Awards, Projects, Contributions, & Committees

Awards, Grants, & Projects

• Team-Based Primary Care Learning Centre Project, University of British Columbia, Family Practice Residency Program, 2022-present.
• Faculty Development Initiative Grant, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine Faculty Development Office. Project Title: Why do field notes and ITARs suck? An exploratory study on the barriers of using field notes and ITARs in competency-based medical education (with Dr. Vincent Wong), 2022.
• Site Medical Education Award, UBC Family Practice Residency Program, 2020.
• Special COVID-19 Strategic Investment Fund, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine. Project Title: Effective team building, communication and professional identity formation for first year health professional students in an online and remote setting during Covid19. Learn more about ImprovBot. (with Dr. Claudia Krebs, Dr. Patrick Pennefather, Dr. Brenna Lynn, Dr. Joseph Anthony, Aleteia Greenwood, Dr. Adrian Yee, & Dr. Cheryl Holmes), 2020. Learn more here.
• Faculty Development Initiative Grant, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine Faculty Development Office. Project Title: Peer Observation: By the Preceptors, For the Preceptors, 2019 (with Dr. Brenda Hardie & Dr. Holden Chow), 2019.
• Certificate of Research Excellence (CORE Award), Environmental Design Research Association, 2015.
• Professional Development Scholarship, Society for College & University Planning, 2014.
• Jane N. Ryland Fellowship, EDUCAUSE, 2014.
• Travel Grant, Pacific Northwest Association for Institutional Research & Planning, 2013.
• SCUP Planning Institute Scholarship, Society for College & University Planning, 2013.
• Professional Development Award, Graduate Student Society, Simon Fraser University, 2012.
• Geraldo Donato Vertone Scholarship, Italian Cultural Centre Society, 2011.
• Professional Development Scholarship, Society for College & University Planning, 2010.
• Travel Grant, Education Graduate Student Association, Simon Fraser University, 2009.
• Graduate Fellowship, Simon Fraser University, 2008.
• Travel Grant, Pacific Northwest Association for Institutional Research & Planning, 2007.
• Merit-Based Tuition Award, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1997.
• Arete Award: Most Outstanding Student-Athlete, San Francisco State University, 1994.

Professional Contributions

• Technical Moderator, Association for Medical Education in Europe, 2022.
• Blog Contributor, Association for Medical Education in Europe, 2022.
• Poster Judge, International Conference on Residency Education, 2021.
• Session Reviewer, International Conference on Residency Education, 2021.
• Organizer & Facilitator, Sedna Epic Virtual Expedition to the Norwegian Arctic: Session II, 2020.
• Organizer & Facilitator, Sedna Epic Virtual Expedition to the Norwegian Arctic: Session I, 2020.
• Mentor, MIT: Beat the Pandemic II, 2020.
• Mentor, MIT: Africa Takes on COVID-19 Challenge, 2020.
• Expo Judge & Mentor, Cmd-f + nwHacks, Vancouver’s all-female hackathon, 2020.
• Panel Judge & Mentor, nwHacks, Western Canada’s largest hackathon, 2020.
• Reviewer, UL Innovation Education Award/North American Association for Environmental Education, 2019.
• Contributor, Society for College & University Planning Strategic Planning Session, 2018.
• Session Reviewer, Environmental Design Research Association Conference, 2014-15.
• Session Reviewer, Society for College & University Planning Pacific Regional Conference, 2013-15.
• Session Reviewer, Pacific Northwest Institutional Research & Planning Conference, 2014.
• Volunteer, Pacific Northwest Institutional Research & Planning Conference, 2013.
• Session Reviewer, Living Future Conference, 2013.
• Judge, Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge, 2012.
• Volunteer, Environmental Design Research Association Conference, 2011-12.
• Volunteer, SFU Think Again Conference, 2011.
• Volunteer, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Conference, 2010-11.
• Volunteer, Society for College and University Planning Conference, 2010.
• Volunteer, Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference, 2009.
• Volunteer, 8th Annual University of California Santa Cruz Earth Summit, 2008.

Committees & Projects

• International Conference on Residency Education Program Advisory Board, The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2018-2022.
• Faculty Development, UBC Family Practice Residency Program Abbotsford-Mission Site, 2017-present.
• Curriculum, UBC Family Practice Residency Program Abbotsford-Mission Site, 2017-present.
• Assessment and Evaluation, UBC Family Practice Residency Program Abbotsford-Mission Site, 2015-present.
• Communications Committee, Society for College and University Planning Pacific Region, 2010-2014.
• Sustainable Educational Ecologies Project, Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Education, 2009-2010.
• Policy Review Standing Committee, University of Fraser Valley, 2006-2008.

Editorial Boards

• Copy Editor, SFU Education Review, Simon Fraser University, 2011.
• Student Representative, Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, Simon Fraser University, 2008-2011.

Professional Memberships, Associations, & Collaborations

• Artificial Intelligence in Education at Oxford University (AIEOU)
• British Columbia Association of Kinesiologists (BCAK)
• British Columbia Simulation Network (BCSN)
• Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME)
• Family Medicine National Education Administrators (FMNEA)
• International Association for Medical Education (AMEE)
• UBC Centre for Health Education & Scholarship (CHES)
• Western Canada Collaborative of Health Sciences Educators Society (CCHSE)
• Women’s Health Research Institute at BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre (WHRI)

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