will also outline and discuss their experiences with the CRD program.
This information session is scheduled for:
1:00 – 3:00pm on Monday, May 4th, and additional information is available on the Event Registration webpage on the SPARC website.
Please NOTE: Registration for this Workshop is REQUIRED. Lunch will be provided.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to forward them to David Woods (david.woods@ubc.ca) in the SPARC Office.
ERA-Can+ – Webinar on Opportunities for Europeans in Programs by CFI
Date & Time: May 6, 2015; 4:30-6pm Central European Summer Time
ERA-Can+ Canadian project partners are hosting a live webinar about research opportunities for Europeans to participate in programs offered by the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The webinar is open to European researchers, research managers, and representatives from universities, colleges, government agencies and the private sector.
Canada’s Public Policy Forum and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada will host a webinar to introduce the ERA-Can+ project and Horizon 2020—the European Union’s current Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. The second part of the webinar will feature the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and explore its research opportunities open to Europeans.
Date: May 6, 16:30 – 18:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST)
Speaker: David Moorman, Senior Advisor, Policy and Planning, Canada Foundation for Innovation
For more information and to register: http://ppforum.ca/webinar-research-opportunities-europeans-canada-foundation-innovation
The panelist will be available to answer questions from audience members following his presentation.
For further information please contact Danielle Lenarcic Biss at dbiss@aucc.ca. Any technical questions pertaining to ERA-Can+ of Horizon 2020 can be directed to the ERA-Can+ helpdesk at helpdesk@era-can.net.
When:
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
1100 – 1200 Noon (PDT)
Where:
UBC Hospital, Detwiller Pavilion: Room 1C13
Remote sites via videoconference
Topic:
Potential Biomarkers for Depression Response to DBS
Presenters:
Zelma HT Kiss, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Neurosurgery)
Clinical Scholar of the AIHS
Director – Neuromodulation Program
Director – Clinician Investigator Program
University of Calgary
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Raj Ramasubbu, MBBS, DPM, MD, MRC Psych, FRCPC, MSc
Clinician Investigator, Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
Hotchkiss Brain Institute
Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education
University of Calgary
*The BC Neuropsychiatry Program Grand Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada*
We appreciate the assistance of the UBC Departments of Psychiatry, Continuing Professional Development and Knowledge Translation, and the Media Group; and the VGH and PHSA Telehealth programs.
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Lisa Genova is a wildly successful author whose first book, Still Alice, was recently adapted into an Oscar-winning film. While Genova was penning her third novel, Inside The O’Briens, she relied on the knowledge of Department of Psychiatry postdoctoral fellow Alicia Semaka to bring a story about Huntington’s disease to life. Semaka shares the story of how she ended up with an acknowledgement in a best-selling author’s book.
How did you become a consultant on this book?
I have been a fan of Lisa Genova’s work since her first book, Still Alice. I read an interview in which she said she was working on a book about an inherited neurodegenerative disease and genetic fate. I was so excited because I just knew the book was going to be about Huntington disease (HD).
Given my background with HD, I felt compelled to reach out to her, so I tracked down her publicist and agent and offered to share my knowledge and experience with her. I have great respect and passion for the Huntington’s community, and if there was anything I could do to help make the book a true and authentic representation of their lived experience, I wanted to do it.
What was your role?
We had a few phone conversations and email exchanges over the course of a couple of years. I did my PhD on Huntington’s disease and I’ve worked with a lot of patients and families. I’m also a genetic counsellor so I have experience and knowledge around predictive testing.
While my rationale for reaching out to her was to share my experience and knowledge, truthfully, I never thought she would actually contact me. I think this just goes to show that if you have expertise in something, don’t be afraid to go out on a limb and offer to share it, because you never know what can happen. Who would have thought I’d contribute to a book by an international best-selling author?
Did you get to read any book drafts of Inside The O’Briens?
No, but I did receive an advance reader’s copy of the book. I think it’s a really accurate representation of the lived experience of Huntington’s disease—for both patients and families.
It’s fiction and written, of course, for entertainment. But I really feel she hit the nail on the head. In all her books she has the ability to really educate her reader and at the same time keeping them engaged in the story. I truly believe this book will do wonders in increasing awareness about HD, which is fantastic.
What are you working on now?
I’m now doing my post-doctoral fellowship, looking at genetic counselling for individuals that have serious mental illness.
Research has shown that despite not having clinically available genetic testing for mental illness, genetic counselling has a positive impact on patients’ lives. They have better treatment adherence, perceived management and control over their illness, and experience less stigma.
What I hope to find out is “why?” It’s a qualitative study where I interview people before and after they receive genetic counselling to try and determine how it’s helping them.
The University of British Columbia’s Board of Governors has approved the appointment of Andrew Simpson as the new vice president, finance. He will begin the role June 22.
Simpson has 25 years of experience as a senior executive leading the finance and operations portfolios at major post-secondary institutions in New Zealand and Canada. He joins UBC from Victoria University of Wellington where he has worked since 2009 as chief operating officer, implementing significant change in financial management practices and leading business planning for large-scale infrastructure projects, among other notable achievements.
“Andrew Simpson’s focused strategic experience and long history of success managing financial and operational decisions in the higher education sector is extremely rare,” said Arvind Gupta, president and vice-chancellor of the University of British Columbia. “His depth of knowledge and proven ability to innovate and stimulate growth will make him a strong member of our senior management team.”
At UBC, Simpson will oversee the areas of finance, treasury and risk management services across both UBC Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. The university has an operating budget of $2 billion, research income approaching $600 million, 161 spin-off companies and a $12.7 billion economic impact.
Simpson will also lead the university’s relationship with UBC Investment Management Trust, which manages UBC’s endowment, staff pension plan, working capital and other investment portfolios, and UBC Properties Trust, which acquires, develops and manages real estate assets for the benefit of the university.
“It is a great pleasure for me to return to Canada and play a role contributing to the growth and strength of UBC and its global reputation,” Simpson said. “I look forward to working with the entire UBC community to continue to build the institution and find new ways to support and enhance student learning and research productivity.”
Previous to his leadership position at Victoria University of Wellington, Simpson was vice-principal, operations and finance, at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, from 2003 to 2008. In this role, he led the largest capital development in the university’s history and an expansive portfolio of responsibilities, including the management of the university’s investment services and pension plan.
Prior to Queen’s, he was chief operating officer (1997-2003) at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand; financial controller and director planning and information (1995-1997) at the Central Institute of Technology, Wellington, New Zealand; and financial accountant/financial analyst (1990-1995) at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Before his long career in post-secondary institutions, he worked for Ernst and Young from 1985 to 1990, including two years as an audit supervisor in Toronto.
Born in New Zealand, the 51-year-old Simpson holds dual citizenship with Canada. He is married and has two children. A chartered accountant, he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Otago, New Zealand, in 1986.
Issues & Resources
• UBC.ca has an expanded faculty and staff section. The new digital content includes timely updates, important resources and event feeds.
• UBC faculty and staff will continue to have access to lynda.com’s online learning resources through March, 2019. Learn more about the types of professional development and learning opportunities are available through lynda.com.
• The new self-directed online office ergonomics assessment tool is available to all UBC employees.
Events
• Faculty & Staff Sports Day at the Vancouver campus is May 8, 2015. Register by May 1 for this free event, full of physical and mental activity (and a free lunch).
• UBC Continuing Studies is offering free 30-minute workplace coaching sessions (April 30 or May 1). Space is limited so please RSVP.
Dr. Christine Tipper will be presenting on “Applications of Neuroimaging in Psychiatry”
Meeting Details
Date: Monday April 20th, 2015
Presenter: Dr. Christine Tipper
Article: Linden, D. E. J. (2012). The Challenges and Promise of Neuroimaging in Psychiatry. Neuron 73 8–22.doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2011.12.014.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22243743
Time: 12:00
Room: 3rd floor conference room
Location: BCMHARI, 3rd floor CFRI building, BCCW hospital site
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| Apr 18 | The 5th Annual UBC Community Kids Concert | |
| Apr 19 | Angela Chen, Viola – 3rd Year Solo Recital | |
| Apr 20 | Webinar: Designing a Toolkit to Spread the Men’s Shed Model in Canada | |
| Apr 21 | Save the Date! Open House at the Centre for India and South Asia Research | |
| Apr 21 | Job Search Strategies Workshop | |
| Apr 22 | FIREtalk: Sustainable Planet | |
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Four UBC mathematicians have been recognized for their research contributions with awards and fellowships.
Dong Li, a UBC researcher with a focus on fluid dynamics, mathematical biology and mathematical physics, is the winner of the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) 2015 Coxeter-James prize.
Alejandro Adem, a leading expert in group cohomology and the geometry of group actions, was the recipient of the 2015 CMS Jeffery-Williams Prize.
Two mathematicians were recognized by the American-based Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics: Fred Brauer and Rachel Kuske have joined the Society’s new cohort of fellows. The fellowships recognize outstanding contributions to the fields of applied mathematics and computational science.
More information here.
Vancouver School of Economics’ associate professor Hiro Kasahara has received the Japan Statistical Society Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding research in statistics and related fields. Kasahara’s main research areas are econometrics and international trade. More information here.
The Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) will honour zoology professor Michael Gordon with the 2015 CAN Young Investigator Award at the upcoming annual Canadian Neuroscience Meeting in Vancouver. Gordon’s research provides insight into two critical decisions that humans and animals have to make: what to eat, and how much. He studies this complex question in the fruit fly and has significantly contributed to the understanding of the neural circuits that drive taste responses and feeding preferences. More information on his research here.
Wendy Atkinson, the rentals and programming manager at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, was honoured with the B.C. Touring Council’s 2015 Presenter of the Year award.
Atkinson programs the Chan Centre’s Beyond Words series, launched in 2012 to explore the power of words in performance as an agent of change and a means of igniting conversation. Events have included sold-out engagements with songwriter John K. Samson, spoken word poets Shane Koyczan and Ivan Coyote, Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq, and environmentalist/author Severn Cullis-Suzuki.
A study funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and led by nursing associate professor Vicky Bungay examines the work environments of off-street sex workers and how they make decisions affecting their health and safety.
The study, called SPACES (Sex, Power, Agency, Consent, Environment & Safety), has launched a website with the first report of findings and biographical information of 116 participants and their experiences. More information here.
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) professor Matthew Soules has received the Honorable Mention Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) for his living canopy structure “Vermilion Sands,” a living canopy structure installed on Vancouver’s waterfront in the summer of 2014. More information here.
UBC alumna Jodi Gustafson is one of three Canadian students selected among 54 Gates Cambridge Scholars who will begin their postgraduate courses at the University of Cambridge this October. Gustafson, who will do a Master of Philosophy in conservation leadership, produced a documentary during her undergraduate research at UBC which highlighted the impacts of climate change on Inuvialuit communities in Canada¹s Western Arctic.
Andrea Palmer, a mechanical engineering student in her final year, has won the 2015 Canadian Global Impact Competition for “Reveal,” a wearable device to track anxiety in real-time for children with autism. Palmer has earned a spot in the Singularity University’s Graduate Studies program which accepts only 80 students worldwide each year.
Palmer co-founded Reveal with students Kristoffer Vik Hansen (Integrated Engineering), Paul Fijal (Mechanical Engineering), Diou Cao (Finance and Accounting), Maricel Saenz (Finance) and Logan Graham (Economics). More information here.
Christoph Sielmann, an electrical and computer engineering PhD student and teaching assistant, is one of 16 winners of the Killam Graduate Assistant Teaching Award. Sielmann has been commended for mentoring students to think critically and for sharing his industry experience and knowledge with students. More information here.
Civil engineering students held a poster-showcase celebration to present their Community-Based Experiential Learning Sustainability Projects. Under the guidance of Professor Susan Nesbit, student teams worked with local community organizations to design concepts for sustainable responses to challenges and opportunities faced by these organizations. Projects include a design for an affordable, sustainable Vancouver condo building on principles of “The Blue Economy,” a proposal for a soilless microgreen growing system, and the identification of energy efficient opportunities for a new parks operations centre. More information here.
In their final-year capstone project, fourth-year electrical and computer engineering students Brittaney Geisler, Tyler MacDonald, Caleb Ng and Tina Saad created a simple, inexpensive, user-friendly and wireless electomyography system that can provide clinicians with objective information during clinical assessments of Restless Legs Syndrome. More information here.
For their final-year capstone project, electrical and computer engineering students Prab Grewal, Sarah Holdijk, Rohit Singla and Kathy Xu worked with medical diagnostic imaging company Novadaq Technologies in exploring ways to apply 3D imaging and surgical navigation techniques in intra-operative imaging environments. More information here.
Angie McTague of LV Rogers Secondary School in Nelson, B.C., and Gordon Trousdell (April 23, 1980-January 21, 2015) of West Vancouver Secondary School were honoured with UBC Engineering’s McEwen Family Teacher Recognition Award. Presented annually by the Faculty of Applied Science, the award was established by James McEwen and his family to celebrate teachers and their influence on students both academically and personally. More information here.
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre presents an exhibition of photographs exploring village life in Guizhou Province, China, by anthropologist, photographer, and UBC alumna, Evelyn Nodwell. The exhibition appears in conjunction with the 100th Anniversary at UBC Library and Asian Heritage Month.
Date: April 16 – May 30
Place: Level 2 foyer, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (1961 East Mall, Vancouver)
Info: Click here.
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Please note the following position opportunity for Assistant Dean, Faculty Development.
We would be grateful if you would bring this position to the attention of your departments, areas and contact lists.
The advertisement is posted on our FOM website here: Assistant Dean, Faculty Development.
Review of applications will begin on May 15, 2015; see postings for details.
This posting can be found on the Faculty of Medicine website under ’Career Opportunities’.
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The department would like to congratulate Ms. Hippman on this award . The Canada Graduate Scholarships Master’s Awards administered by CIHR are intended to provide special recognition and support to students who are pursuing a Master’s degree in a health related field at a Canada institution. These candidates are expected to have an exceptionally high potential for future research achievement and productivity.
This message is being sent on behalf of Dr. Howard Feldman, Executive Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Medicine and Dr. Robert McMaster, Executive Director, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.
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To Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the formal appointment of Dr. Brian MacVicar and Dr. Jon Stoessl as Co-Directors, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH).
Drs. MacVicar and Stoessl have been serving as interim Directors upon Dr. Max Cynader’s departure from the role in June 30, 2014 and as such have been building upon the vision of the DMCBH as a place that will improve patient care, spearhead new treatments and advance health research. With their appointment to the role now confirmed, Drs. MacVicar and Stoessl are poised to lead DMCBH into the future.
Dr. MacVicar, a Professor and Head of Basic Neuroscience in the Department of Psychiatry, is one of the world’s pioneers in describing the activity of brain cells in brain maintenance, protection and repair. He is also the Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience, and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Science and the Royal Society of Canada.
