Bill Meekison Memorial Scholarship in Public Health

Outstanding UBC Vancouver M.P.H. and Ph.D. students in the School of Population and Public Health who are researching public health may be considered for this scholarship.

The award amount varies. Scholarships are funded through an endowment established by friends and family in memory of Bill Meekison (1934-2019).

Recipients are recommended by the School of Population and Public Health in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. There is no separate student application.

Bill (B.A. 1957, M.D. 1962, M.P.H.) obtained his Master of Public Health from the University of Toronto after graduating from UBC and began his career as a public health officer in Williams Lake, British Columbia. He was an advocate for preventative medicine and public health, advising on vaccine clinical trials for the chicken pox vaccine.