News and Events

MCH Navigator
– A learning portal for maternal and child health professionals and students
– Includes archived webcasts and webinars, instructional modules and self-guided short courses, and video and audio recordings of lectures and presentations from university courses and conferences

IMPART
– Intersections of Mental Health Perspectives in Addictions Research
– Fellowships and Research Training Programs

PopDataBC Workshops:
Expanding Evaluation through Use of Admin Data
Latent Variable Modelling

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, Family Practice, Midwifery, Nursing and other paramedical professions. The schedule for these rounds can be found here.

CFRI Rounds

Child and Family Research Institute is offering a variety of rounds, seminars and conferences. They are held by professionals in their field of research.

Department of Pediatrics Rounds

The UBC Department of Pediatrics regularly holds Grand Rounds, Advances in Pediatrics, and various other presentations.

SPPH Grand Rounds

The School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, holds Population and Public Health Seminars – Grand Rounds – presented by a variety of professionals in this field.

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

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 maternal-child health.

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, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2007-08
  “Maternal Mental Health Outcomes associated with Abuse during Pregnancy”

Gillian Hanley, Postdoctoral Fellow – Co-supervisors, P. Janssen, T. Oberlander

• Child and Family Research Institute, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2011-12
• Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2011-14
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2011-14
  “Socioeconomic status as a predictor of prenatal mental health, use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during pregnancy and infant outcomes”

Celeste Bickford, PhD student – Co-supervisors, P. Janssen, Y. MacNab

• Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, 2011-14
• UBC Faculty of Medicine Graduate Award, 2009
• UBC Four Year Fellowship award, 2010-14
  “Home Birth in British Columbia”

Kristi McIntosh, PhD student – Supervisor, P. Janssen

• University Graduate Fellowship, 2008-12
• Graduate Entrance Scholarship, 2008
• British Columbia Epilepsy Society Scholarship, 2011
  “Perinatal and Early childhood Outcomes Associated with Use of Antiepileptic medications in BC”

Kathrin Stoll, PhD Student – Supervisor, P. Janssen 

• Banting and Best Canada Graduate Scholarship, 2010-12
  “Factors associated with childbirth self-efficacy among Canadian women”

Glenys Webster, PhD Student – Committee, P. Janssen, S. Venners

• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Doctoral Scholarship, 2004-06
• UBC PhD Tuition Award, 2004-08
• Canadian Federation of University Women, 2006-07
• Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Senior Research Trainee Fellowship, 2006-07
• University Graduate Fellowship, 2007-08
• Pacific Century Scholarship, 2007-08
• Bridging Public Health Engineering and Policy Research (Bridge Program – CIHR/MSFHR)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Interdisciplinary Women’s Reproductive Health Training Program, 2009
  “PBDE Flame Retardants & Thyroid Disruption in Pregnancy”

Angela Kaida, PhD Student – Co-supervisor, P. Janssen, D. Money

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Doctoral Fellowship, 2006-09
• Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Doctoral Fellowship, 2006-09
• UBC Graduate Entrance Scholarship, 2005
• Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research/Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2010-2013
• Canadian Association for HIV Research, New Investigator Award (Epidemiology and Public Health), 2009
  “Investigation of the impact of expanding access to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) on sexual and reproductive decision-making and behaviours of women in high prevalence settings in sub-Saharan Africa.”

Sura Alwan – Supervisor, P. Janssen

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Doctoral Fellowship Award, 2007-09
• UBC Graduate Fellowship Award, 2007-09
• MS Society Post-doctoral Fellowship Award, 2009
  “Teratogenicity of drugs in human pregnancy”

Sarka Lisonkova – Supervisor, S. Sheps

• Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Doctoral Fellowship, 2004-05
• BC Research Institute for Children’s & Women’s Health, Graduate Studentship, 2004-05
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Graduate Studentship, 2005-06
• Western Regional Training Centre for Health Services Research, Studentship, 2003-04
  “Impact of Twin Births on Perinatal Outcomes in BC”

Giulia Muraca – Supervisor, KS Joseph

• UBC Four Year Doctoral Fellowship – 4YF, 2011-15
• Young Investigator’s Award, Controversies in Breast Cancer, 2010-11
• UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies, Graduate Fellowship, 2009-10
• UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies, Pacific Century Graduate Scholarship, 2009-10
• University of Toronto, Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award, 2007
• University of Toronto, Woodsworth College, Peter F. Bronfman Gold Scholarship, 2007-09
• University of Toronto, Medical Anthropology HIV/AIDs Internship in Namibia, 2006-07
• York University, Admissions Scholarship, 1999-2000

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, knowledge translation, new skill acquisition, and to recognize excellence in gender, sex and health research.

IGH Travel Awards (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/36330.html)
Travel awards provide up to $2,500 for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to present their own research at meetings, conferences (including international conferences) or symposia. Applicants must be presenting research that has a substantive focus on gender and/or sex and health. (3 deadlines per year)

IGH Gender, Sex and Health Knowledge Translation (KT) Supplement (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/43621.html)
The aim of the Gender, Sex and Health Trainee KT Supplement is to support graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to engage in the KT of gender, sex and health research from their postgraduate thesis or post-doctoral project. Up to five KT supplements may be awarded per year, valued up to $5,000 each. (1 deadline per year)

IGH Gender, Sex and Health Research Skills Development Award Program (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/43622.html)
The aim of IGH’s Gender, Sex and Health Research Skills Development Award Program is to build research capacity by providing graduate students and post-doctoral fellows with funding for gender, sex and health research skills acquisition. Up to five skill awards may be granted per year, valued up to $5,000 each. (1 deadline per year)

IGH Award for Excellence in Gender, Sex and Health Research (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/39483.html)
The IGH Award for Excellence in Gender, Sex and Health Research recognizes outstanding gender, sex and health research carried out by graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from all disciplines working in the field of gender, sex and health research are eligible to apply for this $1,000 award. (1 deadline per year)