Aug. 21, 2024

Celebrating success

Congratulations to all O’Brien Institute members who have been recognized for excellence in community impact, leadership, research, and more, for the period of April - August 2024.
aUg 2024 round up

MISCELLANEOUS AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Lead of Capacity Development team, Alberta Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research SUPPORT Unit (AbSPORU)

Dr. Elizabeth Oddone Paolucci, PhD, professor, Department of Community Health Sciences.

Top 10 Articles of the Year, IHSPR-CAHSPR

Dr. Pamela Roach, PhD, deputy director, population health, O’Brien Institute for Public Health.

Early Career Leadership in Health Policy/Health Systems, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Dr. David Campbell, MD, PhD, assistant professor, departments of cardiac sciences, community health sciences, and medicine.

Graham MacGregor Excellence Award in Dietary Salt Reduction at the Population Level, World Hypertension League

Dr. Norman Campbell, MD, professor emeritus, Department of Medicine.

 

UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Research, Cumming School of Medicine

Dr. Braden Manns, MD, professor, Department of Medicine.

Associate Vice-president (Health Research)

Dr. Braden Manns, MD, professor, Department of Medicine.

UCalgary Research Excellence Chairs (UCREC)

Dr. Nicole Culos-Reed, PhD, professor, Faculty of Kinesiology.

Dr. Charlene Elliott, PhD, professor, Department of Communications, Media and Film.

Dr. Matthew James, MD, PhD, professor, departments of community health sciences and medicine.

Dr. Ajwang’ Warria, PhD, associate professor, Faculty of Social Work.

Alumni of Distinction

Dr. Fiona Clement, PhD, professor, Department of Community Health Sciences.

 

CIHR SPRING PROJECT GRANT WINNERS

Project name: The REFRAME Project- Rapid Evaluation FRAmework for the Modification of Cancer ScrEening Guidelines

Dr. Darren Brenner, PhD, associate professor, departments of oncology and community health sciences.

Project name: ABACUS: Advanced Brain Frailty and Cognitive Sequelae of Stroke

Dr. Aravind Ganesh, MD, assistant professor, departments of clinical neurosciences and community health sciences.

Project name: Inflammatory Bowel Disease in 2035: A National Study of the Canadian Gastro-Intestinal Epidemiology Consortium (CanGIEC)

Dr. Gilaad Kaplan, MD, professor, departments of medicine and community health sciences.

Project name: VERIFY: Vedolizumab for the Prevention of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Related Diarrhea or Colitis in Patients with Cancer: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Dr. Christopher Ma, MD, associate professor, departments of medicine and community health sciences.

Project name: Development of Pain in Youth Exposed to Traumatic Experiences

Dr. Jillian Miller, PhD, associate professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, and adjunct associate professor, Department of Psychology.

Project name: Does the British Columbia Farmers' Market Nutrition Coupon Program improve the diet quality and food security of parents and children with low incomes? A dose-response, pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Dr. Dana Olstad, PhD, associate professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, and adjunct academic professor, Faculty of Kinesiology.

Project name: Wastewater-based surveillance for substances of abuse:   Developing actionable tools to inform on the dynamic nature of the drug supply

Dr. Michael Parkins, MD, professor, Department of Medicine.

Project name: strokePRO: Development and evaluation of a user-centered electronic platform for outcome assessment in stroke trials

Dr. Tolu Sajobi, PhD, professor, departments of community health sciences and clinical neurosciences. 

Project name: Co-designing better transitions in care for patients undergoing cancer treatment (CanTiC Tx)

Dr. Khara Sauro, PhD, assistant professor, departments of surgery, oncology, and community health sciences.

Project name: BALANCE+ PRO (Patient-informed Relevant Outcomes)

Dr. Ranjani Somayaji, MD, associate professor, Department of Medicine.