Honours and Distinctions

THORNE INDUCTED AS BC’s FIRST INTERNATIONAL FELLOW, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NURSING

Dr. Sally Thorne has become the first BC nurse to be inducted as an International Fellow into the American Academy of Nursing. In a ceremony in Washington DC on October 15, 2011, she was joined by four other Canadian nursing leaders in receiving the honorific designation “FAAN.”

CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR RECEIVES PERSONNEL AWARD

Martha Mackay, Clinical Assistant Professor, has been awarded the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Personnel Award, which provides salary support for Canada's best young researchers – at universities, hospitals and institutes across Canada and abroad (www.hsf.ca).

Martha has received a research scholarship for her work in cardiology at UBC, more specifically, in those factors contributing to pre-hospital delay in Chinese Canadians with acute coronary syndrome.

CAREER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING HEALTH RESEARCHER

Assistant Professor, Jennifer Baumbusch, received the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) 2011 Career Award for her work in improving the integration of informal caregiving in long-term residential care. The overarching aim of Dr. Baumbusch’s program of research is to contribute to more effective health care services within long-term residential care (LTRC) by extending our understanding of informal caregiving, that is, care provided by family and friends, within LTRC and translating this knowledge by developing and refining policies and practices to improve the integration of informal caregiving in LTRC.