Dr. Stoessl, a Professor and Head of the Division of Neurology in the Department of Medicine, is an internationally recognized Parkinson’s researcher and clinician. He is also a Canada Research Chair in Parkinson’s disease and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Science.
Please join us in welcoming Dr. MacVicar and Dr. Stoessl to this appointment.
Sincerely,
Howard Feldman, MD, FRCP(C)
Executive Associate Dean, Research
Faculty of Medicine
W. Robert McMaster
Executive Director, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
Associate Dean Research, UBC Faculty of Medicine
Vice President Research, Vancouver Coastal Health
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Please note the following position opportunity for Director, Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP).
We would be grateful if you would bring this position to the attention of your departments, areas and contact lists.
The advertisement is posted on our FOM website here: Director, Human Early Learning Partnership.
Review of applications will begin on May 8, 2015; see postings for details.
This posting can be found on the Faculty of Medicine website under ’Career Opportunities’.
The Neuroplastic Brain: How Psychotherapy Changes it!
Rosalind Irving, M.Ed. R.C.C.
www.counsellingwestvancouver.com
Therapist
Adult Community Mental Health and Addictions
The HOpe Centre, North Vancouver
Neuroplasticity research has shown extraordinary results in treatments for a wide range of nerve-related diseases including M.S., Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s chorea, Chronic Pain, Stroke, Dementia, Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy, Osteo-arthritis, as well as Psychiatric cases.
Based on Norman Doidge’s two books, The Brain that Can Change Itself, (2007) and The Brain’s Way of Healing, (2015), this presentation will focus primarily on the broad implication of Neuroplasticity for Psychotherapy.
Objectives:
1. Become familiar with Neuroplasticity: What is it? How does it occur? How can it be encouraged?
2. Discover how Neuroplasticity is integral to Psychotherapy
3. Learn how we can promote our own brain plasticity
4. Discuss how this science may shape our future work within the community
When: Friday, April 24th, 2015
Time: 8:00 – 9:00 AM
Full breakfast served by Blenz Café at HOpe Centre
Where: Lions Gate Hospital, Evergreen House Boardroom
Please RSVP by April 22nd to Dr. Apu Chakraborty at: apu.chakraborty@vch.ca
Sponsored through an unrestricted educational grant from Lundbeck Canada Inc.
In this week’s issue:
Announcement:
Funding Opportunities:
Events:
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Child & Family Research Institute – Scholars of Excellence
Deadline: April 30, 2015
The CFRI Scholars of Excellence program provides exceptional individuals an opportunity to generate an innovative and independent research program under the mentorship of world-class researchers based at the Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI).
The overall goal of this program is to train recent PhDs, MDs and MD-PhD graduates to conduct clinical/translational research in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment with intent to develop future leaders in child health research. The program is designed to attract new talent, and preference will be given to applicants from outside BC.
The program provides scholars with a generous stipend of $70,000/year for 3 – 5 years. In the first two years, additional funds are available for research-related expenses ($10,000/year) and travel expenses to attend conferences ($3,000/year).
For more information, please visit the CFRI Scholars of Excellence website.
Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation – Applications for Mental Health Research
Deadline: November 1, 2015; 5pm EST
The Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation is accepting applications for behavioral or psychological research studies based in the United States or Canada.
Through its Faculty/Post-Doctoral Fellows program, the fund will award grants of up to $20,000 to support studies aimed at developing, refining, evaluating, and/or disseminating innovative interventions designed to prevent or ameliorate major social, psychological, behavioral, or public health problems affecting children, adults, couples, families, or communities. In addition, the fund will consider studies that have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about such problems. Projects must focus on the United States or Canada or on a comparison between the U.S. or Canada and at least one other country.
To be eligible, applicants must be a faculty member at an accredited college or university or an individual affiliated with an accredited human service organization that is considered tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, the principal investigator must have an earned doctorate in a relevant discipline and relevant experience.
Please view the complete RFP for eligibility and application guidelines.
EVENTS:
Centre for Blood Research – Norman Bethune Symposium
Date & Time: April 16, 2015; 7:15am-6:30pm
Location: SFU Segal Building, 500 Granville St., Vancouver
Dr. (Henry) Norman Bethune (1890-1939) was a Canadian physician who in the 1930s spearheaded the implementation of the first practical mobile blood collection and distribution system and promoted universal access to health care. This symposium is held in his honour and will be informative and entertaining, with participation of a full range of scientists and clinicians at all levels of training.
What you can expect to achieve from this symposium:
Please register at www.cbr.ubc.ca. For further information about this even, please contact Hana Kim at hana.kim@ubc.ca
Biomedical Research Centre – Application Seminar: Sequencing Made Manageable
Date & Time: April 17, 2015; 1-5pm
Location: Biomedical Research Centre, 2222 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
Presentation on the virtues of Next Generation Sequencing and information on service and workflow at BRC-Seq.
Technician Contact: Ryan Vander Werff (BRCSeq@brc.ubc.ca)
CIHR – Meet the new Scientific Director of CIHR, Institute of Gender and Health
Date & Time: April 28, 2015; 1-2pm
Location: Room 101, Michael Smith Laboratories, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver
Dr. Cara Tannenbaum, the new Scientific Director of the Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, invites you to attend a meet & greet information session at the University of British Columbia. Cara would like to extend her greetings to the Vancouver research community, briefly highlight areas of interest and opportunity in IGH’s Strategy 2017, discuss the recent changes to CIHR’s structure and funding programs, and explain the role of the Sex and Gender Champion in upcoming funding initiatives.
This is an open invitation, so please feel free to circulate it widely. For further information, contact Catherine Lavigne-Pelletier at catherine.lavigne-pelletier@criugm.qc.ca.
Learn more about Dr. Cara Tannenbaum.
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| Apr 11 | Dialogue Searching for Identity: Living in a Different Place | |
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| Apr 12 | Capture Photography Festival Feature Exhibition: Images the Speak | |
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| Apr 13 | Thesis Formatting workshop | |
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UBC wrapped up its 2014 United Way campaign last week, thanking the staff, faculty and emeriti who together raised $572,218 in Vancouver and the Okanagan.
More than 680 community members donated to the campaign via payroll and through 50 fundraising events.
The Vancouver donations will go to United Way Lower Mainland, supporting its work with 150 community partners, 450 programs for children, young adults and seniors, and advocacy for social change. Funds raised at the Okanagan campus will support the United Way of the Central and South Okanagan/Similkameen.
For more information, click here.
Associate professor of economics Matilde Bombardini has won the 2015 Bank of Canada Governor’s Award.
Bombardini’s current research explores the impact of international free trade on the efficient matching of workers to firms, and investigates the relationship between Canadian importing firms and their foreign suppliers for implications on productivity.
For more information, click here.
Patrick Mooney, an associate professor at the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), has been elected to the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Academy of Fellows for his lifetime achievements in the field of landscape architecture education.
For more information, click here.
More B.C. kids looking to jumpstart their engineering or science careers will have a chance to participate in Geering Up, UBC Engineering’s summer camp that provides hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programming for children and youth.
Geering Up recently received a $29,800 grant from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, which will fund class workshops and summer camps in Prince George, Kelowna and inner-city Vancouver.
Click here for more.
Amit Chakma, president of Western University and Indira Samarasekera, president of the University of Alberta are among the recipients of this year’s Engineering Excellence Awards from the Faculty of Applied Science.
The awards celebrate outstanding UBC engineering alumni, future alumni and faculty emeriti.
Chakma and Samarasekera will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Other award recipients are:
Click here for more.
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences has launched pharmsci.ubc.ca, a new website providing information about educational opportunities, research, and work in the community. The site features “A New Way of Thinking,” a video developed to celebrate the launch.
The Education Library is undergoing renovations which will significantly increase seating capacity, enhance Wi-Fi, and install six new public computers.
The library entrance has been temporarily moved to make way for the renovations, which are expected to complete by June 29.
For updates, visit the library website.
Pacific Spirit Place at the SUB is closing after 46 years of service to the campus and is thanking its many patrons in the community.
The last day of business is Friday, April 10. UBC Food Services will continue to provide service at Subway and Starbucks at their current locations. For more information, contact food.services@ubc.ca.
The 15th Annual Conference of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services (IAFMHS) will be held in Manchester, UK from June 16 to June 18, 2015. Post-conference workshops will be held June 15 and June 19, 2015. The theme of this year’s conference is Risks-Rights-Responsibilities: Innovations in Forensic Mental Health Services. Further details regarding the conference and how to register can be found below and by visiting www.iafmhs.2015.com.
Those who are interested in becoming a member of IAFMHS can register by visiting by visiting http://www.iafmhs.org and clicking on the ‘2015 Membership’ icon. As a member of IAFMHS, you will enjoy the following benefits:
– Electronic access to current and past issues of the International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
– Reduced conference registration fees
– Networking opportunities through ongoing communications, including the members’ only portal and special interest groups
Membership rates are $115 for regular members and $55 for student members. Your 2015 membership will be valid until December 31.
Please forward to students and faculty who would find this conference or membership of interest.
Regards,
The International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services
Registration now underway for the
International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services conference, 2015
Venue: Mercure Hotel, central Manchester, UK
Dates: 16-18th June 2015
Pre/Post conference skills workshops: 15th & 19th June
EARLY BIRD rate only £375 / Day delegate £190
(until 18th April, will then increase to £445 / £225)
STUDENT rate £145 / Student day delegate £75 (proof of status required)
We can guarantee a conference of high quality presentations, international keynote speakers and up to date content of interest to practitioners, researchers and academics, all brought to you in the vibrant culture of the city of Manchester.
Details of the Pre/Post – conference workshops available here:
http://www.bbmh.manchester.ac.uk/iafmhs2015/workshopInfo/
Accommodation can be booked via the website at preferential conference rates.
Book your conference place now by debit or credit card here:
https://estore.manchester.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?compid=1&modid=2&catid=421
For alternative payment options please contact the Conference Committee on IAFMHS2015@manchester.ac.uk
A preliminary conference schedule will be available soon.
We look forward to welcoming you to Manchester in June 2015!
IAFMHS 2015
Conference Committee
University of Manchester
The April Newsletter is available online with:
Just click on the link below and enjoy the read!
http://www.emeriti.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/News2015Apr.pdf
The Association of Professors Emeriti
Ph.: 604 822 1752
admin@emeriti.ubc.ca
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Khodadad (Kody) Javaheri is a medical student completing his 4th year who deferred his CaRMS match to next year and has now decided that psychiatry is his career goal. He is enrolled in the Master’s in Health Sciences program starting in September and needs to complete a research project during the year. If you have a project and are interested in supervising him, you can contact him directly at khodadad@alumni.ubc.ca
HOpe Centre Mental Health Clinical Research Day
Date: Friday, April 24th, 2015
Time: 12:00pm – 6:30pm
Location: Lions Gate Hospital Auditorium (basement)
Cost: Free- includes a light lunch and refreshments
Please register online as seating is limited!
For more information please visit the event page:
Please join us at Lions Gate Hospital for an informative and clinically useful educational program, including a virtual tour of the new HOpe Centre, a mental health facility operated jointly by UBC and Vancouver Coastal Health.
The two educational sessions will focus on new research findings in mental health that are directly applicable to clinical practice, and provide information about mental health projects on the Northshore of Vancouver.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Glenda MacQueen (University of Calgary) who will be sharing the lessons learned on building capacity for integrated research, care, and education.
Free Public Lecture: All interested individuals are welcome to attend the free public lecture (5:00-6:30pm) presented by Dr. Erin Michalak and Kerry Dennehey who will be discussing mental health care and support services
*Physicians for this event will be charged $50 for registration fees. (MOC Section 1 & Mainpro M1 credits- to be advised)
Who would benefit from attending this event?
Identified target audience: Psychiatrists doing research in mental health and/or treating patients with psychiatric illness.
Additional attendees: other clinicians (family physicians, psychologists, counselors, mental health care providers, etc.), other health professionals (nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, etc.), medical residents and students, fellows, graduate students, and research staff working in the area of mental health.
**Registration for the full event reserves a seat for the free public lecture**
We HOpe to see you there!
This message is being sent to all voting members in the Faculty of Medicine on behalf of Dean Gavin Stuart.
You are invited to submit nominations to fill upcoming vacancies on a number of the Faculty’s major standing committees. As required, an election by the Faculty’s voting members will be conducted in the late spring, after this call for nominations is complete.
The following FoM standing committees will have vacancies as of July 1, 2015:
Vacancy for two (2) junior faculty member (Assistant Professors or instructors with less than 5 years of experience) elected by Faculty. The Nominating Committee’s nominees are:
*The “Call for Nominations” for the Research Associate vacancy is available here.
To nominate additional faculty members who are eligible for the above vacancies, please complete and return the nomination forms and nominee statements by midnight on Friday, April 24, 2015 to the attention of Patricia Lou, Assistant, Governance and Recognition, by mail/delivery/fax/email to:
Dean’s Office, Faculty of Medicine
317-2194 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
Fax: 604 822-6061
Nomination Materials
For an overview of the Faculty’s major standing committees and governance structure, please visit the FoM Overview of Governance and Major Standing Committees Organization Chart on MedNet.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Patricia Lou, Assistant, Governance and Recognition, at patricia.lou@ubc.ca or (604) 822-0397.
Thank you.
Gavin C.E. Stuart, MD, FRCSC
Dean, Faculty of Medicine
Vice Provost Health, UBC
The Faculty of Medicine is committed to equitable and diverse representation in its students, faculty, staff and administration, as outlined in the Faculty of Medicine’s Strategic Directions and in Valuing Difference: A Strategy for Advancing Equity and Diversity at UBC. Please keep the commitment to equity in mind in the nomination and selection process for new standing committee members.
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As a member of UBC, you can download and install Sophos antivirus, for your home computer, for free, from http://www.it.ubc.ca/, using your CWL account.
Colin Bryant
Computer and Communications Systems Manager | Medicine | Psychiatry
The University of British Columbia | Pt. Grey Campus
Phone 604 822 7374
E-mail colin.bryant@ubc.ca
Dear UBC Community,
The 2014 UBC United Way campaign is now officially closed. We are delighted to announce together; staff, faculty, students and our unions and associations, in Vancouver and Okanagan have raised over $572,000, surpassing our goal.
Thank you UBC for changing people’s lives!
Visit www.unitedway.ubc.ca for stories on individuals who made this possible.
Thank you!
United Way invests your donations locally to:
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This is our last communication for the 2014 campaign. If you prefer not to receive any further communication about the UBC Community United Way Campaign please email united.way@ubc.ca
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ARE YOU PLANNING TO PLACE MATERIAL ON LIBRARY COURSE RESERVE FOR YOUR
2014/15 CLASSES?
You will need to submit your requests via
UBC’s “LOCR”
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system to ensure they are available for your students
If you would like to put items on Course Reserve please view the required information by going to the library web page (www.library.ubc.ca).
** Note: If your reserve books are no longer required or requested we will return them to the general collection for 2-week loan circulation. Digitized articles expire at the end of your course and will need to be re-requested for subsequent terms.
