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During the Spring Full Faculty meeting, awards were presented to three faculty members recognizing teaching and research excellence within the Faculty.

The Faculty of Health Professions Teaching Excellence Award - Dr. Brenda Merritt - School of Occupational Therapy.听 This award recognizes the critical role that teaching plays in the Faculty and is intended to honour an outstanding teacher who embodies the finest aspects of exemplary teaching.听 This year's winner, Dr. Brenda Merritt (pictured left, receiving her award from Dean Will Webster), has been actively engaged as a teacher, advisor and leader for the School of Occupational Therapy since she arrived at 麻豆传媒.听 She has clearly demonstrated through her career her committment to her students' well-being, as well as a committment to the profession of Occupational Therapy through her curriculum development and oversight over the past several years.听 Brenda has published an presented on interprofessional education, curriculum renewal in medicine and health professions and other pedagogical topics.

Each year, two awards are presented to recognize outstanding research that leads to significant progress in the understanding and/or management of a health related problem.

The Faculty of Health Professions Senior Research Excellence Award - Dr. Ingrid Sketris - College of Pharmacy.听 The Senior Research Excellence Award is open to faculty members who have developed and sustained a national and international reputation for excellence in research in their field and who are beyond the first seven years of their appointment at 麻豆传媒.听 This year's winner, Dr. Ingrid Sketris (pictured left, receiving her award from Dean Will Webster), began her career as a clinical scientist and is now an internationally recognized researcher in health services research.听 In 2000, Ingrid received a CHSRF/CIHR/NSHRF Chair in Pharmaceutical Policy and over the past ten years she has been involved in approximately $30M dollars worth of research as either a PI or Co-Investigator and has an extensive publication and presentation record.听 Ingrid has been lauded by her peers as evidenced by the several awards she has received recognizing her many contributions to health care in Canada.听 Ingrid has been a selfless role model as a mentor to students, peers, government, policy makers and many others and has undoubtedly influenced health care, delivery and policy, across Canada and internationally.

The Faculty of Health Professions Early Career Award - Dr. Shaun Boe - School of Physiotherapy.听 The Early Career Award was established to recognize the research of an emerging scholar who has joined 麻豆传媒 within the last seven years.听 Dr. Shaun Boe (pictured left) came to 麻豆传媒 in January 2010 and has been actively building a research program in the area of stroke related neuroscience.听 Since arriving at 麻豆传媒, Shaun has received significant funding from CFI, NSHRF, CDHA and the Heart and Stroke Foundation.听 Most recently, Shaun was awarded a Heart and Stroke Foundation Junior Career Research Award that recognizes the promise that he holds for a long and thriving research career.

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