Faculty & Student News
F A C U L T Y
Mary Hannah Receives Research Scientist of the Year Award
Mary Hannah, Professor in HPME and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, is the inaugural recipient of a new award of the Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (APOG), the APOG Research Scientist of the Year Award. This award recognizes outstanding contributions in education and research. Dr. Hannah was awarded in recognition of her contributions in the field of Perinatal Clinical Trials.
Andrea Bezjak Appointed as MacNaughton Chair
Andrea Bezjak, Associate Professor in HPME and the Department of Radiation Oncology, was appointed as the MacNaughton Chair in Lung Cancer Radiation Therapy, for five years effective December 1, 2004. The MacNaughton Chair was created to enhance the research program in radiation therapy for lung cancer. The particular focus is on the establishment of an internationally leading clinical and translational research program that will improve the outcomes of patients with lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies through advances in radiation treatment, planning, and delivery. The Chair will work within the Radiation Medicine Program at the Princess Margaret Hospital.
James Wright Appointed Surgeon-In-Chief at Sick Kids
James Wright, Professor in HPME and the Department of Surgery, was appointed Surgeon-In-Chief at the Hospital for Sick Children (HSC) for a five-year term, effective January 1, 2005. Dr. Wright has been serving as Program Head, Population Health Sciences at the HSC Research Institute; President, Paediatric Specialties Association (the Alternative Payment Plan for Surgical Services and Psychiatry at the HSC), and Robert B. Salter Chair of Paediatric Surgical Research.
S T U D E N T S
Student Awards: Rueda, Valiquette, Virani, Aslanyan
Sergio Rueda, PhD student in clinical epidemiology, has been awarded a two-year $256,500 CIHR grant as principal investigator of the study, "Effects of Cannabis on Body Weight, Food Intake, and Appetite Stimulation in HIV/AIDS: An Open-Label, Single Arm, Dose Titration Study".
Louis Valiquette, PhD student in clinical epidemiology, has had a protocol he designed during the non-experimental design course funded by the CIHR. He and co-principal investigator Allison McGeer will lead the study, "Derivation of clinical prediction rules to identify patients with complicated outcomes after the diagnosis of clostridium difficile associated diarrhea" which has been funded at $255,777 over 3 years.
Tazim Virani, PhD student in health administration, has been awarded a $25,000 Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) doctoral fellowship.
Garry Aslanyan, Senior Health Advisor with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and a PhD student under Drs. Raisa Deber, David Zakus and James Leake (Dentistry) has been elected as the President of the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) for a three-year term starting in January 2005. Founded in 1949, the OPHA is a voluntary, charitable association that provides leadership on issues affecting the public's health and strengthens the impact of people who are active in public and community health throughout Ontario.
I N T H E N E W S
The following HPME faculty were in the major media recently:
Donald Redelemeier (Winnipeg Free Press) September 30, 2004 : Traffic cameras working
Colleen Flood (Globe and Mail) January 13, 2005: A boy's plight, a nation's problem
Ross Baker (Globe and Mail) January 20, 2005: Medical mistakes kill: Why don't officials act?
Raisa Deber (Winnipeg Free Press) January 21, 2005 : Klein's 'third way' is wrong road
Wendy Levinson (USNews.com) January 25, 2005 : Who will take care of you?
Muhammad Mamdani (CBC.ca) February 1, 2005 : Concerns grow over Alzheimer drugs
Stephen Hwang (Canadian Press) February 2, 2005 : 15-year life expectancy gap between B.C. and far North