Prof. Ezra Kwok from the Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering is the recipient of the Outstanding Canadian Biomedical Engineer Award for 2011-12 from the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society.
Kwok holds double doctorate degrees in engineering and medicine and served as the inaugural Director of the Biomedical Engineering Program at UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science from 2006-2010. He conducts clinically oriented research and aims to improve collaboration between engineers and physicians to lead to better clinical understanding and medical technology to improve the standard of patient care.
The Outstanding Canadian Biomedical Engineer Award is presented to a Canadian biomedical engineer who has made outstanding contributions in the field of biomedical engineering. The Awards Ceremony took place on June 6 during the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society’s annual conference in Toronto.
For more info, visit http://blogs.apsc.ubc.ca/chbenews/2011/06/08/dr-ezra-kwok-outstanding-canadian-biomedical-engineer-award-for-2011-12/.