If you need any further assistance please contact the appropriate branch by looking for contacts information at http://services.library.ubc.ca/borrowing-services/course-reserves/ and clicking on Contacts.
In this week’s issue:
Announcement:
Funding Opportunities:
Awards and Honours:
Events:
ANNOUNCEMENT:
CIHR Reforms: Funding Opportunities for the 2015 Foundation Scheme 2nd “live pilot” and 2016 Project Scheme 1st “live pilot”
As part of the multi-year approach for the transition to the new Open Suite of Programs and peer review processes, CIHR would like to inform the community that two key funding opportunities are now available:
A set of questions and answers as well as a number of supporting materials for both competitions can be found through the funding opportunities and on the CIHR Reforms website. Please note that the information in the funding opportunities and supporting documents may change based on the analysis of the results from ongoing pilots. All changes will be communicated and highlighted in the appropriate documents as they are made.
If you have any questions regarding these two funding opportunities, please visit the CIHR website or send an email to Roadmap-Plan.Strategique@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Government of Canada – Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships
Internal Deadline: June 8, 2015
As the most prestigious postdoctoral award in Canada, the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program provides the opportunity to bring top talent to join the research community at UBC. Fellowships are awarded to the very best postdoctoral researchers, both nationally and internationally, who will positively contribute to Canada’s economic, social and research-based growth.
At UBC, the internal Banting selection process is managed by the Postdoctoral Fellows Office. Please visit the PDFO website for full details.
Please note that the internal selection process is only for candidates interested in holding their fellowship at UBC.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program
Deadline: June 15, 2015
The “Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program” (the Initiative) is a collaboration of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the International Development Research Centre, and the Israel Science Foundation. This program is availed thanks to the generous contribution of the Azrieli Foundation
The Initiative seeks to support fundamental research at the cutting-edge of biomedical science with a primary focus on brain research. This first call for proposals is directed toward new frontiers in neuroscience and subsequent calls may extend to other organs and diseases, and other topics in health sciences.
The organizations funding this Initiative support the search for breakthroughs in health sciences that have the potential to bring about enduring changes across the globe, including in developing regions.
The Initiative will support world-class research teams co-led by Canadian and Israeli investigators. The teams will be expected to integrate researchers from low and middle income countries to further their scientific capacity. In their capacity as collaborators or trainees, researchers from Eligible Countries will contribute to and benefit from their involvement in the Initiative.
Funds Available
The funding partners intend to make an annual joint call for proposals in each of the next five years. The current competition will fund up to six teams, with a maximal annual budget of approximately $390,000 per team (NIS 1,206,000), for a total amount of approximately $1.17M over three years (NIS 3,618,000).
ISF will administer the grant to the Israeli PI’s institution.
IDRC will administer the grant to the Canadian PI’s institution.
Please visit the CIHR website for further details on this funding opportunity.
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
Breakthrough Prizes Foundation – Nominations for 2016 Awards
Nomination Deadline: May 31, 2015
Founded by Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki, Jack Ma and Cathy Zhang, Yuri and Julia Milner, and Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, the Breakthrough Prize Foundation was created to recognize the world’s top scientists.
To that end, the foundation is accepting nominations for its 2016 prizes in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences, and Mathematics.
Fundamental Physics: The Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was founded in 2012 by Yuri Milner to recognize individuals who have made a profound contribution to human knowledge. The competition is open to all physicists — theoretical, mathematical, experimental — working on the deepest mysteries of the universe.
Life Sciences: The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences honors transformative advances in understanding living systems and extending human life.
Mathematics: Founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Yuri Milner, the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics rewards significant discoveries across the many branches of the subject.
The winner of each prize will receive a cash award of $3 million. In addition, promising junior researchers in the field of Fundamental Physics will receive a $100,000 award. Laureates are expected to attend a televised award ceremony designed to celebrate their achievements and inspire the next generation of scientists. As part of the ceremony schedule, they also will engage in a program of lectures and discussions.
Anyone may make a nomination, but self-nominations are prohibited.
For complete program guidelines and nomination instructions, visit the Breakthrough Prize website.
EVENTS:
Life Sciences Institute – Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Speaker Series: Dr. Ali Tehrani, Zymeworks
Date & Time: April 13, 2015; 1-2pm
Location: LSC 3, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
We are proud to have as our next speaker Dr. Ali Tehrani, President and CEO of Zymeworks.
Dr. Tehrani founded Zymeworks after finishing his Doctoral degree in Microbiology and Immunology at UBC. While completing his PhD he co-founded the Student Biotechnology Network.
The talk will be followed by an optional 1-hour mentorship lunch, where attendees can meet the presenter and get feedback on their own entrepreneurship ideas. Registration is required only for the lunch, and closes Tuesday, April 7.
Biography
Dr. Tehrani is one of Zymeworks’ co-founders and currently serves as President and CEO of the company. He has been an integral part of many of the Company’s corporate achievements including raising seed and angel financing and overseeing the Company’s technical operations and patent filings. Dr. Tehrani holds both Bachelors and Masters of Science degrees in Biochemistry from the University of Massachusetts, and has a Doctoral degree in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of British Columbia. While completing his PhD degree he co-founded the Student Biotechnology Network, for which he received the UBC Faculty of Science Achievement Award for Outstanding Leadership in 2002.
Zymeworks is one of the fastest growing Vancouver biotech companies with over 50 employees and a Seattle-based affiliate, developing new approaches to designing novel antibodies to treat cancer, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases. A major scientific milestone is the development of ZymeCAD, a comprehensive platform for in silico protein modeling and engineering, as well as Azymetric for the development of bispecific antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates. In recent years Zymeworks completed several multi-million dollar rounds of financing and announced large collaborations with Merck, Eli-Lilly and Celgene.
Biomedical Research Centre – Application Seminar: Sequencing Made Manageable
Date & Time: April 17, 2015; 1-5pm
Location: Biomedical Research Centre, 2222 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
Presentation on the virtues of Next Generation Sequencing and information on service and workflow at BRC-Seq.
Technician Contact: Ryan Vander Werff (BRCSeq@brc.ubc.ca)
Date: June 13, 2015
Location: UBC Robson Square, Vancouver
Target Audience: Family Physicians, Specialists, Locums, IMGs, Residents, physicians new to BC, physicians working in episodic care settings.
Up to 7.0 MainPro-M1/ MOC Section 1
Registration: https://events.ubccpd.ca/website/index/110395
Overview:
This 8th annual conference and job fair will emphasize practical, non-clinical knowledge crucial to your career, including BC resources you need to know, billing, incorporation, updating your CV, opening and running an office, and social media management. Talks on medico-legal report writing, reducing your paperwork, patient management, and medical work outside of clinical practice will reduce your office stressors and make you a more efficient physician. Also, take some time network with other physicians and make connections for career opportunities at the end of the day Job Fair!
Please distribute to your staff and faculty
Issues
We have an update on Staff Professional Development Funding for the 2015-2016 year:
There is a new screen in Faculty & Staff Self-Service that allows staff to see their professional development fund balance
A reminder about individual PD funding limits for the 2015-16 year
A reminder that the new PD funding year started April 1, 2015
UBC faculty and staff are invited to submit suggestions on how the university can be more efficient (i.e. create a new revenue stream and/or operating efficiency for the university).
The UBC Fact Sheet has been updated.
Event
The next Hot Lunch staff networking event is April 29, featuring Prof. Arvind Gupta, UBC President.
Here are just some of the news and events of interest this month. For a complete list, visit MedNet: mednet.med.ubc.ca.
– Recent Appointment Announcements
– Leadership Opportunities & Searches:
– Interim Associate Lead for OSCE Assessment – MD Undergraduate Education
– Director, Interprofessional Education
– Interim Co-Director for the Foundations of Medical Practice IV and Transition into Clinical Education – MEDD 422 Course
– Director, Centre for Health Education Scholarship
– Vancouver Fraser Medical Program Year 3 Site Director – MD Undergraduate Education
– Director, Clinical Educator Fellowship Program
-Read last month’s Staff Spotlights
-UBC’s new survey tool available now
-Watch the Distinguished Medical Research Lecturer Seminar
-Submit your ideas to UBC for new ways of working
-Try out Lightboard, a new learning technology at UBC
-Faculty of Medicine incoming Dean Dr. Dermot Kelleher’s Open Forum now available online
…Read more
DATES & DEADLINES
Bluma Tischler Postdoctoral Fellowship | Deadline: April 10
MSFHR Research Trainee Award | Deadline: April 10
Call for Abstracts Patient’s Voice 2015 | Deadline: April 30
…Read more
UPCOMING EVENTS
Apr 7: Qualitative Systematic Reviews and Research Synthesis
Apr 11: 10th Annual UBC Faculty of Medicine Art Show
Apr 13: MRSc 10th Anniversary Leadership Series
Apr 14: SharePoint/MedNet Training
Apr 16: Norman Bethune Symposium
Apr 18: Medical Disorders & Pregnancy
Apr 22: CBR Seminar Series with Dr. Angela Devlin
Apr 23: WordPress Training
Apr 23: A Seminar of Mindfulness
Apr 25-28: Canadian Conference on Medical Education 2015
Apr 29: Community of Practice: Learn more about e-newsletters
Apr 30: Choosing the Right Outcome Measures
SAVE THE DATE
May 1: Clinical Neurosciences 2015: Integrated Therapy: From Street to Office
May 8-9: 12th Annual Pediatric Emergency Medicine Update & Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS)
May 9: 2nd BC eHealth and Innovative Technology Showcase (eHITS)
May 11: Full Faculty Meeting
May 25: 11th D. Harold Copp Lecture
May 26: The Secret, Social Lives of Bacteria
June 8-13: 23rd World Congress of Dermatology
June 22-26: 2015 International Conference on Health Promoting Universities and Colleges
NEWS & HONOURS
-Martin Gleave appointed as Head, Department of Urologic Sciences
-David Cabral becomes first Ross Petty-Arthritis Society Research Chair
-UBC scientist finds a key to cancer cells’ resilience
-UBC Cardiology fitness challenge raises nearly $6000 for inner-city school
-Wendy Robinson appointed Assistant Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Education
-Non-invasive device instantly detects urinary tract infections
-Traffic, Asthma and Genetics (TAG) study featured as CIHR success story
-Stem cells show promise for reversing Type 2 diabetes
-Graydon Meneilly elected as APM Council Member At-Large
-Melanie Reed appointed Assistant Dean, Student Affairs, SMP
-Universal public drug coverage would save Canada billions
-Three faculty members receive the 2015 CAME Certificate of Merit Award
-UBC celebrates CaRMS Match Day 2015
-Four faculty members among winners of the 2015 LifeSciences B.C. Awards
-Pain relief pioneer donates $5 million for new UBC sport and exercise medicine centre
-Lindsay Machan receives 2015 SIR Leader in Innovation Award
…Read more
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Faculty of Medicine | Dean’s Office
The University of British Columbia
#317 – 2194 Health Sciences Mall | Vancouver, BC | V6T 1Z3
(T) 604.822.2421 | (F) 604.822.6061 | med.ubc.ca
Twitter: @UBCmedicine | Facebook: /UBCmed
Attached to this email and below is a poster for the next BC Reproductive Mental Health Academic Rounds on Wednesday, 22nd April 2015, 12.00 – 1.00. Dr Tim Oberlander , Developmental Pediatrician at BC Children’s Hospital, will be presenting on ‘Mother’s Mood Matters: Developmental effects of prenatal exposure to SSRI antidepressants’. We look forward to you joining us.
Please circulate the information to any colleagues who may be interested in joining us via Telehealth or Teleconference.
Should you wish to join us for this presentation, please respond to kthomaspeter@cw.bc.ca asap but by end of day 16th April 2015 at the very latest.
When joining us via Telehealth for any of these presentations, please respond with the following information:
1) Your location (city/hospital) and preferred Telehealth site/room.
2) A contact person for your site who will be responsible for arriving 15 minutes early to participate in the test call and distributing slides, evaluation materials and a sign in sheet.
A Help Guide is attached to assist with setting up Telehealth connections if needed.
When joining via Teleconference, respond via email to kthomaspeter@cw.bc.ca for connection details.
A Note for Physicians: The Reproductive Mental Health Academic Rounds are a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Physicians who attend via Telehealth are eligible are able to earn MOC Section 1 credits so long as they sign and return the attendance and evaluation form. These forms will be emailed to the site contact in advance of the presentation.
Kate Thomas-Peter
Project Manager
BC Women’s Reproductive Mental Health Program
P1 – 228, Mental Health Building
4500 Oak Street
Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1
Office: 604 875 2345 x5693
Fax: 604 875 3115
Email: kthomaspeter@cw.bc.ca
Web: reproductivementalhealth.ca
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New Employee and Family Assistance Program Provider April 1, 2015
To: All Employees Enrolled in UBC’s Employee and Family Assistance Program
From: UBC Human Resources
We are pleased to announce that the University of British Columbia has retained the services of Shepell as the new provider of our organization’s Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP). The EFAP is a benefit provided for all eligible faculty, staff and their dependents. The transition to the new provider will take place on April 1, 2015.
Shepell is a leading EFAP service provider and offers a wide range of confidential and voluntary support services to assist you and your family with resolving everyday challenges, complex issues, and everything in between.
The EFAP is completely confidential within the limits of the law*. No one, including your employer, will be informed that you have accessed the service unless you choose to tell them.
You and your eligible dependents can reach Shepell by telephone or First Chat (instant online chat through your computer or mobile device) 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Emergency services can be accessed immediately and non-emergency services, such as in-person counselling, can be scheduled at a convenient time and location.
EFAP services are provided within the monthly premium that is paid by you (remains at $1.20/month) and UBC . There are no additional charges.
*Shepell is required by law to disclose what would otherwise be confidential information when there is a risk of serious injury to oneself or others, there is suspicion of child abuse as defined by provincial legislation, or when served with a properly executed court order (i.e. subpoena).
What does your EFAP include?
EFAP Counselling
EFAP Work-Life Advice Services (Telephone Only)
EFAP Online Services (Self-Directed)
Your EFAP is available 24/7/365 with simple access
The EFAP benefit for UBC faculty, staff and their dependents reflects our continuing commitment to your well-being and privacy. Please take a moment to review the new brochure and share the information with your family. We encourage you to use the EFAP anytime you need it. Call Shepell at 1-800-387-4765, or visit workhealthlife.com and sign up for their online services and resources using Employer name “University of British Columbia”.
Download Shepell’s myEAP app today!
Visit shepellfgi.com/myeap or scan the QR code now. You can also follow Shepell on Twitter and LinkedIn.
What happens if I am currently in counselling with Homewood Health?
If you or a member of your family is currently seeing a counsellor through our previous EFAP provider (Homewood Health), you may continue to see that counsellor until resolution. If you would like to begin counselling or initiate any of the above support services, please contact Shepell for more information starting April 1, 2015.
