Memo from UBC Psychiatry IT | Apple Has Fixed Three New Zero-Days Exploited to Hack Devices – Be Sure to Patch Now!
Apple has addressed three new zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks to hack into iPhones, Macs, and iPads, so make sure you’re patched by updating to the latest software versions! (Go to Settings > General > Software Update.)
Even devices that already received a Rapid Security Response at the start of March 2023 have a zero-day still to be patched.
And all platforms have received many other security fixes for bugs that could be exploited for attacks as varied as: bypassing privacy preferences; accessing private data from the lockscreen; reading your location information without permission; spying on network traffic from other apps; and more.
After updating, you should see the following version numbers:
- watchOS: now at version 9.5
- tvOS: now at version 16.5
- iOS 15 and iPadOS 15: now at version 15.7.6
- iOS 16 and iPadOS 16: now at version 16.5
- macOS Big Sur: now at 11.7.7
- macOS Monterey: now at 12.6.6
- macOS Ventura: now at 13.4
Important note: If you have macOS Big Sur or macOS Monterey, those all-important WebKit patches aren’t bundled in with the operating system version update but are supplied in a separate update package called Safari 16.5.
Renewal of MOU between UBC Psychiatry and National Centres for Mental Disorders in China
Dear Colleagues,
I am very pleased to share some exciting news from our recent invitation to China, during which Clinical Professor and Island Regional Head Dr. Wei-Yi Song and I were hosted by leadership teams from Shanghai Mental Health Center (SMHC) at Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and the Changsha Second Xiangya Hospital at Central South University, in order to renew the existing Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) between the UBC Department of Psychiatry and these institutions for a further three-year period.
As you may recall, our original MOUs in China were established in 2019, and included Beijing Anding Hospital at Capital Medical University with whom our MOU is ongoing, in order to formalize our ties and thereby strengthen our academic partnerships with these leading mental health centres. Notably, these institutions with whom we have established MOUs (Beijing Anding Hospital, SMHC, and Changsha Second Xiangya Hospital) were selected as three among the only four National Centers for Mental Disorders in China following an intense peer-reviewed competition by the Chinese Government.
With the extension of our MOUs, we foresee renewed opportunities and exciting avenues to expand the Department’s research and educational networks in China. While the COVID-19 pandemic hampered efforts to exchange trainees and faculty members over the last three years, we have nevertheless pursued and maintained productive research collaborations with our Chinese partners, including the Enhanced Measurement-Based Care Effectiveness for Depression (EMBED) project, a large Canada-China team grant jointly funded by CIHR and the National Science Foundation of China to implement technology-enhanced measurement-based care for depression, led by co-PIs Dr. Raymond Lam and Prof. Jun Chen of SMHC.
In the months and years ahead, we will continue to strengthen our collaborative efforts in regards to research projects as well as exchange of visiting faculty and trainees between institutions, and fulfill a key strategic priority to leverage our partnerships around the world in order to foster knowledge exchange, expand our research capacity, and enhance the global presence and profile of the Department. These centres host digital platforms and have access to massive clinical and research resources which provide tremendous opportunities for the Department to collaborate. I look forward to sharing further updates with respect to these initiatives in the near future.
Should any residents or fellows be interested in undertaking training at one of the three institutions in China, or any faculty members be interested in a Visiting Professorship or pursuing research collaborative opportunities, please contact Dr. Sophia Frangou (sophia.frangou@ubc.ca) or Vicky Yau (vicky.yau@ubc.ca) for more information.
Sincerely,
Dr. Lakshmi N. Yatham, MBBS, FRCPC, MRCPsych (UK), MBA (Exec)
Professor and Head, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Director, Institute of Mental Health, UBC
Regional Head and Program Medical Director, VCH/PHC
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).
Congratulations to Dr. Janel Casey, Runner Up for the BC Business 2023 Women of the Year Community Builder Award!
Congratulations to Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Janel Casey, who has been named Runner Up for a 2023 Women of the Year Community Builder Award by BC Business! This award celebrates female leaders, innovators and difference makers who play a vital role in building better communities across the province.
This year, Dr. Casey is recognized for the many contributions she has made in her role as Fraser Health Regional Division Head for Adult Psychiatry & Royal Columbian Hospital Head of Psychiatry. These contributions include her heavy involvement in the redevelopment plans for Royal Columbian, the oldest hospital in BC, specifically in regard to its mental health building.
Congratulations once again to Dr. Casey on this wonderful recognition!
Read the full announcement here.
Congratulations to Dr. Mario Moscovici, Recipient of a CAPL Fellowship and the AAPL Rappeport Fellowship!
Congratulations to Forensic Psychiatry PGY6 Resident Dr. Mario Moscovici, who is the 2023 recipient of a Fellowship from the Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (CAPL). This national award is presented annually to a PGY4-6 resident who has made outstanding contributions to research in the forensic field. As part of the award, Dr. Moscovici received full funding to attend the CAPL conference which took place in Halifax last week, and was invited to present on his topic “Can We Treat Antisocial Personality Disorder?”
Dr. Moscovici was also recently awarded the Rappeport Fellowship from the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL), which offers the opportunity for outstanding residents with interest in psychiatry and the law to develop their knowledge and skills. He was presented with this award at the AAPL conference in New Orleans in October 2022.
Congratulations to Dr. Moscovici on his well-deserved recognition from both the CAPL and AAPL!
