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Calling all passionate health science, medical students & health professionals!
© The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
In partnership with BC Children’s Hospital, the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame will be hosting Discovery Day in Health Sciences.
The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame fosters future generations of medical heroes. Young people are encouraged to learn more about Canada’s rich medical history and to explore the exciting career options that are available to them in medicine and the health sciences.
Discovery Days in Health Sciences are one-day events that give secondary school students the opportunity to explore a variety of career options in medicine and the health sciences. The program is delivered in partnership with universities, hospitals and research institutions across Canada.
Share your career with eager high school students on November 30th 2022.
Previous presenters representing the Department of Pediatrics were:
Dr. Deepak Manhas
Dr. Hana Mijovic
Dr. Jonathan Wong
Dr. Julie Bettinger
Dr. Katey Armstrong
Dr. Manish Sadarangani
Dr. Shazhan Amed
MORE INFO: https://cdnmedhall.ca/BCCHRI/presenters
Deadline for submissions is Monday, October 17 2022.
Twitter: @CdnMedHallFame
IG: @cdnmedhallfame
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Back to School 2022
Did you know that the Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences program is the only interdisciplinary MSc and PhD training program in BC and in Canada in for women+ and children’s health sciences research?
The program is jointly offered through the UBC Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and Pediatrics, and is interdisciplinary, building on the strengths of our faculty members, whose research encompasses biomedical, clinical, health services, and population health.
Learn more about WACH and the research expertise of Drs. Ali Amid, Christopher Maxwell, Emily Kieran, Kevan Harris, Laura Sly, Mariana Brussoni, Pascal Lavoie and Sharon Dell who will be supervising students this Fall.
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Children’s Health Today Conference on November 4 to 5, 2022
Every year, the BC Pediatric Society partners with a different specialty from BC Children’s Hospital.
Check out some of the talks by our amazing faculty: Dr. Stephen Noseworthy, Dr. Pei-Yoong Lam, Dr. Eva Moore, Dr. Tatiana Sotindjo, Dr. Tim Oberlander, Dr. Anton Miller, Dr. Todd Sorokan, Dr. William Abelson, Dr. Nita Jain, Dr. Wingfield Rehmus, Dr. Manish Sadarangani, Dr. Julie Bettinger, Dr. Ashley Roberts, Dr. Laura Sauvé, and Dr. Jennifer Tam.
Conference program: https://www.bcpeds.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/CME_2022_Program_v9.pdf
Registration link: https://www.bcpeds.ca/2022-annual-conference/
© BC Pediatrics Society
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Congratulations to Dr. Steven Miller, Fellow & Member with the Royal Society of Canada (RSC)
Steven Paul Miller, MDCM MAS FRCPC
Professor and Head, Dept Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Chief Pediatric Medicine, BC Children’s Hospital & Sunny Hill Health Centre,
Provincial Health Services Authority
Dr. Miller was just recently nominated to the Royal Society of Canada | Class of 2022.
Membership in the RSC is Canada’s highest academic honour that an individual can achieve in the Arts, Social Sciences and Sciences.
On Friday, November 25, 2022, the RSC will welcome the Class of 2022 new RSC Fellows and new Members of the RSC College and present awards for outstanding research and scholarly achievement.
The College consists of mid-career leaders who provide the RSC with a multigenerational capacity to help Canada and the world address major challenges and seize new opportunities including those identified in emerging fields.
“The Royal Society of Canada is delighted to welcome this outstanding cohort of artists, scholars and scientists. These individuals are recognised for their exceptional contributions their respective disciplines and are a real credit to Canada,” says RSC President Jeremy McNeil.
I am so excited to have been elected as a Fellow and Member to the Royal Society of Canada for my team’s work in Neonatal Neurology. This recognition is especially meaningful to me at this point in my career, especially with my return to Vancouver, UBC and BC Children’s Hospital this past Spring.
I would like to express my gratitude to Dr. Jana Davidson, Chief Medical Officer for BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre, Ms. Sarah Bell, Chief Operating Officer of BC Children’s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre and Mr. Malcolm Berry, President & CEO, BC Children’s Hospital Foundation for our work together thus far.
I am very excited about future collaborations and all of the new opportunities that lie in the years ahead. – Dr. Steven Miller
Originally published Sept 8 2022, updated Sept 14 2022
More:
http://www.bcchildrens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/dr-steven-miller-named-to-the-royal-society-of-canada
https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/faculty-members-named-to-the-royal-society-of-canada
https://twitter.com/UBCmedicine/status/1567585503490281475
https://rsc-src.ca/sites/default/files/2022%20New%20Member%20List_EN.pdf
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Farewell Dr. Linda Casey!
