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Tissa Rahim MSc Defence

MSc DEFENCE – Student: Tissa Rahim [TITLE: INVESTIGATING THE REGULATION OF ARNT2, A NEUROPROTECTIVE PROTEIN, IN MODELS OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS] Read more…

Pathology at a Glance 2015/16

Pathology at a Glance 2015/16 (PDF) Read more…

Tyler Verdun

Congratulations to Dr. Tyler Verdun, our newest General Pathologist! Congratulations on passing your Royal College exams, and wishing you success in your future career.

Ms. Debbie Conn Staff Service Award in the Technologist/Technician Category

Ms. Debbie Conn Staff Service Award in the Technologist/Technician Category

Dr. Muhammad Morshed Excellence in Service

Dr. Muhammad Morshed Excellence in Service

Dr. Stephen Yip Excellence in Education

Dr. Stephen Yip Excellence in Education

Mr. Simon Dee Staff Service Award in the Administration Category

Mr. Simon Dee Staff Service Award in the Administration Category

Dr. Marianne Sadar Excellence in Research and Discovery

Dr. Marianne Sadar Excellence in Research and Discovery

Dr. Kevin Bennewith Early Career Excellence in Research and Discovery

Dr. Kevin Bennewith Early Career Excellence in Research and Discovery

Dr. Jacqueline Quandt Most Valuable Player

Dr. Jacqueline Quandt Most Valuable Player

Dr. Morris Pudek David Hardwick Lifetime Achievement

Dr. Morris Pudek David Hardwick Lifetime Achievement

Dr. Melvyn Bernstein Resident Teaching Awards

RESIDENCY PROGRAM: Dr. Sylvie Champagne (Medical Microbiology) Dr. Melvyn Bernstein Resident Teaching Awards

Dr. Roberta Miller Resident Teaching Awards

RESIDENCY PROGRAM: Dr. Tom Thomson (Anatomical Pathology) Dr. Roberta Miller Resident Teaching Awards

The Reid Memorial Cup

BMLSc PROGRAM: Ms. Jennifer Xenakis The Reid Memorial Cup

Graduates’ Choice for Teaching Excellence Awards

BMLSc PROGRAM: Dr. Morris Pudek, Dr. Michael Nimmo and Ms. Brenda Smith Graduates’ Choice for Teaching Excellence Awards

Dr. Phillip Lange Congratulations to Dr. Phillip Lange on receiving 2016 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Award. [Biomedical: Translational Proteomics and Systems Biology of Pediatric Malignancies]
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Pathology Newsletter Fall Winter 2015/16

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Michael Allard takes on another role: alumni leader

Dr. Michael Allard takes on another role: alumni leader Read more…

Yulia Merkulova

MSc DEFENCE – Student: Yulia Merkulova [TITLE: GRANZYME B INHIBITS KERATINOCYTE MIGRATION BY DISRUPTING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR (EGFR)-MEDIATED SIGNALING] Read more…

Matthew Budd

MSc DEFENCE – Student: Matthew Budd [TITLE: EXPLORING MITOCHONDRIAL DNA ABNORMALITIES IN HIV-EXPOSED UNINFECTED CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: A CASE CONTROL STUDY] Read more…

Stephen Yip award

Dr. Stephen Yip has been selected as the 2016 recipient of the Junior Scientist Award from the Canadian Association of Pathologists.
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Dr. Randy Gascoyne wins 2016 Aubrey J. Tingle Prize

Dr. Randy Gascoyne Congratulations to Dr. Gascoyne the 2016 recipient of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research – Aubrey J. Tingle Prize.
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Paul Hanson PhD

PhD DEFENCE – Student: Paul Hanson [TITLE: VIRAL PROTEASE DISRUPTION OF HOST TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION FACTORS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF COXSACKIEVIRUS B3 INDUCED VIRAL MYOCARDITIS] Read more…

Robert Kridel PhD Defence

PhD DEFENCE – Student: Robert Kridel [TITLE: THE GENETIC BASIS OF TRANSFORMATION AND PROGRESSION IN FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA] Read more…

Dr. Huntsman on receiving the inaugural Gerald award for Translational (cancer) Research

Dr. David Huntsman Congratulations to Dr. Huntsman on receiving the inaugural Gerald award for Translational (cancer) Research and Pathology from Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Centre.
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Alistair Chenery Phd

PhD DEFENCE – Student: Alistair Chenery [TITLE: REGULATION OF MUCOSAL T CELL RESPONSES BY INTESTINAL HELMINTHS AND RETINOIC ACID METABOLISM] Read more…

Dr. Mari DeMarco Award

Dr. Mari DeMarco Congratulations to Dr. Mari DeMarco recipient of the 2016 American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Outstanding Scientific Achievements by a Young Investigator Award.
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Dr. Victor Ling, TFRI’s President and Scientific Director, who has been honoured with the LifeSciences BC Dr. Don Rix Award for Lifetime Achievement

