Kudos

Congratulations to Michael Allen (Continuing Medical Education) upon being honored with the 2009 Fox Award for Best Research Presentation by the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education. The title of Dr. Allen’s presentation was, “How do CME speakers use research results to support therapeutic recommendations:  a quantitative and qualitative study.”

Congratulations to Calvin Campbell (graduate student, Earth Sciences) whose paper, entitled, “The Formation of a Miocene Deepwater Erosional Unconformity and the Effects on Subsequent Deposition Patterns on the western Scotian Slope, Canada,” was selected as the Best Student Geological Oral Presentation at the recent 2009 Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists/Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists/Canadian Well Logging Society (CSPG CSEG CWLS) Annual Convention.

Congratulations to Cathy Cervin (Family Medicine) upon being awarded with a Certificate of Merit for Teaching from the Canadian Association of Medical Education (CAME). The CAME is a “grassroots organization of medical educators dedicated to the success and improvement of medical education in Canada,” and these certificates recognize and reward faculty committed to medical education in Canadian medical schools.

Congratulations to Jafna Cox (Cardiology) who was appointed the Heart and Stroke Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Research Outcomes. Supported by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia in partnership with the QE II Hospital Foundation, the Chair is designed to complement a dynamic and interdisciplinary team with strengths in research into access to health services, outcomes, population health and cell biology.

Congratulations to Barbara Downe-Wamboldt, Jean Hughes, Ruth Martin-Misener, Patricia Sullivan, Deborah Tamlyn (Nursing) and Barbara Keddy (Professor Emeritus) upon receiving the Centennial Award of Distinction by the College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia. The Centennial Award of Distinction was established in honour of the College’s Centennial Celebration and was presented to 100 current and former registered nurses in recognition of their significant contributions to the advancement of the nursing profession.

Gerri Frager

Congratulations to Gerri Frager (Pediatrics) upon being named the 2009 Balfour Mount Visiting Professorship in Palliative Medicine.  The professorship was established by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in collaboration with the Robert Pope Foundation of Nova Scotia, to bring to health sciences faculties in Canada distinguished international lecturers in palliative care.

Congratulations to Greg Hutton (graduate student, Library and Information Studies) upon winning the New England Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) Best Paper in Information Science Award for his paper, “Scientific Grey Literature in a Digital Age:  Measuring its Use and Influence in an Evolving Information Economy.”  Greg also received the Nova Scotian Institute of Science Graduate Student Writing Prize, awarded for the best paper written by a student in a Masters or Doctoral program enrolled in a degree program at a Nova Scotian university, for his paper, “Understanding Influence of Scientific Information in the Digital Age:  A Study of the Grey Literature of a United Nations Advisory Group.”

Congratulations to Hannah Kinoshita (student, Psychology) upon being selected as one of 100 student participants in the 2009 Rising Stars of Research National Undergraduate Science and Engineering Research Poster Competition, sponsored by the University of British Columbia.

Congratulations to Gwynedd Pickett (Neurosurgery) upon being awarded the World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology New Generation grand prize for best research presented by someone within five years of completing their Fellowship.  The winning abstract was, “Anatomy of the anterior communicating complex:  relationship to aneurysm recurrence and implications for follow-up.”  The award provides financial support to travel to a leading centre in another country to learn further specialized techniques in interventional neuroradiology/endovascular neurosurgery.

Congratulations to Graeme Rocker (Respirology), recipient of the 2009 Roger C. Bone Advances in End-of-Life Care Award.  The award was established by the American College of Chest Physicians to recognize members who have demonstrated leadership in end of life care.

Congratulations to Tyler Rozicki (student, Architecture) who placed second for the 2009 Berkeley Prize.  The Berkeley Prize competition was established in 1998, made possible by the generous give of Judith Lee Stronach to the Department of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley.  Each year, the prize committee selects a topic and poses a question based on that topic.  Students enrolled in any undergraduate architecture program throughout the world are invited to submit a 500-word essay proposal responding to the question. From this pool of essays, approximately 25 are selected as particularly promising. These semi-finalists are then asked to submit a 2,500-word essay expanding on their proposal. Five to eight of the best essays are selected and sent to a jury of international academics and architects to select the winners.

Congratulations to Joan Sargeant (Continuing Medical Education) upon being presented with the Research in Continuing Medical Education Award from the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) in April for her contribution to research in CME and for fostering the development of research and researchers in SACME. 

Congratulations to Kaarin Tae (College of Sustainability) who was the winner of the 2009 Cape Breton Classic Cycling Road Race, women’s class 90 km, in July.  (Next year: Tour de France!)

Kudos from the Vice-President Academic and Provost is published regularly with a focus on celebrating external recognition for outstanding achievements of Dalhousie faculty, staff, and students.  The Office of the Vice-President Academic and Provost relies on you to provide information regarding awards and recognitions received.  If you have recently received special recognition, or know of a colleague who has, please submit this news to alan.shaver@dal.ca for inclusion in an upcoming publication of Kudos.