The Pulse - April 2015
2015 Awards of Excellence recipients announced
We are pleased to announce the 2015 Awards of Excellence award recipients and the recipient of the Dr. John D. Brown Memorial Resident Award. It is with great pride that we honour these talented and dedicated individuals...
Commitment to the Community with Melanie Katsivo, PhD
One of Ghandi’s famous proverbs: “Be the change that you wish to see in the world” resonates with Melanie Katsivo, PhD, research officer, as she volunteers for a third time with Western Serves...
Awards and opportunities
Nominate a medical hero for induction into The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. Nominations for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Duncan Graham Award are open...
Celebrating our achievements
Congratulations to Dr. Heather Emmerton-Coughlin; Androu Abdalmalak; Lori Lowes; Donald Welsh, PhD; Dr. Penny MacDonald; Justine Baek; Savita Dhanvantari; Keith St. Lawrence; and Chris Ellis on their achievements...
Graduate trainees and postdoctoral fellows thrive at London Health Research Day 2015
The London Convention Centre was filled with curiosity and excitement on April 1, as graduate trainees and postdoctoral fellows shared their research with guests, judges and fellow presenters at London Health Research Day 2015...
From the desk of George Kim: New teams come together to achieve goals
Quality Management, Education and Technology, and Research are the three new committees formed to tackle goals outlined in the strategic plan for the School’s Distributed Education Network...
Windsor Program's Celebration of Excellence
The Windsor Program’s Awards of Excellence event featured an evening full of celebration, laughter and new memories...
Kelly Anderson awarded the Ontario Mental Health Foundation’s New Investigator Fellowship
Kelly Anderson, PhD, an assistant professor in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Psychiatry, received an OMHF New Investigator Fellowship for her population-based study on access to care for people with first-episode psychosis in Ontario. Anderson’s study will examine socio-demographic factors associated with access to care for those between the ages of 14 and 35...
Keeping it off the hook in the nifty nineties
The nineties were all that and a bag of chips for Schulich Dentistry, as the decade brought a time of transition and renewed energy to the School. Read more about the important highlights and accomplishments from this special time in our history...
Dr. Amardeep Thind authors chapter in Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition series
Dr. Thind, director, Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health, and professor in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Medicine, has authored a chapter on prehospital and emergency care for the first volume of the Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition (DCP3) series. In a Q&A interview, Dr. Thind discusses how India's poorest population piqued his interest in public health...
Game-changing Ontario discoveries
Seven Schulich Medicine & Dentistry discoveries are being recognized as life-changing breakthroughs, and they need your vote as part of the Game-Changing Research at Ontario's Universities initiative...
Robarts Clinical Trials Inc. moving to iconic Bell Building in downtown London
Robarts Clinical Trials Inc. – a global academic clinical research organization with offices in San Diego, California, Amsterdam N.L. and London, Ontario – announced a relocation to the Bell Canada Building in downtown London, effective January 1, 2016...
April Operations Update
The Operations Update is now being distributed through The Pulse. This monthly report includes updates from each of the operational teams and departments...- Lauren Flynn, PhD - When two worlds of research collide
Lauren Flynn, PhD, has made the most of her joint appointment by concentrating on a number of new interdisciplinary projects that involve her research on human fat and stem cells... - Dr. Mostafa El-Beheiry - Resident Spotlight: At the forefront of surgical education
For second-year resident Dr. Mostafa El-Beheiry, coming to Schulich Medicine & Dentistry made complete sense both academically and geographically. Dr. El-Beheiry was initially attracted to the School’s General Surgery program because of its distinguished surgical training and outstanding group of mentors, and as an avid traveler he gladly accepted the move to London... - Shannon LeBlanc - Turning a head trauma into triumph
Several years ago, Shannon LeBlanc suffered a serious head injury. LeBlanc and her family believe that errors made during the initial diagnoses led to multiple side effects. This experience motivated LeBlanc to enrol in Schulich Medicine & Dentistry’s Master of Public Health program... - Dr. Wei-Yang Lu - Taking neuroscience beyond the brain
Dr. Wei-Yang Lu is taking neuroscience beyond the brain by studying a common signaling molecule found outside the central nervous system. His research could impact our understanding of neuro-immune regulation and inflammatory responses in the body... - Human Resources - The backbone of our School
The Human Resources Department serves as the backbone to Schulich Medicine & Dentistry by supporting the biggest resource the School has – its human capital. This talented team is made up of 10 members with varying roles in faculty and staff coordination, payroll, organizational effectiveness and administration... - Video: Profiles of Excellence
Profiles of Excellence: Mansour Haeryfar, PhD, is working to establish immunotherapy as a first-line treatment option for patients with cancer through the discovery of novel therapeutic approaches involving T-cells... - Tips and Tricks for branding - most common mistakes
Spring has arrived and it's the perfect time to do some seasonal cleaning. Take a look at your documents and files to make sure your branding is current. Check out this list of the most common branding mistakes... - Events
Register today for the Celebration of Excellence Dinner as we honour the 2015 recipients of the Awards of Excellence on May 20. Save the date for the upcoming See the Line - Community Symposium on August 12...
