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  • Hebbar, Malavika

    MBBS, PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | Clinical Scientist, Division of Genome Diagnostics, BC Children’s and Women’s Hospitals Affiliation(s): BC Children’s and Women’s Hospitals Research and Scholarly Interests: Medical Genetics, Genomics, Neurogenetics, Epilepsy Genetics, Rare Disease Gene Discovery Clinical Interests: Clinical Molecular Genetics, Cytogenetics, Genome Diagnostics malavika.hebbar@cw.bc.ca Read More

 





	


Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Diagnostic Medicine for the 21st Century
Strategic Plan 2023-2028

Vision: Transform laboratory medicine and our understanding of disease for better health.

Mission: We are an inclusive department of pathology and laboratory medicine where cutting-edge discoveries are made, future leaders in medicine are trained, and patients receive the highest quality of care.

Values: Global relevance, societal commitment, Integrity, collegiality, curiosity and innovation, equity and inclusiveness.

From the Department Chair
Explore our History
Five Years in Review · 2021–2025
A Brief History of the BMLSc Program (40th Anniversary)

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

A wide variety of pathways from specialist clinical training to research and teaching

Graduate Studies in Pathology
Pathology Residency Program
UBC's Bachelor of Medical Laboratry Science (BMLSc) Program

DISCOVER OUR RESEARCH

A commitment to excellence and collaboration lies at the heart of our world-class research

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Jul 24, 2026


Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl Wellington on receiving $1,699,389 through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant program for a four-year study of plasma biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias! 🌟

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Jul 10, 2026


Congratulations to Dr. Allison Matthews on the renewal for a five year term of her BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute Investigator Grant Award Program (IGAP) Clinical Investigator Award! 🌟














Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl Wellington on receiving a Brain Canada 2025 Platform Support Grant, totaling $1.95 million! 🌟

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Jun 26, 2026


Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Bush, who has received a BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) Investigator Establishment Award, providing up to $200,000 over three years! 🌟














Congratulations to Dr. James Lan and Dr. Karen Sherwood, who are among the 2026 recipients of the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Innovation and Translational Research Awards! 🌟

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Congratulations to Dr. Cornelia Laule and Dr. Bruce Verchere, who are among this year’s recipients of the Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Awards! 🌟

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Congratulations to Dr. David Huntsman on being awarded the Scientific Entrepreneurship Award from Life Sciences BC! 🌟

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Congratulations to Drs. Jenny Tran and James Lan, who have been selected to receive the 2026 TTS International Basic and Translational Sciences Mentee-Mentor Award! 🌟











May 22, 2026


Congratulations to Drs. Karen Sherwood and James Lan on receiving the 2026 Innovation & Translational Research Awards funded by the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, valued at $100,000 each over 2 years! 🌟











May 08, 2026


Congratulations to UBC Medical Microbiology trainees, Drs. Geneviève Amaral (PGY-4), Emma Finlayson-Trick (PGY-3), and Lynne Li (Medical Microbiology, CW) for being recognized at AMMI Canada – CACMID Annual Conference 🌟











Apr 10, 2026


Congratulations to Dr. David Huntsman on being awarded the 2025 Rosalind Franklin Prize for Excellence in Ovarian Cancer Research by the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA)! 🌟

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Mar 20, 2026


Congratulations to Drs. Cornelia Laule and Leandro Venturutti, whose projects are part of a $21M federal investment to accelerate research infrastructure at UBC Medicine! 🌟

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Congratulations to Drs. Patrick Tang, Marcel Bally, and David Huntsman for partnering with industry to advance newly funded genomics projects aimed at improving disease detection, diagnosis and treatment! 🌟

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Mar 06, 2026


Congratulations to Dr. Poul Sorensen on receiving the Chew Wei Memorial Prize in Cancer Research! This national UBC Faculty of Medicine award honours a Canadian physician or scientist for outstanding contributions to cancer treatment and therapies. 🌟














Congratulations to Dr. David Huntsman for being awarded $2 million to support research on ovarian cancer prevention! 🌟

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Feb 20, 2026


Congratulations to a team of UBC researchers, led by Dr. Ali Bashashati, for being part of an international team awarded $2 million to use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve prediction of ovarian cancer survival, support treatment selection, and inform clinical trial recommendations! 🌟

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Jan 09, 2026


Congratulations to Amirhossein Bahreyni, Ph.D. candidate, who has received the 2025 James C. Hogg Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI), University of British Columbia and St. Paul’s Hospital!🌟











Dec 12, 2025


Congratulations to Dr. Poul Sorensen on receiving the 2025 alumni UBC Research and Innovation Award! 🌟

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Nov 27, 2025


Congratulations to Dr. Christian Steidl on receiving a 2025 Operating Grant in Blood Cancer, co-funded by AstraZeneca Canada and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada! 🌟

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Oct 31, 2025


Congratulations to a team of UBC and BC Cancer Research Institute investigators, co-led by Dr. David Huntsman and Dr. Torsten Nielsen, who have received renewed support through a $5.5-million Terry Fox New Frontiers Program Project Grant (PPG)! 🌟

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Mission

We are an inclusive Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine where cutting-edge discoveries are made, future leaders in medicine are trained, and patients receive the highest quality of care.

Vision

Transform laboratory medicine and our understanding of disease for better health.

OUR VALUES:
global relevance.
societal commitment.
integrity.
collegiality.
curiosity and innovation.
equity and inclusiveness.
OUR VALUES:
global relevance.
societal commitment.
integrity.
collegiality.
curiosity and innovation.
equity and inclusiveness.

Pathology Newsletter

Throughout the year, there are numerous initiatives, interesting news, faculty/staff accomplishments, and ongoing research happening in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. This is where we recap it all for you in an easily digestible bi-annual newsletter.

Jun 2024
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Sept 2021

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"We acknowledge that our place of work is within the unceded land of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Squamish, Musqueam, Stó:lō, Tsleil-Waututh, and Stz’uminus Nations."

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