June 22 – 28

UBC Faculty of Medicine – Distinguished Medical Research Lecturer Award

The Lung Cancer Research Foundation’s mission is to improve and save lives by funding groundbreaking research on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of lung cancer.

To that end, the foundation encourages applications for projects that investigate a wide variety of lung cancer research topics from institutions of all sizes — both nationally and internationally. One-year grants of up to $75,000 will be awarded to projects focused on basic science, translational research, clinical research, supportive care, and/or quality of care/outcomes.

To be eligible, applicants must be a junior investigator (e.g., graduate student, medical student, or postdoctoral fellow), senior faculty member (e.g., assistant/associate/full professor), physician, and/or nurse researcher.

Please visit the LCRF website for complete program guidelines, information about previous grant recipients, and application instructions.

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is the largest nongovernmental, donor-supported organization that  funds research on brain and behavior disorders.

Through the annual NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grant Program, the foundation  awards one-year grants of up to $100,000 for research on schizophrenia, mood disorders, and other serious mental illnesses, including anxiety, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, and brain and behavior disorders. Areas of particular interest include patient populations with unique or unusual characteristics and central nervous system developments.

To be eligible, applicants must be established scientists who maintain peer-reviewed competitively funded scientific programs.

For complete program guidelines, information about past grant recipients, and application  instructions, visit the BBRF website.

The American Pain Society has issued a call for applications for its 2015 Future Leaders in Pain Research Grants.

The Future Leaders in Pain Research grant program was established in 2005 to fund pain research projects by doctoral-prepared investigators who have not yet attained NIH RO1-level funding. The purpose of this grant is to encourage research in pain that  adds to the existing body of knowledge, and to enable investigators to develop pilot data that helps them secure  additional  grant funding.

This year, APS will award at least two grants up to $20,000 each for pain research proposals that demonstrate the greatest merit and potential for success. Possible areas of inquiry include use of analgesic medications, unwanted effects of pain treatment related to analgesic therapy, neuropathic pain, mechanisms of pain, and education and non-pharmacologic interventions or approaches to improve pain management.

To be eligible, applicants must be an APS member within six years of completing a doctoral degree, and must not have already secured major NIH or foundation grant funding (R01 and/or equivalent).

Please visit the APS website for complete program guidelines and application instructions.

The American College of Gastroenterology aims to advance world-class care for patients with gastrointestinal disorders through excellence, innovation, and advocacy in the areas of scientific investigation, education, prevention, and treatment. To that end, the ACG offers Clinical Research Awards of up to $35,000 for original research in clinical gastroenterology and will consider applications for pilot projects up to $10,000 within this award category.

At least one of the investigators must be an ACG member or trainee member at the time of submission of the grant proposal. Note that physicians in training (interns, residents, fellows) are eligible to apply provided that the work is conducted under the preceptorship of a more senior or experienced investigator. In order to assure diversity among recipients, no more than two Clinical Research Awards will be granted to former or current principal investigators on R01, P01, U01, VA Merit Awards or Hughes grants, or to those who hold the position of full professor at an academic institution. Awardees will be selected based on feasibility, scientific and clinical significance, originality and anticipated contribution of the research to clinical practice. Applications will also be evaluated on the availability of adequate resources, including personnel and facilities.

Please visit the ACG website for complete program guidelines and application instructions.

The ACG Junior Faculty Development Grant supports a junior faculty member at $100,000 per year for three years, for a total of $300,000. The primary goal of this career development award of $300,000 ($100,000 per year for each of three years) is to assist promising clinical researchers to develop research and careers that have a direct bearing on clinical gastrointestinal practice. This includes assistance to a junior faculty investigator to ensure that a major portion of the investigator’s time is protected for clinical research. The Junior Faculty award provides support for junior investigators working toward independent careers in clinical research related to gastroenterology or hepatology.

To be eligible for the Junior Faculty award, applicants must be physicians who hold full-time faculty positions at a North American (U.S. or Canada) university, medical school, or other health care institution at the time of funding of the application, should it be approved. Applicants also must be members of the ACG at the time of application. This award is not intended for fellows, but for junior faculty who have demonstrated unusual promise and have some record of accomplishment in research. Established investigators are not eligible. Candidates must devote at least 50% of their effort to clinical research related to gastroenterology or hepatology.

Please visit the ACG website for complete program guidelines and application instructions.

Every year the Faculty of Medicine recognizes the outstanding lecturers in our medical research fields. Candidates from Basic Sciences or Clinical Sciences are nominated by fellow faculty members on the basis of a distinguished research career, recognition in the medical community and effective contributions to student educational growth over the past year. Nominees are selected by the Faculty of Medicine Research Council. Acceptance of this award is accompanied by a seminar open to all faculty members and students as a part of the Leaders in Medical Discovery Series.  The seminar will be accredited for College of Family Physicians of Canada and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada credits.

Nominees should be senior Faculty members in the UBC Faculty of Medicine, with distinguished research careers. To nominate someone for this award, please provide the following:

For further details, please visit our website here

The Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy is delighted to host Dr. Atiya Mahmood (Associate Professor, Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University) who will present on her research on mobility, aging and the built environment. The title of her presentation is “Mobility, Aging and Built Environment: Participatory Research on Neighbourhood Walkability with Photovoice and Environmental Audits”.

Please email Cynthia.hsieh@ubc.ca if you would like to attend.

For more information, please see the attached poster.

Target audience: Family physicians

Up to 12.0 Mainpro-M1 credits

We are excited to launch this first ever sexual health online community of practice through UBC CPD.  The Sexual Health Forum is a virtual community of practice – a place for physicians to learn from and with each other, and to expand knowledge, skills, and expertise in order to provide the best care for patients in the realm of sexual health care.

The Sexual Health Forum provides two main ways for you to engage with your colleagues:

By participating in this community of practice you will:

Please contact allison.m@ubc.ca for more information.

Target audience: Family Medicine, Gynecologists, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Residents & Medical Students

Up to 2.0 Mainpro-C credits

We are currently checking how many are interested until the end of June. We will go ahead with the course if we have 12 or more registered (max 24). If not, the course will be cancelled.

Now that copper and levonorgestrel IUDs are recommended for a much wider variety of women – for teens, for emergency contraception and for treating dysfunctional uterine bleeding in the peri-menopause – we can expect more challenges in inserting IUDs, especially into tight nulliparous uteri. There are a number of new IUDs with which you may not be familiar.

This hands-on workshop will take advantage of plastic models, slides and discussion and is most suitable for clinicians who have already been inserting IUDs. Participants are encouraged to bring clinical scenarios that have been challenging. The facilitators are family doctors who run IUD clinics and will share their experience with a range of clinical equipment and techniques to simplify the challenging IUD insertion. All 13 IUDs currently available in Canada will be at the workshop.

Please contact UBC CPD at cpd.info@ubc.ca if you have any further questions or would like to register. You may also register online.

Register here.

Target audience: Psychiatrists, pharmacists, primary care physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers.

Up to 5.75 Mainpro-M1/MOC Section 1 credits (This conference will also be accredited for CCCEP)

Martha Sajatovic, MD.

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Case Western Reserve University

Director, Geropsychiatry Program, and Neurological and Behavioral Outcomes Center, University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Willard Brown Chair in Neurological Outcomes Research, Cleveland

Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University

Please note that a Pre-Conference Workshop is also available on September 17th.