Brit-Leigh Fermaniuk, Allison Forbes and Alex Kmet, residents with the Division of Palliative Care Medicine, were the three finalists for the 2018 Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians Resident Research Award. All did a fantastic job with their oral presentations at the Advanced Learning in Palliative Medicine conference in Toronto!
Congratulations to Allison, who was the recipient of the award, and to her supervisors, Cheryl Nekolaichuk and Robin Fainsinger - well done! https://www.cspcp.ca/about/awards/
Many thanks to Vickie Baracos and Yoko Tarumi for spearheading the resident research effort, and to everyone who provided support to our residents.
Also, kudos to Anna Voeuk, Lawrence Lee and Yoko Tarumi, as Chair, Accreditation Lead, and Abstract Lead, respectively, for a highly successful conference.
Sharon Watanabe, MD, FRCPC
Professor and Director, Division of Palliative Care Medicine
Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta
Director, Department of Symptom Control and Palliative Care
Cross Cancer Institute