Clinical Instructor, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Email: katy.harper@fraserhealth.ca
Dayle Ostapiuk
Clinical Instructor, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds | April 1 with Dr. Benicio Frey
All Department members across the province are invited to attend the UBC Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds. The next session will be held Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 8:30 am on Zoom. The session, Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder: An update, is presented by Dr. Benicio N. Frey, Homewood Research Chair in Women’s Mental Health and Depression; Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University; and Academic Head, Mood Disorders Program, McMaster University
A single registration link is available for all 2025 Grand Rounds:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
For additional information regarding the monthly UBC Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds please contact Kevin Elsaputra at kevin.elsaputra@vch.ca.
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Previous Grand Rounds are now accessible on Canvas
Department of Psychiatry members with UBC CWL can self-enrol in the Grand Rounds Canvas course to view past recordings:
The VCH/PHC Regional Psychiatry Grand Rounds are now the UBC Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds and are accessible via Zoom to all Department members across the province. Grand Rounds are held the first Tuesday of every month (unless otherwise stated), from 8:30 am to 9:30 am.
The Grand 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.
Scientific Publishing in the Age of AI
March 27, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm PDT
Summary
This talk (a) reviews emerging AI tools that are transforming the way researchers draft, edit, refine and publish scientific manuscripts; and (b) discusses how researchers can leverage these technologies without compromising the core principles of academic scholarship.
Speaker
Dr. Sophia Frangou, MD, PhD, FRCPsych, FRCPC
UBC President’s Excellence Chair in Brain Health
Professor and Associate Head, Research, Department of Psychiatry
Editor-in-Chief, European Psychiatry and Human Brain Mapping
Dr. Sophia Frangou is a Professor of Psychiatry. She is Editor-in-Chief of both European Psychiatry and Human Brain Mapping as well as Associate Editor of BJPsychOpen. A leading expert in neuroimaging and psychiatric research, Dr. Frangou has authored over 340 highly cited articles and has received numerous awards for her contributions to psychiatric neuroscience and academic leadership, including the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation’s Colvin Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Bipolar Mood Disorders Research (2019) and the Society of Biological Psychiatry’s Educator Award (2020) and George Thompson Award for promoting women’s role in academic psychiatry (2022). Dr. Frangou was also awarded 2025 the European Psychiatric Association’s Constance Pascal – Helen Boyle Prize.
Congratulations to UBC Faculty Research Award Winner 2024, Dr. Todd Woodward
The Department of Psychiatry congratulates Professor Dr. Todd Woodward who has been awarded a UBC Killam Research Prize in recognition of outstanding research and scholarly contributions in the category of Applied Science, Medicine, and Sciences.
Dr. Woodward is with the Department’s Division of Neuroscience and Translational Psychiatry, a Research Scientist with the BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Institute (BCMHARI), and Centre Investigator with the Brain Research Centre. As director of the Cognitive Neuroscience of Schizophrenia (CNoS) Laboratory, his program is focused on two main areas of research: cognitive neuropsychiatry and functional neuroimaging.
Join us once again in congratulating Dr. Woodward on this well-deserved award.
Julian-Khôi-Huu Nguyen
Clinical Instructor, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Email: juliankhoihuu.nguyen@vch.ca
UBC Department of Psychiatry Staffing Update | March 2025
Dear Department members,
I am delighted to share that Mr. Ahsan Sahibzada has been promoted to the role of Postgraduate Program Manager in the UBC Department of Psychiatry, effective March 10, 2025. As you are all aware, this role has been vacant upon the departure of Ms. Linda Chang last month, and we are very excited for this advancement opportunity for Ahsan, who had been doing a fantastic job as PGE Senior Program Assistant over the last three and a half years.
As our new Postgraduate Program Manager, Ahsan will support and provide oversight to the Department’s general psychiatry specialty program and three postgraduate subspecialty residency training programs. Additionally, he will provide organizational support to the annual CaRMS process, as well as resident semi-annual reviews, resident status and leaves, and accreditation surveys. With Ahsan assuming his new role, we have initiated a recruitment process for the role of Senior Program Assistant, PGE. In the meantime, please continue to connect with Ahsan at ahsan.sahibzada@ubc.ca on related matters.
Please join us in congratulating Ahsan on this well-deserved promotion!
