The Faculty of Graduate Studies announces the appointment of Wendy Hall to the position of Associate Dean for Faculty and Program Development, effective Aug. 1, 2011. Hall will be stepping into the post vacated by Cindy Prescott, who has filled the position since 2006.
A professor within the UBC School of Nursing, Hall has taught in the undergraduate and graduate programs at UBC for over 20 years and served as the coordinator for the PhD program for four years.
She is a member of the Steering Committee for the Collaboration for Maternal and Newborn Health, an interdisciplinary group fostering inter-professional education and capacity building of care providers.
Her research focuses on the transition to parenting, with her primary research focusing on infant and child sleep, and its effects on child growth and development and psychological outcomes for parents.
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