4 Western researchers have been elected to the Canadian Academy of Well being Sciences (CAHS).
Frank Beier, Dr. Ruth Lanius, Kathy Nixon Speechley and Nadine Wathen have been amongst 71 people within the Canadian well being sciences group to obtain the honour.
The CAHS fellowship acknowledges people demonstrating a robust dedication to their discipline of experience by way of their life and work. CAHS Fellows are nominated by their friends and chosen in a aggressive course of primarily based on their internationally acknowledged management, educational efficiency, scientific creativity, and willingness to serve.
“Turning into a member of the Canadian Academy of Well being Sciences acknowledges the fellows’ dedication to well being sciences,” mentioned CAHS president, Dr. Sioban Nelson. “We’re happy with their accomplishments and honoured to welcome them to the Academy.”
Frank Beier, Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich Faculty of Drugs & Dentistry
Frank Beier (Western Communications)
Frank Beier is the chair of the division of physiology and pharmacology and the Canada Analysis Chair in Musculoskeletal Analysis. His analysis is within the space of osteoarthritis, and specifically, within the genetic and molecular foundation of this dysfunction. Beier has printed roughly 150 peer-reviewed articles and made main contributions to the understanding of the molecular and mobile mechanisms driving osteoarthritis. He’s the 2019 recipient of the OARSI Primary Science award, one of many foremost worldwide awards in his discipline.
Dr. Ruth Lanius, Psychiatry, Schulich Faculty of Drugs & Dentistry
Dr. Ruth Lanius (Lawson Well being Analysis Institute)
Psychiatry professor Dr. Ruth Lanius is the Harris-Woodman Chair in Thoughts-Physique Drugs, director of the scientific analysis program for post-traumatic stress dysfunction (PTSD) and a scientist at Lawson Well being Analysis Institute. Dr. Lanius has acquired quite a few awards, together with the Banting Award for Army Well being Analysis. She has printed greater than 150 analysis articles and e-book chapters specializing in mind variations to psychological trauma and novel adjunct therapies for PTSD. She lectures on the subject of psychological trauma and has co-authored three books: The Results of Early Life Trauma on Well being and Illness, Therapeutic the Traumatized Self, and Discovering Strong Floor: Overcoming Obstacles in Trauma Therapy.
Kathy Nixon Speechley, Paediatrics and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich Faculty of Drugs & Dentistry
Kathy Nixon-Speechley (Submitted)
Kathy Nixon Speechley is a professor within the departments of paediatrics and epidemiology and biostatistics and a scientist at Lawson Well being Analysis Institute and Youngsters’s Well being Analysis Institute. An epidemiologist, her main analysis focus is on the determinants of high quality of life in kids with continual well being circumstances with an emphasis on kids with epilepsy. Her publications describing key threat and protecting elements for high quality of life in childhood epilepsy have contributed to advances in family-centered care. She is a fellow of the American Epilepsy Society, previous chair of the Canadian Pediatric Epilepsy Community and was its inaugural consultant on the board of administrators of the Canadian League Towards Epilepsy.
Nadine Wathen, Arthur Labatt Household Faculty of Nursing, School of Well being Sciences
Nadine Wathen (Western Communications)
Nadine Wathen is professor within the Arthur Labatt Household Faculty of Nursing and Canada Analysis Chair in Mobilizing Data on Gender-Primarily based Violence (GBV). As an internationally-renowned scholar within the areas of GBV and well being inequities, Wathen is producing and mobilizing data that has considerably impacted responses to violence and inequity in Canada and overseas. She is dedicated to utilizing analysis to enhance coverage, apply, and public responses to boost well-being and advance justice for these experiencing interpersonal and structural violence and inequity.
