Highlights
A mindful approach to confront racial injustice and work towards healing
Reflecting on 2022, one of the most beautiful and heartfelt groups to emerge from our hospital community is the book club studying, The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness authored by Rhonda V. Magee.
Dr. Magee is a professor of law at the University of San Francisco, and she uses her training in sociology and MBSR to shine a light on racial injustice.
The book club is a collaboration between the BC Children’s Hospital Centre for Mindfulness, Indigenous Health at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre, and the Department of Pediatrics Hudson Scholar Awards Program for Equity Diversity and Inclusion. Members include faculty and staff from across the C&W campus.
On Sep 21 & Nov 16, 2022, the group discussed key takeaways from the book, interspersed with moments of quiet reflection and Mindful practice.
Looking forward to getting together again in the new year!
More: https://keltymentalhealth.ca/blog/2022/10/we-can-do-something-about-bias
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2023 Faculty & Staff Appreciation Brunch
Faculty and staff from the administrative offices of the Department of Pediatrics welcomed in the New Year with a hearty family style brunch on Jan 17th hosted by Dr. Steven Miller.
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Challenge accepted!
This year, we have 3 teams competing in the 2023 ‘Walk for Joy’ challenge beginning January 30 until Apr 2 2023.
Staff and faculty will compete against each other and other UBC teams in this engaging challenge that promotes regular fitness in social settings.
Good Luck All!
Dept of Pediatrics – Les Piediatrics
Michelle Man (Captain)
Mimi Kuan
Christine Veloso
Else Bosman
Steffanie Fisher
Dept of Pediatrics – Pieds de Résistance
Kimberley de Gannes (Captain)
Deborah Finlay
Susan Harkins
Dr. Mumtaz Virji
Helena Lee
Dept of Pediatrics – Happy Feet
Bianca Fukakusa (Captain)
Michelle Luk
Sarabjit Bains
Cathy Gao
Nicole Loewen
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2022 Faculty of Medicine Awards Reception
On Jan 16 2023, several Department of Pediatrics faculty were acknowledged for their excellence and contributions to the community.
Recognition was given to the winners of the 2022 Faculty of Medicine Awards and for awards granted in 2021.
See: 2022 Awards Reception booklet and 2021 Awards and Significant Honours report
Drs. Dzung Vo, Steven Miller, Linda Edwards, Kyla Hildebrant, Tatiana Sotindjo, and Ian Pike. Missing Dr. Christine Voss.
Original post: OCTOBER 17, 2022
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Our global health electives are a distinguishing feature for our residents
Did you know that the Department of Pediatrics and the pediatrics residency program at UBC have an interest in social pediatrics and the health of vulnerable children and youth?
Residents have opportunities to engage in resident- driven local health advocacy projects, outreach programs within Western Canada (including Whitehorse, Smithers/Hazelton, Hartley Bay, and Haida Gwaii), and global child health initiatives, including social pediatrics electives and electives overseas. Partnerships exist with hospitals in several countries, including South Africa and Australia.
Dr. Riley Chen-Mack, Lead Resident, shares Dr. Moodley’s sentiments about the impact this opportunity provided for him during his residency:
Our global health electives are a distinguishing feature for residents (ex. South Africa), but there is ample opportunity for residents to gain rural pediatric experience in smaller communities all over BC (ex. Prince George, Terrace, Haida Gwaii), due to elective opportunities and intermittent outreach trips with visiting paediatricians. These rural opportunities have been my favourite part of the program!
Learn more about our program:
https://pediatrics.med.ubc.ca/education/residency-program/
https://canprepp.ca/programs/university-of-british-columbia-pediatrics-vancouver/
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Reconnect and celebrate with the Healthy Starts community!
Registration open until 12pm January 24th: http://bit.ly/HSRD2023_register
Submit your abstract until 12pm January 13th: http://bit.ly/HSRD2023_abstracts
More: https://bcchr.ca/research/research-themes/healthy-starts
Queries:
Becci Venema (hear it) Ph.D. (she/her)
Healthy Starts Theme Research Manager
Healthystarts@bcchr.ca
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One-on-One with Steven Miller
One-on-One is a series aimed at getting ‘behind the scenes’ with senior leadership in the Faculty of Medicine.
