2024 President’s Award for Distinguished Service | Dr. Robert Armstrong
Congratulations to Dr. Robert Armstrong, Professor Emeritus of Paediatrics (2011)! Dr. Armstrong was awarded the 2024 President’s Award for Distinguished Service from UBC’s Emeritus College. The UBC Emeritus College presents one or more President’s Award for Distinguished Service annually to UBC Emeriti who have, since attaining UBC Emeritus status, displayed exceptional leadership in volunteer community […]
2025 IASP SIG Pain in Childhood Early Career Award | Dr. Katelynn Boerner
Congratulations to Dr. Katelynn Boerner! She has been awarded the 2025 IASP SIG Pain in Childhood Early Career Award in Pediatric Pain Research from the International Association for the Study of Pain. This award recognized Dr. Boerner’s outstanding contributions in pediatric pain research within 10 years of attaining her PhD or last postgraduate degree. She […]
2025 Terry Fox New Investigator Award | Dr. Catrina Loucks
Congratulations to Dr. Catrina Loucks! Dr. Loucks was awarded a 2025 Terry Fox New Investigator Award for her project, “Harnessing Pharmacogenomics to Reduce Opioid Induced Harm and Ineffectiveness In Children With Cancer,” from the Terry Fox Research Institute. This award supports outstanding new researchers as they develop their careers as independent research scientists or clinician […]
LEADERSHIP UPDATE: Dr. Melissa Skaugset, Head, Division of Emergency Medicine | Department of Pediatrics, UBC & BCCH
We are excited to announce that Dr. Melissa Skaugset, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine has been appointed as the Division Head of Pediatric Emergency Medicine as of January 1st, 2025. Dr. Skaugset has been at BC Children’s Hospital since July 2021, coming to us from Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in […]
Just published! Parental and Medical Classification of Neurodevelopment in Children Born Preterm
Just published! Learn more about how Ms. Lindsay Richter, Dr. Anne Synnes and their colleagues investigated how the classification of neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) affects critical health care decisions for parents of children born preterm. Link to article: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2024-066148
Celebrating Resident Appreciation Week, Feb 10 – 14, 2025!
From February 10 – 14 2025, we are celebrating Resident Appreciation Week! This is a fantastic opportunity to acknowledge and thank resident physicians for their contributions to the health of the communities they serve all across the province. Please join us in thanking all of our hardworking residents, and a special shout out to Drs. […]
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fall 2024 competition
Congratulations to Drs. Angela Devlin, Quynh Doan, Christopher Maxwell, Thiviya Selvanathan and Stuart Turvey! Their projects were successfully funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) in the Fall 2024 competition. Link to full announcement: https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/ubc-medicine-researchers-awarded-more-than-26m-for-transformative-health-research/?utm_source=ubcmedicine&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news