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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 7TH JUNE, 2015
CAMPUS NEWS
21 Honorary
Degrees from
The UWI
In April 2015,
the University Council endorsed the
recommendation of the Joint Committee of Council
and Senate to award honorary degrees on the following
individuals at the graduation ceremonies later this year.
At the St. Augustine Campus
Mr. Gerard A. Besson
(DLitt)
Publisher, Trinidad and Tobago
Mr. Hollis R. Charles
(DSc)
Engineer, Trinidad and Tobago
Justice Ralph Narine
(LLD)
Jurist, Trinidad and Tobago
Justice Jean Angela Permanand
(LLD)
Jurist, Trinidad and Tobago
Mr. Rajkumar Krishna Persad
(DLitt)
NKR, HBM, Choreographer, Trinidad and Tobago
Mr. David Rudder
(DLitt)
Entertainer/Calypsonian, Trinidad and Tobago
Mr. A. Norman Sabga
(LLD)
Entrepreneur, Trinidad and Tobago
Dr. Marjorie Thorpe
(DLitt)
Educator/Author, Trinidad and Tobago
At the Cave Hill Campus
Mr. Stephen D.R. McNamara
(LLD)
Lawyer, St. Lucia
SirDavidA.C. Simmons
, KA, BCH, QC, LLM(LLD)
Jurist, Barbados
Mr. Ralph Williams
(DSc)
Engineer/Entrepreneur, Barbados
Ms. Pamela Coke-Hamilton
(LLD)
Lawyer, Barbados
At the Mona Campus
Dr. the Hon Lloyd Barnett
(LLD)
Jurist/Educator, Jamaica
Hon Hugh Hart
(LLD)
Attorney at Law/Public Servant, Jamaica
Mrs. Alfarita ‘Rita’ Marley
(DLitt)
Entertainer/Philanthropist, Jamaica/Ethiopia
Professor Emeritus MervynMorris
(DLitt)
Poet/Educator, Jamaica
Mr. Denis O’Brien
(LLD)
Entrepreneur, Ireland
Professor Emeritus Sir Geoff Palmer
,
OBE, PhD, DSc, FRSM (DSc)
Scientist, Canada
Ambassador Burchel Whiteman
(LLD)
Diplomat/Educator/Parliamentarian, Jamaica
At the Open Campus
Mr. David Samuel Brandt
(LLD)
Attorney at Law, Montserrat
Ambassador A. Missouri
Sherman-Peter
(LLD)
Diplomat/Public Servant, The Bahamas
Dave Chadee,
Professor in the Department of Life Sciences
at The UWI St. Augustine, will receive an award from
the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for his
“Outstanding Contribution in the Area of Public Health
including Vector Control.” The award will be presented at a
banquet on June 26, 2015, where health research scientists
are recognized for their work.
Professor Gerard Hutchinson, Head of the Psychiatry
Department atThe UWI, in his capacity as a member of the
CARPHA Research Advisory Committee, will deliver the
citation to Professor Chadee.
“Professor Dave Chadee has generated a very credible
and outstanding international reputation because of his
prodigious output of relevant research that has provided
important insights across disciplines of entomology /
epidemiology, medicine and public health,” said Professor
Hutchinson.
The awards ceremony is the highlight of the annual
CARPHA Health Research Conference which is marking
TheNorthWest Regional
HealthAuthority (NWRHA) and
The UWI St. Augustine Campus signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) on May 22, at the Office of the
Campus Principal. The MOU will govern the construction
of a Teaching and Student Facility at the General Hospital,
Port of Spain, which will house students and staff of The
UWI St. Augustine’s Faculty of Medical Sciences.
Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal of The
UWI St. Augustine, Professor Clement Sankat declared the
signing of the MOU as “timely” and emphasised the need
to build capacity at every level for the growing number of
students given current enrolment numbers at the Faculty of
Medical Sciences. He commended Dr. Andy Bhagwandass,
Chairman of the NWRHA and the Honourable Minister of
Health, Dr. Fuad Khan, for their roles in moving the MOU
forward. He stressed the need to “move the agreement from
a vision, a piece of paper to getting something done with
the reputation of The UWI and the accreditation intact.”
Dr. Bhagwandass gave a personal account of his time
From left: Dr. Andy Bhagwandass, Chairman of the NWRHA; Professor Samuel Ramsewak, Dean of The UWI St. Augustine’s Faculty of
Medical Sciences; Mrs. Judith Baliram, Chief Executive Officer for the NWRHA and Professor Clement Sankat, The UWI St. Augustine’s
Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal.
spent as a double alum of bothThe UWI St. Augustine and
Mona Campuses and his unique understanding of the need
for accommodation on a hospital compound: “the site where
students can speak to patients, nurses and staff in a safe
environment and develop the social side of medicine.” He
also stressed that such a facility would encourage regional
and international students to come and share knowledge.
The facility will allow students to be near the hospital around
the clock, allowing them to be able to observe special cases
that are brought in, especially incidents of trauma.
Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Professor
Samuel Ramsewak, expressed great satisfaction on the
occasion, describing the proposed facility as a “premiere
teaching hospital.” He added that it would be outfitted with
approximately 30 rooms including teaching, lecture and
study spaces; kitchen and laundry facilities.
The MOU was signed by Professor Sankat and Dr.
Bhagwandass, witnessed by Mrs. Judith Baliram, Chief
ExecutiveOfficer for theNWRHA and Professor Ramsewak.
New Teaching and Student Facility at POSGH
its 60th anniversary this year when researchers gather in
Grenada.
The theme of this year’s conference is Violence
and Injuries Prevention: an Urgent Public Health and
Development Issue.
More than 170 oral and poster presentations are
expected on a wide range of health issues, such as diabetes,
obesity, breast-feeding, violence, nutrition, substance abuse,
communicable diseases (like Ebola, Dengue, Chikungunya,
HIV), mental health, cancers, health services, non-
communicable diseases and environmental health, with
many sub-sets of these.
The delegates comprise researchers, doctors, health
programmemanagers and policymakers including the Chief
Medical Officers from the 24 CARPHAmember states. The
CARPHA Technical Advisory Committee and the regional
Chief Medical Officers will meet beforehand.
Please visit the conferencewebsite formore information:
CARPHA Award for Professor Chadee
