Clinical Professor Dr. Hiram Mok invites Department members to attend the Canadian Psychiatric Association’s Cultural Psychiatry Day on Wednesday April 26, 2023 from 9:00am to 1:00pm (PDT).
To RSVP, or to obtain more information about the event, please email Dr. Mok at hiram.mok@vch.ca.
On World Bipolar Day on March 30th, 2023, the CREST.BD Research Network led by Dr. Erin Michalak will host their fifth annual “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) on Reddit. This year’s event is the largest yet, featuring 68 experts in bipolar disorder (people living with BD, clinicians, researchers) from 12 countries answering questions from around the world for 48 hours from March 30th – April 1st.
This year, 8 members from our department will be participating in the Internet’s biggest BD Q&A event:
For more information, and to participate in CREST.BD’s World Bipolar Day AMA event, visit: https://talkbd.live/world-bipolar-day-2023/
Associate Professor Emeritus Dr. Bill Maurice has been reappointed to the BC Mental Health Review Board for an additional four-year term. He has served on the Board since his formal retirement from the UBC Department of Psychiatry in 2004.
The BC Mental Health Review Board is an administrative tribunal established under the Mental Health Act. The Board consists of more than 90 members who conduct review panel hearings of involuntary patients who are appealing their certification. Each hearing involves 3 Board members: a lawyer (who is also the tribunal chair), a physician (usually a psychiatrist or GP with a mental health special interest), and a community member. The Board conducted nearly 1000 review panel hearings in 2021-2022.
Dear Colleagues,
As the Department is now seeking to fill the vacancy for the role of Director, Continuing Professional Development (CPD), we are inviting expressions of interest for this key role, which will oversee competency-based CPD initiatives to support the needs and strengths of our faculty members, including clinicians providing mental health care. This administrative appointment will be for a term of three years, and will come with a small stipend as a token of appreciation.
Reporting to the Associate Head, Postgraduate Education & CPD, the CPD Director will be responsible for developing strategic priorities for the enhancement of CPD in Psychiatry, and will contribute actively to the implementation of the departmental Strategic Plan in regards to this portfolio. The CPD Director will also lead efforts to advance the Department’s national and international profile in CPD through the establishment of partnerships with various academic centers, institutes, and government agencies around the world.
We encourage you to review the full job description, which outlines the specific responsibilities and accountabilities for this role. If you wish to submit your formal expression of interest, please do so by sending an email along with your CV to Vicky Yau, Director, Administration, at vicky.yau@ubc.ca by Sunday April 30, 2023. Please note that the Department may extend the application period for this role until the vacancy is filled.
Should you have any specific questions regarding this position, please don’t hesitate to contact Vicky.
Sincerely,
Dr. Lakshmi N. Yatham, Professor and Head, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Jordan Cohen, Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Head, PGE & CPD, 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).
Dear colleagues,
As you may recall, in November 2022 I shared the news that the proposal submitted by the UBC Department of Psychiatry, in partnership with BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHRI) and the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH), was selected for funding in the 2022 FoM Academic Renewal Program, intended to support junior faculty recruitment.
I am pleased to announce that we have now initiated the recruitment for a full-time Assistant Professor, Tenure Track position, which will be based at the BCCHRI site and will focus on translational research in high-complexity psychiatric youth with depression. This recruitment in the high-priority area of youth mental health is in strong alignment with the strategic priorities of both the Department and the Faculty of Medicine, and further strengthens our collaborative partnerships with both BCCHRI and DMCBH.
The full job posting is currently listed on the UBC Workday Faculty Careers Site, and will also be advertised in national and international journals and job boards in the very near future. The candidate review and selection process will begin on May 1, 2023. Should you have any questions regarding this faculty career opportunity, please kindly direct them to Vicky Yau, Director, Administration, at vicky.yau@ubc.ca.
I look forward to sharing more news and updates with you as we move forward with this recruitment. In the meantime, I ask that you please share this faculty career opportunity widely across your own networks and channels.
Sincerely,
Dr. Lakshmi N. Yatham
Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry
Director, Institute of Mental Health
University of British Columbia
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).
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We share that Clinical Professor Emerita Dr. Rosemary Basson, who has a special interest in sexual dysfunction in seniors with cognitive impairment, will be offering services for seniors at the BC Centre for Sexual Medicine on a priority basis for assessment, as well as providing follow up as the disease progresses.
Congratulations to Dr. Sophia Frangou on her election as the President-Elect of the Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP). Her term as President-Elect will be June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024, after which she will become President of SOBP on June 1, 2024 until May 31, 2025. This term will be followed by a 5-year term as Councilor.
Dr. Frangou is the UBC President’s Excellence Chair in Brain Health and the Associate Head of Research & International Affairs in the UBC Department of Psychiatry. She is an internationally renowned expert in the pathophysiology of mood and psychotic disorders, and her election to this new role adds to her prominent leadership profile.
The Society of Biological Psychiatry was founded in 1945 to encourage the study of the biological causes of and treatments for psychiatric disorders. It is a preeminent learned society that aims to promote excellence in scientific research and education, and reduce human suffering from mental disorders. The SOBP publishes several journals, including Biological Psychiatry, which is one of the most selective and highly cited journals in the field of psychiatric neuroscience.
Congratulations once again to Dr. Frangou on her election to this significant new role!
Congratulations to Dr. Quinten Clarke, a UBC Psychiatry Research Track Resident, who has received the 2022 Resident Recognition Award from Providence Health Care (PHC).
This award, sponsored by the PHC Medical Affairs and the Medical Staff Association, is awarded each year to a resident who has rotated through PHC and displayed excellence in the areas of education, leadership and advocacy.
Once again, congratulations to Dr. Clarke on this wonderful recognition!