Dr. Steven Miller’s interest in science and humanism prompted him to study medicine. As a medical student, he travelled to Ghana for a research elective and was assigned to the pediatric ward of a large hospital. He vividly remembers watching children recover from being bedridden with malaria or meningitis to playing with a football in the yard mere weeks later. That experience led him to study pediatric neurology.
Following his residency in Montreal, Dr. Miller moved to San Francisco to complete a master of advanced science in clinical research and a postdoctoral fellowship in neonatal neurology and brain imaging at the University of California, San Francisco.
For the past decade, Dr. Miller served as head of neurology and head of The Garry Hurvitz Centre for Brain & Mental Health at SickKids and the University of Toronto. Since 2014 he was also an affiliate professor of pediatrics at UBC.
Now appointed head of the UBC faculty of medicine’s department of pediatrics, Dr. Miller plans to champion team collaborations with other departments in the Faculty, as well as inter-disciplinary partners across UBC and our community. [MORE]
Cross-posted from UBC FoM.
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2022 Seasons Greetings from the Department of Pediatrics, UBC & BCCH
Dear Colleagues,
I am awed by this Department’s distinctive culture of caring and collaboration. I am so grateful to be part of this exceptional team of talented faculty, trainees and staff, working together to improve the care of children & youth and their families. As we work through this surge, I am humbled by the collective efforts we are making to support our patients and each other. And, as our new strategic plan starts to take shape, I am excited for what we will accomplish together to promote the best potential for children and youth in BC and beyond.
It has been a very busy season for everyone, with high patient acuity and high volumes. The members of this Department have come forward with care and compassion to support one another and elevate the care of our patients and their families. Thank you for your tremendous efforts.
I wish you and your family a wonderful holiday season,
Dr. Steven Paul Miller MDCM MAS FRCPC (He, Him, His)
Hudson Family Hospital Chair in Pediatric Medicine, James & Annabel McCreary Chair in Pediatrics
Professor and Head, Pediatrics | Faculty of Medicine | University of British Columbia
Chief, Pediatric Medicine | BC Children’s Hospital & Sunny Hill Health Centre
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Take action against Gender-Based Violence
Dr. Andrew Macnab, various collaborators and students from the Stand Tall School in Kampala, Uganda have created a music video to end sexual violence against girls and women, entitled Tekawo Enjawulo. See: https://bit.ly/3iKonE1
Tekawo Enjawulo is part of a 16-day campaign running November 25th to Dec 19th 2022 led by UN Women and their UNITE to End Violence against Women initiative.
Tekawo Enjawulo was funded by Rose Charities, an organization that Dr. Macnab has been affiliated with for over 15 years.
Under his leadership as the Pediatric Residency Training Program Director, Dr. Andrew Macnab, led a very successful community outreach program with residents and the Tsimshian First Nation’s communities along the Pacific Northwest.
In 2006 he was asked to translate this community impact model to have a more global reach which became the Brighter Smiles Uganda project by Rose Charities.
Over the years, Brighter Smiles Uganda has taken several groups of pediatric residents and UBC students to Uganda:
“It was great to work with people in the local community and learn what’s truly possible versus what’s theoretically possible.” – Dr. Lynzie Taylor, MD, Full Circle Family Practice & Brighter Smiles Africa, Uganda Team 2006
“Sexual violence against girls and women is Africa is epidemic. We are very excited about the message of empowerment that Tekawo Enjawulo represents. Our research has shown that music videos with influential celebrities containing health messages are an effective form of health promotion in Africa.” – Dr. Andrew Macnab, Professor & former Director, Pediatric Residency Training Program, UBC Department of Pediatrics
SEE: A J Macnab, R Mukisa, Celebrity endorsed music videos: innovation to foster youth health promotion, Health Promotion International, Volume 34, Issue 4, August 2019, Pages 716–725, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/day042
Take action today against Gender-based Violence: https://bit.ly/3iK6Ewu
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Farewell to Dr. Nancy Lanphear, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UBC & BCCH
Dr. Nancy Lanphear, Clinical Associate Professor, Developmental Pediatrics
Dear Colleagues,
I would like wish Dr. Nancy Lanphear all the best in her next chapter as she travels abroad with her husband.
