The Pharmacy Informer – Fall 2017 Edition
The Fall 2017 edition of the Pharmacy Informer is hot off the press! The Pharmacy Informer is a quarterly newsletter that contains important updates and highlights from the Children’s & Women’s Health Centre of BC, Department of Pharmacy. In This Issue of the C&W Pharmacy Informer: PT&N Committee Update Extended Interval Gentamicin in Neonates Long […]
‘Travelling roadshow’ brings better mental health assessment for kids to BC hospitals
The HEARTSMAP team is on the road, bringing better mental health assessment for kids to emergency departments (EDs) across BC. This summer and fall, the team will be visiting EDs in the Interior and Northern BC, providing two-hour on-site training sessions for clinicians on how to use the HEARTSMAP tool. In total, the tool will […]
Congratulations to Dr. Manish Sadarangani!
Dr. Manish Sadarangani named Sauder Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases Congratulations to Dr. Manish Sadarangani on his recent appointment as the Sauder Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of British Columbia. Funded by a donation from the Sauder Family, the Chair supports research to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of childhood infectious […]
Welcome to Dr. Catherine Biggs!
Dr. Biggs graduated from UBC Medicine in 2011. She then completed her Pediatrics Residency and Allergy/Immunology Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. As a trainee in Boston, she received the Frederick H. Lovejoy Jr. Residency Award and performed translational research on primary immunodeficiencies and immune dysregulatory syndromes. Dr. Biggs will be joining the […]
Congratulations to Dr. Brett Schrewe!
Two UBC doctoral students, Stephanie Lake (Faculty of Medicine) and Brett Schrewe (Faculty of Education), have received the prestigious 2017 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Doctoral Scholarship. They are the 22nd and 23rd recipients of this scholarship from UBC since its inception, and Brett is the first from educational studies. To learn more about Dr. Schrewe and the […]
Congratulations to Dr. Alison Lee!
Dr. Alison Lee is this year’s recipient for the 2017 Outstanding Achievement by a Resident from BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. “It is wonderful that your hard work, dedication, and research productivity is being recognized. We are all very proud of your achievement!” – Dr. Lori Tucker, Director, UBC Pediatric Resident Research Program Congratulations Dr. Lee!
Congratulations Dr. Nazmudin Bhanji!
Dr. Bhanji has been selected by the Family Practice residents at the Vancouver Fraser Site to receive a Postgraduate Teaching Award for 2016-2017. The award recognizes preceptors who have made extraordinary contributions in the area of teaching and education in our Residency Program. “Proving once again that he is LOVED by all!” – Raquel Kirby […]
Congratulations to Dr. Kyla Hildebrand and Dr. Kristin Houghton!
Drs. Hildebrand and Houghton are the recipients of the 2017 Clinical Faculty Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching. The Clinical Faculty Awards for Career Excellence in Clinical Teaching recognize senior Clinical Faculty members who have demonstrated sustained excellence in teaching over the course of their careers. Three awards are available. The awards, presented at the Faculty […]
Congratulations to Dr. Pavan Judge!
Dr. Judge is the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice’s (PEMP) 2016 “Issue of the Year” award winner for his article entitled, “Congenital Heart Disease in Pediatric Patients: Recognizing the Undiagnosed and Managing Complications in the Emergency Department.” The award recognizes the efforts of authors who have expanded and enhanced the body of evidence-based emergency medicine literature […]
Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Woolfson!
At the recent 94th Annual Canadian Paediatric Society Conference meeting in Vancouver, Dr. Jessica Woolfson won the “Best Pediatric Trainee Research Competition Award for Excellence for Abstract/Oral presentation” entitled “Biliary Atresia home screening program in British Columbia: Evaluation of the first two years.” Congratulations Dr. Woolfson!