Dr. Victor Ling Congratulations to Dr. Victor Ling, TFRI’s President and Scientific Director, who has been honoured with the LifeSciences BC Dr. Don Rix Award for Lifetime Achievement.
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Congratulations to Dr. Poul Sorensen on winning the Canadian Cancer Society’s Robert L. Noble Prize

Dr. Poul Sorensen Congratulations to Dr. Poul Sorensen on winning the Canadian Cancer Society’s Robert L. Noble Prize for outstanding achievements in basic biomedical cancer research.
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PhD DEFENCE Melissa Glier

PhD DEFENCE – Student: Melissa Glier [TITLE: METHYL METABOLISM IN OBESITY-RELATED CARDIAC REMODELING] Read more…

Dr. David Schaeffer Award

Dr. David Schaeffer Congratulations to Dr. David Schaeffer this year’s recipient of the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Investigator Awards.
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Bruce McManus Jacob Biely Research Prize

Dr. Bruce McManus Congratulations to Dr. Bruce McManus, recipient of this year’s Jacob Biely Research Prize, UBC’s Premier Research Honour.
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MSc Defence Emma Conway

PhD DEFENCE – Student: Emma Conway [TITLE: CISPLATIN PARTIALLY IMPEDES LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA-MEDIATED M2 MACROPHAGE POLARIZATION] Read more…

PhD DEFENCE Chansonette Badduke

PhD DEFENCE – Student: Chansonette Badduke [TITLE: FUNCTIONAL GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF NOVEL MICRODELETIONS AND MICRODUPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY] Read more…

Lynn (Yu-Hsuan) Huang

PhD DEFENCE – Student: Lynn (Yu-Hsuan) Huang [TITLE: THE ROLE OF SAP IN ANTIGEN PRIMING AND DIFFERENTIATION OF T LYMPHOCYTES] Read more…

Dr. Dana Devine inducted into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Dr. Dana Devine, Profesor, Dept of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Chief Medical and Scientific Officer at Canadian Blood Services, was inducted into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS). Fellowship in the academy is considered one of the highest honours for members of the health science community in Canada Read more…

Malaria parasite could help fight cancer, B.C. researchers find

Malaria parasite could help fight cancer, B.C. researchers find. “This is an extraordinary finding that paves the way for targeting sugar molecules in pediatric and adulthood human cancer, and our groups are vigorously pursuing this possibility together,” Poul Sorensen, a UBC professor of pathology, said in a press release.
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Vancouver project will track bacteria through patients and nurses

Dr. Elizabeth Bryce Vancouver project will track bacteria through patients and nurses. Researchers ask what happens after the immune system is disabled for a bone-marrow transplant. Dr. Elizabeth Bryce, regional medical director for Infection Prevention and Control at Vancouver Coastal Health, one of three researchers leading the work.

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Bruce McManus receives 2015 Howard Morgan Award

Bruce McManus receives 2015 Howard Morgan Award. Bruce McManus, Professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine is the 2015 recipient of the Howard Morgan Award for Distinguished Achievements in Cardiovascular Research. Read more…

PhD Kevin Yang

PhD DEFENCE – Student: Kevin Yang [TITLE: DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITOR OF ANDROGEN RECEPTOR TO TREAT CASTRATION-RESISTANT PROSTATE CANCER] Read more…

Jithendra (Jay) Gunawardana

PhD DEFENCE – Student: Jithendra (Jay) Gunawardana [TITLE: IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL RECURRENT MUTATIONS IN PRIMARY MEDIASTINAL LARGE B CELL LYMPHOMA AND HODGKIN LYMPHOMA] Read more…

PhD Junyan Shi

PhD DEFENCE – Student: Junyan Shi [TITLE: DISRUPTION OF SELECTIVE AUTOPHAGY IN COXSACKIEVIRUS B3 INFECTION] Read more…

Dr. David Hardwick

Dr. David Hardwick was presented Dr. Cam Cody Medal of Excellence award at the Doctors of BC Annual General Meeting on June 12, 2015. The Dr. Cam Coady Award commemorates Dr. Coady’s great love of medicine and to ensure that his goals and objectives to achieve excellence in health care continue to be fostered. Read more…

Dr. Andrew Churg

Dr. Andrew Churg received the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pulmonary Pathology Society. Congratulations on this very well deserved recognition. Read more…

Dr. Ian Mackenzie

Dr. Ian Mackenzie Dr. Ian Mackenzie is the 2015 recipient of the Scientific Achievement Award which is awarded annually by the Medical/Dental and Allied Staff of Vancouver Acute Health Service Delivery Area. Congratulations!
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Congratulations to Dr. Bruce McManus

Congratulations to Dr. Bruce McManus, winner of the 2015 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award. This award recognizes individuals whose performance during an assessment period (January 1 to December 31) was particularly meritorious. Read more…

Congratulations to Dr. Bruce Verchere

Congratulations to Dr. Bruce Verchere, winner of the 2015 Faculty of Medicine Award for Excellence in Mentoring Early Career Faculty. This award recognizes faculty members who have formally been identified as mentors and who exemplify a deep commitment to fostering the professional and personal development of faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers. Read more…