KUDOS
Gen Creighton, PCHR Academic Learner, has been awarded a Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral Award, from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council at SSHRC.
The Ron Draper Health Promotion Award was presented to Lezlie Wagman, PCHR Co-Convener and Mentor, and The Sharon Martin Community Health Fund (the SMART Fund), in June 2007.
Irving Rootman, PCHR Co-Convener and Mentor, received an award in June 2007 form the Canadian Consortium for Health Promotion Research for “Leadership Excellence in Health Promotion Research in Canada”.
Congratulations to Brian Evoy, PCHR Alumnus. He was presented with the 2007 Population and Public health (PPH) Student Award at the IUHPE Annual Conference in Vancouver this past June. This award was in recognition of Brian's PhD dissertation research (Title: An examination of the ethical decision-making prcoesses used in decisions to fund, reduce or cease funding tailored health services), and one of 3 presentations he made at the conference, "Civil Society?: What Deliberative Democrats can tell advocates about how to build public commitment to the health promotion agenda(s)".
Jennifer Terpstra, 2007-2008 PCHR Academic Learner, was awarded the CIHR 2006 Doctoral Research Award in Public Health.
Jenny Mathews and Gen Creighton, 2007-2008 PCHR Academic Learners, received funding from the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) for their Evergreen Young Men's Health Project.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
PCHR Academic Learner, Kun Zhao, presented her cluster's project at a Nursing Conference in Shanghai. Please click here to read her presentation.
Victoria Long and Shannon Van Wiltenburg, Community and Academic PCHR Learners respectively, presented their cluster work at a nursing conference in Vancouver, BC. Please click here to read their presentation.
Dr. Mambo Tau Masinda, PCHR Alumnus, has recently published an article in Promotion & Education, 2007, XIV (1) : pp. 44-47. "Litteratie de la sante et education pour la sante: Que signifient ces termes dans le milieu francophone?". Please click here to read the full article (in French).
Marina Niks, PCHR Postdoctoral Fellow from 2005-2007, used her PCHR Individual Learner Education/Enhancement Fund to attend conferences and workshops that ranged in size and focus. Please click here to read her report of these events.
Jenny Matthews, 2006-2007 PCHR Academic Learner, attended the IUPHE Conference in Vancouver in June 2007, and presented a poster with PCHR colleague Gen Creighton. Please click here to read Jenny's report.
Jamie Maskill, PCHR Academic Learner alumnus, attended the IUPHE Conference in Vancouver in June 2007, where he presented his cluster's research at a workshop. Please click here to read Jamie's report.
Gen Creighton, 2006-2007 PCHR Academic Learner, attended the IUPHE Conference in Vancouver in June 2007, and presented a poster with colleague Jenny Matthews. Please click here to read Gen's report.
Gen Creighton, 2007-2008 PCHR Academic Learner, attended the 2007 International Ethics in Health Promotion Conference entitled Setting an Ethical Agenda for Health Promotion, in Ghent, Belgium in September 2007 and gave an oral presentation with PCHR colleague Jenny Matthews. Please click here to read Gen's report.
Jenny Matthews, 2007-2008 PCHR Academic Learner, attended the 2007 International Ethics in Health Promotion Conference entitled Setting an Ethical Agenda for Health Promotion, in Ghent, Belgium in September 2007 and gave an oral presentation with PCHR colleague Gen Creighton. Please click here to read Jenny's report.
UBC Reports/Vol. 53/No. 7/Jul 5, 2007 includes an article on Gen Creighton, current PCHR Academic Learner, and her research. Please click here to read the full article.
Gurjeet Sivia, 2006-2007 PCHR Academic Learner, attended the IUPHE Conference in Vancouver in June 2007. Please click here to read his report.
As one of their PCHR projects, the 2006-2007 Vulnerable Populations Cluster completed a report entitled Designing and Implementing Accountability Strategies in Community Health Promotion: The SMART Fund Case. Learners involved were: Marina Niks, Brian Evoy, Juan Solorzano and Daryl Kirpalani. Please click here to read their report.
Jeff Masuda, 2007-2008 PCHR Postdoctoral Fellow, used his PCHR Individual Learner Education/Enhancement fund to travel to Ontario where he gave an invited seminar, attended facilitated discussions and held meetings to discuss his ongoing research activities. Please click here to read Jeff's report.
Jennifer Terpstra, 2007-2008 PCHR Academic Learner, attended the Society for Behavioral Medicine held in San Diego, California in March 2008 where she participated as a panel member and presented a paper. Please click here to read Jennifer's report.
Jenn Dixon, 2007-2008 PCHR Academic Learner, attended the University of British Columbia's Centre for Health Services Policy Research annual conference 2008, entitled Evidence Soup for the Policy Maker's Soul. Please click here to read Jenn's report.
Jenn Dixon and Sean Nixon, 2007-2008 PCHR Academic Learners, presented a poster entitled "Youth Wellness Project: Engaging Medical Students and Street-Involved Youth in Health Literacy Education:" at the 2008 Canadian Conference on Medical Education (AFMC) which took place in Montreal, Quebec. Please click here to read Jenn's report.
