Each year, the Faculty of Medicine recognizes faculty and staff members for excellence in teaching, research, administration, innovation and public service. Congratulations to our 2018 recipients:
Applegarth Staff Service
Recognizes outstanding contributions by UBC staff members to the Faculty of Medicine.
René Mrzljak
Medical Genetics
Eileen Hunsaker
Northern Medical Program
Eleanor To
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Award for Excellence in Mentoring Early Career Faculty
Recognizes faculty members who have formally been identified as mentors and who exemplify a deep commitment to fostering the professional and personal development of faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers.
John Cairns
Medicine
Bill and Marilyn Webber Lifetime Achievement
Recognizes extraordinary members of the Faculty of Medicine who have had sustained distinguished careers at UBC in the areas of research, teaching and/or service.
Joanne Weinberg
Cellular and Physiological Sciences
Clinical Faculty Teaching
Clinical Faculty Award for Career Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Recognizes senior clinical faculty members who have demonstrated sustained excellence in teaching over the course of their careers.
Linda Warren
Radiology
Roger Wong
Medicine
Clinical Faculty Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Recognizes excellence in teaching by clinical faculty members.
Jeff Bishop
Pediatrics
Neil Hanon
Psychiatry
Janice Leung
Medicine
Saul Isserow
Medicine
Clinical Faculty Award for Excellence in Community Practice Teaching
Recognizes clinical faculty members throughout British Columbia who have demonstrated excellence in teaching and made an educational impact in a local community.
Catherine Textor
Family Practice
NMP
Michael Purdon
Family Practice
SMP
Nancy Forseth
Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
VFMP
Amin Aminbakhsh
Medicine
VFMP
Continuing Professional Development Awards
Award for Distinguished Service to CME/CPD
Recognizes substantial long term contributions to Continuing Professional Development/Continuing Medical Education in the Faculty of Medicine.
Gisele Bourgeois-Law
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Award for Innovation in CME/CPD
Recognizes outstanding innovation and/or creativity with original work in the area of CME/CPD programming.
Silvia Guillemi
Family Practice
Distinguished Achievement
Recognizes meritorious performance.
Aslam Anis
Population and Public Health
Overall Excellence – Senior Faculty
Lara Boyd
Physical Therapy
Overall Excellence – Senior Faculty
Peter Leung
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Overall Excellence – Senior Faculty
Thalia Field
Medicine
Overall Excellence – Early Career
Janel Kopp
Cellular and Physiological Sciences
Overall Excellence – Early Career
Jehannine Austin
Psychiatry | Medical Genetics
Excellence in Education
Carol Ann Courneya
Cellular and Physiological Sciences
Excellence in Education
Tillie-Louise Hackett
Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Excellence in Basic Science Research
Amina Zoubeidi
Urologic Sciences
Excellence in Basic Science Research
Chris Ryerson
Medicine
Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research
Evelyn Stewart
Psychiatry
Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research
Nadine Caron
Surgery
Service to the University and Community
Wendy Robinson
Medical Genetics
Service to the University and Community
Bruce Verchere
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Surgery
Service to the University and Community
UBC Killam Teaching Prizes
Awarded to faculty nominated by students, colleagues, and alumni in recognition of excellence in teaching.
Jehannine Austin
Psychiatry | Medical Genetics
Amanda Bradley
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Deborah Giaschi
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Claudia Krebs
Cellular and Physiological Sciences
UBC Killam Research Prize
Awarded to full-time faculty members in recognition of outstanding research and scholarly contributions.
Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine