Dr. Shoveller inducted as Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Dr. Jean Shoveller, Professor and Director of the Youth Sexual Health Team at UBC’s School of Population and Public Health, was inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) during the CAHS Forum and Annual General Meeting, which took place in Ottawa on September 17 and 18. Election to fellowship in the CAHS represents one of the highest honours for members of the Canadian health sciences community. The demonstrated leadership and distinctive competencies of these individuals have led to remarkable accomplishments and advancements in academic health sciences.

The fellowship honors Dr. Shoveller’s long and distinguished career as an outstanding public health scholar whose leadership and vision has contributed to system change nationally and internationally. Founding member of UBC’s School of Population and Public Health, she led the Social and Life Course Theme and served on the Senior Executive Committee. As the Interim Centre Director at UBC’s Human Early Learning Partnership and the Co-Chair of Population Health Intervention Research Initiative for Canada, she fostered new understandings of the social determinants of health.

Established in 2004, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) recognizes individuals of great achievement in the academic health sciences in Canada. The CAHS has approximately 500 Fellows and appoints new Fellows annually.