School of Population and Public Health

Bike Score, based on SPPH "bikeability" research, announced.

Tue, 15 May 2012 13:49:00 -0800

University of British Columbia researchers are making bikeability research easily accessible to consumers and city planners by introducing bikeability “heat maps” in partnership with Seattle-based Walk Score® at www.walkscore.com/bike.

Combining data on availability of cycling infrastructure (bike lanes and trails), topography (hilliness), desirable destinations (attractions, shops and restaurants) and road connectivity, researchers from UBC’s School of Population and Public Health and Simon Fraser University worked with web developers from Walk Score® to develop algorithms to make the information easily accessible online.

Heat maps of Bike Score™ for 10 Canadian and 10 U.S. cities were launched today during National Bike Month in the U.S. and in advance of Bike Month in Canada. Victoria, Vancouver and Montreal rate highest in bikeability for Canadian cities; while Minneapolis, Portland and San Francisco lead in the U.S.

For a sample of a heat map, visit http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/?p=47739. For more information on bikeability research, visit http://cyclingincities.spph.ubc.ca/mapping-cycling-trips/tools-training/.

Karen Bartlett, Patricia Janssen and Chris Lovato formally gowned as Professors

Thu, 10 May 2012 11:33:00 -0800

Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Gavin Stuart, hosted a dinner reception on May 3, 2012 to recognize individuals who have been promoted to either Clinical Professor or Professor. Each individual being honoured was presented with an Academic Gown for their achievements.

At the event three SPPH faculty members were promoted to Professor:

Dr. Karen Bartlett
Dr. Patricia Janssen
Dr. Chris Lovato

Dean Gavin Stuart, Professor Karen Bartlett, SPPH Director David Patrick

Dean Gavin Stuart, Professor Patricia Janssen, SPPH Director David Patrick

Dean Gavin Stuart, Professor KChris Lovato, SPPH Director David Patrick

Congratulations!

Jason Sutherland named as the Canadian Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice

Wed, 09 May 2012 09:42:00 -0800

SPPH Assistant Professor, Jason Sutherland, has been named as the Canadian Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice.

These fellowships, sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund, provide an opportunity for mid-career health services researchers and practitioners from Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom to spend up to 12 months in the United States, conducting original research and working with leading U.S. health policy experts.

Dr. Sutherland will be working with leading U.S. policy makers, governments and researchers investigating incentives for improving coordination of care between settings and reducing the amount of ineffective and inappropriate care.

Congratulations to Dr. Jason Sutherland.

UBC Long Term Service Awards given to Virginia Anthony and Mike Rekart

Tue, 08 May 2012 16:15:00 -0800

On behalf of UBC, SPPH Director, Dr. David Patrick, presented Long Term Service Awards to:

Virginia Anthony, Senior Administrator, who has been with UBC for 40 years
Mike Rekart, Clinical Professor, who has been with UBC for 25 years

Congratulations to both Virginia and Mike!

Public Stealth takes on UBC Staff and Faculty Sports Day

Tue, 08 May 2012 16:12:00 -0800

SPPH's Public Stealth Staff team competed in the UBC Staff and Faculty Sports Day on May 4th. While they gave it their best shot, performing well at the "meditation" and "world geography" heats, they did not place.

Michael Brauer, Mieke Koehoorn and Stuart Peacock win 2012 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Awards

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:10:00 -0800

Once again, the School of Population and Public Health has been fortunate to have several faculty members honoured with prestigious awards. We would like to congratulate:

Dr. Stuart Peacock who won a Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research
Dr. Mieke Koehoorn, who won a Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for Service to the University and the Community
Dr. Michael Brauer, who won a Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for Overall Excellence

Help Patricia Janssen win Women of Distinction Award from YMCA

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:19:00 -0800

SPPH's Dr. Patricia (Patti) Janssen has been nominated in the Science, Research & Innovation category for a YWCA Women of Distinction Award.

However, in addition, the nominees are also eligible for the Connecting the Community Award. Nominees collect votes and Scotiabank will donate $10,000 to the YWCA program area of her choice.

Voting has now started and will continue until May 22. Please visit the voting site and vote for Patricia Janssen! Then tell others, using Twitter or Facebook or even word of mouth, to vote for Patricia as well!

Thank you.

SPPH students win Doctoral Scholarship Research Awards

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:59:00 -0800

Congratulations to the following SPPH students who won CIHR/Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Research Awards:

Elaine I Fuertes (PhD OEH)
Stephanie Harvard (PhD PPH). Stephanie also won a CIHR Doctoral Award for Patient-Oriented Research - Health Economics
Gareth D Mercer (MD/PhD)
Lyndsay M O'Hara (PhD PPH)
Basia Pakula (PhD PPH). Basia also won a Killam Scholarship
Saskia Sivananthan (PhD PPH)

Congratulations also to the winner of a CIHR Doctoral Research Award in Patient-Oriented Research - Biostatistics:

Titilola Falasinnu (PhD OEH)

SPPH'S Dr. Karen Bartlett wins UBC Killam Teaching Prize

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:27:00 -0800

Congratulations to Dr. Karen Bartlett, who won a 2011-2012 UBC Killam Teaching Prize.

An outstanding, popular teacher and student mentor, Dr. Bartlett, will receive her prize at the UBC Spring Convocation.

Dr. Patricia Janssen nominated for a YWCA Women of Distinction Award

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:11:00 -0800

The YWCA Women of Distinction Awards is recognized as one of Canada's most prestigious awards for women. YWCA Metro Vancouver's 29th annual YWCA Women of Distinction Awards honours women whose achievements contribute to the well-being and future of the community.

This year, SPPH's Dr. Patricia (Patti) Janssen has been nominated in the Science, Research & Innovation category.

In addition, the nominees are also eligible for the Connecting the Community Award where they select a YWCA program area that they are interested in and use social media such as Twitter and Facebook to promote votes. From April 19–May 22 the public can cast their votes for and the nominee with the most votes receives the Connecting the Community Award and Scotiabank will donate $10,000 to the YWCA program area of her choice.

The winners will be announced on May 24, 2012. Tickets for the Silent Auction and Awards banquet can be purchased here