Faculty of Medicine prof makes World Vision’s top five Canadians to watch

By Meghan Sired
Posted August 14, 2008

Dr. Jenn Brenner, UCalgary pediatrician and associate clinical professor, is listed as one of the top five Canadians to watch by World Vision.

Each year World Vision spotlights five individuals who are using their skills and resources to make a difference in the world. Brenner was acknowledged for her work as project director for Healthy Child Uganda, a community-based child health education project in rural southwestern Uganda.

Through a partnership between doctors at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, the U of C, and the Canadian Paediatric Society, Brenner has helped establish a network of 117 community volunteers who have been trained in basic child health promotion and how to recognize when children can be treated at home or when they need to go to a hospital, often many miles away.

Throughout her training and career, Brenner has taken an active interest in many other international development and global child health issues. She has been involved in numerous projects in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, is an advocate for global child survival programs and has played a leadership role in developing an active section for International Child Health within the Canadian Paediatric Society, which represents paediatricians across Canada.

World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization, which began in China with an American missionary, Dr. Bob Pierce. In 1957, Canada's first World Vision office opened in Toronto. In 2007, Canadians sponsored 454,309 children around the world.

About the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary

The U of C's Faculty of Medicine is a national leader in health research with an international reputation for excellence and innovation in health care research, education and delivery. Through its educational programs, the Faculty of Medicine trains the physicians and scientists who will lead the next generation of health practitioners. Through its clinical work, continuing medical education programs, and close relationship with the Calgary Health Region, the Faculty of Medicine moves new treatments and diagnostic techniques from the laboratory bench to the hospital bedside efficiently and effectively, improving patient care.

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