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Laboratory Quality Conference (LabQCon)

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Laboratory Quality Conference (LabQCon)
June 16-17th, 2025, in person and via Zoom!
Paetzole Health Education Center, Vancouver General Hospital

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Yuan, Christopher

Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | BCEHS IPAC Practitioner | PHSA Infection Prevention & Control Affiliation(s): BC Children’s Hospital Clinical Interests: christopher.yuan@phsa.ca

Ung, Karen

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | Pathologist, Vancouver Coastal Health Affiliation(s): Vancouver Coastal Health Clinical Interests: diagnostic pathology karen.ung@vch.ca

Tapley, Laura

M.D., FRCPC Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | Transfusion Medicine, Kelowna General Hospital Affiliation(s): Kelowna General Hospital, Interior Health Authority Clinical Interests: transfusion therapy in hemoglobinopathies, fibrinogen replacement in postpartum hemorrhage, and treatment outcomes in hematologic malignancies laura.tapley@interiorhealth.ca

Peng, Sophia

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | Hematopathologist, Royal Jubilee Hospital Affiliation(s): Royal Jubilee Hospital, Island Health Authority Clinical Interests: hematological pathology Sophia.peng@islandhealth.ca

Cai, Ellen (Shuo)

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | Pathologist, Kelowna General Hospital, Interior Health Authority Affiliation(s): Kelowna General Hospital Clinical Interests: diagnosis of diseases of the female reproductive system Ellen.Cai@interiorhealth.ca

Berg, Kyra

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | Anatomical Pathologist, Kelowna General Hospital, Interior Health Authority Affiliation(s): Kelowna General Hospital Research and Scholarly Interests: Clinical Interests: GI / liver Kyra.Berg@interiorhealth.ca

Airo, Adriana

PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Clinical Microbiologist and Program Head, Serology Laboratory BCCDC Affiliation(s): BC Centre for Disease Control Clinical Interests: viral hepatitis, emerging viral pathogens and zoonotic diseases adriana.airo@bccdc.ca

Myles, Nickolas

MD, PhD, MSc, FRCPC, DRCPSC Academic Rank(s): Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Anatomical Pathologist, St. Paul’s Hospital Affiliation(s): St. Paul’s Hospital Clinical Interests: surgical pathology, cytopathology, autopsy pathology and clinical cancer research nmyles@providencehealth.bc.ca

Turley, Elona

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Associate Professor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Staff Hematopathologist, BC Children’s Affiliation(s): BC Children’s Clinical Interests: Massive hemorrhage, Anticoagulation, Heritable bleeding disorders, Quality improvement, Patient-centered pathology elona.turley@cw.bc.ca

Nouri, Kazem

MSc, PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Clinical Biochemist at Vancouver General Hospital Affiliation(s): Vancouver General Hospital Research and Scholarly Interests: Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology and Autoantibody Testing, Cancer Biology Clinical Interests: Clinical Diagnostic Testing, Laboratory Test Utilization, Quality Improvement and Assurance kazem.nouri@vch.ca

Patel, Prital

PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Senior Scientist, Public Health Affiliation(s): BCCDC Clinical Interests: Public Health Surveillance; Data Integration; Social Determinants of Health; Health Equity; Implementation Science prital.patel@bccdc.ca

Yeung, Eugene

MD, MSc, BSc(Pharm), FRCPC, FCCM, D(ABMM), DTM&H, CTH, AFTM RCPS(Glasg) Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Medical Microbiology Consultant Physician, LifeLabs Affiliation(s): Lifelabs Clinical Interests: Blood Culture Diagnostics; Antimicrobial Resistance and Susceptibility Testing; Interprofessional Collaboration; Diagnostic Microbiology; Emerging Pathogens Eugene.Yeung@lifelabs.com

Maung, Raymond

M.B.,B.S Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Staff Pathologist, Interior Health Authority (Kamloops) Affiliation(s): University Hospital of Northern BC Research and Scholarly Interests: Pathology Workload Measurement; Human Resources in Pathology; Quality Assurance in Laboratory Medicine; Telepathology; Patient Safety Raymond.Maung@northernhealth.ca

