Andrew Churg was appointed as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Medicine
Andrew Churg was appointed as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Medicine, congratulations.
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
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.
Dr. Dana V. Devine has been elected as The Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) new President, effective September 29, 2022
Dr. Dana V. Devine has been elected as The Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) new President, effective September 29, 2022.
Dr. Michelle Wong has been appointed as the new Assistant Dean, Student Affairs, Fraser,
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.
Dr. Lange, Dr. Kizhakkedathu and Dr. Yazdani-Ahmadabadi have developed a new silver-based coating for medical devices that kills bacteria and prevents infection
Dr. Lange, Dr. Kizhakkedathu and Dr. Yazdani-Ahmadabadi have developed a new silver-based coating for medical devices that kills bacteria and prevents infection.
Feature Stories Poul Sorensen
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.
Ovarian Cancer Dr. Huntsman
Ovarian Cancer Scientists at UBC are determined to reduce ovarian cancer deaths and suffering by 50 per cent over the next decade.
Congratulations to Dr. Ramon Klein Geltink, who has been awarded funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund
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”
Congratulations to Drs. Leandro Venturutti, Ying Wang, Yuzhuo Wang, David Granville, Andrew Minchinton, Edward Pryzdial CIHR Fall 2021 Project Grant Recipients
Congratulations to Drs. Leandro Venturutti, Ying Wang, Yuzhuo Wang, David Granville, Andrew Minchinton and, Edward Pryzdial CIHR Fall 2021 Project Grant Recipients!
This year marks the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLSc) program’s 40th anniversary
This year marks the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLSc) program’s 40th anniversary
Alzheimer’s diagnostics testing
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.
Congratulations to Drs. Amal El Naggar, David Huntsman and Poul Sorensen for being awarded the 2021 ovCAN/Ovarian Cancer Canada
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”
In Memoriam page for David Hardwick
Dr. Hardwick’s in memoriam page is now published:
FROM TESTS TO VACCINES: THE LAB’S ROLE IN A PANDEMIC
FROM TESTS TO VACCINES: THE LAB’S ROLE IN A PANDEMIC RCH Foundation Interview with Dr. Reza Alaghehbandan
Long-term care residents show weaker immune response to first dose of vaccine
In the News: Vancouver Sun: Long-term care residents show weaker immune response to first dose of vaccine
Graduate Student Job Opportunity
Mitacs Internship Opportunity for Summer Term 2021 (Graduate Students Job Opportunity)
Gift announcement
Gift announcement!: Throughout his career, Don Rix had supported laboratory quality including providing a donation in 2007 that supported the establishment of the Program Office for Laboratory Quality Management. Don Rix’s rich history in quality and research will continue to be recognized through his daughter, Laurie Rix’s generous donation, and the Provost’s matching funding, that will enable the creation of the Rix Professorship in Laboratory Quality, a grant tenure track appointment. The creation of this appointment will allow the successful successor to build upon foundations of Education, Outreach, and Research activities of Clinical Microbiology Proficiency Testing program and Program Office for Laboratory Quality.
Sharing recent CFI success: Mel Krajden
Sharing recent CFI success: Linking Transmission Metadata to Viral Genotype and Serological Response of COVID-19 Principal Investigator: Dr. Mel Krajden (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) $630,000
Sharing recent CFI success Dr. Mari DeMarco
Sharing recent CFI success: The ABCD Consortium (“Accelerating Blood and Cardiopulmonary COVID-19 Diagnostics”) Principal Investigator: Dr. Mari DeMarco (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) $502,600
Congratulations Dr. David Granville on your new appointment as Associate Dean of Research at VCHRI
Congratulations Dr. David Granville on your new appointment as Associate Dean of Research at VCHRI!
We are delighted to announce the newest faculty member to the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI) and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
We are delighted to announce the newest faculty member to the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI) and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Wang will start her appointment as an Assistant Professor at UBC in March 2021.”
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DeMarco’s test aims to help prevent people from getting severely sick from COVID-19.
COVID research news story. Blood test could prevent COVID-19 patients from getting sicker
Congratulations to Dr. Mari DeMarco on receiving funds from MSFHR!
Congratulations to Dr. Mari DeMarco on receiving funds from MSFHR! The team will be developing a next-generation serology test to identify which patients will become severely ill from COVID19.
Dr. Morshed is one of the COVID-19 Research Response Fund Awardee
Dr. Morshed is one of the COVID-19 Research Response Fund Awardee. How do you facilitate COVID19 community immunity for people who are street entrenched, in prison, or live in remote or rural communities? Dr. Morshed will investigate this w/ funding from MSFHR’s COVID19 Research Response Fund.
Congratulations to Dr. Agatha Jassem on receiving funds from MSFHR!
Congratulations to Dr. Agatha Jassem on receiving funds from MSFHR! “Population-based Study of Coronavirus Antibody Cross-Reactivity to Inform SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Surveys, Severity Profiles, and Vaccine Strategies”
Dr. Chris Lowe was funded as part of the Genome BC COVID.
Dr. Chris Lowe was funded as part of the Genome BC COVID. “Development of sensitive and quantitative molecular technologies for SARS-CoV-2 detection”
Dr. David Granville in the News
Dr. David Granville in the news Researchers uncover a novel approach for treating eczema.