Dr. Casey was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, and spent much of her career at Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton. After completing her pediatric training and postgraduate training in Nutrition and Metabolism, she founded the Children’s Intestinal Rehabilitation (CHIRP) Program as a collaborative venture between Edmonton and Calgary. In addition, she was the Director of the Home Nutrition Support Program, and she was extensively involved in pediatric feeding and taught both medical students and nutrition students.
In 2012, she was recruited to Vancouver to lead the Complex Feeding and Nutrition Service. Shortly after her arrival, she helped the team to establish the inpatient care of children with intestinal failure, complementing the existing outpatient care and resulting in a comprehensive CHIRP team in Vancouver.
Dr. Casey consulted on children with a variety of feeding and nutritional problems; she provided leadership via committee work; she was the Nutrition Theme Lead for the undergraduate medical program at UBC; and, a past president of the Medical Staff Association (MSA).
Dr. Casey has thoroughly enjoyed Vancouver’s beautiful geography, and the opportunities for cycling, golf and hiking.
All the best in your next chapter, we wish you well!
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Congratulations BC Children’s Hospital Youth Advisory Committee!
The BC Children’s Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) were honored and appreciative to receive the news that they are the recipients of the 2022 Team PHSA + Award. The YAC has been representing the voice of youth at BCCH for over a decade, including during challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic they continued to come together as a community.
“The BC Children’s Hospital Youth Advisory Committee brings a lens and voice of youth justice, equity, inclusion and diversity into projects and research on a provincial level and on-campus at BCCH. Their input has improved how health professionals communicate with youth more respectfully and inclusively on a variety of initiatives including family pamphlets, research survey question wording, and educational and academic conferences.” – Sabrina Gill
The PHSA+ Awards celebrate individuals and teams across our organization that demonstrate excellence and advance our organization by living PHSA’s values. The awards showcase and recognize the passion, hard work and dedication of our staff and gives us the chance to celebrate our peers who are serving patients, clients, families and communities each and every day.
Team contact:
Sabrina Gill, BSN
Nurse Clinician
Division of Adolescent Health Medicine
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Tracking COVID-19 for Safer Schools After the First Omicron Wave in BC
PRESENTATION: “Tracking COVID-19 for Safer Schools After the First Omicron Wave in BC”
When: Wednesday September 14th from 12:00 – 1:00 PM PDT
Where: BCCHR Room 2108, and virtual (Zoom link below).
Join via Zoom: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62010932882?pwd=dEdDcU1qbHpsM2pkZXhCYkZRaStJZz09
Meeting ID: 620 1093 2882
Passcode: 487702
Please Note: All in-person attendees must be fully vaccinated (two doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine)
and masks are still mandatory. Although physical distancing is no longer required,
we ask everyone to please respect the personal space of others.
There will be coffee and baked goods provided for those attending in-person.
QUERIES:
Gabrielle Savage (she/her)
Gabrielle.Savage@bcchr.ca
Interim Theme Manager, Healthy Starts
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Congratulations CIHR Planning and Dissemination Grant Recipients!
Congratulations to the investigators and their teams whose projects received funding through the
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Planning and Dissemination Grant – Institute Community Support program!
Read more about the recipients and their projects: https://bcchr.info/3w5UfGZ
Cross-posted from BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute.
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Join us in congratulating Kendrew Wong and Leora Pearl-Dowler!
Congratulations to all the winners from the 2022 BCCHR Summer Student Research Program!
For over 34 years, the Summer Student Research Program has enabled university students to participate in child and family health research under the supervision of BC Children’s Hospital investigators.
The Summer Student Research Program is a collaboration between UBC, BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital & Health Care Centre that fosters research awareness and interest for undergraduate and medical students from local, national and international academic institutions.
Research Education Services Team
Kendrew is the Session 5 winner and Leora won Session 7!
“Kendrew is an incredibly motivated medical student and already so excited at this career stage to improve care for children through research and scholarly work.”
– Dr. Sylvia Cheng, Clinical Assistant Professor & Director of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Division of Hematology/Oncology/BMT B.C. Children’s Hospital
See Kendrew’s abstract, page 61
“Congratulations to Leora for this outstanding presentation and the superb support and supervision she got this summer from her mentor Dr. Katelynn Boerner and the LLAH team!”
– Dr. Tim Oberlander, Professor, Division of Developmental Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
See Leora’s abstract, page 76
Claire Sie, Ben Shaw and Emily Kon
A special shout out to Claire Sie, supervised by Dr. Bruce Vallance, Emily Kon supervised by Dr. Kevan Jacobson and Benjamin Shaw supervised Dr. Anamaria Richardson.