For Additional Information
If you have any questions, please contact:
Vancouver Campus Okanagan Campus
Stephanie Mah, Benefits Specialist Tracey Hawthorn, WRAP Coordinator
Tel: (604) 822-6823 Tel: (250) 827-8183
Email: stephanie.mah@ubc.ca Email: tracey.hawthorn@ubc.ca
Thank you.
UBC Human Resources
On behalf of the Regional Department of Psychiatry CPD Committee, please join us at our next monthly grand rounds on April 7, 2015 from 0830 to 0930, details attached.
We are pleased to announce that you can now join us live on your computer or mobile device using this webinar link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2362015224777633281. Pre-registration is required to obtain your personal link to the webinar.
If you are joining on your mobile device, download the GoToMeeting app from the APP Store and when participating, we strongly suggest you use WiFi as data roaming is quite intensive.
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Dear Researcher,
Faculty of Medicine and the Office of Research Services has released the official deadlines & procedures for the MSFHR 2015 Research Trainee Award application. In order to meet Faculty of Medicine & UBC deadlines, your application package must be submitted to the Department Administration Office – attention Vicky Yau (vicky.yau@ubc.ca), by noon, Tuesday, April 7, 2015 for Department review & approval.
After Department approval, the Department will submit your application package to the Faculty Dean’s Office for Faculty approval. After Faculty approval, the Faculty Dean’s Office will submit your application package to UBC ORS for Institution approval. ORS will electronically approve your application via ApplyNet for submission to MSFHR.
If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact Vicky Yau at vicky.yau@ubc.ca
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Dear all,
For the 2015 MSFHR Research Trainee Award opportunity, the Faculty of Medicine (FoM) has agreed with the Office of Research Services (ORS) on the following procedures/timelines:
| Important Dates | |
| April 10, 2015 | Application package sent to Dean’s Office or affiliated hospital research office, hard copy or via email, for review & approval (FoM Internal Deadline, for signatures only) |
| April 13, 2015 | Application package approved by Faculty and taken to ORS |
| April 17, 2015; 8:30am | Applicant submits application on ApplyNet (ORS internal deadline) |
| April 20, 2015; 4:30pm | ORS approves application on ApplyNet (MSFHR application deadline) |
Please remember that you can continue working on your research proposal up until you submit on ApplyNet on April 17th, even after you have submitted your application package for Faculty approval.
Required Documents:
Please visit the ORS website to familiarize yourself with the MSFHR eSubmission Procedure.
If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact Vicky Yau at the Department (Vicky.yau@ubc.ca) Bryan Wong at the FoM (bryan.wong@ubc.ca), or Donna Lei (donna.lei@ors.ubc.ca) or Andrea Sherrington (andrea.sherrington@ors.ubc.ca) at ORS.
New websites aim to sort information from nonsense on bipolar disorder
UBC team aims to help people live healthy, happy lives
By Bethany Lindsay, Vancouver Sun March 31, 2015
New websites aim to sort information from nonsense on bipolar disorder
Dr. Erin Michalak and her team at UBC have developed two websites to help people with bipolar disorder.
Photograph by: RICHARD LAM Richard Lam , Vancouver Sun
VANCOUVER — For many people, the Internet is the first place to turn for answers about illness and mental health issues.
But if you’ve ever consulted Dr. Google, you know that it can be difficult to sort the helpful, evidence-based information from the nonsense.
That’s why a UBC psychiatry professor and her team are launching two new online tools to help people with bipolar disorder manage their illness and lead healthy, happy lives.
“We’ve spent many years creating research on different strategies people with bipolar disorder can use to flourish, to live well and to have good quality of life,” said professor and team leader Dr. Erin Michalak. “We’ve spent the last two years … really kind of distilling that down and using different methods to share that information with people.”
The result of these years of research is two websites, launching Monday to mark World Bipolar Day — the Bipolar Wellness Centre and the Quality of Life Tool.
The wellness centre is a hub for resources to help people with bipolar disorder manage their symptoms and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Besides written information, it also includes web seminars on issues like mood, exercise, relationships and sleep, as well as videos starring Victoria Maxwell, an actor coping with bipolar disorder.
The second website is a companion piece. It asks users to complete a five-minute questionnaire about their quality of life, then shows them what aspects they might want to work on.
“The two sites are connected,” Michalak said.
“For example, if they’re struggling in sleep or struggling in their spiritual life, they have tailored information on that, and then they can go into the specific areas in the wellness centre and speak to specific problems with sleep or specific problems with spirituality.”
The primary goal is to provide the best information to help people with bipolar disorder thrive, but there’s also a research component to the work.
“What we really need to know from these sites is how do you take health information and make it readily usable to people who are facing bipolar disorder on a day-to-day basis?” Michalak said.
The next step will begin in September, when the team will launch a “living library.” People with bipolar disorder will be able to talk to experts on the illness — doctors, academics and even other patients — through two 30-minute conversations via a secure tele-health system.
“The philosophy is that you’re checking out a person rather than a book,” Michalak said. “This is really one of the more creative aspects of the project.”
blindsay@vancouversun.com
Twitter.com/bethanylindsay
© Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun
Visit the Bipolar Wellness Centre via: www.bdwellness.com .
The Quality of Life Tool can be reached via www.bdqol.com
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We are pleased to announce that phase 2 of public consultation on the University Boulevard Precinct will begin on April 7. Please join us at an open house on April 8 or submit your feedback online<http://planning.ubc.ca/vancouver/projects-consultations/consultations-engagement/university-boulevard-precinct-planning> starting April 7 until April 19.
UBC is updating plans for the University Boulevard Precinct. In January and February 2015, we conducted campus stakeholder and public consultation on how to complete the precinct vision. This included workshops with academic leadership and faculty, presentation and discussions with various committees and councils, along with on-campus and online public consultation. The purpose of this first phase of consultation was to hear the needs, interests and ideas for how to complete the precinct vision. The combined outcomes from these events along with further design analysis were used to develop draft planning and design concepts for the precinct.
During phase 2 of public consultation we are presenting proposed planning and design concepts for feedback. Public consultation will run from April 7 – 19 with both on-campus and online opportunities. Events details:
Public Open House
Date: April 8, 2015
Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Main Concourse, Student Union Building (SUB), 6138 Student Union Boulevard
Online Consultation
If you cannot attend the open house, you can review materials online starting April 7 and fill out a feedback form until April 19. Please visit planning.ubc.ca<http://planning.ubc.ca/vancouver/projects-consultations/consultations-engagement/university-boulevard-precinct-planning>
If you have any questions about the project, please contact Aviva Savelson, Acting Senior Manager, Consultation, Campus + Community Planning at 604-822-9984 or aviva.savelson@ubc.ca<mailto:aviva.savelson@ubc.ca>.
Regards,
Aviva
Aviva Savelson, MA, MCIP, RPP
Acting Senior Manager, Consultation | Campus + Community Planning The University of British Columbia
2210 West Mall | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4 Phone 604-822-9984 aviva.savelson@ubc.ca<mailto:aviva.savelson@ubc.ca>
www.planning.ubc.ca<http://www.planning.ubc.ca/>
In this week’s issue:
Funding Opportunities:
Events:
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Prostate Cancer Foundation – Movember-PCF Challenge Awards
Deadline: April 30, 2015
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) is pleased to announce a request for applications for Movember-PCF Challenge Awards for investigations of metastatic, lethal prostate cancer. These
awards will be funded depending on the level of innovation in applications received. High risk, currently unfunded projects are most desired.
At least six (6) Challenge Awards from U.S.-based teams will be funded by money raised in the U.S. by Movember, and given the prestigious designation of ‘Movember-PCF Challenge Awards’. Meritorious applications from outside the U.S. may be considered for funding with other PCF funds.
Please visit the PCF website for full details.
Child & Family Research Institute – Scholars of Excellence
Deadline: April 30, 2015
The CFRI Scholars of Excellence program provides exceptional individuals an opportunity to generate an innovative and independent research program under the mentorship of world-class researchers based at the Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI).
The overall goal of this program is to train recent PhDs, MDs and MD-PhD graduates to conduct clinical/translational research in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment with intent to develop future leaders in child health research. The program is designed to attract new talent, and preference will be given to applicants from outside BC.
The program provides scholars with a generous stipend of $70,000/year for 3 – 5 years. In the first two years, additional funds are available for research-related expenses ($10,000/year) and travel expenses to attend conferences ($3,000/year).
For more information, please visit the CFRI Scholars of Excellence website.
Department of Defense – Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program and Ovarian Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities
Deadline: May 2015, See below
The Department of Defense has recently announced funding opportunities within the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program (ALSRP) and Ovarian Cancer Research Programs (OCRP).
ALSRP Opportunities:
OCRP Opportunities:
Full details for ALSRP Opportunities at http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/alsrp.shtml
Full details for OCRP Opportunities at http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/ocrp.shtml
Children’s Heart Foundation – Research in Congenital Heart Disease
Deadline: June 5, 2015
The Children’s Heart Foundation calls upon all investigators to submit research proposals on congenital heart disease by June 5, 2015.
The Medical Advisory Board of The Children’s Heart Foundation will review the proposals by late Fall 2015. Those recommended will receive funding in December 2015.
Investigators should contact The Children’s Heart Foundation for an application, or download an application from our website at www.childrensheartfoundation.org.
Lupus Research Institute – Distinguished Innovator Awards
Deadline: June 25, 2015
The Lupus Research Institute (LRI) invites applications for its Distinguished Innovator Awards, a global program that will provide outstanding scientists with substantial support for up to four years to conduct novel research into the fundamental causes of lupus and so provide new directions toward a cure or prevention.
Advances across many disciplines have led to novel treatments that aim to suppress the manifestations of lupus. Yet few interventions are being developed that seek to reverse or prevent the disease. LRI Distinguished Innovators will address this gap by pioneering research into the fundamental, causative pathways of lupus.
In pursuit of this goal, the LRI welcomes novel, hypothesis- or discovery-driven proposals in human and/or animal model based lupus research. The research proposal must aim to uncover the fundamental causes of lupus and present a compelling vision of how the discovery would lay the groundwork for a potential cure, prevention, or highly effective therapy.
The expert review panel will judge applications primarily on the novelty and potential of the research proposal, and the strengths and track record of the investigator. Emphasis will be on the rationale for the hypothesis rather than the amount of preliminary data. Continuations of long-term research projects will not be considered.
Successful applicants will be outstanding investigators who have demonstrated creativity and productivity in their field of research. We encourage applications from investigators in diverse disciplines including, but not limited to, immunology, genetics, molecular-, cell- and systems biology. Scientists who have not previously worked in lupus are encouraged to apply, as are researchers working outside the US. Applicants must hold a position at an academic institution.
Annual funding of up to $250,000 per year, for a term of up to four years, will be awarded for approved projects. We anticipate that no more than four Distinguished Innovator Awards will be made in 2015.
For full details and application information, please visit the LRI website.
Deadline: May 6, 2015
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene has released Robert E. Shope International Fellowship in Infectious Diseases, a Fellowship that provides support for international training opportunities to full-time post-doctoral fellows (PhD, DVM, MD or equivalent) with positions at N. American institutions who study any tropical infectious disease in arbovirology and/or emerging tropical infectious diseases. Award value is $25,000 for defraying travel costs, living expenses and or research abroad.
For further information, please visit the ASTMH website.
EVENTS:
Centre for Blood Research Seminar Series – Autoantibodies to cell surface GRP78 promote prostate cancer growth by activating TF procoagulant activity
Date & Time: April 1, 2015, 12-1pm
Location: LSC 3, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
Seminar by:
Dr. Richard C. Austin
Professor of Department of Medicine
McMaster University
Prostate cancer (PC) is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancer types and accounts for fifteen percent of all new cancer cases in men. Age-adjusted incidence rates of PC have dramatically escalated due to the increased availability of screening for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in men without symptoms of the disease. Current evidence indicates that PC is characterized by a prothrombotic state, occurs on the surface of cancer cells and involves the enhanced expression of tissue factor (TF) and/or its procoagulant activity (PCA). We now have evidence that TF expression/PCA can be modulated in cancer cells by anti-GRP78 autoantibodies. We report, in this study, that anti-GRP78 autoantibody titres are significantly elevated and increase with advanced disease stage in a clinical population diagnosed with PC. Based on these findings, we now propose that the engagement of anti-GRP78 autoantibodies to cell surface GRP78 supports PC growth and metastasis. We previously demonstrated that anti-GRP78 autoantibodies enhance TF expression/PCA in PC cells. In support of these findings, we have shown that the administration of the anti-GRP78 autoantibodies in vivo significantly accelerated tumor growth in NOD/SCID mice. In addition to their effect on TF expression and PCA, we have shown that the binding of anti-GRP78 autoantibodies to cell surface GRP78 activates the unfolded protein response (UPR) in cultured DU145 cells and tumors. The UPR conditions cells to better process physiological insults and promotes the continuous proliferation and survival abilities of the tumor cells. Importantly, this effect on TF-PCA can be alleviated by neutralizing these autoantibodies, or coating cell surface GRP78 with the anticoagulant, heparin.
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Former graduate student of biomedical engineering Marianne Black has been named one of B.C. Business’s 30 Under 30 for 2015. Black co-founded Arbutus Medical Inc., a company that makes surgical drill covers for typical hardware-store drills that can be properly sanitized. Black began the project during her master’s at UBC and has deployed the drill cover to hospitals in Uganda where nearly 2,000 patients have been treated using this technology. The covers are now employed in seven countries where expensive surgical drills are far and few between, with Syria recently added.
Black is now doing her PhD in mechanical engineering at Stanford University and she remains active in Arbutus Medical Inc. She plans to help the company expand further into Africa and beyond and develop more medical devices for cash-strapped hospitals. More information here.
Two civil engineering professors have been inducted as Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada for their contributions to engineering in Canada.
Carlos Ventura, civil engineering professor and director of the Earthquake Engineering Research Facility, has been a faculty member in the Department of Civil Engineering since 1992. Ventura has authored more than 450 publications, and combines over 30 years of research to help protect Canadians from earthquakes. More information here.
Alex Sy has been an adjunct professor in the Department of Civil Engineering since 1995, and is Vice President, Technical at Klohn Crippen Berger. More information here.
The Traffic, Asthma and Genetics (TAG) study by Michael Brauer, professor at the School of Population and Public Health, and Christopher Carlsten, professor at the Respiratory Division at the Department of Medicine, along with Canadian and European collaborators, has been featured as one of Canada’s success stories by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Networks of Centres of Excellence. The study looked at genetic factors to help predict which children will develop traffic pollution-related asthma. More information here.
Journalism alumna Katelyn Verstraten has been awarded a fellowship by Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE), an innovative program that explores the history of the Holocaust as a way to engage graduate students across five different fields (business, journalism, law, medicine, and religion) in an intensive study of contemporary ethics in their discipline.