In the News: Dr. Titus Wong
In the News: Dr. Titus Wong (Vancouver Sun, May 30, 2020) Copper surfaces can reduce spread of disease in hospitals: VCH study
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Cheryl, congratulations on grabbing the front page of the Sun this morning! COVID-19: B.C. research focuses on managing immune response in critically ill patients
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Dr Daniel Holmes as the new Head for St Paul’s Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Daniel Holmes appointed a new Head for St. Paul’s Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Please welcome us in congratulating Dr. Holmes on his new leadership role with St. Paul’s Hospital and the Dept of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC.
Congratulations to Dr. David Schaeffer on her promotion to full professor
Congratulations to Dr. David Schaeffer on his promotion to Associate Professor in the 2018/19 academic promotion round.
David Huntsman, Randy Gascoyne, and Ian Mackenzie have recently been named to international 2019 Highly Cited Researchers List. Congratulations!
Drs. David Huntsman, Randy Gascoyne, and Ian Mackenzie have recently been named to international 2019 Highly Cited Researchers List. Congratulations!
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Dr. Glen Tibbits is a recipient of a 2019 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant for the project “Regulation of contractility in the zebrafish heart”
Congratulations NSERC Project Grant Recipient: Dr. Glen Tibbits is a recipient of a 2019 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant for the project “Regulation of contractility in the zebrafish heart”.
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research awards 2019
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research awards 2019 Congratulations to Dr. William Hsiao and Dr. Andrew Roth on their 2019 MSFHR Scholar Awards!
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Energizing the immune system: Q&A with new investigator Dr. Ramon Klein Geltink.
Energizing the immune system: Q&A with new investigator Dr. Ramon Klein Geltink. We discuss his pioneering work showing that the way immune cells derive their energy can determine how they function and how this knowledge could be used to develop new therapies.
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Research calls for better diagnostics and interventions for non-HPV vulvar cancer
Research calls for better diagnostics and interventions for non-HPV vulvar cancer: Dr. Blake Gilks is a professor and consultant pathologist in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at VGH and UBC. Dr. Lien Hoang is an anatomical pathologist at VGH and a clinical instructor at UBC.
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Dr. Bruce Verchere appointed Director, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics.
Leadership Update: Dr. Bruce Verchere appointed Director, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics. Dr. Verchere is a highly accomplished researcher and Professor in the Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Surgery. He is a prominent member of both the UBC and BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) communities.
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Congratulations to Dr. Hélène Côté on her promotion to full professor.
Congratulations to Dr. Hélène Côté on her promotion to full professor.
Dr. Granville is the new associate director of the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
Dr. David Granville: Dr. Granville is the new associate director of the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
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Dr. John Maguire
Vancouver Sun: March 19, 2019 Dr. John Maguire, at VGH, led a study about the complications of certain medical procedures.
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Dr. Reza Alaghehbandan interview
As Head of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at Royal Columbian Hospital, Dr. Reza Alaghehbandan is part of a team that is central to the care of patients. The lab plays a major role in over 80-percent of medical diagnoses, providing answers to questions that cannot be answered by speaking with the patient or from basic physical exams or radiographic images.
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Dr. Jacqueline Quandt
Dr. Jacqueline Quandt: Protein switch identified in connection with disability progression in MS
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Dr. Stephen Yip and resident Dr. Adrian Levine talk about CNN technology
Machine learning takes disease detection to the next level: Dr. Stephen Yip and resident Dr. Adrian Levine talk about CNN technology
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Dr. Titus Wong, VCH’s new regional medical director
Dr. Titus Wong, VCH’s new regional medical director: As VCH’s new Regional Medical Director of Infection Control, Dr. Titus Wong knows he’s got some big shoes to fill after taking over the role from long-time leader Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Bryce on March 1. Read more…
Dr. Schaeffer was featured in the media for his research on pancreatic cancer
Dr. Schaeffer was featured in the media for his research on pancreatic cancer: ‘Extreme responders’ to pancreatic cancer treatments to be studied by researchers in new initiative. North Vancouver woman to be studied for her remarkable recovery from the deadly disease. Read more…
Welcoming professor from University of British Columbia, Canada
Associate Professor Supat Sinawat (Associate Dean for International Relations and Cooperation Strategies) met with Professor Reza Alaghehbandan from School of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada on occasion of giving lectures on Follow up Pathologic residents in interest in breast, GU and GYN pathology at the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, KKU during November 6 and 7, 2017.
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Congratulations to Dr. David Huntsman for being one of the recipients of the CIHR Foundation Grants 2017
CIHR Foundation Grants: “Congratulations to Dr. David Huntsman for being one of the recipients of the CIHR Foundation Grants 2017. “Mutation, cell context, and the pathogenesis of ovarian cancer”, $2.7M for 7 years ”
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Dr. Reza Alaghehbandan The Essence of Pathology Global Health
“ Dr. Reza Alaghehbandan” USCAP Member Takes Initiative for Global Outreach: “Philanthropy: The Essence of Pathology Global Health” Read more…
Dr. Shah is being highlighted in this month’s Research in Focus
“ Dr. Sohrab Shah” Dr. Shah is being highlighted in this month’s Research in Focus Read more…
Lily Takeuchi – a fourth-year student in the Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLSc) Program was part of UBC’s BIOMOD team – who won gold last fall for their student-run project on a drug delivery system for brain cancer.
Lily Takeuchi – a fourth-year student in the Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLSc) Program was part of UBC’s BIOMOD team – who won gold last fall for their student-run project on a drug delivery system for brain cancer. It was designed to be a molecular trick, one that could sneak past the stubborn blood brain barrier and attack the cancer straight on.
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