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Pathology Day, May 19, 2017

Oral presentations and guest speakers will be at the Paetzold Education Centre while the poster session and awards reception will be at ICORD, Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, 818 West 10th Ave. Abstract submission deadline March 27, 2017 For more information contact Cristina Low 604.822.7102
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Pathology’s Seasonal Celebration

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO SNOW WARNING. THE ORIGINAL EVENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR DEC 9, 2016, BUT HAS BEEN MOVED TO JAN 20, 2017 FROM 4:30pm to 6:30pm at MSAC
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The UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is an academic department of the UBC Faculty of Medicine, and has major responsibilities and leadership in activities related to education, research and academic practice.













  
 2:22 pm
 
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! 🌟  
Laboratory Quality Conference (LabQCon)

June 16-17th, 2025, in person and via Zoom!

Paetzole Health Education Center, Vancouver General Hospital 






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 10:06 am
 
Congratulations to Dr. David Huntsman of UBC Pathology & Laboratory Medicine on receiving The King Charles III Coronation Medal! 🌟  







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 9:27 am
 
Congratulations to UBC’s Dr. Poul Sorensen, Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, on receiving the 2024 Doctors of BC Terry Fox Medal for his outstanding contributions to hashtag#ChildhoodCancer research and translating scientific discoveries into clinical practice. 🌟  







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 11:24 am
 
Congrats to Joanne Wouterse, Jennifer Xenakis, Jenny Tai, and Juliana Li for receiving the 2024 President’s Staff Award for Collaborative Excellence! 👏 Their teamwork and dedication to the BMLSc program at UBC are truly inspiring.  







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 12:42 pm
 
Congratulations to our professor, Dr. Torsten Nielsen, on being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for his outstanding contributions to pathology and laboratory medicine. 





 




  
 9:33 am
 
Dr. Cheryl Wellington has been elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences! This honor recognizes her outstanding contributions and leadership in health sciences. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Wellington on this wonderful achievement!





 




  
 10:30 am
 
Join us in congratulating Dr. Cornelia (Corree) Laule on her promotion to Professor! 🥳👏 With 22 years of experience in MRI research, Dr. Laule has made significant contributions to our understanding of multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injuries. 





 




  
 10:23 am
 
Dr. Cheryl Wellington and her collaborative network have been awarded $3.4M to support survivors of intimate partner violence with brain injuries.  







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 10:13 am
 
Congrats to our Pathology students for winning 2024 Vanier and Banting awards: Razieh Sadat Banijamali(Vanier);  Dr. Anne-Sophie Archambault (Banting), and Dr. Zhenwei Ma (Banting).  







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 6:22 pm
 
For the first time in the world, a new method to match donor organs to recipients will be tested in Canada. The research project just received $5.8 million in funding  







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 1:03 pm
 
Dr. Marc Romney is leading the integration of robots and AI in B.C.  hospitals, as highlighted by @CBCNews. Discover how this transforms  patient care:  







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 9:59 am
 
Appreciation: Professor Naveena Singh, 1964–2023  
It is with profound sadness that we inform you of the passing of Dr. Naveena Singh. Dr. Singh joined the department in 2021. 






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 9:15 am
 
Congratulations to Dr. Samuel Aparicio, winner of the Cancer Society's Robert L. Noble Prize! This award is given to a researcher for outstanding achievements in basic biomedical cancer research. 







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 10:15 am
 
Congratulations to our faculty members for their remarkable achievement in receiving the prestigious 2023 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Awards: Honglin Luo - Excellence in Basic Science Research; David Huntsman - Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research; Aly Karsan - Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research; and Amanda Bradley - Excellence in Education.  







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 10:21 am
 
Dr. Huntsman is being awarded an honorary degree from Memorial University  







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 1:31 pm
 
Congratulations to Dr. Sam Aparicio on the renewal of his Tier-1 Canada Research Chair  







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 1:27 pm
 
Congratulations to Dr. Jay Kizhakkedathu  for being awarded the new Tier 1 Canadian Research Chair  







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 1:21 pm
 
Congratulations to Dr. Aly Karsan  for being awarded the new Tier 1 Canadian Research Chair  







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 12:57 pm
 
Congratulations to Jennifer Xenakis on winning The Richard Hare Award. The Richard Hare Award is given to the worker safety advocate who has taken on a longstanding leadership role in the university’s health and safety community   



 




  
 12:54 pm
 
Congratulations to Dr. Cornelia Laule receiving the 2022 Overall Excellence — Mid-Career  







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 12:49 pm
 
Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl Wellington receiving the 2022 Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research   







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 12:33 pm
 
Congratulations to Dr. Jay Jay Kizhakkedathu receiving the 2022 Distinguished Achievement Awards   







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 12:29 pm
 
Congratulations to Dr. Aly Karsan on receiving the 2022 Killam Research Prize   







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 12:23 pm
 
Congratulations to Dr. Tracy Tucker on receiving the 2022 Killam Teaching Prize   







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 11:56 am
 
Congratulations to Dr. David Goldfarb on receiving the 2022 Clinical Faculty Award for Excellence in Research   







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 11:47 am
 
Andrew Churg was appointed as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Medicine,  congratulations.   



