John Sherry

John Sherry

Clinical Instructor, UBC Department of Psychiatry

Denise Wynne

Clinical Instructor, UBC Department of Psychiatry

Email: denise.wynne@fraserhealth.ca

Ruth Stewart

Clinical Instructor, UBC Department of Psychiatry

Email: ruth.stewart@vch.ca

Galilee Thompson

Clinical Instructor, UBC Department of Psychiatry

Email: galilee.thompson@alumni.ubc.ca

John-Jose Nunez

Clinical Instructor, UBC Department of Psychiatry

Email: johnjose.nunez@ubc.ca

Call for Nominations: Killam Teaching Prizes 2025 | Deadline: January 31, 2025

Faculty of Medicine Internal Deadline: Friday, January 31st, 2025 12:00pm

UBC Killam Teaching Prizes are UBC’s most prestigious teaching awards. The Prizes recognize excellence in teaching in the medical and science undergraduate programs, residency programs, school and graduate programs within the Faculty of Medicine. The Prizes are awarded annually, and are supported by the UBC Killam Endowment Fund.

Overview | Nomination Form | Previous Recipients
Contact: Office of the Vice Dean, Education (med.vdeadmin@ubc.ca)

More info: UBC Office of the Provost & VP Academic

VFMP Faculty: Registration open for Teacher Certificate programs 2024-2025

Dear VFMP Colleagues,

We invite you to register for a series of online teacher development workshops provided as a collaboration between the Regional Faculty Development Sites (Island, Northern, Southern, and Vancouver-Fraser Medical Programs).

The Teacher Certificate Program (TCP) welcomes faculty who teach and assess in the MD Undergraduate Program (MDUP) across all sites:

  • TCP 1: Foundational Teaching is designed for all who teach in the MDUP. Five 1.5-hour sessions on facilitating active learning, building healthy learner relationships, and developing effective feedback and assessments. This certificate is eligible for CME credits.
  • TCP 2: Career Planning & Wellness is designed with particular attention to the career and personal development of clinical faculty who teach in the MDUP with topics like promotions for clinical faculty and planetary health.

Each session is delivered on Zoom from 5:30 – 7:00 PM and courses within each track can be taken in any order towards a certificate. If you miss a session this year, not to worry, we will likely have another session the following year!

Join us at our upcoming sessions:

TCP 1: Focus on Foundational Teaching

TCP 2: Focus on Career Planning and Wellness

Our programs aim to support you with your teaching and learning endeavours. Visit the VFMP Teacher’s Hub for other faculty development opportunities. Or please speak to us to explore ways we can work together including customized workshops and ways to share best practices with colleagues across the MD program. 

Kind regards,

VFMP Faculty Development
Faculty of Medicine | University of British Columbia
Gordon & Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre | Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh Traditional Territory
2775 Laurel Street, 11th Floor, Vancouver BC V5Z 1M9
vfmp.facdev@ubc.ca 
vfmpfacdev.med.ubc.ca/

CAAP Annual Conference – Psychiatry in a time of crisis: Paving the road to recovery | October 21 & 22

The Canadian Academy for Addiction Psychiatry (CAAP) is very excited to announce its inaugural Annual Conference to be held on October 21 & 22, 2024 at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, SFU Campus, Vancouver, BC. The aim of this in-person event is to bring clinicians, academics and trainees together to share novel clinical approaches, research updates and more.

Learn more about the CAAP: Psychiatry in a time of crisis: Paving the road to recovery and register online here…

CAAP aims to address the growing challenges facing the healthcare system relating to addictions and concurrent disorders. This organization is comprised of psychiatrists and related professions who engage in relevant clinical and research activities. CAAP aims to:

  • Promote comprehensive and high quality evidence based practices for people living with substance use and concurrent disorders
  • Translate and disseminate evidence-based research to improve clinical practice and patient outcomes
  • Enhance addiction psychiatry training and careers in Canada
  • Connect with other global organizations to promote collaboration

Invitation to faculty | Presentation by Concurrent Disorders faculty recruitment candidate

Dear Department Faculty Members,

The UBC Department of Psychiatry is currently recruiting for a faculty position in the area of Concurrent Disorders at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. The Search Committee has recently reviewed the applications and shortlisted three candidates. The co-Chairs of the Search Committee would like to invite you to attend the virtual presentations by these candidates and provide your input.

The three presentations have been scheduled for the following Thursdays:

Schedule: Thursday, September 26, 2024 @ 9:00 to 10:00 am
Candidate: Dr. Pouya Rezazadeh-Azar
Title: Innovative Solutions for Mental Health, Pain, and Addiction Management in the Fentanyl Era

Schedule: Thursday, October 3, 2024 @ 9:00 to 10:00 am
Candidate: Dr. Victor Li
Title: Bridging the treatment gap for patients with concurrent disorders: reintegrating a marginalized population

Schedule: Thursday, October 10, 2024 @ 9:00 to 10:00 am
Candidate: Dr. Mohammadali Nikoo
Title: From Crisis to Care – Bridging Research and Practice to Address Evolving Challenges in the Field of Substance Use and Concurrent Disorders

Zoom Link:
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62620773843?pwd=r3eVKq4BT2A79RhrttkSzgewKbw1jG.1
Meeting ID: 626 2077 3843
Passcode: 286392

Comments about the candidate can be emailed to Leah Ranada (leah.ranada@ubc.ca) following the presentation. As members of the Department, your attendance to these presentations and your subsequent feedback would be highly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Leah Ranada
Assistant Human Resources Manager
UBC Department of Psychiatry

Announcing the 2025/26 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters Competition

***Shared on behalf of Dr. Robert McMaster (Vice Dean, Research, Faculty of Medicine). Please cascade within your unit.***

We are pleased to announce the 2025/26 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC) Competition.

The competition is open to new and returning clusters of research excellence in all disciplines at UBC Vancouver. Applicants may select a budget term of one or two years. Cluster leads must submit a notice of intent at https://apply.research.ubc.ca by November 1, 2024. Full applications are due January 8, 2025.

More information about this funding competition, the application process and upcoming information sessions on October 18 and 22 is available at www.research.ubc.ca/GCRC.

Grants are enabled by the UBC Vancouver Academic Excellence Funds in support of Research Excellence Strategy 6 (Collaborative Clusters) in UBC’s strategic plan.

Sincerely,

Gail Murphy
Vice-President,
UBC Research & Innovation

Gage Averill
Provost and Vice-President,
Academic, UBC Vancouver

We humbly acknowledge, with gratitude, that we live, work, and play as an uninvited guest on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) Nations.