2025 READI Research Scholarships: undergraduates and orthopaedic residents pioneering progress
We are delighted to announce that Gael Hernandez Palmer, a fourth-year undergraduate student in Neuroscience at UBC, has been awarded the Undergraduate Research Scholarship for Indigenous and Underrepresented Students, and Kaid Van Kampen, a second-year Orthopaedics resident at UBC, has received the Tredwell Trainee READI Scholarship.
Dr. Joshua Giles awarded Innovation Ignite Grant to develop the next generation of surgical planning for shoulder arthroplasty
We are delighted to share that Dr. Joshua Giles has been awarded the Innovation Ignite Grant from Arthritis Society Canada for his research on personalized surgical planning for shoulder arthroplasty.
Drs. David Wilson and Parth Lodhia awarded CIHR Priority Announcement Grant to advance hip microinstability research
We are please to share that Dr. David Wilson and Dr. Parth Lodhia have received a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA) Priority Announcement Grant to improve our understanding of hip microinstability.
Dr. Brian Kwon receives UBC’s premier award for research: The Jacob Biely Faculty Research Prize
Dr. Brian Kwon has been awarded the prestigious Jacob Biely Faculty Research Prize in recognition of his outstanding contributions as a surgeon-scientist to advancements in spinal cord injury (SCI) research. Dr. Kwon is the first recipient of this award from the Department of Orthopaedics and the seventh from the Faculty of Medicine.
Newly Established Educational Initiative is Shaping the Future of Women in Orthopaedics
A new study in the Journal of Pediatric Society of North America that looks at the Women in Orthopaedics (WORTH) program hosted by UBC and BC Children’s Hospital shows how early exposure initiatives can inspire young women to pursue careers in orthopaedics.