 




  
 11:26 am
 
The Wellington lab is honoured to have leadership roles in the International Initiative on Traumatic Brain Injury Research, The Canadian Traumatic Brain Injury Research Consortium, and the Canadian Concussion Network. 







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 1:02 pm
 
Dr. Mari DeMarco is a recipient of the 2022 CSCC Award for Research Excellence. The Award for Research Excellence is presented to an individual or group, as a mark of recognition of their contribution to research related to clinical chemistry in Canada. 







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 1:07 pm
 
 CHAIR is pleased to select Dr. Victor Leung, Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control and the Physician Lead of Antimicrobial Stewardship at Providence Health Care (PHC), as the 2021 CHAIR Leadership Award recipient in Vancouver, BC.   



 




  
 1:26 pm
 
Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl Wellington  on receiving a 2022 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research! 







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 1:25 pm
 
Congratulations to Dr. Corree Laule  on receiving a 2022 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for Overall Excellence – Mid-career!   







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 1:17 pm
 
Congratulations to Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu  on receiving a 2022 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Basic Science Research!  







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 11:09 am
 
 Dr. Dana V. Devine has been elected as The Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) new President, effective September 29, 2022. 







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 11:09 am
 
 Dr. Michelle Wong has been appointed as the new Assistant Dean, Student Affairs, Fraser, from June 1, 2022 – May 31, 2025, with the possibility of a 3-year appointment renewal term. 





 




  
 11:12 am
 
 Dr. Elizabeth Bryce is a recipient of the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards 2022.  







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 11:53 am
 
Dr. Lange, Dr. Kizhakkedathu and Dr. Yazdani-Ahmadabadi have developed a new silver-based coating for medical devices that kills bacteria and prevents infection.







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 11:46 am
 
Dr. Poul Sorensen has been named the recipient of the 2022 Herman Suit Award from the the Connective Tissue Oncology Society for his pioneering work on human sarcomas, which are malignant tumors of the connective tissues. The award is presented annually for outstanding contributions to the basic science of sarcomas. 







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 11:24 am
 
 	Dr. Mari DeMarco Winner of the 2022 Michael S. Bereman Award for Innovative Clinical Proteomics. 







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 11:17 am
 
 Dr. Tracy Tucker is a recipient of the prestigious 2021/2022 Killam Teaching Prize, which is awarded to UBC faculty in recognition of excellence in teaching.  







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 10:53 am
 
Feature Stories  Dr. Poul Sorensen’s breakthrough cancer research has saved countless lives. But he thinks we can cut the time from discovery to treatment by 50% — or more.







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 10:57 am
 
Ovarian Cancer Scientists at UBC are determined to reduce ovarian cancer deaths and suffering by 50 per cent over the next decade.







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 9:54 am
 
Congratulations to Dr. Aly Karsan , who received a prestigious UBC Killam Research Prize for 2021  in the applied sciences, medicine & sciences, senior category. 







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 3:10 pm
 
 Congratulations to Dr. Ramon Klein Geltink, who has been awarded funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) to support his project titled “Metabolic monitoring of immune cell function”  







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 3:24 pm
 
 Congratulations to Drs. Leandro Venturutti, Ying Wang, Yuzhuo Wang, David Granville, Andrew Minchinton and, Edward Pryzdial CIHR Fall 2021 Project Grant Recipients!  







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 9:35 am
 
 This year marks the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLSc) program’s 40th anniversary 







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 10:15 am
 
 We wanted to share this story  featuring one of our clinical faculty members, Dr. Mari DeMarco. Some truly remarkable work on Alzheimer’s diagnostics testing, and a first in Canada. 







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 10:10 am
 
 Congratulations to Drs. Amal El Naggar, David Huntsman and Poul Sorensen for being awarded the 2021 ovCAN/Ovarian Cancer Canada-Cancer Research Society Grant for the project entitled: "CTH in clear cell ovarian cancer: a targetable legacy of endometriotic origins"   




  
 4:29 pm
 
 Dr. Mel Krajden - Individual Leadership Impact Award, Life Sciences BC   







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 11:48 am
 
 Congratulations to Dr. Torsten Nielsen for being one of the 2021 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients, Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research category.   







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 11:43 am
 
 Congratulations to Dr. Mel Krajden for being one of the 2021 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients, Service to the University and Community category.   







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Enrollment is now open! Class begins February 15, 2017 


Biospecimen Research Methods is a UBCx online professional education course offered from www.edx.org This course will help you transform the quality of your research by teaching you the biobanking best practices to collect, store and use human biospecimens in the laboratory. This course is designed for researchers including graduate and undergraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, pathology residents and research technicians who work with human biospecimens.


Over 6 weeks, professionals with extensive experience in biobanking from the University of British Columbia and the British Columbia Cancer Agency will teach you the international best practices for biobanking and research involving human biospecimens, based on National Cancer Institute (NCI) and International Society of Biological Environmental Repositories standards (ISBER).


Learn more about Biospecimen Research Methods and enrol today!

Questions? Please contact info@biobanking.org 




 

















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