UBC Department of Psychiatry Staffing Update | May 2024

Dear Department members,

I wish to share some staffing updates and announcements regarding our UBC Department of Psychiatry Administration Office.

Firstly, we are delighted to welcome Ms. Michelle Plant as our new Administrative Assistant who has joined the Education team as of May 7. Michelle brings extensive UBC experience having provided administrative support to the UBC FoM UGE Office for many years. In her new role, she will be providing broad administrative support to our UGE, PGE and SSP programs. Michelle will be situated in the Education Office on the 11th Floor at the Diamond Centre at VGH campus and may be reached by email at michelle.plant@ubc.ca.

Also, I would like to share that Ms. Klara Labady has decided to pursue opportunities outside of UBC and is no longer in her role as Executive Coordinator as of April 26. As we move forward with recruitment to fill this position, we ask Department members to continue using the psychiatry.headasst@ubc.ca email to get in touch with the Head’s Office. Ms. Terena Zhao will be monitoring this email and will be providing coverage of tasks related to this role for the time being.

Please join me in warmly welcoming Michelle and wishing Klara all the best in her future endeavours!

Sincerely,

Margaret Koshi
Director, Administration
UBC Department of Psychiatry

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