Nancy is leaving the department as Head, Division of Developmental Pediatrics at UBC, a role she has held since July 1, 2008 and she is also stepping down as Senior Medical Director, Child Development and Rehabilitation at BCCH since 2009. Her last day with us will be December 4, 2022. [MORE]
With best wishes,
Steven
Dr. Steven Paul Miller MDCM MAS FRCPC (He, Him, His)
Professor and Head, Pediatrics | Faculty of Medicine | University of British Columbia
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Dr. Steven Miller awarded the highest honour by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for his career achievements
Congratulations to Dr. Steven Miller!
On Friday, November 25, 2022, Dr. Miller will be inducted into the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) as part of the class of 2022 new RSC Fellows and Members ceremony.
Recognition by the RSC for career achievement is the highest honour an individual can achieve in the Arts, Social Sciences and Sciences.
Steven Paul Miller, MDCM MAS FRCPC is a Professor and Head, Dept Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; Chief, Pediatric Medicine, BC Children’s Hospital & Sunny Hill Health Centre, Provincial Health Services Authority; Hudson Family Hospital Chair in Pediatric Medicine and the James & Annabel McCreary Chair in Pediatrics.
One hundred and two new Fellows have been elected by their peers for their outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement.
Fellows & Members of the Royal Society of Canada | Class of 2022
Original Post: https://rsc-src.ca/en/news/press-release-rsc-presents-class-2022
Learn more about Dr. Miller’s work here:
Royal Society Video
Message by Dr. Steven Miller
UPDATED NOV 25 2022
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Timely preprint comparing RSV infections and hospitalizations in children before and during COVID-19 pandemic
Recent work by researchers from the Department of Pediatrics, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and the BC Centre for Disease Control show more RSV cases in children ages 2-3 years old without increased severity even after the pandemic mitigation measures were lifted in 2021-22.
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Registration Open | 5th Annual Global Health Conference | January 26, 2023
Join us on Thursday, January 26, 2023 for the 5th Annual Global Health Conference (GHC23). Co-chaired by Dr. Gina Ogilvie and Dr. Caron Strahlendorf, this event brings together health professionals from diverse disciplines to share their knowledge at this exciting one-day event.
MORE: http://bit.ly/3XolN6e
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Health After 2020 program for 2022/23
Drs. Mariana Brussoni, Anamaria Richardson, and Matthew Carwana are part of the seven interdisciplinary, cross-institutional teams that have been accepted into the Health After 2020 program for 2022/23.
Are the early years still the greatest equalizer? Examining equity in early childhood emerging from the Covid era
This project will bring together a small, multidisciplinary group of scholars and trainees to host conversations aimed at investigating the shift in the impact of social determinants of health on development of all children associated with the COVID pandemic.
Mariana Brussoni, Director, Human Early Learning Partnership and Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Matthew Carwana, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Promoting early childhood outside (Pro-Eco) in BC early learning and childcare centres
Spending time outside and at play is fundamental for children’s physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development. PROmoting Early Childhood Outside (PRO-ECO) is a three-year project that aims to increase outdoor play opportunities in early learning and childcare (ELCC) centres in British Columbia.
Mariana Brussoni, Director, Human Early Learning Partnership and Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Reframing dialogue through embodied approaches: Surpassing barriers to health in a verbal world
Some form of dialogue is often the first point of entry in health assessments and clinician-patient interactions. Dialogue is generally presumed to require verbal reciprocity. This project will explore dialogue.
Anamaria Richardson, Clinical Assistant Professor and Community Based Pediatrician, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
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Congratulations to Dr. Manish Sadarangani!
