Evan Wood
Director, Urban Health Research Initiative, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS;
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, UBC

TITLE: Barriers to the incorporation of scientific evidence into drug policy

Open to SPPH TA's.
Topic: Wimba Live Classroom
Presenter: Emily Renoe (UBC Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology expert), with assistance from senior and former TA’s: Guilia Muraca, Anna Carson and Margo Pearce

Please bring a laptop.

This is one of three meetings held by the Panel each year. Students must book their presentations to the Panel with the MSc/PhD Program Manager well in advance. Time slots for presentations to the Panel are booked on a first come first served basis. PhD Students who wish to present to the Panel will be given priority in terms of booking time slots.

Recognition, Communication & Culture committee meeting

Sabrina Wong
Faculty, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research;
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, UBC

TITLE: Health Disparities Among Homestay Students: A Growing Public Health Concern

THEME: Health Care Services & Systems

Faculty, staff and students in SPPH's new renovated building at 2206 East Mall are invited to a pancake breakfast to raise funds for the UBC United Way campaign. Cost is $5, with all proceeds going to United Way. Faculty volunteers will be flipping pancakes from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. There will be a gluten-free station, fruit and drinks served. Please bring your own utensils, a plate and cup if possible. RSVP to kim.mantle@ubc.ca by Oct. 8.

Kathryn Harrison

TITLE: Why Do Policymakers Ignore Scientists' Advice? Lessons from Comparative
Climate Policy

Open to SPPH TA's.

Topic: Fundamentals of Teaching

Anne Harris
PhD Candidate, School of Population and Public Health, UBC

TITLE: Results from a Case Control Study of Parkinson’s Disease: Occupational Whole Body Vibration and Pesticide Exposure

THEME: Occupational & Environmental Health

SPPH Faculty meeting

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Open to SPPH TA's

Topic: Fundamentals of Teaching

Dr. Paul Hebert, the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Medical Association Journal will be giving a talk to students, faculty, and staff from 1:15 to 2:15 on "Why your papers get rejected and what you can do about it." A question and answer session will follow his presentation.  

Dr. Hebert recently gave this talk at Grand Rounds at St. Michael's hospital in Toronto. Dr. Hebert is Professor of Medicine (Critical Care), Anesthesiology, Surgery and Epidemiology at the University of Ottawa; Critical Care Physician at the Ottawa Hospital; and Senior Scientist at the Ottawa Health Research Institute. He graduated from the School of Population and Public Health's (formerly Department of Healthcare and Epidemiology) Master of Health Sciences program in 1993.

Lunch will be provided prior to the talk at 11:45.

Faculty, staff and students at SPPH will be showing their support for the UBC United Way campaign by wearing pajamas and PJ Day buttons on campus.

To participate, purchase a PJ Day button from Winona, Rhonda or Patricia. Buttons will be sold by donation (minimum $5).

Evan Adams
Aboriginal Health Physician Advisor, Office of the Provincial Health Officer, Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport

Shannon Waters
Director of Health Surveillance, First Nations and Inuit Health, Health Canada, BC Region

TITLE: The Tripartite First Nations Health Plan and First Nations Health Governance in Public Health

THEME: Global Health and Vulnerable Populations