Dr. Lindsay Rawling, Clinical Assistant Professor with the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, passed away on September 3, 2022.
Dr. Rawling served as the Medical Director of the Preoperative Assessment Clinic, where, amongst other achievements, she helped lead the implementation of the ever-shifting perioperative COVID guidance as it pertained to children. She loved sports and was a phenomenal athlete, taking a year out of anesthesia to train in the United Kingdom to play professional tennis.
She is warmly remembered as someone who was great fun to be around and her wicked sense of humour.
An accomplished neuroscientist at UBC, emeritus professor in the Department of Psychiatry and a Faculty of Medicine alumnus, Dr. McGeer was also a career politician and Olympian. He began his research career at UBC with his wife and fellow scientist Dr. Edith McGeer in the 1950s.
Dr. McGeer was a pioneer in studying the role of inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease, and had a significant role in establishing Neuroscience at UBC. Dr. McGeer will be missed by UBC and the neuroscience research community for his enthusiasm and passion for research.
A reminder that the deadline for proposals for academic renewal funding will be September 2, 2022 EOD and space approval and financial validation must be in place before the proposal is submitted. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Barker.
Royal College 2022 Academic Certification Application
The College has confirmed that the application intake this Fall will have a deadline of September 30, 2022. The FoM internal deadline will be September 12, 2022, as a review of each application is required prior to the approval of the Dean. Please see the attached email for further information.
Call out for Mentors: FoM Staff Mentorship Program
As announced recently, if you are interested in being a mentor, please submit a mentor applicationhere by September 30, 2022 end of day.
Associate Membership Reappointments
Please note that our office will be contacting each unit regarding the 2022 Associate Memberships reappointments in the coming weeks.
Changes to PIRL and PCPP
There are recent updates to the Prescribed Interest Rate Loans (PIRL) and the Provost Priority Child Care Placement Program (PCPP).
As mentioned in the July newsletter, the Prescribed Interest Rate has increased effective July 1, 2022. Please refer to the UBC Prescribed Interest Rate Loans webpage for this update.
Moreover, there have been some recent changes to the guidelines for the PCPP program that came into effect in June 2022. The PCPP Program dedicates 12 childcare spaces, assigned by the Office of the Provost for full-time tenure-stream faculty members, providing them with higher placement on UBC Child Care waitlist. The changes are as follows:
While both recruitment and retention applications are accepted, recruitment applications will be prioritized, recognizing there may be instances where retention applications may be approved.
For approved applications, one deferral is permitted within the calendar year in which a PCPP spot on the UBC Child Care waitlist is offered. Note that UBC Child Care spaces are subject to availability. There is no deferral year over year. Applications may be re-submitted for the next calendar year. For further details, please refer to the attached PDF. Information is also available on the HIRS Child care and schooling options webpage.
If you have any queries around the new changes to PIRL and PCPP, please don’t hesitate to contact FoM Faculty HR.
UBC Hybrid Work
In light of the recent announcement regarding UBC formally adopting remote work through the UBC Hybrid Work Program, our office is currently working with Central HR and ISC on creating a flag on job postings for the hybrid work arrangement statement. In the interim, please include within the job description the following statement, if applicable to the position: “This position has the option of a hybrid work arrangement.” Furthermore, please refer to the attached email for instructions on how to update your remote work agreements in Workday if you have no current agreement in place.
FoM Faculty Appointment Matrix
The matrix has been updated to reflect Clinical Instructors’ eligibility to hold an award, if deemed eligible by the Funding Agency. Please consult FOM Research for further guidance.
More Consistent Visibility on Documents for HR Roles and Employees
All Managers and HR Administrators with a HR Analyst, HR Partner, Senior HR Partner, Senior FR Partner, or Manager security role will now be able to see any supporting documents attached as part of the Time Off and Leave of Absence processes in Workday, both within the process and on the employee’s record. Previously, there was some inconsistency in which departmental HR security roles were able to view these documents on employee records or as part of these processes. Employees will also now be able to view documents uploaded through these processes on their personal record. Approvers on these processes can see any supporting documents in Workday at the bottom of the approval page, and click on the documents to see the details. Once the approvals in Workday are complete, the employee will see these documents on their Workday profile, under Personal on the Documents tab. As a reminder, when uploading documents into Workday, Managers and HR Administrators should be mindful of the information they contain given who can view them in the system. If you are unsure whether or not a document should be uploaded, please contact FoM Faculty HR. For further details on this Workday topic and updated Knowledge Base resources, please visit this link.
Prevent pay errors during HR processes
This link shares some helpful tips for preventing pay errors and how to address them proactively if they occur.
Meet Ana Ferraz, Senior Program Assistant in the Department of Physical Therapy.
Title:
Senior Program Assistant
Department/Unit:
Physical Therapy
Campus:
UBC Vancouver, Point Grey Campus
How long have you worked at the UBC Faculty of Medicine?
Since September, 2019.
Tell us what you do at the Faculty in one or two sentences:
I provide support to the Masters of Physical Therapy (MPT) program with its day-to-day administrative and operational running. I compile information necessary for the planning, organizing and scheduling of teaching materials for the MPT program, as well as provide timely, accurate data and information for the program management to inform strategic and operational decisions.
What’s your favourite thing about your work?
The people. I feel very lucky to be part of such a great team.
What’s one thing we might be surprised to learn about you?
I lived in New Zealand for 6 months after finishing high school, and it was my first time living abroad (I am originally from Brazil). I think that this experience is one of the main reasons why I decided to move to Canada after university.
What song did you sing out loud to as a teenager?
Any songs by Green Day (and I still do!)
What’s one thing on your desk you brought from home?
My coffee mug. I wouldn’t be able to function properly without it.
What is your favourite vacation spot, and why?
A beach resort in northeast Brazil — my parents and I used to spend a week in one every December since I was little.
A message from Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health.
I am pleased to announced the appointment of Dr. Peter Cripton as Director pro tem, School of Biomedical Engineering for a one-year term, effective to June 30, 2023. Dr. Cripton will be taking on this role while Dr. Peter Zandstra is on a one-year administrative leave.
Dr. Cripton is a professor in the School of Biomedical Engineering, as well as a Principal Investigator at ICORD, the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility and the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health. Dr. Cripton’s work in the field of injury biomechanics focusses on preventing brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, hip fracture and on understanding and addressing sex differences in injury risk from automotive collisions. He is one of two Canadian members of the International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Impacts, and a recipient of the Killam Teaching prize.
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Peter Cripton on his appointment.
A message from Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health.
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Lorienne Jenstad and Dr. Paola Colozzo have been appointed interim Co-Directors, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, effective to August 31, 2022.
Dr. Jenstad is an audiologist and associate professor at the School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, where she directs the Amplification Research Lab. Her teaching and research expertise includes hearing aid processing and hearing health care for older adults.
Dr. Colozzo is an associate professor in the School of Audiology and Speech Sciences. Her areas of expertise and specialization are language development, childhood language disorders, and interactions between language and cognition. Dr. Colozzo has also been the MSc Program Director at the School for the last five years.
Please join me in thanking Drs. Jenstad and Colozzo for their interim leadership.
In this role, Dr. McMaster will continue to play a lead role in the development of a biomedical innovation research strategy, and provide strategic leadership and guidance to health research program leaders and ensure resources are supported effectively across the Faculty on all campuses and health authorities.
Please join me in thanking Dr. Rob McMaster for his continued leadership.