Verstraten, a freelance reporter living in Vancouver, is one of 12 journalism students and young journalists chosen by FASPE to participate in a two-week program that will take place this summer in Germany and Poland. More information here.
Formed in 2012 by two students, the Biomedical Engineering Student Team (BEST) brings together students from across the university to tackle challenges in biomedical device design. BEST has recently worked with musical therapists on a device called Music to Movement, which provides musical feedback to patients who are in rehabilitation programs after a stroke. Musical feedback is used by occupational therapists to help the recovering brain map musical sounds to specific movements, like holding a cup or taking a step. BEST will enter the Music to Movement device in the 2015 BMEidea competition this April for a chance to win $10,000. More information here.
A team of UBC environmental design alumni are the winners of the People’s Choice Award in Viva Vancouver’s 2015 Robson Redux competition. The installation “#icu” by Jeanie Lim, Jason Pielak, Grace Chang, Christine Chung and Samuel McFaul aims to be a catalyst for connection. Inspired by a periscope, #icu invites people to peer through windows in the installation to meet strangers, see a friend or watch a scene. More information here.
The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) seismic design team will participate at the 2015 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition in Boston. More than thirty students have worked together to create a balsa wood scale model that will be placed under simulated gravity loads and earthquake loads. More information here.
A public lecture titled “50 years of French Diplomacy in China: What Did We Learn?” will be given by newly appointed Ambassador of France to Canada, Nicolas Chapuis, at the Institute of Asian Research. Chapuis will provide the audience with insights and anecdotes on the history of relations between China and the West.
Members of the media are welcome. Meetings with the ambassador can be arranged at the conference. Please note that interviews can be conducted in Mandarin.
Date: March 27, 2015
Time: 12:30 – 2 p.m.
Place: Room 120, C.K. Choi Building, 1855 West Mall
Info: Register here. Light lunch provided.
The community is invited to an afternoon of debates about the policies Canada needs to address climate change. This event marks the B.C. launch of the Sustainable Canada Dialogues. The Academics Panel (3 – 4:15) will be chaired by Sally Otto (Zoology) and include Simon Donner (Geography), Sally Aitken (Forestry), George Hoberg (Forestry) and Kathryn Harrison (Political Science). The Politicians Panel (4:30 – 6 p.m.) will be chaired by grad student Gordon Katic and include Scott Andrews (New Democratic Party candidate), Joyce Murray (MP, Vancouver-Quadra), Lynn Quarmby (Green Party) and a representative of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Date: March 27, 2015,
Time: 3 – 6 p.m. Reception 6 – 7 p.m.
Info: Click here.
Students from UBC’s School of Music worked with Thursdays Writing Collective and Instruments of Change to create Voice to Voice, a project of 11 original compositions. The songs will be brought to life at two free premiere events by UBC singers and pianists. A book version of Voice to Voice including project text and score excerpts will be launched by Thursdays Writing Collective in June 2015.
More information here.
Jonathan Taggart, writer-photographer and PhD student at UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, will give an exhibition titled Life Off Grid: Reassembling Domestic Life, part of the Capture Photography Festival.
From 2011 to 2013, Taggart and Phillip Vannini (Canada Research Chair in Innovative Learning and Public Ethnography; professor at Royal Roads University’s School of Communication and Culture) travelled throughout Canada as part of a long-term ethnographic study of people living off the grid in every province and territory. ‘Life Off Grid’ presents photographs from these travels and interviews.
Date: April 2
Time: 5 – 8 p.m.
Place: Lobby Gallery, Liu Institute for Global Issues, 6476 NW Marine Drive
Info: Liu Institute website
Three UBC Press authors will discuss their discoveries in research, how writing about First Nations people has changed over time, and the challenges and successes of the process. The authors are Jean Barman, author of French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest; Paige Raibmon, author of Written As I Remember It: Teachings from the Life of a Sliammon Elder; and Jennifer Kramer, author of Native Art of the Northwest Coast: A History of Changing Ideas.
Date: April 7
Time: 7 p.m. Place: Book Warehouse, 4118 Main Street
Info: http://books.bc.ca/read-local-bc/
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Don’t let personnel issues become security issues; Terminate computer access before you end a contract or tell people they are fired.
Shortly before a labour union strike in August 2006, two Los Angeles transportation engineers allegedly disconnected traffic signals at four busy intersections. Subsequently, these disgruntled employees were accused of unauthorized access to a computer, identity theft and unauthorized disruption or denial of computer services. The danger imposed on the public based on these acts was significant even IF there were no accidents as a result of this action. Had the Department of Transportation revoked computer access as soon as it terminated the contracts of the two engineers, LA would have avoided the risk to the public.
P.S. It took the city days to get the traffic control system back to normal
Colin Bryant
Computer and Communications Systems Manager | Medicine | Psychiatry
The University of British Columbia | Pt. Grey Campus
Phone 604 822 7374
E-mail colin.bryant@ubc.ca
This message is being sent on behalf of Howard Feldman, Executive Associate Dean, Research and David Snadden, Executive Associate Dean, Education, Faculty of Medicine.
To Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Wendy Robinson as Assistant Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Education effective March 23, 2015 to June 30, 2018.
Dr. Robinson is a Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics at UBC and a Senior Scientist at the BC Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI). She completed her undergraduate studies at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon followed by a PhD in Genetics from the University of California at Berkeley specializing in population genetics and genetic epidemiology. She then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Medical Genetics Institute at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Since joining UBC, Dr. Robinson has been actively involved in undergraduate and graduate teaching, which has been recognized by Departmental and Killam teaching awards. At the CFRI, she has served as Director of the Reproduction & Healthy Pregnancy Research Cluster and a member of the Scientific Steering Committee. Her main research interests involve the genetic and epigenetic aspects of reproduction and early human development.
In her new role, Dr. Robinson’s key responsibilities include the creation of a strategic plan to ensure excellence in training and mentoring of Faculty of Medicine graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at all geographic sites, as well as facilitating a supportive learning and research environment with opportunities for students, graduate advisors and supervisors across programs.
Dr. Robinson’s appointment follows the leadership of Dr. Peter Leung who served as Associate Dean from November 17, 2008 to September 14, 2014.
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Robinson to her appointment.
Sincerely,
Howard Feldman, MD, FRCP(C)
Executive Associate Dean, Research | Faculty of Medicine
The University of British Columbia
David Snadden
Executive Associate Dean, Education | Faculty of Medicine
The University of British Columbia
For Regular Faculty members and Sessionals with Continuing Status: A reminder that unused PDR funds earned in 2010/2011 must be used and claimed by June 30, 2015. Claims for funds earned in 2010/2011 not received by Payment & Procurement Services (PPS) on the Vancouver campus by the cut-off date of June 30, 2015, will be forfeited by the individual.
All faculty members (except Sessionals) can view their PDR fund balance online. For further information on PDR funds, please visit the Faculty Relations website. Finally, it should be noted that claims must be submitted within 12 months of that expense being incurred.
If you have any questions, please contact Vicky Yau at vicky.yau@ubc.ca.
The Annual Meeting of the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms will be held this year at the University of California, San Diego, in La Jolla, on June 27-28, 2015. The program is available on the web site, and the Abstracts Deadline is April 1 (for oral presentations) and May 1 (for poster presentations).
Deadline: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at midnight
Successful candidates receive a $500 stipend, collectable upon attendance.
Psychiatry Residents and Fellows are encouraged to apply for the 2015 CPA Junior Investigator Research Colloquium to be held on Friday, October 2, 2015. Sponsored by the Canadian Psychiatric Association and organized by the CPA Research Committee, this small, all day workshop brings together 18 junior investigators (psychiatry residents and fellows who are on the path towards a successful clinician-scientist career) together with Canadian psychiatrist mentors who have led nationally funded research programs and mentored junior faculty members.
2015 mentors include:
Colloquium Co-Chairs, Dr. Jitender Sareen, University of Manitoba and Dr. Phil Tibbo, Dalhousie University with:
The Colloquium will be held during the CPA Annual Conference in Vancouver. Junior investigators will obtain feedback on past, current and future research, receive information about various aspects of the research process and have the opportunity to create research networks. Residents and fellows with an interest and potential in developing research careers in psychiatry are encouraged to apply.
Read what Colloquium 2014 residents and mentors had to say about their experience.
For more information, contact Hélène Côté at 1-613-234-2815 (232) or by e-mail.
When saving e-mail attachments, do you use the multi-click process of selecting the message, right clicking, then selecting Save As, them browsing for a folder to save it in and finally clicking Save?
If you have the Windows File Explorer 
open, you can simply drag the attachment from Outlook, to a folder on your computer.
In this week’s issue:
Funding Opportunities:
Awards and Honours:
Events:
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
UBC Faculty of Medicine – Friedman Scholars Program
Deadline: March 31, 2015; 4pm PST (extended)
The Constance Livingstone-Friedman and Sydney Friedman Foundation Scholarships in Health Sciences are named after the first two faculty members in the UBC Faculty of Medicine. Drs. Constance and Sydney Friedman believed that a full well-rounded education requires students to learn from different perspectives and learn from different cultures. The goal of the Friedman Scholar program is to provide funding to graduate students or medical residents so that they can pursue a learning opportunity to further their career or to bring new perspectives to the education they have already received.
Please visit for more information: http://grad-postdoc.med.ubc.ca/friedman-scholars-program/
National Ataxia Foundation – Pioneer SCA Translational Research Award
LOI Deadline: August 17, 2015
The National Ataxia Foundation is committed to funding the best science relevant to hereditary and sporadic types of ataxia in both basic and translational research.
The foundation is accepting Letters of Intent for research projects focused that will facilitate the development of treatments for spinocerebellar ataxias. A grant of up to $100,000 over twelve months will be awarded in 2015.
Letters of Intent must be received no later than August 17, 2015. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit full proposals by September 15, 2015.
For complete program guidelines, information about past award recipients, and application procedures, visit the National Ataxia Foundation website.
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
UBC Faculty of Medicine – Margolese National Brain and Heart Disorders Prize
Deadline: March 24, 2015
The University of British Columbia is currently seeking nominations for the 2015 Margolese National Brain and Heart Disorders Prizes, each with a value of C$50,000.
The Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize will be awarded annually to a Canadian citizen who has made outstanding contributions to the treatment, amelioration, or cure of brain disorders. The Margolese National Heart Disorders Prize will be awarded annually to a Canadian citizen who has made outstanding contributions to the treatment, amelioration, or cure of heart disorders. The Prizes are awarded with the expectation that the Prize recipients will continue to demonstrate excellence in their field of work.
Nomination Deadline: March 24, 2015 at 4:00 pm PST
For further information, please visit www.med.ubc.ca/margolese
McGill University – Bloomberg Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health
Deadline: May 15, 2015
McGill University’s Faculty of Education is pleased to announce the call for applications for the 2015 Bloomberg Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health. This important annual academic prize, valued at $50,000 CDN, recognizes an academic whose research has contributed to understanding how factors such as physical activity, nutrition, fitness or psychosocial context can influence personal health and well-being, and whose work could have a positive impact on our behaviour and lifestyle choices.
As recipient of the prize, you will receive the funding as a research grant to further enhance your work, and will have the opportunity to have your research promoted through McGill’s Bloomberg Manulife website, eDigest and social media channels that exist to support the prize. The recipient will be invited to participate in a series of moderated discussions in Toronto and at McGill University in Montreal. In addition, the winner will be invited to participate in media interviews to discuss his/her research and to meet with academics at McGill.
The Prize is presented in association with Lawrence and Frances Bloomberg, Manulife Financial, and the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education with McGill’s Faculty of Education.
Please visit our website at www.mcgill.ca/bloomberg-manulife for more details including eligibility, how to apply, and information on previous winners.
EVENTS:
Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research Lecture – Cystic Fibrosis: From the Perspectives of a Molecular Geneticist, Professor Lap-Chee Tsui
Date & Time: March 23, 2015; 12-1pm
Location: Cullen Family Theatre, 1st floor Providence Building, St. Paul’s Hospital, 1081 Burrard St., Vancouver
Dr. Tsui has had a distinguished academic career with major discoveries in Genetics and Genomics. He identified the Cystic Fibrosis gene in the late 1980s and in further studies of the human genome, characterized chromosome 7. He contributed significantly to fighting the SARS coronavirusin 2003 and led the Hong Kong consortium in the international effort in completing the first comprehensive catalogue of the human genetic evaluations.
Dr. Tsui has made significant policy and government contributions early on with the Medical Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. He was instrumental in the establishment of Genome Canada in its earlier phase and served as Co-Chair of the interim Board. Noteworthy is his leadership in organizations such as the Human Genome Project (HUGO) and his presidency in the University of Hong Kong.
Dr. Tsui is the recipient of many national and international prizes, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences USA and a Laureate of the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. He received the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario.
Canadian Institutes of Health – Visit to UBC
Date & Time: March 25, 2015; 1:30-3:30pm
Location: Room 1002, Life Sciences Building, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
You are invited to an open session being presented by Dr. Jane Aubin, Chief Scientific Officer at the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR). Dr. Aubin will review recent and upcoming changes in CIHR funding and answer your questions.
Dr. Aubin’s talk will be video-conferenced from Life Sciences Institute (room 1002) to:
Researchers, research grants facilitators, and graduate students are welcome.
If you are interested in attending, please RSVP at the following link: http://research.ubc.ca/vpri/cihr-visit-ubc
Date & Time: March 25, 2015; 6-8pm
Location: Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms, Lower Level, Central Library, 350 W. Georgia St., Vancouver
Join us for the final LSI Public Talk of this season, Wednesday, March 25, 6 – 8 PM at Vancouver Public Library.
Tuberculosis (TB) has plagued humanity since antiquity. Today it still infects one third of the human population and new drugs are urgently needed to prevent the spread of drug-resistant strains. UBC LSI Public Talks, in collaboration with TBVets Charitable Foundation, presents an interactive panel of internationally acclaimed speakers on the local and global state of TB as well as cutting-edge approaches to combatting the disease.
Moderator: Jeremy Hirota PhD
Assistant Professor, UBC Dept. of Medicine
Speakers
Bill Jacobs, PhD
Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Kevin Elwood, MD
Clinical Professor Emeritus, UBC Dept. of Medicine, BC Centre for Disease Control
The LSI Public Talks are delivered by the UBC Life Sciences Institute in partnership with the Vancouver Public Library and UBC’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. This edition is presented in collaboration with TBVets Charitable Foundation.
Further details available and please RSVP at http://lsi.ubc.ca/talks.
Centre for Blood Research – Norman Bethune Symposium
Date & Time: April 16, 2015; 7:15am-6:30pm
Location: SFU Segal Building, 500 Granville St., Vancouver
Dr. (Henry) Norman Bethune (1890-1939) was a Canadian physician who in the 1930s spearheaded the implementation of the first practical mobile blood collection and distribution system and promoted universal access to health care. This symposium is held in his honour and will be informative and entertaining, with participation of a full range of scientists and clinicians at all levels of training.
