Older adults with cancer face significant challenges in accessing and navigating health care in B.C. due to limited language skills, financial capacity and health conditions, as well as systemic discrimination related to age, ethnicity or language.
We are incredibly proud of these three Nurse and Nurse Practitioners of BC (NNPBC) awardees for 2022. As a colleague recently noted, "each has changed the face of nursing in this province through their commitment to the profession and major contributions to better health care for the population of BC."
The School of Nursing congratulates doctoral trainee Bonnie Leung on her Health System Impact (HSI) PhD Fellowship.
Congratulations to Dr. Emily Jenkins, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Canada Research Chair (CRC) for Socioecological Approaches to Mental Health and Substance Use.
UBC-Vancouver School of Nursing is piloting a project to support up to five Indigenous RNs in BC who want to experience a graduate course in nursing as a step to applying to a graduate program.
Congratulations to Dr. Saima Hirani, Assistant Professor at UBC Nursing and 2023 winner of the Outstanding Woman Researcher in Mental Health Promotion from Venus International Women Awards.
Congratulations! On October 14, 2022, Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch and Dr. Wendy Hall were named among the third class of Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Nursing, joining the ranks of other faculty who have been inducted into the Academy.
The School of Nursing heartily celebrates another achievement of Dr.
Congratulations to Dr. Fuchsia Howard, Associate Professor and Dr. Lillian Hung, Assistant Professor, on receiving Michael Smith Health Research BC Collaborating and Convening awards.
