Archives by date

You are browsing the site archives by date.

Potential Employers

Potential employers for the MCH trainees include: Local governments and non-profit organizations Pharmaceutical companies Canadian International Development Agency Canadian Institute for Child Health Provincial health authorities, Perinatal Services BC, and other Canadian provincial centres for perinatal health Ministry of Solicitor General (crime prevention) Maternity and pediatric hospitals Federal and provincial government departments (Ministry of Health, […]

Alumni

Here is what some of our Maternal-Child Health alumni are doing: Faculty position, University of Victoria Faculty position, University of South Florida Faculty position, Simon Fraser University MPH students accepted to the PhD program in the UBC School of Population and Public Health

Dr. Patti Janssen, UBC School of Population and Public Health, MCH Co-Theme Leader

Dr. Patti Janssen, UBC School of Population and Public Health, MCH Co-Theme Leader

Dr. Janssen is a perinatal epidemiologist who studies management of perinatal care and infant outcomes.

mch

Rounds

Ob/Gyn Rounds The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology holds a variety of rounds at BC Women’s Hospital, St. Paul’s Hospital, and Vancouver Hospital and Health Centre. The rounds are usually attended by a variety of professionals including staff and trainees from the Divisions of Neonatology, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Anaesthesia, Obstetric Medicine, […]

Conferences

Fourth International Conference on Families with Parental Mental Health Challenges Berkeley, CA April 25-27, 2014 Abstract Submission Deadline: September 30, 2013 The 2014 Pregnancy Summit London, UK October 6-8, 2014 Abstract Submission Deadline: July 10th, 2014 2014 Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics National Student Conference Hamilton, Ontario May 9-10, 2014

Practicum Opportunities

The MCH students within the UBC School of Population and Public Health – MPH Program – will have an opportunity to devote one term to a Practicum. A twelve-week practicum will provide MPH students with supervised field experience in community health agencies in order to integrate course work and further the development of skills in […]

Students Achievements

Sarah Desmarais, Postdoctoral Fellow – Supervisor, P. Janssen Royal Society of Canada, Alice Wilson Award Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2007-08 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2007-08 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Postdoctoral Prize (most outstanding recipient), 2008 Interdisciplinary Women’s Reproductive Health Training Program, […]

Institute of Gender and Health Launches New Opportunities for Trainees

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) is pleased to announce the launch of a new suite of funding opportunities to support graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in gender, sex and health research. These opportunities, offered through IGH’s Institute Community Support Program (ICS), are designed to support trainee conference travel, […]