Health
Two health scholars join national academy
HIV researcher wins Scholar Award
New pathway for end-of-life care
Award celebrates patient-oriented research
New PIT system shows great promise
Boyd named to marijuana task force
Exercise psychologist Ryan Rhodes and palliative care researcher Kelli Stajduhar have been elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS), considered the highest honour
for a Canadian health scholar.
A UVic researcher studying the epidemic of HIV and sexually transmitted infection in B.C. among men who have sex with men is one of 20 health researchers in the province selected
by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research for a 2017 Scholar Award.
When Kelli Stajduhar was handed the 2017 Ehor Boyanowsky Academic of the Year Award last month from the Canadian Universities Faculty Association of BC, she was acknowledged as "a
living ambassador for the very real difference scientific knowledge brings to revolutionizing health care."
Charlotte Loppie, a professor in UVic's School of Public Health and Social Policy and director of the Centre for Indigenous Research and Community-Led Engagement—is one of three
Canadian researchers who will be awarded a prestigious Gold Leaf Prize from CIHR at a May 16 ceremony in Ottawa.
Staff and physicians with UVic's Health Services Clinic have significantly reduced wait times to improve outcomes for at-risk students with acute mental health
issues.
This June, UVic Distinguished Professor Dr. Susan Boyd was named to the nine-person federal task force on marijuana legalization and regulation.
Social work professor Bruce Wallace, with the UVic Faculty of Human and Social Development, is the recent recipient of a BC Dental Association award of merit. Also a researcher and
advocate, Wallace has invested the lion’s share of his academic career to improving access to dental care for those with low or no incomes.
