Conference focuses on global health
The University of Western Ontario’s Office of Global Health in association with the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry will play host to the organizations’ first-ever global health conference, Transcending Borders Towards Global Health, April 27-29 at the London Convention Centre.
Conference organizers hope the event advances knowledge of global health issues, locally and abroad, by engaging members of the global health community, other academics and professionals across different disciplines. Subthemes of the conference will include international health ethics and evaluation; marginalized and healthy communities; eco-health; education; and advocacy and activism.
This event, which expects to draw 500 local and international physicians, health professionals, students, health-related organizations and community members, includes lectures from Drs. Michael Marmot, Jeff Turnbull, Izzeldin Abuelaish, Carol Herbert and Stephen Gloyd.
For more information visit the conference website, transcendingborders.ca, or contact Ellena Andoniou, co-ordinator, at globalhealth@schulich.uwo.ca.
Whitehead named Health Sciences Instructional Designer
The Faculty of Health Sciences has selected Julie Whitehead as its new instructional designer effective Sept. 19. She comes from Fanshawe College where she served the School of Health Sciences.
In May 2011, in recognition of her outstanding work at Fanshawe, Whitehead was awarded the Impact Award by the Educational Technology Committee of Ontario Colleges.
In her new role, she will provide technical/pedagogical training and assistance to health sciences members, and help deliver programs and courses using many electronic and social media formats.
An alumnus of Western, Whitehead holds a bachelor of arts degree and bachelor of education degree, and recently was awarded a master of education in education technology from the University of British Columbia. She was a member of the Mustang soccer team while at Western.
Journalism program to receive media ward
Western’s journalism program, along with the CBC, will receive the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association 2011 Media Award.
The honour recognizes A Good Death, a series of pieces discussing palliative care in Canada, which were then posted on cbc.ca, presented by Meredith Levine’s Health and Medical Journalism class in May 2011.
The media award was introduced by the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association in 2006.
Berruti tapped for top honoour
The Chemical Institute of Canada – Canadian Green Chemistry and Engineering Network (CGCEN) recently named Franco Berruti, Western chemical engineering professor and Institute for Chemicals and Fuels from Alternative Resources director (general), the 2011 recipient of The Ontario Green Chemistry and Engineering Award (Individual).
Ismaili named Vision fellow
Hossein Ismaili, who completed his PhD in August under chemistry professor Mark Workentin, was awarded recently the Vision 2020 Post Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) from the University of Ottawa. The PDF is worth $50,000 a year for two years.