 Top Canadian honour awarded to two Medicine profs
Dr. Robert Haslam and Dr. Tom Noseworthy of the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Medicine have been named members of the Order of Canada. This appointment recognizes outstanding achievement and service, and is the highest civilian honour for lifetime achievement.
“I feel honoured by the award. I still have to pinch myself to know it’s really happening. My feet haven’t hit the ground yet,” says Haslam. Adds Noseworthy: “This recognition makes everything worthwhile.”
Haslam came to Calgary in 1975 and was the chief of pediatrics at Foothills Medical Centre and then at the “new” (now old) Alberta Children’s Hospital, and head of pediatrics at the University of Calgary from 1975 to 1986. He is currently the interim director of the new Child Development Research Institute at the U of C.
Noseworthy served as a member of the Prime Minister’s National Forum on Health from 1994 to 1997 and chaired the steering committee; co-chaired the Advisory Council on Health Info-Structure from 1997 to 1999; chaired the Senior Reference Committee for Alberta Wellnet from 1997 to 2002; and was chair of the Western Canada Waiting List Project from 1999 to 2006.
Haslam and Noseworthy will be joining the other 69 recipients in Ottawa later in the year for an awards ceremony.
Medicine professor elected to Royal College
Dr. Naweed Syed, professor and head of the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, has received official fellowship with the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, the highest honour the Royal College can bestow. As a researcher, Syed’s fellowship is prestigious, since the college traditionally reserves fellowships to distinguished clinicians, rather than basic scientists. Syed’s research is focused on defining how networks of brain cells are put together during development to control rhythmic behaviors, such as respiration and locomotion, after birth.
City of Calgary honours U of C academic leaders
Dr. Max Foran, professor in the Faculty of Communication and Culture, has been honoured with the City of Calgary’s Community Achievement Award in education. The award recognizes Foran’s significant contributions in enhancing learning opportunities for Calgarians and bringing recognition to Calgary due to academic achievement in his field. Michael Robinson, an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Environmental Design and president and CEO of the Glenbow Museum, was also honoured, winning the Community Achievement Award in the heritage category.
Sideris elected president of international association
Dr. Michael Sideris, professor in the Department of Geomatics Engineering in the Schulich School of Engineering and associate dean in the Faculty of Graduate Studies, has been elected president of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) for 2007 to 2011. The IAG (www.iag-aig.org) is a scientific member organization of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, which promotes scientific cooperation and research in geodesy on a global scale and contributes to it through its various research bodies and services. Sideris is an IAG fellow and has a long service record as an officer of the IAG, where he has held various positions since 1987.
MSW program accreditation re-confirmed for seven years
The University of Calgary’s Faculty of Social Work recently received renewal of its Master of Social Work program accreditation from the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work.
The MSW accreditation was renewed for the maximum period of seven years, which “is an indicator of the excellent leadership and commitment of the faculty as a whole to maintaining an outstanding program,” according to Dr. Brad McKenzie, co-chair of the board of accreditation.
“The Faculty of Social Work is comprised of outstanding academics, many of whom are leaders in their field, and they have been extremely productive in their research and scholarship,” he wrote.
Schulich prof elected a fellow—twice
Dr. Rangaraj Rangayyan, a professor in the Schulich School of Engineering’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has been elected as a fellow of two major societies in the areas of medical imaging and biomedical engineering. Rangayyan was elected a fellow of SIIM, the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine. He is one of only 16 fellows of SIIM elected so far, and the first and only one outside the U.S.A. He was also elected a fellow of CMBES, the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society, one of only 23 fellows elected since CMBES was established in 1965.
Computer science prof named educator of year
Dr. Jim Parker, a computer science professor at the University of Calgary, has won the 2007 Digital Media Association of Alberta award as Educator of the Year. The presentation took place at the mediaFRESH gala. The Digital Media Association of Alberta is an industry-led organization devoted to promoting and connecting Alberta’s thriving digital media community.
U of C student receives national award
Cagla Dogan, a PhD student in the Faulty of Environmental Design, has received a national award in product design for her ability to articulate issues raised by her research in sustainability. The new award is an initiative of Professor Denis Gadbois, program coordinator of the Industrial Design program at the Faculty of Environmental Design at U of C and the School of Industrial Design at the University of Montreal. The purpose of the award is to provide a social and academic context in which Canadian institutions devoted to the teaching of product design can collaborate to recognize outstanding work undertaken by Canadian students.
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