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Ben Fair appointed Assistant Director, Health Systems, UBC Health

The Office of the Vice-President, Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Ben Fair as Assistant Director, Health Systems at UBC Health. Ben joins the UBC Health team today, September 1, 2021. Ben has worked in healthcare planning and evaluation for 17 years. In his previous role, he was...

  • Health Systems
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Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards call for proposals now open

The call for proposals for the Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards is now open to faculty members at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan. UBC Health is offering awards of $10,000 to $25,000 to faculty members who are collaborating across faculties, disciplines, and campuses to develop new...

  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Health After 2020 call for proposals now open

The call for proposals for the new Health After 2020 program is now open to faculty members at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan who are interested in starting or extending a collaborative relationship with a scholar or collaborator from outside UBC. UBC Health is offering funding awards of up to $10,...

  • Interdisciplinary Research

Donna Drynan appointed to Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative board of directors

The Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC) recently announced the appointment of Donna Drynan to its board of directors. Donna is Director of Education at UBC Health and Associate Head of Fieldwork and Clinical Faculty Affairs in the Department of Occupational Science and...

  • Collaborative Health Education

Health informatics game wins innovation award

A team led by UBC Health is the recipient of the 2021 Award of Excellence and Innovation in the Integration of Technology (Higher Education) from the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education for the development of a health informatics game. The award acknowledges the innovative work around the...

  • Collaborative Health Education

Successful year for patient-led workshop series

UBC Health’s Patient and Community Partnership for Education has had a successful academic year with the Patient and Community Voices workshop series. The series consists of interprofessional workshops where students from health and human service programs learn directly from patients and community...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Partnerships

Virtual event celebrates recipients of 2019 and 2020 UBC Health Awards and Scholarships

UBC Health hosted a virtual event on June 28, 2021 to celebrate the 2019 and 2020 UBC Health Awards and Scholarships recipients. The UBC Health Awards are offered annually by UBC Health to recognize individuals and teams who embody excellence in interprofessional collaboration, health education,...

  • Awards + Scholarships
  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems
  • Interdisciplinary Research
  • Partnerships
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Dr. Nadine Caron appointed Special Advisor on Indigenous Health to the Vice-President, Health and to the Dean, Faculty of Medicine

The Office of the Vice-President, Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Nadine Caron as Special Advisor on Indigenous Health to the Vice-President, Health and to the Dean, Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Caron is a member of the Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation and a practising surgical...

  • Collaborative Health Education
  • Health Systems
  • Interdisciplinary Research
  • Partnerships
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Health After 2020 initiative cultivates interdisciplinary research collaborations

Our understanding of the determinants and experience of health and wellbeing is changing. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated some existing trends and put a spotlight on others. We are now faced with the challenge of responding to the broad effects of the pandemic. “The experience of the...

  • Interdisciplinary Research
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Health education symposia to drive transformations in teaching and learning

Enhancing substance use and addictions education content, developing collaborative practice education, engaging patient and community educators, and addressing rural practice education—these are some of the topics in health education that demand a collaborative approach. And that’s what a new UBC...

  • Collaborative Health Education

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