LFS Today Apr 6, 2022

 News  

Today is UBC Giving Day!

Join faculty, staff, alumni, students and donors to support the cause you care about most, and let’s make a difference for today’s students and tomorrow’s world.

There are three LFS funds you can support this year:

• Dean Rickey Yada Award in Land and Food to recognize students who have championed the Faculty
• Dietetics Rural and Indigenous Communities Placement Fund to help dietetics students complete practicum placements
• Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm to help achieve resilient, thriving, and socially just food systems for all

LFS-specific challenges:

• The RBC Land & Food Challenge: The first 10 gifts to any UBC Land & Food Systems Giving Day fund on April 6, will unlock a $5,000 donation to the Faculty of Land and Food Systems from RBC.
• The Dean Yada Challenge: If 22 people give to the Rickey Yada Scholarship in Land & Food Systems on April 6, an additional $5,000 donation from Dean Yada will be unlocked.
• The Dietetics Placement Challenge: If $5,000 or more is given to the Dietetics Rural and Indigenous Communities Placement Fund on April 6, an additional $5,000 match donation will be unlocked.

Learn more and donate here.

Associate Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Sean Smukler will be taking adoption leave from April 16 to August 19, 2022.  Zhaoming Xu has kindly agreed to act in Sean’s Associate Dean role during this period.

 Events  

Today – FNH Graduate Seminar

FOOD

Speaker 01: Fan Bu
Topic: Probing the structural dynamics of the biofilm functional amyloid protein CsgA
Supervisor: Dr. Derek Dee

Speaker 02: Thomas Guy
Topic: Bacteriophage-mediated antimicrobial sensitization in Salmonella
Supervisors: Dr. Siyun Wang & Dr. Karen Fong

Link for feedback for each of the presenters if you are not registered for FOOD 500/600: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dbYqWEhWaumnb5r

If you are a graduate student registered for FOOD 500/600, please complete the feedback form on Canvas.

Zoom Info for FOOD graduate students who are not able to attend in person and have obtained approvals:
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/67165965551?pwd=WVFCV0ZkOXBJRWFzUWc2RkluWEVTZz09
Meeting ID: 671 6596 5551
Passcode: 358759

HUNU

Speaker: Jacobs Adelia
Topic: Evaluating the Impact of Government-led Nutrient Profiling Models on Preventable Mortality and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes
Supervisor:  Dr. Mahsa Jessri
Chair: Tony Yang
Questions: Andy Bains and Brock Williams

Link for feedback for each of the presenters:
https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dbYqWEhWaumnb5r

Zoom Info for HUNU graduate students:
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/69152310622?pwd=QldNL2Frd2ZPUG0yNzFzbHlDVXh3UT09
Meeting ID: 691 5231 0622
Passcode: 650191

*For general Seminar info, resources and schedule, please see the FNH Graduate Seminar Series webpage: https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/graduate/graduate-seminars/fnh-graduate-seminar-series/

 Deadlines  

Apr. 12 – IDRC Two-stage Call for Proposals for Research Teams for Women RISE

Research Teams are invited to submit Concept Notes for two-year research projects. Teams successful at the Concept Note stage will be invited to submit Full Proposals.
The following types of research are considered in scope:

• Epidemiological studies that describe and analyze patterns of diseases or health among women and consider different population and occupational factors.
• Population health research that explores diverse women’s experiences as individuals and within the society (e.g., family and community, intergenerational relationships, socioeconomic groups, work groups and enterprises).
• Intervention and Implementation research focused on exploring how policies, practices and strategies already put in place to alleviate the impact of COVID-19 influence the relationships between women’s paid and unpaid work and their health.

Deadline: April 12, 2022

Apply here

Apr. 18 – Job Posting: CSFS Communications & Knowledge Translation Assistant Position

The Communications and Knowledge Translation Assistant provides assistance and coordination in the area of academic communications and marketing for the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems (CSFS) at UBC Farm and the BC Food Web. Duties include promoting the academic mandate and expanding the impact and reach of the CSFS and its programs, activities and research, as well as translating knowledge for and coordinating the administration of the BC Food Web.

View the job posting here.

The closing date for this job posting is 11:59 pm on Monday, April 18^th.  We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.