Building the first Canadian national pediatric diabetes registry
Dr. Shazhan Amed and Dr. Elodie Portales-Casamar recently joined with 10 childhood diabetes centres across the nation to work on CAPACIty. CAPACIty is co-funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, JDRF and Diabetes Canada and works from a lens of equity, diversity and inclusion and prioritizes indicators of inequality, their strategies will stand to positively […]
International Women’s Day and the 2022 theme #BreakTheBias
In honour of International Women’s Day and the theme #BreakTheBias, meet some outstanding women @UBCMedicine — staff, learners and faculty — who are transforming health for everyone.[MORE]
Congratulations to Dr. Mark Chilvers!
Dr. Chilvers is the 2021 Above and Beyond Award winner from Cystic Fibrosis Canada. Dr. Mark Chilvers has been a pediatric respirologist and CF clinic director at BC Children’s Hospital since 2008. CF Canada recognized his work with the Above and Beyond Award, an honour bestowed to health-care and research professionals who have consistently contributed […]
Master of Science Opportunity in Indigenous Health Services Research
A funded 2-year Master of Science position is available in the Women+ and Children’s Health graduate program at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, under the supervision of Dr. Sarah Munro. The expected start date is September 2022. The guaranteed rate of funding is $24,000 stipend per year plus a funded research assistantship. The student […]
WACH Program launched
The Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Pediatrics are collaborating on the development of an umbrella program for graduate student training in Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences (WACH). The term Women+ embraces women, transgender, and non-binary individuals. [MORE] WACH learners choose one of 3 streams and complete courses and training relevant to their chosen stream: […]
Congratulations Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Award Winners!
Several members from the Department of Pediatrics were successful in securing grants through the UBC Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Award. [MORE] After an interdisciplinary review committee evaluated more than 40 applications, UBC Health selected nine collaborative teams to receive a total of $219,975 for innovative interdisciplinary research projects across a range of areas. Of […]
Congratulations to Drs. Shelina Babul and Paul van Donkelaar!
Congratulations to Drs. Shelina Babul and Paul van Donkelaar who have received a Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Award: https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/faculty-of-medicine-researchers-awarded-funding-for-interdisciplinary-health-research/ for their project that will use virtual reality to help police recognize signs and symptoms of brain injury from concussion and strangulation in intimate partner violence. The project is led by Dr. Shelina Babul, UBC […]
Dr. Richard A Schreiber | Expert in Biliary Atresia
Dr. Richard A Schreiber is a Clinical Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia. Dr. Schreiber is ranked among the top experts in the world for Biliary Atresia according to Expertscape. He is the leading expert in Vancouver from 2012-2022 and ranks in the top […]
2021 Faculty of Medicine Award Recipients
On November 1, 2021 Each year, the Faculty of Medicine recognizes faculty and staff members for excellence in teaching, research, administration, innovation and public service. Congratulations to our 2021 recipients from the Department of Pediatrics, they are: Clinical Faculty Award for Excellence in Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusiveness: Recognizes excellence in the area of equity, […]
Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences Graduate Program (WACH)
The Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Pediatrics are collaborating on the development of an umbrella program for graduate student training in Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences (WACH). The term Women+ embraces women, transgender, and non-binary individuals. The WACH Program will offer new academic training opportunities for future Scientists including allied health care professionals, and […]