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Sep. 17, 2004

• Health Researcher HeRRO Appears on Campus
• Retiring First Nations Coordinator to be Honoured

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Health Researcher HeRRO Appears on Campus

A new resource for health researchers on campus will be officially launched on September 29.

Called the Health Research Resource Office (HeRRO), the facility houses a centralized network of support personnel for internal review, web-based communication, core facilities management, funding support and grants facilitation.

Established to foster and promote the formation and building of new multidisciplinary health research teams at UBC and its affiliated institutions, HeRRO will also serve as a catalyst to submitting more applications for CIHR’s strategic initiatives programs and other peer-reviewed grants competitions.

HeRRO is a division of the Office of the Vice President, Research and maintains close ties with the Office of Research Services. Funding for HeRRO is provided by the MSFHR Institutional Infrastructure Program.

For more information, visit www.herro.ubc.ca or call Yasmin Diaz at 604.827.5615.

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Retiring First Nations Coordinator to be Honoured

Gordon Prest, the first full-time First Nations forestry coordinator in a Canadian university, is retiring September 27, 2004 with a celebration of his achievements held by the Faculty of Forestry.

Prest, Coast Salish from the Sto:lo Nation, developed the highly successful First Nations Strategy, which aims to increase the number of First Nations students graduating from the Faculty and to develop new courses relating specifically to First Nations issues and aboriginal rights.

He spearheaded the development of the First Nations forestry camp at the UBC Malcolm Knapp Research Forest. The camp is designed to introduce Aboriginal youth to Forestry and give them an idea of what life at a university is all about. Students also learn the practical use of science and math in professional natural resource management.

Gordon worked for 25 years with the British Columbia Ministry of Forests as a forest ranger and rose to forest operations manager throughout the province of BC.

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