Congratulations to Dr. Manish Sadarangani! He is the recipient of the 2022 Award of Excellence in Lung Health Research by the BC Lung Foundation. This award is given to outstanding individuals who scored the highest marks in peer-reviewed research.
For more than 110 years, BC Lung has been a leader in the fight for healthy lungs and healthy air, whether searching for treatments or cures to prevent or treat lung disease, keeping kids off tobacco and e-cigarettes, or fighting for laws that protect the air we all breathe. MORE
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Digital Health Week: Empowerment, Equity, Inclusion Nov 14-18 2022
Dr. Shazhan Amed, MD, FRCPC, FAAP will talk about TrustSphere at Digital Health Week, an annual celebration of how digital and virtual health is transforming the delivery of care across Canada.
More Information: https://bit.ly/3tcn8zx
The Office of Virtual Health (OVH) / Digital Health Strategy Office (DHSO) / BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) and Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) / Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS) – BC Chapter
#ThinkDigitalHealth
#DigitalHealthWeek
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Congratulations Dr. Robert Armstrong!
Dr. Robert Armstrong was just recognized by The Royal College for his outstanding global contributions in advancing postgraduate medical education.
“Reaching beyond our borders is important,” says Dr. Armstrong. “There is a great deal not only to contribute but also to learn from global engagements.”
Dr. Armstrong began his career as a pediatrician with a faculty position at UBC and a clinical appointment at Vancouver’s Sunny Hill Health Centre, a part of BC Children’s Hospital that provides specialized developmental assessments and rehabilitation services for children, youth and their families.
His clinical and research interests focus on childhood disability, population-based strategies for the prevention of developmental disorders and clinical and health services strategies for improving the outcomes of children.
More: https://bit.ly/3Utgctr
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Ms. Helena Lee, newest member of the UBC 25 Year Club
Image: Ms. Helena Lee, Program Assistant, Subspecialty Programs and Dr. Ralph Rothstein, Associate Head – Subspecialty, Dept. of Pediatrics
Congratulations to Ms. Helena Lee, Program Assistant for Subspecialty Training Programs within the Department of Pediatrics. She has just been inducted into The University of British Columbia’s 25 Year Club!
Since joining our Department at BC Children’s Hospital over ten years ago, Helena has worked tirelessly to support countless Subspecialty Medical Trainees, and through her commitment to her work has played a pivotal role in enabling enhanced medical training and delivery of care to Pediatrics Programs across the Province and also for those taking their newly developed skills back to their home country institutions.
In addition to the administrative aspects of her role, Helena also leads by example as a life long learner having recently completed a Masters of Education from UBC.
“On behalf of the Department and our Training Programs, we would like thank Helena for her continued dedication and congratulate her the amazing achievement of 25 Years Service at UBC!” – Dylan P. King, Program Manager, Postgraduate & Undergraduate Medical Education, Dept. of Pediatrics | BC Children’s Hospital
MORE: https://ceremonies.ubc.ca/honours-recognition/25-year-club
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The BC Pediatric Society honors Drs. Caron Strahlendorf, Kirsten Miller, Esther Lee and Laura Sauvé
Last week, Drs. Caron Strahlendorf, Kirsten Miller, Esther Lee and Laura Sauvé were honored by the BC Pediatric Society for their leadership, hard work & dedication.
They were the recipients of several BCPS awards!
READ MORE: https://www.instagram.com/p/CkPH6qnvilQ/
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Congratulations to Drs. Ronald Barr & Paul Rogers!
Image: Drs. Ronald Barr (left) Paul Rogers (right).
Congratulations to Drs. Ronald Barr & Paul Rogers, Professors Emeriti of the Dept of Pediatrics.
Both are recipients of The International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award.
SIOP is a multidisciplinary society entirely devoted to paediatric and adolescent cancer.
MORE: https://bit.ly/3FnRBBV
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Teck Acute Care Lobby
We acknowledge that our Vancouver office is located on land which is the unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.