Yi, Rong

MSc Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Mass Spectrometry Scientist at St. Paul’s Hospital Affiliation(s): St. Paul’s Hospital Clinical Interests: mass spectrometry applications in clinical diagnostics, hormone and protein quantitation using LC-MS/MS, automated sample handling workflow ryi1@providencehealth.bc.ca

Yang, Hua

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia | Pathologist, St. Paul’s Affiliation(s):St. Paul’s Hospital Clinical Interests: Breast pathology and oncology; Breast cancer biomarkers; Pathological response to therapy, Quality control in pathology hyang8@providencehealth.bc.ca

Wagland, Kaelyn

MSc Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia | Pathologists Assistant, St. Paul’s Affiliation(s):St. Paul’s Hospital Clinical Interests: 3D surface scanning in anatomical pathology; Educational and clinical applications in pathology labs kwagland@providencehealth.bc.ca

Tang, Patrick

MD, PhD, FRCPC Academic Rank(s): Clinical Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC; Medical Microbiologist, St. Paul’s Hospital Affiliation(s): St. Paul’s Hospital Research and Scholarly Interests: Microbial Genomics, Metagenomics, Molecular Diagnostics ptang2@providencehealth.bc.ca

Singh, Harmanjot

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Anatomical Pathologist, St. Paul’s Hospital Affiliation(s): St. Paul’s Hospital Clinical Interests: anatomical pathology hsingh5@providencehealth.bc.ca

Shopsowitz, Kevin

MD, PhD, FRCPC Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Hematopathologist, VGH Affiliation(s): VGH Clinical Interests: hematopathology, machine learning in diagnostic pathology, molecular diagnostics kevin.shopsowitz@vch.ca

Schick, Brian

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Anatomical Pathologist, Surrey Memorial Hospital Affiliation(s): Surrey Memorial Hospital Clinical Interests: gastrointestinal, hepatic & pancreatobiliary pathology brian.schick@fraserhealth.ca

Orton, Dennis

PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Clinical Biochemist, BC Children’s Hospital Affiliation(s): BC Children’s and Women’s Clinical Interests: diagnostic tests, pharmacogenomics, proteomics dennis.orton@cw.bc.ca

Liu, Suefay Harumi

MD, FRCPC, DTM&H Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia Affiliation(s): Vancouver General Hospital Clinical Interests: Infectious Diseases and Immunology / Microbiology Suefay.liu@vch.ca

Liao, Connie

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s): Royal Columbian Hospital Clinical Interests: anatomical pathology connie.liao@fraserhealth.ca

Li, Peihao

MDPA, PA(ASCP)CM, CCCPA-CCCAP Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Pathologists Assistant, St. Paul’s Hospital Affiliation(s): St. Paul’s Hospital Clinical Interests: clinical service and education, pharmacology and toxicology, gastrointestinal pli1@providencehealth.bc.ca

Leung, Crystal

MHS, PA(ASCP)cm (CCCPA-CCCAP) Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Pathologists’ Assistant Supervisor, St. Paul’s Hospital Affiliation(s): St. Paul’s Hospital Clinical Interests: clinical education, surgical pathology cleung32@providencehealth.bc.ca

Lee, Jonathan

MD Academic Rank(s):Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Anatomical Pathologist, Surrey Memorial Hospital Affiliation(s): Surrey Memorial Research and Scholarly Interests: Clinical Interests: Dermatopathology/Skin Pathology; Digital/Computational Pathology and Machine Learning; Enitourinary Pathology; Liver/Transplant Pathology; Clinical Sleep Medicine Research jonathan.lee1@fraserhealth.ca

Froberg, Helena

MDPA Academic Rank(s):Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Pathologists’ Assistant, St Paul’s hospital, Providence Health, Vancouver, BC Affiliation(s): St. Paul’s Hospital Research and Scholarly Interests: Clinical Interests: Surgical Pathology Specimen Processing and Analysis; Autopsy Pathology and Postmortem Examination hfroberg@providencehealth.bc.ca

