UBC MAA Awards

The UBC Medical Alumni Association Awards recognize the achievements of the UBC medical community. Though their varied contributions, each award recipient has helped build a more dynamic and robust community through their service and actions.

2024 Honorary Medical Alumni Award Recipients

Dr. Silke Appel-Cresswell
Director, Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre, UBC
Founding Director, BC Brain Wellness Program
Marg Meikle Professorship in Parkinson’s Disease Research

Dr. Adrian Yee
Director of Curriculum, Undergraduate Medical Education Program (UGME), Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Founding Division Head of Hematology, Island Health 

2024 Student Leadership Award recipients

Valerie Mok
Year 1-2

Alvin Qiu
Year 3-4

Award Nominations

Award nominations open in the winter and are presented at the UBC MAA Awards Ceremony and Celebration in the following spring.

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The Wallace Wilson Leadership Award is presented annually to a graduate of the UBC Faculty of Medicine MD undergraduate program or an individual who has completed the UBC postgraduate medical education program, who has demonstrated high ethical standards and outstanding leadership to the medical profession in areas of patient care, welfare of physicians and/or students, medical education, research, or community service.

To read about the process and nominate someone for the Wallace Wilson Leadership Award, please click on 'More Info' below.

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The Honorary Medical Alumni Award recognizes a member of the UBC Faculty of Medicine Community who has made a significant contribution as a committed clinician, teacher, mentor or administrator; thereby advancing the goals of the UBC Faculty of Medicine.

To read about the process and nominate someone for the Honorary Medical Alumni Award, please click on 'More Info' below.

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This award is given to a graduate of the 25th anniversary class who, in the opinion of his/her classmates, has best demonstrated qualities in one or more of the following areas: leadership, research, teaching, clinical care, administration or public service.

To read about the process and nominate someone for the Silver Anniversary Award, please click on 'More Info' below.

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The Student Leadership Award recognizes and honours two medical students, one student in Year 1 or 2 and one student in Years 3 or 4, in the UBC MD undergraduate program, who demonstrate excellence in leadership by engaging and guiding others in promoting a responsible and evolving medical student community and/or health care system.

To read about the process and nominate someone for the Student Leadership Award, please click on 'More Info' below.

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For questions, please contact us at 604-875-5674 or med.alumni@ubc.ca

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