And last but not least, a hearty thank you to the Research Education team for their flawless coordination putting on a hybrid event during the pandemic.
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People of Colour Mentorship Program
Congratulations to Dr. Tatiana Sotjindo and Ms. Sabrina Gill for their anti-racism and inclusion work at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre (C&W).
The People of Colour Mentorship Program was developed to address diversity in leadership, and with seed funding from the HPIF, they began the process of creating a formalized mentorship program with C&W’s BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) staff. MORE
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The 2022 Vancouver Summer Program (VSP)
This week marks the successful launch of the 2022 Vancouver Summer Program (VSP): Introduction to Clinical Medicine in the Hospital Setting and Scientific Research in the Hospital Setting Course.
Developed in 2014, the Vancouver International Summer Program in Medicine (VSP) provides an opportunity for visiting undergraduate medical students from international universities to experience Canadian health care and life sciences education at its best, as well as learn about Canadian culture firsthand. The program implements advanced learning tools and techniques, including interactive student participation, small-group workshops, and hands-on exhilarating simulation scenarios.
We are very excited to have the 2022 cohort gathering together again for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. They have a busy schedule to meet and learn at the BC Children’s Hospital and UBC campus, as well as, explore our beautiful city.
Stay tuned will be posting highlights from the 2022 VSP cohort over the next few weeks!
Learn more on our IG page: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CgUtdbcJnhu/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
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Staying healthy and connected this summer
Meet the 2022 UBC Dept of Pediatrics Pick Your Peak Team!
DID YOU KNOW?
– Stair climbing requires 8-9 times more energy expenditure than sitting.
– It counts as ‘vigorous’ physical activity and burns more calories per minute than jogging.
– You burn roughly 1.5 calories for every 10 steps.
The UBC Pick Your Peak Stair Challenge is an annual, fun, and inclusive way to encourage faculty and staff to move throughout the day.
This year’s Dept of Pediatrics team is staying healthy and supporting eachother virtually for this 4 week challenge.
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Congratulations Dr. Alexander Rauscher!
Dr. Rauscher was just awarded a CIHR Program Grant.
This project will use deep learning to recover image information so the images can be used for quantitative MRI.
Abstract:
Susceptibility weighted imaging is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan widely used in routine brain exams. The scan combines magnitude (which corresponds to the brightness of a lighthouse beam) and phase (which corresponds to the beam’s direction) information for improved image contrast. On clinical scanners, the phase has to be filtered so it can be used for SWI, and the original phase is deleted. Due to the filtering, these filtered phase images cannot be used as input into quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM), a more recent method that allows the quantification of tissue damage. Such maps of susceptibility promise to measure brain iron, myelin content and venous blood oxygenation. The goal of this project is to make these phase images accessible to quantitative susceptibility mapping. With our approach, researchers and clinicians will be able to compute QSM on millions of existing and future clinical scans where no original phase data are available.
Amazing news! Congratulations!
– Dr. Steven Paul Miller, MDCM MAS FRCPC, Professor and Head, Pediatrics
Congratulations!
– Dr. Mary Connolly, Head, Division of Neurology
Also worth noting, Dr. Rauscher held a Canada Research Chair Tier II (CIHR) in Developmental Neuroimaging; he was recognized with a CIHR New Investigator Award; and, he is a recipient of the Green College Leading Scholars Program Award.
Congratulations!
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Dr. Mariana Brussoni awarded an additional $1.3 million to continue research on ways to maximize outdoor play time for early learning and child care centres
COVID-19 put a spotlight on the importance of outdoor play.
“We already know from many other studies that more outdoor play is better. What we are doing with PRO-ECO is focusing on how we can change the behaviours and practices of early childhood educators and families, to support more outdoor play in their centres, especially in the context of the pandemic,” says Dr. Brussoni, who is also a BC Children’s Hospital researcher. “Expanding the study will give us really important information so, at the end of it, we can come up with recommendations or guidelines that other child care centres can follow.”
– Dr. Mariana Brussoni, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Cross-posted from UBC Medicine. Read the full article.
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Celebrate Research Spotlight: Dr. Sarah Silverberg
Dr. Sarah Silverberg
Check out @slsilverberg poster presentation from Celebrate Research Day which looks at tracking the number of children with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies over the pandemic to give us insight into public health measures.
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Congratulations Drs. Christine Voss & Dr. Ian Pike!