Additionally, I would like to share that our Manager of Communications & Partnerships, Ms. Megan Rollerson will be on a leave of absence from April 1 to June 30, 2025. As such, during this period, please direct:
- All Communications Bulletin requests to Ms. Iku Azuma at psychiatry.projects@ubc.ca
- Research Day event, registration & venue queries to Ms. Kaitlin Vandewater at psychiatry.headasst@ubc.ca
- All queries related to Research Day abstracts, in-person posters and e-posters to Ms. Rei Sakuma at rei.sakuma@ubc.ca.
- Any other Communications or Research Day queries to me at margaret.koshi@ubc.ca
Sincerely,
Margaret Koshi
Director, Administration
UBC Department of Psychiatry
The UBC Department of Psychiatry Administration Office respectfully acknowledges the land on which we live, work and play is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-waututh).
Attn: PHSA faculty and postgraduate learners| Please complete the PGME learning environment survey
**Shared on behalf of the Faculty of Medicine Postgraduate Medical Education Team**
Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) are committed to seeking ongoing feedback about the educational environment at all major teaching sites. In collaboration with Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) leadership, PGME are seeking faculty and postgraduate learner input on the work and learning environment via a short survey. Previous feedback has resulted in actions which have initiated some positive culture change and this collaborative work is ongoing.
The PHSA (BCCW, Forensic Hospital, etc.) learning environment survey seeks to better understand the experience, scope and impact of the learning environment issues affecting residents, fellows, and faculty who work and train at these sites. Quantitative results will be shared with Health Authority Leadership, faculty, residents, and programs. Each comment will be reviewed by PGME leadership and shared with the senior and executive level Health Authority personnel. Ongoing collaboration amongst all invested partners will be key in developing recommendations and action items to realize improvements.
We greatly value your input and expect the survey to take approximately 5 minutes to complete.
The PHSA survey will remain open until March 28, 2025. For any questions in regards to the survey, you are welcome to reach out to PGME at: pgme.educational.environment@ubc.ca
Sincerely,
Sonia Butterworth BSc MD FRCSC
Assistant Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education Clinical Professor,
Department of Surgery Faculty of Medicine | University of British Columbia
Ravi S. Sidhu MD MEd FRCSC
Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education Associate Professor,
Department of Surgery Faculty of Medicine | University of British Columbia
The UBC Department of Psychiatry Administration Office at the UBC Vancouver Campus respectfully acknowledges the land on which we live, work and play is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-waututh).
Do You Practice Addiction, Emergency, Forensic, Reproductive Mental Health, or Sexual Medicine Psychiatry? | Teaching Opportunity: 6th Annual Psychiatry Summer Immersion Program
*** Shared on behalf of the Psychiatry Summer Immersion Program (PSIP) ***
Dear Faculty,
We are currently looking for shadowing supervisors for the Department of Psychiatry’s 6th annual Psychiatry Summer Immersion Program, which will take place Monday, June 2 and Tuesday, June 3, 2025. The two-day program provides an opportunity for 1st Year medical students to explore the field of psychiatry as a potential career option through engagement with psychiatrists and psychiatry residents.
If you practice any of the following specialties and interested in providing shadowing opportunities for the students, please sign up from here:
- Addiction Psychiatry
- Emergency Psychiatry
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Reproductive Mental Health
- Sexual Medicine
Shadowing sessions take place on the Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning and should last approximately 3 hours.
Locations
| Site | Talks Location | Shadowing |
|---|---|---|
| Vancouver | Diamond Health Care Centre | within Metro Vancouver |
| Kelowna | Kelowna General Hospital | Kelowna |
| Prince George | University Hospital of Northern BC | Prince George |
Remuneration
Shadowing Supervision – $106.03/session with 1 student; $129.59/session with 2 students
Sign Up
Please sign up from here or by the link below:
https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0AL3QtRU3nUkar4. The sign-up deadline is April 24, 2025.
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Clare Beasley (clare.beasley@ubc.ca) or Ikuko Azuma (psychiatry.projects@ubc.ca).
Best,
Ikuko Azuma
Project Manager
UBC Department of Psychiatry
The UBC Department of Psychiatry Administration Office at the UBC Vancouver Campus respectfully acknowledges the land on which we live, work and play is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-waututh).