The award link: https://www.aapl.org/rappeport-fellowship
Call for Preceptors | Year 2 Psychiatry Clinical Skills Sessions in MEDD 421 this Fall
** Sent on behalf of Dr. Kathryn Fung, UGE Program Director, UBC Department of Psychiatry **
Dear Faculty:
We would like to invite you to teach our Year 2 Psychiatry Clinical Skills Sessions in MEDD 421 this fall (September, October, November, and December 2023).
We only require preceptors for Psychiatry 2 and Psychiatry 3.
Psychiatry 1 is as an online asynchronous module introducing principles of psychiatric interviewing and the mental status examination. Students will have protected time in the curriculum to complete Psychiatry 1 prior to Psychiatry 2 and Psychiatry 3.
The two preceptor-led sessions involve students interviewing a standardized patient (SP):
· Psychiatry 2 SP Daniela (Anxiety)
· Psychiatry 3 SP Ada (Depression)
Preceptors will be asked to complete a Workplace-Based Assessment (WBA) after Psychiatry 3 as the evaluation of each student’s performance in their group. Each student group will have Psychiatry 2 and Psychiatry 3 over two consecutive weeks on the same day of the week, either on a Wednesday or a Friday. If possible, we encourage you to select both consecutive sessions so you can teach the same group. Training materials are provided by the Clinical Skills program.
We need 4 tutors per day for optimal group size.
These sessions will be held in-person at the Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre (DHCC), 2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver, BC on Wednesdays or Fridays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Compensation:
For each session, if applicable/eligible, preceptors are paid through TTPS:
$91.80 per hour X 4 hours = $367.20
This is based on 3.5 hours for teaching and an additional 30 minutes per session for marking as students submit case write-ups.
All preceptors participating in these teaching sessions should have a faculty appointment or an appointment in progress. If you do not, please contact us.
How to sign up:
If you’re interested please complete the Qualtrics survey at the link below to provide your availability by June 22, 2023:
https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3WY468UDmymwYC2
We appreciate your interest in teaching our students. If you need additional information, please contact Sarah Liu Year 2 Program Coordinator at y2.cs@ubc.ca
Congratulations to Drs. Raymond Lam, Jill Murphy and Erin Michalak, Recipients of a CIHR-GACD Team Grant!
Dr. Raymond Lam, Dr. Jill Murphy and Dr. Erin Michalak have been awarded $1.64M over 5 years (2023-2028) by CIHR’s Team Grant – GACD 2021 NCD risk prevention across the life course program to support the development of an app to promote and support mental well-being among youth in Vietnam.
The Youth Promotion of Resilience Involving Mental E-health (Y-PRIME) study is in partnership with Vietnam’s Institute of Population, Health and Development, researchers from UBC, Simon Fraser University and the University of Melbourne, youth leaders at Foundry BC and the APEC Digital Hub for Mental Health. Y-PRIME will consist of engagement and capacity building for mental health leadership with youth in Vietnam, the adaptation and co-design of a population level, life skills-based intervention for delivery via an app, and testing the app among secondary school students in three Vietnamese provinces.
If you would like to learn more about this study, please contact Dr. Jill Murphy at jill.murphy@ubc.ca.
Congratulations to Drs. Lam, Murphy and Michalak on this fantastic news!
PLEASE RSVP | UBC Psychiatry Clinical Faculty Annual Dinner | Thursday June 8 @ 5:00pm | The Arbutus Club
Dear Clinical Faculty Members,
On behalf of the UBC Department of Psychiatry, I am delighted to invite you to the Annual Clinical Faculty Dinner, to be held on Thursday June 8, 2023 at 5:00pm (after the Research Day event) at The Arbutus Club (2001 Nanton Ave, Vancouver BC). The dinner will be an opportunity to recognize and show appreciation to all our clinical faculty members and their many valuable contributions to the Department.
RSVP: To all clinical faculty members who wish to attend, we ask that you please confirm your attendance by RSVPing here: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bp7urrz0YoRP6ei. Please kindly RSVP by the deadline of Sunday May 28, 2023 in order to be added to the Guest List.
Save the Date: Please open and save the attached iCalendar file to add the event to your Outlook calendar.
**Reminder: Anyone experiencing symptoms or feeling unwell should not attend.
Should you have any questions regarding the venue or event details, please feel free to reach out to Margaret Koshi at margaret.koshi@ubc.ca.
Sincerely,
Dr. Lakshmi N. Yatham, MBBS, FRCPC, MRCPsych (UK), MBA (Exec)
Professor and Head, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Director, Institute of Mental Health, UBC
Regional Head and Program Medical Director, VCH/PHC
Announcement of Academic Renewal Funding for New Faculty Position in Translational Psychiatry
Dear Colleagues,
As announced by the Faculty of Medicine this morning, the proposal submitted earlier this year by the UBC Department of Psychiatry, in partnership with the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH) and BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHRI), is among the six proposals selected for funding in the second round of the 2022 FoM Academic Renewal Program, intended to support junior faculty recruitment.
Our successful proposal focuses on translational psychiatric research in high-complexity psychiatric youth with depression, which was recognized to be an important area of research in clear alignment with the strategic priorities of both the Department and the Faculty of Medicine, and which will signify strengthened research collaborations with our partners. In a highly competitive process, our proposal was selected by the adjudication panel not only on the merits of the research, educational and mentorship plan, but also on the basis of the world-class facilities and infrastructure the Department, DMCBH and BCCHRI have in place to support a new junior faculty position.
As such, this funding will contribute to the salary and benefits for a new academic tenure-track position in the Department, and the search and recruitment process for the position will commence in the near future. I look forward to providing you with further news and updates as we move ahead with our recruitment process.
Sincerely,
Dr. Lakshmi N Yatham
Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry
Director, Institute of Mental Health
University of British Columbia