More about Dr. Voss:
https://www.bcchr.ca/cvoss
https://twitter.com/DrChristineVoss
More about Dr. Pike:
https://twitter.com/IanPike4
https://www.bcchr.ca/ipike
Congratulations All!
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Congratulations! You did it!
Tonight we celebrate the Class of 2022 at our Annual Graduation & Awards Banquet sponsored jointly by the UBC Department of Pediatrics and the Pediatric Faculty.
#UBCPediatricsGrad2022
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Speaking up about coming out: A pediatrician’s story about being queer in medicine
To help mark #PrideMonth2022 this June, Dr. Moore shares her personal journey in ‘Speaking up about coming out: A pediatrician’s story about being queer in medicine.’ see: https://bit.ly/3Oh2N4v and https://bit.ly/3N44bGp
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Congratulations Dr. Katelynn Boerner !
The results are in…Dr. Katelynn Boerner, placed First in the Elevator Pitch Contest at the 20th Annual Canadian Child Health Clinical Scientist Program Symposium! MORE
“Way to go for concise and clear communication!” – Dr. Tim Oberlander, Supervisor
MORE: https://cchcsp.ca & @oberlanderlab & https://bcchr.ca/toberlander
Congratulations!
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2022 UBC Faculty of Medicine Academic Gowns and Emeriti Recognition Ceremony
On May 25, 2022, the UBC Faculty of Medicine celebrated the academic achievements and distinguished careers of faculty members. Recipients from across the faculty wore black gowns to mark their recent promotions to Professor, Clinical Professor or Professor of Teaching.
Margaret Colbourne, Clinical Associate Professor Emerita
For the past 37+ years, Dr. Colbourne has been affiliated with UBC/BCCH, first as a medical trainee, then as a Clinical Instructor in 1997 and promoted to Clinical Associate Professor in 2007. She had a major impact on the educational development and clinical care of both the subspecialty of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) and the Child Protection field. Nationally, she was a member of the first RCPSC PEM Examination Board and was awarded RCPSC PEM Founder designation in 2011. Dr. Colbourne also developed the Child Maltreatment Residency Training Program, served as the Resident Coordinator of the BCCH Child Protection Program, and was Medical Director, Child Protection Services.
Peter Wong, Professor Emeritus
Dr. Wong joined the Faculty of Medicine as an Assistant Professor in 1981 and was promoted to Professor in 1994. For 40 years, he was the Director of Diagnostic Neurophysiology at BCCH and was at the forefront internationally in the development of digital EEG and brain mapping and developed an exceptional EEG laboratory. He was Editor in Chief of the neuroimaging journal “Brain Topography” for several years. He received many honors, including: Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal 2003 for his service to the community; Honorary Professor Jichi Medical University (Japan) 2003, and Honorary Advisory Professor Shanghai Medical College Fudan University (China) 2004.
Shelina Babul, Clinical Professor
UBC/BCCH career highlights for Dr. Babul include: appointment as a Clinical Assistant Professor in 2002; BCIRPU Associate Director 2007-present; Brain Waves Director 2009-present; and Clinical Professor in 2021. Her research includes sport and recreational evidence-based research and knowledge implementation, with a focus on concussions/traumatic brain injuries. She developed the online Concussion Awareness Training Tool utilized by medical professionals, coaches, parents, school professionals, athletes and those supporting survivors of partner violence both nationally and internationally. In 2019/2020, Dr. Babul was awarded the BC Hockey Service Recognition Award,
Angela Devlin, Professor
UBC/BCCH career highlights for Dr. Devlin include: appointment as Assistant Professor in 2004; Co-Lead Origins of Child Health Disease Group 2015-present; Graduate Advisor of the Human Nutrition Graduate Program 2019-2021; and Professor 2021-present. Her research program encompasses both discovery based mechanistic studies and clinical studies on the intersecting themes of nutrient metabolism and requirements during development and cardiometabolic disease prevention in children. She has also demonstrated commitment to trainee education with many of her trainees winning awards and becoming faculty themselves. Dr. Devlin won the CNS Award for Nutrition Translation in 2019.
Laura Sly, Professor
UBC/BCCH career highlights for Dr. Sly include: appointment as Assistant Professor in 2008; Director, CFRI (now BCCHR) Containment Level III Laboratory 2010-present; Associate Dean Academic, UBC Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies 2019-2022; and Professor 2021-present. Her research programs in basic and translational immunological research, particularly immunity in health and disease within the fields of gastroenterology, immunology, and signal transduction, improving quality of life for patients of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Dr. Sly has won a 2018 Crohn’s and Colitis Canada Research Leadership Award and the 2020 UBC DAA Award for Overall Excellence – Mid-Career.
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