Congratulations to the 2017 UBC Faculty of Medicine Award Recipients!

We are very pleased to congratulate the BC Children's Hospital investigators who are recipients of 2017 UBC Faculty of Medicine Awards.

Clinical Faculty Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching

Dr. Kristin Houghton, Pediatrics

Dr. Kyla Hildebrand, Pediatrics

Distinguished Achievement

Overall Excellence – Senior Faculty
Dr. K.S. Joseph, Obstetrics and Gynaecology / School of Population and Public Health

Service to the University and Community
Dr. Patricia Spittal, School of Population and Public Health

UBC Killam Research Prizes

Dr. Megan Levings, Surgery

UBC Faculty of Medicine Award

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