Five UBC faculty members were welcomed as 2015 fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
Dana Devine
Chief Medical & Scientific Officer of Canadian Blood Services and UBC Professor in the Centre for Blood Research, roles through which she provides critical scientific leadership to Canada’s blood system. Internationally recognized for her impact on the field of blood transfusion through both research and mentorship. Her innovative efforts to improve blood product quality have shifted our approach to transfusion products. Her work to establish new structures to foster transfusion science in Canada has helped to create a renewed transfusion research community.
Michael MacEntee
Professor of Prosthodontics and Dental Geriatrics. A teacher, researcher and clinician focused on quality of life and access to care for older people. He has published numerous books, chapters, and peer-reviewed papers on the measurement, distribution, impact, and management of mouthrelated disorders. He is a Past President of both the Royal College of Dentists of Canada and the International College of Prosthodontists. In 2009, he received a Distinguished Scientist Award from the International Association for Dental Research and a Killam Teaching Prize. Currently, he is the editor-in-chief of Gerodontology.
Jean Shoveller
Outstanding public health scholar whose leadership and vision has contributed to system change nationally and internationally. Founding member of UBC’s School of Population and Public Health, she led the Social and Life Course Theme and served on the Senior Executive Committee. As the Centre Director at UBC’s Human Early Learning Partnership and the Co-Chair of Population Health Intervention Research Initiative for Canada she fostered new understandings of the social determinants of health. Founder of the UBC Youth Sexual Health Team.
Colleen Varcoe
Renowned Canadian leader and advocate on women’s health promotion with an emphasis on violence against women, and the promotion of ethical, socially just health care. She has made substantial inroads in our understanding of the health consequences of violence, including health care policy and practice in response to violence. She has informed the measurement of discrimination and the advancement of the concept of cultural safety in health care in Canada. Author of over 100 publications in peer reviewed journals and books, she presents provincially, nationally and internationally to diverse research, educational and public audiences.
Roger Wong
Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education. Past President, Canadian Geriatrics Society. Advanced academic health sciences related to geriatrics. Founded the Acute Care for Elders Unit in Vancouver that is now replicated internationally and was instrumental in the success of indexing the first Canadian geriatric medicine journal in PubMed. Medical education achievements (CanMEDS, quality improvement) have been recognized with UBC Killam Teaching Prize, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Donald Richards Wilson Award, and UBC Medicine Master Teacher Award.
Citations taken from http://cahs-acss.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015-CAHS-Elected-Fellows1.pdf