Director

Dr. Jim Frankish
Professor & Director, Centre for Population Health Promotion Research
Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP)
University of British Columbia
College for Interdisciplinary Studies and School of Population and Public Health (Medicine)
Senior Scholar, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
Room 425, Library Processing Centre, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z3 604-822-9210
frankish@interchange.ubc.ca Personal Web - www.jimfrankish.com

Program Staff

Faye Pedersen
Training Program Manager
Phone: 604-822-6515
faye.pedersen@ubc.ca

Maureen Whiteside
Training Program Assistant
Phone: 604-822-8275
mside@interchange.ubc.ca


Role

- Ensure cohesion between the program elements: organizational partnerships, learning program plan,
cluster operations, evaluation, learner recruitment and selection, communications,
financial and resource management, strategic planning, and business strategy.
- Oversee program administration and organization, including, but not limited to:
- Financial management;
- Management of the program resources; and
- Designing and supporting the appropriate organizational structures necessary for the functioning of the program.
- Ensure the program adherence to UBC and CIHR policies and guidelines relating to ethics,
human resources and financial accounting.
- Support strategic planning and the development and maintenance of strategic alliances.
- Support cross-cluster integration and cohesion.
- Liaise with clusters.
- Co-ordinate communications: Develop and maintain the communication plan and tools.
- Develop and implement policies related to learner selection and recruitment.
- Manage applicant selection process.

Membership

The Director, the program manager, and the program secretary.

Accountability

Accountable to the Steering Council.