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UBC News DigestThe UBC News Digest is a weekly summary of news stories about UBC people, research, learning, community, and internationalization initiatives. News Digest past issues are also available on-line. Jul. 16, 2004
Receive UBC News Digest via e-mail. UBC Appoints Associate Vice Presidents for Academic Programs and PlanningUBC’s Board of Governors has approved the appointments of Professor Anna Kindler as Associate Vice President, Academic Programs and Professor George Mackie, as Associate Vice President, Academic Planning. Kindler is a professor in the Department of Curriculum studies, Faculty of Education. She received an MA in industrial/graphic design from the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland, followed by an MA and an EdD in art education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. For the past three years Kindler has been on leave from UBC in the role of Dean of the School of Creative Arts, Sciences and Technology at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. Mackie was recruited to the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, as head in 1994, and has served in that capacity until very recently. He received his BSc (Honours) in physiology and biochemistry from the University of Toronto, and his PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology from Cornell University. Mackie has provided strong, effective and visionary leadership that has led to outstanding success in obtaining research grants and the numerous prestigious awards garnered by faculty members and students. Health Researchers Gain Ground in Recent GrantsUBC health researchers have received more than $18.5 million in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) in the most recent open operating grants competition, ranking second in success rate of projects approved among the top funded Canadian universities, after Queen's University. More than 40 projects were funded, ranging from psychology researcher Lori-Anne Brotto's study of cervical cancer and sexuality to assoc. prof. of orthopedics and mechanical engineering Thomas Oxland’s investigation of better fixation methods for spines damaged by osteoporosis, a bone-thinning disease. CIHR is the major federal agency responsible for funding health research in Canada. UBC health researchers attracted $57.9 million in overall CIHR funding in 2003/2004. For a full listing of competition results, visit www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/193.html. UBC Honours Distinguished University ScholarsUBC has announced its Distinguished Junior Scholars, a part of the Distinguished University Scholars (DUS) program. The Scholars program recognizes exceptional members of faculty who have distinguished themselves in research, teaching and learning especially, but not exclusively, in the humanities, social sciences, and creative and performing arts. The designation is conferred by the President on the recommendation of the Deans and the VP Academic and Provost. Distinguished Junior University Scholars are:
UBC Chefs Savour Gold AwardA team from UBC Food Services won gold at an international culinary competition in Whistler last week. UBC’s food experts prevailed over a wide range of competitors including Brigham Young University, Chartwell's Catering (from Simon Fraser University) and Northwest Community College. The award-winning team was comprised of:
PhD Candidate First Recipient of Pfizer Research Fellowship in ArthritisAllen Lehman, a PhD candidate in educational studies, has been named by the Arthritis Research Centre of Canada (ARC) as the first recipient of the Pfizer Research Fellowship in Arthritis. The Fellowship was endowed in the fall of 2003 with an investment of $200,000 by Pfizer Canada Inc., and will provide the resources to further research examining the importance of familial support for people living with the daily burden of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Lehman’s research will identify the types of support that people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) feel they want and need and assess how that support is associated with their overall health. Family members are the primary providers of support for people with RA, and Lehman hopes that his research will provide a model to more effectively identify the needs of people with arthritis and other chronic diseases and develop strategies to address them. Graduate Student Awarded for Research in Electrical and Computer EngineeringElectrical and computer engineering graduate student David John has been awarded the IEEE Electron Devices Society Graduate Fellowship for 2004 in recognition of his research in this field. He will be honoured at the 2004 IEEE International Electron Devices meeting to be held December 13th in San Francisco, where he will be presented with US $5,000 for himself and a $2,000 grant for his research activities within UBC’s department of electrical and computer engineering. David is currently working on his PhD under the supervision of professor David Pulfrey. Dianne Newell to Lead Peter Wall Institute for Advanced StudiesProfessor of history and Peter Wall Institute 2002 Distinguished Scholar in Residence Dianne Newell has accepted an eighteen-month appointment as Director of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. She will be in the post from July 1, 2004, to December 31, 2005. Newell has headed up the Institute as acting director since January 2004. With a well-known record in the area of interdisciplinary and collaborative research, Newell will help the institute grow new thematic programs and international outreach. |
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