What you can expect to achieve from this symposium:
Detailed program of the day’s events is attached to this message.
Please register at www.cbr.ubc.ca. For further information about this even, please contact Hana Kim at hana.kim@ubc.ca
Date & Time: May 1, 2015; 8am-3:45pm
Location: Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue, 580 W. Hastings St., Vancouver BC
Target audience: Psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health professionals, family physicians, nurses, residents, and medical students
Up to 5.25 Mainpro-M1/MOC Section 1 credits
Register: https://events.ubccpd.ca/website/index/110341
Highlights:
Date: May 29-30, 2015
Location: UBC Robson Square, Vancouver
Target audience: Family Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Midwives, Registered Nurses, Specialists, Residents & Other Allied Health Professionals
Up to 12.25 MainPro-M1/ MOC Section 1
Register: https://events.ubccpd.ca/website/index/110330
Our culture presents us with images and messages about sex and sexuality on a daily basis, and yet sexual health remains an under-addressed topic in CPD and in the clinic. Why? Let’s face it: Sex and sexuality include a range of topics that are, on some level and to some degree, uncomfortable for all of us – patients and practitioners alike.
Therefore we are very excited to invite you to attend the 1st Sexual Health conference. Our planning committee has had to work overtime to narrow down a huge number of sexual health topics to accommodate a 2-day CPD program. This course aims to offer something for all practitioners – from generalists to specialists – addressing sexual health through many of its lenses: all ages, genders and orientations; positive and negative health consequences; relevance in society, the law, and of course in day-to-day clinical practice.
We hope to inspire a positive and healthy approach to some of the common issues and challenges faced by patients, and clinicians – and that by attending this CPD event you will build your confidence and competence in an area that has relevance in most domains of healthcare.
Sexual Health 2015 offers two full days of interesting plenary sessions and smaller group case-based/interactive workshops – and still we couldn’t manage to fit it all in!
We look forward to your participation on May 29-30, 2015.
Personalized Medicine Summit – Transforming the Practice of Medicine
Date: June 7-9, 2015
Location: Life Sciences Institute, UBC, Vancouver BC
The intent of this summit, organized by the Life Science Institute, University of British Columbia, in partnership with the Personalized Medicine Initiative, GenomeBC and LifeScience BC, is to make recommendations on the best practices for the implementation of Personalized Medicine (PM) in British Columbia and Canada. In many ways BC constitutes an ideal testing ground for putting a Personalized Medicine programme into practice, with its highly integrated single payer health care system, its ethnically diverse, well educated population, and its advanced expertise in the development and application of molecularly-based medicine.
Early bird registration is current on now until April 7th. Please register at https://services.ubcconferences.com/iebms/reg/reg_p1_form.aspx?oc=01&ct=STD&eventid=13041.
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Effective Monday, March 30 the way we operate UBC parkades is significantly changing.
All parkades will use a virtual pay and park system which basically means removing the gates and equipment at parkade entrances and exits. This enables drivers to conveniently and quickly park their car and makes entry to and exit from the parkades much, much faster.
How does this affect permit (puck) holders?
The change for permit holders is minimal. Simply ensure that ANY vehicle you wish to park at UBC parkades has the correct vehicle license plate(s) associated with your account
– log into your UBC Parking account at https://ebus.parking.ubc.ca/ebusiness/cmn/auth_ext.aspx
– add, amend or delete vehicle licence plates that you want associated with your account
Remember
The beauty here is that there isnt a plastic puck to forget or leave on a different vehicle. And even if you have a rental car, just add the plate (remember to remove it after you return the car of course).
As for the plastic puck?, please use the internal UBC Mail to send them back to us and we’ll recycle them for you. Send to “UBC Parking @ The UBC Bookstore”
We apologize if you have received this email more than once or if you no longer chose to park at UBC.
Thank You
UBC Parking & Access Services
The University of British Columbia
110-6200 University Boulevard | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4 Phone 604 822 6786 | Fax 604 827 2509 parking.support@ubc.ca www.ubcparking.com
Please distribute to your faculty and staff
• Everyone is invited to the Rule Out Racism Week panel discussion: The Value of Freedom: Academics VS. Expression.
• Changes are coming to UBC’s parkade operations on March 30.
| Mar 19 | Stem cells show promise for reversing Type 2 diabetes | |
| Mar 19 | UBC and Indian government commit nearly $2 million to support new science and engineering scholarships | |
| Mar 18 | A loss for us all: the destruction of Iraq’s cultural heritage | |
| Mar 16 | Universal public drug coverage would save Canada billions | |
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| Mar 19 | Intercultural U 2015: Celebrating Diversity at UBC | |
| Mar 19 | From Vancouver to Ferguson, Gaza and Beyond…Resisting Settler Colonial/Racial Violence | |
| Mar 20 | The Conflict Shoreline: Colonialism as Climate Change | |
| Mar 20 | Triumph of Love – A Modern Musical | |
| Mar 21 | UBC Archaeology Day 2015: Saving Endangered Cultural Heritage for Our Common Future | |
| Mar 21 | Tom Burrows exhibition | |
| Mar 22 | Storm the Wall | |
| Mar 23 | Lunchtime Dialogue: Governance Challenges around Planning, Development and Urbanization of China: Challenges and Futures | |
| Mar 23 | Eco-Poethics & Community Engagement | |
| Mar 24 | Constance van Eeden Invited Speaker: Professor Peter Guttorp | |
| Mar 25 | Book Launch – Politics in the Corridor of Dying: AIDS Activism and Global Health Governance by UBC Professor Jennifer Chan | |
| Mar 25 | Heart + Lung Health FEST 2015 | |
| Mar 27 | 17th Annual Psychology Undergraduate Conference – “Learn the Brain, Learn the Mind” | |
| Find out what else is happening at UBC this week. For sports events, visit the UBC Athletics site at http://www.gothunderbirds.ca/calendar.aspx. |
Members from the UBC community are among the 71 finalists in YWCA Metro Vancouver’s 32nd Annual Women of Distinction Awards. The awards honour extraordinary women leaders, businesses and organizations that contribute to the well-being and future of communities across Metro Vancouver. Winners will be announced at a reception at the Vancouver Convention Centre on May 26. More information here.
Three UBC-led projects received $51,400 in funding from NSERC’s PromoScience program. The three projects were part of a $3.6 million investment announced March 18 to introduce young Canadians to careers in science-based fields. The program supports community-based science camp and outreach activities for elementary and high-school students.
Niamh Kelly received $11,700 for Creative Science, Jakob Manning received $29,800 for Geering Up Satellite Programming in Kelowna, Prince George and Inner City Vancouver, and Christopher Waltham received $9,900 for the UBC Physics & Astronomy Outreach Program. More information here.
Funded by the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship and UBC, the School of Engineering (SoE) at UBC’s Okanagan campus, is leading a $1.1-million project, Innovative Solutions for Developing and Managing Climate Resilient Transport Infrastructure in South Asia Region: A Lifecycle Thinking Approach. Professor Rehan Sadiq, acting director of SoE, is the principal investigator.
The joint Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee-UBC scholarship will enable 24 student scholars, 16 interns and 20 international exchange students to work with Sadiq and SoE researchers in investigating sustainable transport infrastructure in South Asia. More information here.
Daniel Pauly, a professor at the UBC Fisheries Centre, has been named the recipient of the 2015 Peter Benchley Ocean Award for Excellence in Science. Pauly is the founder and leader of the ‘Sea Around Us’ project and is a world leader in identifying overfishing as a threat to marine ecosystems and global food security. He is known for developing the concept of ‘Shifting Baselines’ and scientifically documenting and explaining ‘fishing down the food web.’
The Peter Benchley Ocean Awards recognize excellence in marine conservation solutions across a wide range of expertise including science, policy, media, youth, exploration and citizen activism. The annual awards ceremony will take place on May 14 in Washington D.C. More information here.
UBC members are among the finalists of the 31st annual B.C. Book Prizes. The winners in seven categories will be announced at the Lieutenant Governor’s B.C. Book Prizes gala on April 25.
Kevin Chong (Creative Writing instructor) Northern Dancer: The Legendary Horse That Inspired a Nation
Aislinn Hunter (alumna) The World Before Us
Gabrielle Prendergast alumna) Capricious
Aaron Chapman (alumnus) Live at the Commodore: The Story of Vancouver’s Historic Commodore Ballroom
Roy Miki (PhD student) Dolphin SOS
Ian Kennedy (alumnus) Tofino and Clayoquot Sound: A History
Becky Citra (alumna) Finding Grace
More information here.
English professor Sherrill Grace‘s new book Landscapes of War and Memory is a finalist in the 2014 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards in the War and Military (Adult Nonfiction) category. The awards help connect readers to previously unknown authors and are given by Foreword Reviews, a review magazine solely dedicated to discovering new indie books. For more on Grace’s book, click here .
UBC Archaeology Day 2015 aims to raise public awareness of the ever increasing destruction of cultural heritage and archaeological resources in many parts of the world.
The keynote speaker Michael Danti (Department of Archaeology, Boston University) will discuss the endangered cultural heritage in Iraq and Syria.
Speakers from UBC will include Christopher Arnett and Peter Merchant (Department of Anthropology) and Lynn Welton, Ryan Johnson, Courtney Innes (Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies).
Date: March 21
Time: 9 – 4:30 p.m.
Place: Anthropology and Sociology Building, 6303 NW Marine Drive
Info: Click here.
UBC professors will speak at the BIL Conference this weekend in Vancouver. The yearly gathering brings together technologists, scientists, artists, hackers and those with a passion for community awareness, social entrepreneurship, and innovation.
Mandy Len Catron (English), Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins (Philosophy) and Marina Adshade (Economics) will be presenting “Love Faculty: Three Perspectives on Modern Love.” Alfred Hermida (Journalism) will give a talk titled “Why nobody sees what you tweet and how to do something about it.”
Date: March 21-22
Time: Doors open at 8 a.m.
Info: Open to the public. Entrance by donation. http://2015.bilconference.com/
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Dear Faculty Member,
The VFMP (Vancouver Fraser Medical Program) team is pleased to invite you to the following workshops. We recommend you register early to secure your spot as space is limited.
Dinner and Development Series
Our Transition to a Competency Based Curriculum- What This Means to the Faculty in the MDUP
Facilitator: Dr. Linlea Armstrong
When: Monday, March 23rd, 2015 6:00-8:30pm ((dinner will be provided at 5:45pm)
Where: VGH: JPPS 1888 (Jim Pattison Pav – Paetzold)
Register for this workshop
VFMP_Lunch Discussion Group Series
Competence Based Medical Education
Facilitators: Drs. Barry Mason and Linlea Armstrong
When: Wednesday, March 25th 2015 12-1:00pm
Where: VGH: DHCC 2267 (Diamond Centre)
Register for this workshop
VFMP_Lunch Discussion Group Series
CCME Review
Facilitator: TBC
When: Wednesday, April 29th 2015 12-1:00pm
Where: VGH: DHCC 2267 (Diamond Centre)
Register for this workshop
2015 annual Medical Education Day for Health Professionals & Dr. William Webber Lecture
Scholarship in Faculty Development
Webber Lecturer: Dr. Gary Poole
When: Friday May 29th, 2015 8:00-16:00
Where: Cecil Green Park House 6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver
Register for this workshop
Please forward this invitation to faculty you think would be interested.
Kind Regards,
Faculty Development Team
Faculty of Medicine
DHCC – 11th Floor
2775 Laurel Street
Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9
604-875-4111 Ext 67789
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As you will know, we are all tasked with effective communication.
To foster it amongst health care professionals and with patients and families is a challenge.
Patients, doctors, and policy-makers understand its importance, however, and with good reason: high-quality relationships and communication in the clinical setting produce “whole-person” knowledge of the patient, and are associated with improvements in: clinical and functional status; treatment-adherence; patient trust; and the satisfaction of both physicians and patients with their encounters.
With the shift from “physician-centred” to “patient-centred” or “relationship-centred” care, patients’ experiences of care are now increasingly being valued and measured.
Also, studies have shown the positive link between integrated care teams and: improved patient health outcomes; reduced mortality; shortened length of stay; enhanced workforce morale; reduced burnout and staff turnover.
This leads into our latest initiative: Psycho-Social Rounds.
Our first meeting was held in February, was led by the Department of Obstetrics, was extremely well attended, and seems to be galvanizing conversation and change.
Our format is as follows: 60-90 minutes, case-based, interactive lunchtime discussions [lunch provided!], held and co-facilitated by our department.
Each session will begin with a brief presentation of a patient (or family) case by members of the healthcare team who cared for the patient, introducing multiple perspectives on selected psychosocial topics. Audience members and the presentation team will participate in the facilitated group discussion that follows.
The Rounds will address a wide range of important topics rarely discussed elsewhere, such as: the management of team conflict; stories of hope; the impaired professional; the impact of patient violence upon providers; when culture or religion undermines communication; the impact of making a mistake; humour and healing, and many others.
The Psycho-Social Rounds will be held monthly at lunchtime, hosted at The HOpe Centre, Lions Gate Hospital from January 2015, kindly sponsored by Eli Lilly Canada Inc.
Please circulate this to your group if of interest and let me know if your Department may have a case for discussion in the future; thank you.
With best wishes,
Apu
DR APU T. CHAKRABORTY
BA MA [Cantab.] MB BS [Lond.] MRCPsych [UK] MSc DLSHTM PhD [Lond.] FRCPC
Cell: +1 (604) 786 6940
Medical Manager, Adult Community Mental Health Services, HOpe Centre, Lions Gate Hospital
Vancouver Coastal Health
Please see below for time sensitive information for MDs who previously practised in the UK for the National Health Service (NHS) .
As of April 1, 2015, any MD that previously practised in the UK for the NHS will no longer be able to transfer his/her NHS pension out of the UK. Most affected MDs are not aware of this April 1, 2015 deadline and they need to act on this immediately.
The repercussions for MDs will be:
Suggested course of action from Scotiabank:
If you will be impacted by these changes, please contact Mary Liu, psychiatry.hrmanager@ubc.ca, who will refer you to a contact at Scotiabank. Scotiabank has experts who will be able to provide advice and recommendations to MDs on how to move forward prior to the April 1, 2015 deadline date.
Mary Liu CHRP
Human Resources Manager
Faculty of Medicine | Department of Psychiatry
The University of British Columbia
2255 Wesbrook Mall | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 2A1
Phone 604 822 7315 | Fax 604 822 7756
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2015 CAGP Annual Scientific Meeting
Call for Abstract Submission
The Spectrum of Geriatric Psychiatry: From Prevention to Palliation
September 30, 2015 • Hyatt Regency, Vancouver
The Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry (CAGP) is looking forward to welcoming you to the 24th CAGP Annual Scientific Meeting: The Spectrum of Geriatric Psychiatry: From Prevention to Palliation. The meeting will be held this year in Vancouver at the Hyatt Regency, September 30th, 2015 immediately preceding the Canadian Psychiatry Association conference.
We are pleased to announce that abstract submission for concurrent oral paper presentation, poster presentation, workshop, symposium, clinical case study presentation and resident session is now open! This year we are introducing a new category for Clinical Case Presentations.
There are 5 categories of abstract submission preference. The ASM meeting organizing committee may make decisions on the format of the presentation. All submission abstracts must be submitted in the standardized format irrespective of presentation preference. The maximum word count is 250 words. All presentation categories require three learning objectives. All submissions will be peer reviewed.
Oral Presentation: Oral and poster abstracts will consist of a Title, Background, Methods, Results and Conclusions. An oral presentation is 15 minutes in length (11 minute talk; 4 minutes question and answer period).
Poster Presentation: Oral and poster abstracts will consist of a Title, Background, Methods, Results and Conclusions.
Workshop: A workshop is 60 minutes in length and must be highly interactive, lively and informative with 25% audience participation.
Symposium: A presentation of two or three separate talks around a similar theme with time for a discussant. The overall symposium must have an abstract with the symposium Chair listed along with the discussant (if the discussant is different than the chair). Each individual talk within the symposium must have a separate abstract and learning objectives. The symposium Chair should share the title of the Symposium with the individual presenters so that they may put the symposium title in their individual abstract submission.
Clinical Case Presentation: This presentation is dedicated for presentation of informative clinical cases. There should be maximal audience participation, interaction and discussion. The clinical case must be supported with literature and evidence around the teaching and learning points.
There is no additional funding for speakers. All applicants are responsible for their own travel costs to attend the conference and must register for the conference.
INSTRUCTIONS:
* Abstract submissions are due Tuesday March 17th, 2015 by 11:59 pm EDT.
* Abstracts submissions will be accepted using the online submission platform only.
* Once the online submission has been completed, you will receive immediate automated confirmation of receipt of your submission.
* All abstracts will be peer reviewed.
* Please include the title, and three learning objectives and abstract text of no more than 250 words.
* Learning objectives must indicate what the participants will learn from the presentation in terms of knowledge, skills or attitudes.
* In keeping with the principles of Maintenance of Certification (MOC), a minimum of 25% of the presentation time must be allotted for audience discussion and participation.
* The planning committee’s decision regarding your submission will be sent the week of April 27th, 2015.
* All applicants are responsible for their own travel costs to attend the conference, and must register for the conference.
CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT <http://www.cagp.ca/event-1796381%20>
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In this week’s issue:
Funding Opportunities:
Awards and Honours:
Events:
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research – 2015 Research Trainee Award
LOI Deadline: March 17, 2015
The MSFHR Research Trainee Program – Post-Doctoral Fellowship Awards support highly qualified applicants at the post-PhD and post-health professional degree (MD, DDS, DVM or DPharm) stages to prepare for careers as independent health researchers.
At the time of application, applicants must commit at least 75 percent time to research training; this commitment does not include holding a full-time paid research position. Health professionals with active clinical service must commit at least 50 percent time to research training.
Applications are submitted through the MSFHR ApplyNet system.
Letter of intent deadline is March 17, 2015.
Full application deadline is April 20, 2015.
Please visit the MSFHR website for additional information.
Child & Family Research Institute – Scholars of Excellence
Deadline: April 30, 2015
The CFRI Scholars of Excellence program provides exceptional individuals an opportunity to generate an innovative and independent research program under the mentorship of world-class researchers based at the Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI).
The overall goal of this program is to train recent PhDs, MDs and MD-PhD graduates to conduct clinical/translational research in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment with intent to develop future leaders in child health research. The program is designed to attract new talent, and preference will be given to applicants from outside BC.
For more information, please visit the CFRI Scholars of Excellence website.
Grant Foundation – Initiative on Understanding Inequality
Deadline: May 5, 2015
In recent years, inequality in the United States has become increasingly pervasive. At the same time, social mobility has decreased. The William T. Grant Foundation believes the research community can play a critical role in reversing these trends. To that end, the foundation, which seeks to improve the lives of youth between the ages 5 and 25, has launched a new initiative to support research that advances understanding in the area of inequalities in youth development.
Through its new Understanding Inequality program, the foundation will award grants of up to $600,000 in support of research focused on ways to reduce disparities in academic, behavioral, social, and economic outcomes for youth. Priority will be given to projects related to inequality on the basis of economic, racial/ethnic, and language backgrounds. Research that explores other areas of inequality also will be considered, based on a compelling case for its impact.
To be eligible, organizations must be considered tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
See the William T. Grant Foundation website for complete program guidelines, application instructions, and an FAQ.
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
UBC Faculty of Medicine – Margolese National Brain and Heart Disorders Prize
Deadline: March 24, 2015
The University of British Columbia is currently seeking nominations for the 2015 Margolese National Brain and Heart Disorders Prizes, each with a value of C$50,000.
The Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize will be awarded annually to a Canadian citizen who has made outstanding contributions to the treatment, amelioration, or cure of brain disorders. The Margolese National Heart Disorders Prize will be awarded annually to a Canadian citizen who has made outstanding contributions to the treatment, amelioration, or cure of heart disorders. The Prizes are awarded with the expectation that the Prize recipients will continue to demonstrate excellence in their field of work.
Nomination Deadline: March 24, 2015 at 4:00 pm PST
For further information, please visit www.med.ubc.ca/margolese
Guttmacher Institute – Darroch Award for Excellence in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research
Nomination Deadline: May 15, 2015
The Darroch Award, sponsored by the Guttmacher Institute, recognizes an emerging leader who is a researcher in the field of sexual and reproductive health, where scientific evidence is essential to guiding the policies and programs of the future.
The award honors Jacqueline E. Darroch, Ph.D., whose four decades of conducting and directing research exemplify rigorous and innovative work in this field and commitment to the practical application of research to policy and programs. The award aims to recognize and stimulate such work.
The award, offered once every two years, includes a $3,000 prize.
Please visit the Guttmacher Institute website for further criteria and nomination details.
EVENTS:
Date & Time: March 16, 2015; 12-1pm
Location: LSC3, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
You are invited to attend the Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Speaker Series.
We are proud to have as our first speaker Dr. Allen Eaves, Founder, President and CEO of STEMCELL Technologies.
The talk is free and open to all. Bring a friend.
Dr Eaves will be talking about his extraordinary career as an entrepreneur. He is the owner and CEO of STEMCELL Technologies, Canada’s largest biotech company with over 600 employees, sales of $100 million and a growth rate of ~15% per year. He started the company in 1993 by mortgaging his house and obtaining an additional loan which he paid back.
For more information, please visit http://lsi.ubc.ca/2015/03/09/entrepreneurship-allen-eaves/.
Connect with NSERC’s President on a Vision for 2020
Date & Time: March 25, 2015; 2:30-4:00pm
Location: Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Room 101, Lower Level, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver
NSERC’s President, Dr. B. Mario Pinto, is gearing up to connect with your community as part of his cross-country tour to get “Your Views on NSERC 2020”.
The “Connect with NSERC’s President on a Vision for 2020” consultation sessions provide researchers, students, administrators and stakeholders an opportunity to learn more about our President as well as obtain views and feedback on NSERC 2020 Strategic Plan. These sessions also serve as a platform for the community to ask questions and seek more information from our leader.
NSERC would like our views on the following two questions:
NSERC’s vision is for Canada “to be a global leader in strengthening the discovery-innovation continuum for the societal and economic benefit of Canada.”
A videoconference connection to this event will be arranged for UBC-Okanagan participants at the Provost Boardroom, Room ADM 119E.
Full details regarding the agenda for this Townhall are available on the NSERC 2020 webpage.
Please note that NSERC has asked Townhall Meeting participants to register for the event on NSERC’s registration webpage, by March 23rd.
UBC Faculty of Medicine Continuing Professional Development – Medical Disorders and Pregnancy
Date: April 18, 2015
Location: Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Vancouver
Target audience: Obstetricians, gynecologists, internists, maternal fetal medicine specialists, fellows, residents & students
Up to 7.0 Mainpro-M1/MOC Section 1 credits
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The UBC National Core for Neuroethics is pleased to announce… Dr. Helen Mayberg, Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Radiology and the Dorothy Fuqua Chair in Psychiatry Imaging and Therapeutics from Emory University School of Medicine, is visiting on March 17-18, 2015 as this year’s Dana BAW Distinguished Neuroethics Lecture speaker: Rethinking Depression and its Treatment: Perspectives from Studies of Deep Brain Stimulation We look forward to seeing you at the event! ==== Short bio: In addition to ongoing studies to develop imaging biomarkers that can optimize treatment selection in individual depressed patients at all stages of illness, the lab is focused on the development of combined structural and electrical connectivity models to optimize surgical targeting, refine stimulation parameters and characterize mechanisms of both immediate and sustained antidepressant effects of high frequency DBS. Combined with real-time behavioral and physiological metrics, these studies offer a unique perspective on critical pathways and mechanisms mediating antidepressant effects of DBS, and on the pathophysiology of treatment resistant depression more generally. Dr. Mayberg is a Board Certified Neurologist, trained at Columbia’s Neurological Institute in New York, with fellowship training in nuclear medicine at Johns Hopkins. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine and is an active participant in a wide variety of advisory and scientific activities across multiple fields in neuroscience. |
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| Calendar: | National Core for Neuroethics | |
| Categories: | Audience – All Students, Audience – Graduate Students, Audience – Undergraduate Students, Subject – Learning And Research – Arts, Humanities And Social Sciences, Subject – Learning And Research – Community, Subject – Learning And Research – Health, Subject – Learning And Research – Interdisciplinary, Subject – Learning And Research – Science And Technology, Subject – Personal And Professional Development – Faculty, Subject – Personal And Professional Development – Students, Type – Lecture | |
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| Mar 12 | Women in Science and Engineering Night | |
| Mar 12 | Science Career Information Night | |
| Mar 13 | A Tangle of Trouble: Boys, Men and Masculinities | |
| Mar 13 | Public Lecture by Singaporean Sculptor Chong Fah Cheong | |
| Mar 14 | Values in Perspective Project | |
| Mar 14 | Hanna Fettis, soprano – 4th Year Solo Recital | |
| Mar 15 | Kappa Alpha Theta Presents: Trivia Night in support of CASA | |
| Mar 16 | Correlation Mining for Imaging and Multidimensional Signal Processing | |
| Mar 16 | Eating Sustainably | |
| Mar 17 | Building Happier Lives – John Helliwell In Conversation | |
| Mar 17 | Brain Awareness Week: Distinguished Neuroethics Lecture | |
| Mar 18 | Wall Wednesdays: How Will Animals Respond to Climate Change? | |
| Mar 19 | Woodward Lecture: Inequality in Health at Birth: Why is it Falling in the U.S.? | |
| Find out what else is happening at UBC this week. For sports events, visit the UBC Athletics site at http://www.gothunderbirds.ca/calendar.aspx. |
Electrical and computer engineering professor David Michelson and Telus chief technology officer Ibrahim Gedeon received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Conference Leadership Award for their efforts in co-chairing IEEE’s 2014 Vehicular Technology Conference in Vancouver. The event brought together over one hundred engineers and managers from Metro Vancouver and the Pacific Northwest to discuss and exchange ideas in the fields of wireless, mobile, and vehicular technology. Click here for more information.
PhD student Anastasia Hyrina has been awarded the 2015 International Society of Antiviral Research (ISAR) – Women in Science Career Development Award. Hyrina is invited to present at the 28th International Conference on Antiviral Research in Italy in May where she will receive the ISAR award which involves a $1,500 stipend, a two-year ISAR membership and a commemorative certificate. The award supports the professional development of women with potential for significant contribution in the field of antiviral research.
During UBC’s fifth annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition, graduate students have given more than 100 outstanding presentations, informing an audience about their graduate research in just three minutes. After more than six weeks of competition, the top eight finalists will advance to the final round. The first place winner will go to the regionals to contend for national honours in a virtual competition.
Date: March 12
Time: 4:30 – 6 p.m.
Place: Thea Koerner House, 6371 Crescent Road
A photo exhibition of the World Food Programme (WFP) titled “The Importance of Nutrition” shows how increasing access to healthy and nutritious food saves lives.
This exhibition is part of the UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series, which brings together food security and sustainability experts from across North America to engage the UBC community and the public around global food security issues.
Date: Opening reception March 18. Exhibition runs March 18-31.
Time: 5 p.m.
Place: Food, Nutrition and Health Building’s Atrium, 2205 East Mall
Info: Visit the Liu Institute website
Friday, May 29th, 2015 at the Cecil Green Park House
6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver
08:00-16:00
Speaker: Dr. Gary Poole
To register please click here:
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Session titles: Uncovering our personal truths Interrogating our truths The 11th (2015) Annual Webber Lecture: Scholarship as an interrogation of personal truths Plenary: Dwelling in Pasteur’s Quadrant Creating and leading effective and meaningful academic half days Engaging in meaningful feedback discussions in the context of short interactions The questioning game: How students manage questioning as an educational process |
Meeting Details:
Article: Efference Copy Failure during Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements in Schizophrenia. Spering et al. 2013. J. Neuroscience, 33(29):11779 –11787. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23864667
Date: Monday March 16th, 2015
Time: 12:00
Room: 3rd floor conference room
Location: BCMHARI, 3rd floor CFRI building, BCCW hospital site
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Memorandum
To: Faculty, Residents, Graduate Students, Fellows and Interns
Department of Psychiatry
From: Dr. Evelyn Stewart and Dr. Jeremy Seamans
RE: Departmental Research Day 2015
We are pleased to announce that the 30th Annual University of British Columbia Department of Psychiatry Research Day will be held on Thursday, June 18th 2015, at the Life Sciences Centre, UBC Campus. This event’s main objectives will be to showcase research being conducted within the Department and to allow an opportunity for research networking and collaboration across sites, disciplines and experience levels. This will be accomplished via oral and poster presentations followed by a wine and cheese reception.
Faculty, Residents, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Fellows and Interns are invited to submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations. Each abstract should contain the following:
For oral presentations by non-faculty members, the sponsoring faculty member will be asked to provide a brief introduction of the study topic by highlighting both relevance and clinical implications to the field of psychiatry.
A total of four awards will be presented to non-faculty Research Day participants, with each awardee receiving a certificate and a cash prize of $500. The award categories include those for trainees providing basic science oral, basic science poster, clinical oral and clinical poster presentations. Trainee winners will be selected from each category by a panel of UBC Faculty member judges.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is June 5th 2015 at 4:30 p.m.
Please submit your abstracts to Corinne Carpenter at corinne.carpenter@ubc.ca
Dear Researcher,
Faculty of Medicine and the Office of Research Services has released the official deadlines & procedures for the MSFHR 2015 Research Trainee Award application. In order to meet Faculty of Medicine & UBC deadlines, your application package must be submitted to the Department Administration Office – attention Vicky Yau (vicky.yau@ubc.ca), by noon, Tuesday, April 7, 2015 for Department review & approval.
