Jen Chao wins CAEP Junior Investigator Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Jen Chao, year 4 RCPS-EM resident, on being awarded a $5,000 Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) Junior Investigator Grant. Her project, “Low Dose Intravenous Ketorolac in Renal Colic, A Pilot Study to Plan a Randomized Controlled Trial”, compares 10mg vs 30mg of IV Ketorolac for pain control in adult patients […]
Dr. Quynh Doan Receives FoM Strategic Investment Funding
Image credit: @BCCHresearch Congratulations to Dr. Quynh Doan, Associate Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine, UBC Department of Pediatrics. She was a successful applicant to the Fall 2018 Strategic Investment Fund call. The Faculty of Medicine created the Strategic Investment Fund to advance the objectives of the faculty’s strategic plan, Building the Future. Dr. Doan’s project is titled Helping […]
Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Brubacher and Dr. Kendall Ho
Congratulations to DEM faculty members Dr. Jeff Brubacher and Dr. Kendall Ho for each being granted one of the 11 inaugural 2017 Health Professional-Investigator Awards from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR). This success is a major achievement, both for Drs. Brubacher and Ho, and for the DEM as a whole. The MSFHR […]
DEM researcher, Dr. Corinne Hohl and team receive Canadian Institutes of Health Research eHealth Innovation Partnership Grant
Dr. Corinne Hohl, an Associate Professor with the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine and Dr. Ellen Balka, a University Professor with SFU’s School of Communication received a major $662,550 CIHR grant to support their co-led research project on reducing adverse drug events, the harmful and unintended consequences of medications. Adverse drug events are a leading […]
Tracy Pickett wins the Royal College Professional Development Grant!
Please join me in congratulating Tracy Pickett for winning the Royal College Professional Development Grant ($4000) to support personalized and practical professional development. Tracy used it to support the month she committed to the DEM NERD Research Methodology course which she says she thoroughly enjoyed.