Congratulations to Dr. Lena Xiao!
Congratulations to Dr. Lena Xiao, Clinical Assistant Professor from the Division of Respiratory Medicine. She is the 2024 recipient of the American Thoracic Society’s (ATS) Carole L. Marcus Outstanding Achievement Award. This award recognizes career accomplishments in pediatric sleep and respiratory neurobiology. ATS aims to improve global health by advancing research, patient care, and public […]
2024 Department of Pediatrics Residency Program Awards
Congratulations to all of our new graduates and a special kudos to our residency program award winners! For 2024, they are: Drs. Rozalyn Chok, Sripadh Upadhya, Sabine Lague, Gurkirat Kandola, Tanjot Singh, Safia Ladha, Asia van Buuren, Odion Kalaci, Adam Hoffman, Asman Atwal, Abrar Hossain, Ms. Basmah Bajunaid and Ms. Janet White and Langley Memorial […]
The Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) Award | Dr. Jonathan Rayment
In April, the Pediatric Assembly Executive of the Canadian Thoracic Society, announced that Dr. Rayment was selected as the recipient of the 2024 Early-Career Outstanding Contributions Award. The Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) is Canada’s national inter-professional specialty society for respirology bringing together over 1,000 members representing specialists, physicians, researchers and healthcare professionals from a variety […]
2023-24 Community-University Engagement Support (CUES) Fund | Molly Sweeney Magee & Live 5-2-1-0
Congratulations to Molly Sweeney Magee and the Live 5-2-1-0 team! Their project entitled, “Supporting Food Security, Nutrition, and a Positive Relationship with Food in the Middle Years: An Afterschool Community Participatory Action Project,” was one of 30 Community-University Partnerships funded through the 2023-24 Community-University Engagement Support Fund. The Community-University Engagement Support (CUES) Fund awards up […]
Results – 2024 Department of Pediatrics Celebrate Research Day (CRD)
The annual Department of Pediatrics Celebrate Research Day was a great success, showcasing the tremendous work that our trainees have completed this past year. This year’s winners showed outstanding talent, and with their mentors, presented high quality research. [See Full List] Revisit all the abstracts and posters in the 2024 CRD booklet: https://med-fom-pediatrics.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2024/04/CRD-2024-Event-Booklet-1.pdf Big thanks […]
B.C. Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF) funding | Dr. Alexander Rauscher
Through another round of B.C. Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF) funding, the Government of B.C. is providing approximately $52.3 million to support infrastructure for 25 research projects at five post-secondary institutions, including the University of British Columbia, University of Victoria (UVic), Simon Fraser University (SFU), University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) and British Columbia Institute of […]
C17 Research Grant Competition 2023/2024
Congratulations to Dr. Rebecca Deyell, her project, “Impact of Body Composition and Pharmacogenomics on Toxicity and Survival Outcomes in Childhood Bone Sarcoma,” received a 100% Fund Grant Award from C17 Children’s Cancer & Blood Disorders in the 2023/2024 competition. C17, is an organization composed of the institutionally appointed heads of the sixteen pediatric hematology, oncology, […]
Faculty Spotlight | Dr. Thiviya Selvanathan, Assistant Professor, Division of Neurology
Updated April 30 2024 Meet Dr. Thiviya Selvanathan, Assistant Professor, Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia and Staff Neurologist at BC Children’s Hospital. She is a Pediatric Neurologist with additional subspecialty training in Neonatal Neurology. She completed her residency and fellowship training at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Dr. […]
The American Pediatric Society 2024 Election Results
We are excited to announce that Dr. Steven Miller has been elected to the APS Council! Steven Miller, MDCM, FRCPC, FRSC, is Professor and Head of the Department of Pediatrics at The University of British Columbia, and Chief of Pediatric Medicine at BC Children’s Hospital. He serves as Chair of the Institute Advisory Board for […]
The Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
Congratulations to Dr. Alex Rauscher! Together with his Co-Lead, Dr. Piotr Kozlowski of the Department of Radiology / Urologic Sciences, their proposal for a Field Camera and Shim System for Precision MRI was awarded a grant by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI). The Innovation Fund provides continued investments in infrastructure, across the full spectrum […]