After Department approval, the Department will submit your application package to the Faculty Dean’s Office for Faculty approval. After Faculty approval, the Faculty Dean’s Office will submit your application package to UBC ORS for Institution approval. ORS will electronically approve your application via ApplyNet for submission to MSFHR.
If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact Vicky Yau at vicky.yau@ubc.ca
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For the 2015 MSFHR Research Trainee Award opportunity, the Faculty of Medicine (FoM) has agreed with the Office of Research Services (ORS) on the following procedures/timelines:
1) Your application package must be submitted to the Dean’s Office or affiliated hospital research office by Friday, April 10th, 2015 for Faculty signatures only. You have the option of dropping off a paper copy or emailing it to the Faculty signature contact for your site. Note that Bryan Wong (bryan.wong@ubc.ca) is the contact for Faculty approval for those located at the UBC Point Grey campus. See below for a complete list of the required items.
NOTE: These documents will not be returned to you as they will be taken to ORS, who will approve your application on ApplyNet.
2) Your documents will be printed (if sent by email) and after Faculty approval, taken to ORS.
3) Your application must be submitted via ApplyNet no later than 8:30am on Friday, April 17th, 2015.
4) ORS will electronically approve your application via ApplyNet for submission to MSFHR.
Please remember that you can continue working on your research proposal up until you submit on ApplyNet on April 17th, even after you have submitted your application package for Faculty approval.
Required Documents
1) Completed Research Project Information Form, including signatures of your supervisor and his/her Department Head/School Director.
2) Page 1: MSFHR Full application page
3) Page 2: MSFHR Project information page
4) Page 3: MSFHR Third Party Role information page
5) Letter of collaboration (if applicable)
Please visit the ORS website to familiarize yourself with the MSFHR eSubmission Procedure.
If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact Vicky Yau at the Department (Vicky.yau@ubc.ca ) Bryan Wong at the FoM (bryan.wong@ubc.ca), or Donna Lei (donna.lei@ors.ubc.ca) or Andrea Sherrington (andrea.sherrington@ors.ubc.ca) at ORS.
In this week’s issue:
Announcement:
Funding Opportunities:
Awards and Honours:
Events:
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research – 2015 Research Trainee Award
LOI Deadline: March 17, 2015
The MSFHR Research Trainee Program – Post-Doctoral Fellowship Awards support highly qualified applicants at the post-PhD and post-health professional degree (MD, DDS, DVM or DPharm) stages to prepare for careers as independent health researchers.
At the time of application, applicants must commit at least 75 percent time to research training; this commitment does not include holding a full-time paid research position. Health professionals with active clinical service must commit at least 50 percent time to research training.
Applications are submitted through the MSFHR ApplyNet system.
Letter of intent deadline is March 17, 2015.
Full application deadline is April 20, 2015.
Please visit the MSFHR website for additional information.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – Grant Opportunities
Deadline: See below
The Gates foundation and its Grand Challenges partners are now accepting applications for the following grant programs:
Proposals are being accepted online until May 13, 2015 on the following topics:
Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million.
The application deadline is March 27, 2015. Details on how to apply for a grant can be found at http://www.savinglivesatbirth.net/
NOI Deadline: March 27, 2015
The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is pleased to announce the Functional Screen of Autism-Associated Variants Request for Applications (RFA).
Grants awarded through this RFA are intended to advance our understanding of the genetic basis of autism, and in particular the potential role of missense and in-frame deletion variants in conferring risk.
Data to be analyzed under this RFA will come in part from the exome sequencing of more than 2,500 families from the Simons Simplex Collection (SSC), a repository of data from families that include one child with autism and unaffected parents and siblings. The majority of what has been identified in the SSC falls into the category of missense variants of uncertain significance. Sequencing additional large cohorts may help to distinguish pathogenic from benign variants on a purely statistical basis, but it is clear that these efforts will have to be complemented by screens to test such variants for functional relevance.
To this end, we seek proposals for the development and application of medium- or high-throughput screens to test for the functional effects of missense and in-frame deletion variants identified in the SSC and other autism collections.
We request that investigators who intend to submit a proposal send an email by 27 March 2015 with the intended investigators’ names and affiliations and their intended proposal’s title to grants@simonsfoundation.org with the subject line: SFARI RFA Notice of Intent. The deadline for full proposal submission is 10 April 2015, 5:00 p.m. Eastern.
Please visit the SFARI website for further details.
Obesity Society – Applications for Early-Career Research Grants
LOI Deadline: March 30, 2015
The Obesity Society works to advances the science-based understanding of the causes, consequences, prevention, and treatment of obesity in order to improve the lives of those affected by it.
The society is accepting applications for research in any area of investigation related to obesity. Grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to junior-level investigators and postdoctoral trainees for projects that demonstrate a high likelihood of resulting in new and innovative approaches in obesity research.
To be eligible, all applicants must be a member of the society and have received a Ph.D. within the past five years or an M.D. within the past eight years. In addition, applications from postdoctoral research fellows must have a mentor who is a current TOS member.
Letters of Intent must be received no later than March 30, 2015. If selected, full proposals will be due June 14, 2015.
Visit the Obesity Society website for complete program guidelines and application instructions.
Cystinosis Research Foundation – Call for Research Proposals and Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Deadline: April 6, 2015
The ultimate goal of the Cystinosis Research Foundation is a cure for cystinosis. Global calls for grant applications will be made twice each year. Research and fellowship grants are awarded for 1-3 years.
Currently, the Cystinosis Research Foundation has $2,000,000 available for research and fellowship grants. The number of awards and their value will depend on the number of outstanding proposals and the funds available at the time.
Research Proposals
The Cystinosis Research Foundation is pleased to announce its Spring 2015 call for research proposals and fellowships. The Cystinosis Research Foundation is prepared to fund proposals to improve the immediate care of children and adults with cystinosis and to develop a new understanding and treatment of cystinosis in an effort to help these patients in the future.
Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Cystinosis Research Foundation has launched a postdoctoral research fellowship program to attract qualified, promising investigators to establish careers in cystinosis research. The fellow’s stipend should be the usual amount for such a trainee at that institution. The total award cannot exceed $75,000 per year including overhead. Awards will generally be for a period of 1-3 years.
Please visit the CRF website for further details.
Michael J. Fox Foundation – Biomarkers Across Neurodegenerative Diseases
Pre-Proposal Deadline: April 9, 2015
The Biomarkers Across Neurodegenerative Diseases (BAND) program will support projects aimed at better understanding the similarities and differences between brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
BAND is a joint initiative of the Alzheimer’s Association, The Michael J. Fox Foundation, the Weston Brain Institute and Alzheimer’s Research UK.
Each project must include a clear focus on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, or one of the two plus another disease, such as frontotemporal dementia.
The partners will hold an informational conference call on March 12 to answer questions. RSVP to conferencecalls@michaeljfox.org for call-in details.
For further information, please visit the Michael J. Fox Foundation website.
MITACS – PhD & Postdoctoral Funding Opportunities
Deadline: See below
Mitacs has announced significant research funding for postdoctoral fellows and PhD students.
Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship:
Mitacs Accelerate PhD Fellowship:
Worldwide Cancer Research – Request for Proposals
Deadline: Two rounds, see below
Our goal is to support research that might in future help reduce the incidence of cancer or improve cancer survival. We award grants to support fundamental or translational research into the causes, mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of cancer. This remit is usually interpreted conservatively.
We award project grants from 12 to 36 months in length to principal investigators based at any not-for-profit research institute in the world.
The principal investigator must be a suitably qualified researcher (minimum of PhD followed by three years research experience, or equivalent qualification or research experience).
Only one application from the same research group will be accepted in any 12 month period (i.e. 12 months must have passed since the last application), unless the Scientific Advisory Committee invites the submission of a revised application in the next round.
There are two rounds of applications in each year, with submissions accepted in April and October. The closing dates for the next two rounds are April 24, 2015 and October 31, 2015.
The maximum budget allowed is £250,000, but it should be noted that most of the three-year grants we award have a budget below £200,000.
Please visit the Worldwide Cancer Research website for further details.
Lung Cancer Research Foundation – Request for Proposals
Deadline: July 1, 2015
The Lung Cancer Research Foundation supports research on innovative strategies for better treatments, screening, and prevention of all cancers of the lung. The foundation’s goal is to fund promising scientific and clinical research initiatives that lead to more positive outcomes and improved quality of life for all lung cancer patients.
To that end, LCRF has issued a Request for Proposals designed to provide critical seed support for cutting-edge scientific research on all lung cancers. Through its Research Grant program, the foundation will support projects with a focus on basic science, translational research, clinical research, supportive care, and quality of care/outcomes.
Grants of up to $75,000 will be awarded.
The program is open to all U.S. and international investigators, including graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, physicians, medical students, and nurse researchers.
Please visit the LCRF website for further details.
ALS Therapy Alliance – ALS Research Projects
Deadline: October 15, 2015
The ALS Therapy Alliance was established in 2000 to facilitate ALS research projects and collaborations among a diverse group of scientists and clinicians at multiple institutions working to cure amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The alliance represents a unique collaborative enterprise that spans multiple laboratories, universities, and disciplines.
Today, the ATA partners with corporations, biotech and pharmaceutical firms, manufacturers, and the media to create awareness and raise funds for ALS research through its annual Breakthrough ALS campaign. To date, more than $30 million has been raised to fund research for finding a cure for this devastating disease.
The ALS Therapy Alliance is accepting applications from investigators for ALS research projects. Grants ranging from $100,000 to $1 million over one to three years will be awarded to projects — including but not limited to basic, clinical, and translational research and clinical trials – aimed at developing a better understanding of, or treatments for, ALS.
National and international nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies are eligible to apply.
Please visit the ALS Therapy Alliance website for program guidelines and application instructions.
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
UBC Faculty of Medicine – Margolese National Brain and Heart Disorders Prize
Deadline: March 24, 2015
The University of British Columbia is currently seeking nominations for the 2015 Margolese National Brain and Heart Disorders Prizes, each with a value of C$50,000.
The Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize will be awarded annually to a Canadian citizen who has made outstanding contributions to the treatment, amelioration, or cure of brain disorders. The Margolese National Heart Disorders Prize will be awarded annually to a Canadian citizen who has made outstanding contributions to the treatment, amelioration, or cure of heart disorders. The Prizes are awarded with the expectation that the Prize recipients will continue to demonstrate excellence in their field of work.
Nomination Deadline: March 24, 2015 at 4:00 pm PST
For further information, please visit www.med.ubc.ca/margolese
EVENTS:
Centre for Blood Research Seminar Series – The fibrinogen-TLR4 axis at the intersection of coagulation and immunity
Date & Time: March 11, 2015, 12-1pm
Location: LSC 3, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
Seminar by:
Dr. David B. Corry
Professor of Medicine and Pathology & Immunology
Baylor College of Medicine
The molecular events surrounding thrombin-dependent hemostasis have long been linked to inflammation, but a detailed understanding of immune-coagulation system crosstalk has been elusive. In arthropods, hemolymph coagulation represents a canonical, proteolytically-driven immune event in which invading pathogens are immobilized while at the same time an endogenous ligand is generated that signals through the receptor Toll to activate anti-pathogen immunity. We show that this highly effective approach to pathogen invasion has been preserved in mammals. Of the many mammalian Toll-like receptors (TLR), only Toll like receptor 4 responds to pathogen-derived proteolytic signals by responding to fibrinogen cleavage products (FCP). FCP signals through TLR4 in mouse and human immune cells entirely distinctly from other TLR4 ligands such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS), eliciting potent anti-fungal immunity while at the same time licensing the expression of asthma-like airway inflammation. Our findings shed light on the pathogenesis of both allergic and non-allergic diseases and suggest novel therapies for these disorders.
Canadian Institutes of Health – Visit to UBC
Date & Time: March 25, 2015; 1:30-3:30pm
Location: Room 1002, Life Sciences Building, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouve
You are invited to an open session being presented by Dr. Jane Aubin, Chief Scientific Officer at the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR). Dr. Aubin will review recent and upcoming changes in CIHR funding and answer your question
Congratulations to 
The Enpr-EMA pediatric clinical research asset map is an ongoing initiative to create a worldwide directory of clinicians and scientists committed to addressing issues related to improving drug therapy for children.
Congratulations to Nur Eisma, UBC/ C&W Pre & Post Awards Coordinator and member of the CFRI administration team, for winning the Unsung Hero Award from the Canadian Association of Research Administrators (CARA). This award recognizes Nur for her outstanding volunteer service to CARA and the exceptional leadership she demonstrated while helping to organize CARA’s regional conference, which was hosted by UBC in the fall of 2014.
The Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (CCHCSP) is a transdisciplinary training program for the next generation of clinician-scientists in child and youth health research in Canada.
Parachute’s Safe Kids Week is May 4 – 10, 2015.
All PHSA staff are invited to the next session in the PHSA Risk Management Education Series:
C&W Office of Clinical Informatics is holding regular forums for staff to bring forward issues, ask questions, or hear about the latest announcements, changes, or ongoing discussions.
You are invited to attend the Perkin Elmer satellite-symposium: “Clinical Application of Whole Exome / Genome in the Newborn Setting”
Each year the Faculty of Medicine recognizes outstanding lecturers in medical research by presenting them with a Distinguished Medical Research Lecturer Award. Candidates from basic or clinical sciences are nominated by fellow faculty members. The award is not solely about the recipients’ own discoveries, but about laying the groundwork for future discoveries, by nurturing junior faculty, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, medical students and undergraduates. These awards are given in part for mentorship and training in the research enterprise.
The Faculty of Medicine (FoM) and Office of Research Services (ORS) have agreed on procedures/timelines for the 2015 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Trainee Awards.
An open session is being presented by Dr. Jane Aubin, Chief Scientific Officer at CIHR. Dr. Aubin will review recent and upcoming changes in CIHR funding and answer your questions.
In 2009, BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre opened the Heart Program for Women, the first clinic of its kind in Canada to provide care for women before they have a heart event.
Due to requests for additional bike stalls at BC Children’s & Women’s Hospital, the Lower Mainland Energy & Environmental Sustainability and the Lower Mainland Integrated Protection Services departments have installed 24 new bike parking stalls at Door #35, adjacent to the Ambulatory Care Building.
If you have a great idea for a project to help make UBC a more equitable, diverse and inclusive campus but no idea how to fund it, the UBC Equity Enhancement Fund can help.
Every year CFRI, Providence Health Care Research Institute and Vancouver Costal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) present a free public forum on the latest discoveries in health research.
Join Genome BC for a free evening discussion about the key to personalized medicine, genomics, a new type of “microscope”, which helps to understand the role of DNA and related molecules in health and disease.
Heart + Lung Health FEST 2015 will take place March 25-28 at 
BrainTalks UBC is a forum for academics and community members to dialogue about the rapidly expanding information in neuroscience.
