Dr. Quynh Doan

Dr. Laura Sly

The YWCA Women of Distinction Awards honours individuals and organizations whose outstanding activities and achievements contribute to the well-being and future of the community. This year, five women from across PHSA have been included in this year’s list of nominees. PHSA’s nominees span two categories: Health & Wellness and Research, the Sciences & Technology.

These women are recognized for achieving outstanding success in their fields by:

– Showing vision and initiative to break new ground or old barriers ​
– Demonstrating accomplishments that help her stand out amongst her peers
– Being a leader and role model
– ​Participating actively as a volunteer
– ​Being recognized by her community for her sustained commitment and contribution within her category

Drs. Doan & Sly were both nominated in the Research, the Sciences & Technology Category.

Dr. Doan is a recognized pediatrician, medical researcher and educator. She is an advocate for child and youth mental health and addictions across BC and Canada. Her health services research has broken new ground on issues of access and overcrowding in Emergency Departments and her innovative research in youth mental health has led to the development of novel screening tools to identify social, behavioral, psychiatric and substance abuse issues in children and youth.

Dr. Sly is an immunologist and leader in intestinal inflammation research at BC Children’s Hospital. Dr. Sly is also an associate professor, Division of Gastroenterology in the Department of Pediatrics at UBC and an associate dean in the Faculty of Graduate Studies at UBC.

Full announcement: https://pod.phsa.ca/news/Pages/PHSA-staff-nominated-for-YWCA-award.aspx

The Department of Pediatrics, UBC & BCCH would like to invite you to attend our virtual celebration for Dr. Allison A. Eddy, MD, FRCP(C), Head, UBC Department of Pediatrics, BC Children’s Hospital.

Emcee: Ms. Elaine Yong, Former Global BC Reporter & Providence Health Care Communications

Speakers: Family, friends and leadership from the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine; BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute; BC Children’s Hospital; and, BC Children’s Hospital Foundation.

If you would like to attend, please request Zoom link with university or health authority email address: pediatricsexecadmin@phsa.ca

We would like to offer a hearty thank you to Dr. Gabriella Horvath from the Division of Biomedical Diseases for taking over as the Clinical Faculty Affairs Representative for Pediatrics. Dr. Horvath will serve as the departmental representative and act as the bridge between the Department and the Clinical Faculty Affairs Council.

“Dr. Horvath is a Pediatrician and Biochemical Geneticist working in the Division of Biochemical Diseases at BC Children’s Hospital. She also has an appointment as a biochemical geneticist in the Adult Metabolic Clinic at VGH. Dr. Horvath has particular expertise in neurometabolic and neurotransmitter-related inborn errors of metabolism and genetic dysautonmias. She works closely with the pediatric neurology team and sees patients in the joint metabolic clinic and in the newly created Rett Syndrome clinic. Dr. Horvath is a clinical investigator at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, and a member of the Brain Behaviour and Development Theme. Her research focus is on precision medicine in rare genetic disorders. She is also the director of the CCMG accredited Clinical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship Program and member of the DoP DARPT Committee.” – Dr. Sylvia Stockler, Division Head, Biochemical Diseases

UBC Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Faculty Affairs Advisory Council Composition:
This advisory council is made up of ex officio, appointed, and elected members.

The Faculty of Medicine’s commitment to equitable and diverse membership on its committees and advisory councils guides its nomination and selection process.

The purpose of this advisory council is to:
– Advise the Dean on matters related to Clinical Faculty members.
– Engage representatives of the Clinical Faculty community from across the province and across Faculty of Medicine programs to enhance the vital partnership between Clinical Faculty and the Faculty of Medicine.
– Provide a multi-way communication forum among Clinical Faculty representatives and the Faculty of Medicine.
– Facilitate inter-professional collaboration among Clinical Faculty representatives from across the Faculty of Medicine’s programs.
– Assist the Clinical Faculty Affairs function through advice to the Director, Clinical Faculty Affairs.

The CFAC plays an important role and represents the interests of Clinical Faculty across the province.

The CFAC oversees areas of appointment and promotion, recognition and remuneration, faculty education development and Faculty of Medicine representation as it relates to clinical faculty.
 
“The Pediatrics Department and your colleagues would like to share its gratitude to Dr. Pei-Yoong Lam, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, for her service as the pediatric representative on the CFAC for the last few years, which included one extra year due to the pandemic!” – Dzung X. Vo, MD, Division Head, Adolescent Health and Medicine
 
 
Thank you both for your service to the department!

More about CFAC: https://mednet.med.ubc.ca/AboutUs/AdminAndGoverningBodies/Committees/Pages/Clinical-Faculty-Advisory-Council.aspx

Linda Warner

Presented by the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC), the BC Health Care Awards were created in 2007 to celebrate excellence and innovation in B.C.’s health care community by recognizing deserving teams and individuals that are improving health care delivery in B.C. and individuals whose achievements and actions inspire those around them.​

“I feel very lucky to have had a 30-year career at BC Children’s Hospital and I have loved every minute of it,” she says.

Linda began her career nursing babies of mothers who were addicted to narcotics at Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children. After a brief stint as a school nurse and educator in Japan, she returned to Vancouver as a nurse at BC Children’s and then moved into research.

Now, as clinical research coordinator, ​she’s managing the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) cohort study in Vancouver, with the goal of advancing the health and well-being of children.

​​“Linda is the heart and soul of CHILD study,” says Dr. Stuart Turvey, co-director of the CHILD Cohort Study and the Vancouver site study lead. “Really, probably, her greatest contrib​ution has been to engage with the children and their families as true partners in research… This true commitment to having the patients as our partners is Linda’s legacy to the CHILD study.”

But Linda hasn’t been content to practice her passion for pediatric nursing solely through paid work. A humanitarian at heart, Linda has volunteered with charities in communities devastated by destruction and poverty, including Haiti, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Tanzania.

For four years, Linda dedicated her compassionate spirit, time and nursing expertise in Haiti, running a pediatric clinic to care for impoverished children with Rose Charities, a Canadian charity that helps people overcome poverty through education, community support and health care.

In Haiti, Linda worked as a first responder and provided pediatric care and assessment. However, Linda and Rose Charities knew that in order to provide sustainable support, it was important to ask the Haitian health-care providers their priorities. In response to the concerns they identified, she helped facilitate a neonatal resuscitation teaching program for Haitian doctors and nurses, while living in adverse conditions herself. Her focus has always been on listening to the needs of others, providing education and empowering people to be active partners in their own care.

From the moment she started nursing, Linda knew she’d found her calling, and with each new experience – be it heartwarming or heartbreaking – she learned that she could make a difference. Her path has always been clear: to improve the health care and lives of children.

Original post: https://pod.phsa.ca/news/Pages/Health-Care-Hero-Linda-Warner.aspx