UBC faculty members join Michael Smith Foundation board of directors

Sally Thorne, professor and director of the UBC School of Nursing, is the latest addition to the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) board of directors. Thorne’s three-year term will provide a wealth of expertise in the research, hospital and university sectors as MSFHR moves towards year two of their five-year Strategic Direction 2009 – 2015.

Additional new directors include Prof. Michael Hayden, UBC Medicine/Medical Genetics and Director, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics) and Lynda Cranston, president and CEO of the Provincial Health Services Authority.

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