Dokouhaki, Pouneh

MD PhD Academic Rank(s):Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Renal Pathologist, St Paul’s hospital, Providence Health, Vancouver, BC Affiliation(s): St. Paul’s Hospital Research and Scholarly Interests: Clinical Interests: Renal/Transplant Pathology; Laboratory Medicine/Test Utilization; ImmunologyImmunogenetics/HLA Testing; Metabolomics/Proteomics pdokouhaki@providencehealth.bc.ca

Dabiri, Bahram

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s): St. Paul’s Research and Scholarly Interests: Clinical Interests: Genitourinary/Gynecologic Pathology; Neuroendocrine Tumors/Endocrine Pathology; COVID-19 Pathology; Quality Assurance/Laboratory Systems; Cancer Biology/Tumor Microenvironment bdabiri@providencehealth.bc.ca

Congratulations to Dr. David Huntsman of UBC Pathology & Laboratory Medicine on receiving The King Charles III Coronation Medal

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

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Awan, Shuja

Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Infection Control Practitioner, Forensic Psychiatric Hospital Affiliation(s): PHSA Research and Scholarly Interests: public health, infection prevention & control shuja.awan@phsa.ca

Congratulations to UBC’s Dr. Poul Sorensen

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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Arena, Goffredo

MD, CHIR. VASC (ITA), FACS, FRCS (Ca) Academic Rank(s): Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s): VGH / McGill University Research and Scholarly Interests:horizontal transfer of malignant traits, extracellular vesicles trafficking and their biological effect, validation of a novel blood test for detection of cancer, liquid biopsy Clinical Interests: […]

2024 Presidents Staff Award

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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Enfield, Katey

PhD Academic Rank(s): Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; Scientist in the Department of Integrative Oncology at the BC Cancer Research Institute Affiliation(s): BC Cancer Research Institute Research and Scholarly Interests: lung cancer, tumour microenvironment, cancer immunology, B cells, spatial profiling techniques, bioinformatics, data integration kenfield@bccrc.ca

Dr. Torsten Nielsen Elected to the Royal Society of Canada

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.

Alford, Morgan

PhD Academic Rank(s):Sessional Instructor (BMLSc Program), Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Affiliation(s): UBC Hospital Research and Scholarly Interests: infectious disease, antimicrobial resistance, vaccine development, molecular diagnostics, scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) m.alford@ubc.ca Social Media: linkedin

Cheryl Wellington has been elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences!

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!

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Corree Laule Promotion

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.

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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2024 VANIER AND BANTING AWARDS

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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For the first time in the world, a new method to match donor organs to recipients will be tested in Canada.

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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Wang, Meng

PhD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Research and Development Scientist – Vancouver General Hospital Affiliation(s): Vancouver General Hospital Research and Scholarly Interests: Analytical chemistry, LC-MS/MS, spectroscopy and NMR meng.wang@vch.ca

Saeedi, Ramesh

MD, PhD, FRCPC Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Medical Biochemist – Victoria General Hospital Affiliation(s): Victoria General Hospital Research and Scholarly Interests: Innovative vaccine and therapeutic strategies ramesh.saeedi@islandhealth.ca

Liu, Ariel (Yi)

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Anatomical Pathologist – Royal Columbian Hospital Affiliation(s): Royal Columbian Hospital Research and Scholarly Interests: Dermatopathology yiariel.liu@fraserhealth.ca

Fergie, Bridget

BMBCh MA(Oxon) FRCPath FRCPC Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Staff Anatomical Pathologist – Mills Memorial Hospital Affiliation(s): Mills Memorial Hospital Research and Scholarly Interests: Gastrointestinal pathology and diagnostic cytology bridget.fergie@northernhealth.ca

Borretta, Lisa

MD Academic Rank(s): Clinical Instructor Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC | Staff Anatomical Pathologist/Dermatopathologist – Kelowna General Hospital Affiliation(s): Kelowna General (Interior Health) Research and Scholarly Interests: Dermatopathology, Lipoprotein Disorders, Collagen Degeneration, Rare Cutaneous Diseases, Diagnostic Histopathology lisa.borretta@interiorhealth.ca