Pathology Day – Past Events

Pathology Day 2015 Awards

Long-standing service to the university Departmental Awards
Dr. Kenneth Berean (25 years) Most Valuable Player – Dr. Maria Issa
Dr. Randy Gascoyne (25 years) Lifetime Achievement – Dr. Randy Gascoyne
Dr. David Pi (25 years) Early Career Excellence in Research and Discovery – Dr. Sohrab Shah
Dr. Gordon Ritchie (25 years) Excellence in Research and Discovery – Dr. Aly Karsan
Dr. Valerie White (25 years) Excellence in Education – Dr. Lawrence Haley
Dr. Hermann Ziltener (25 years) Excellence in Clinical Service – Dr. Morris Pudek
 Ms. Helen Dyck (25 years) Staff Service (Tech) – Ms. Izabella Gadawska
 Dr. Janet Holden (28 years) Staff Service (Admin) – Ms. Debbie Bertanjoli
Dr. Wayne Moore (28 years)
Dr. Deborah Griswold (35 years)
Dr. Haydn Pritchard (35 years)
Dr. Joanne Wright (35 years)
Dr. Don Brooks (40 years)
Oral/Poster Presentation Awards
Ms. Rolinda Carter Dutkevich Memorial Trust Graduate Student Seminar award for the best Graduate Student Seminar presentation as judged by peers
Dr. Brandon Sheffield 1st RESIDENT ORAL PLATFORM PRESENTATION
Dr. Inna Sekirov 2nd RESIDENT ORAL PLATFORM PRESENTATION
Dr. Lawrence Lee 3rd RESIDENT ORAL PLATFORM PRESENTATION
Mr. Gabriel Fung 1st GRADUATE ORAL PLATFORM PRESENTATION
Ms. Hani Bagheri 2nd GRADUATE ORAL PLATFORM PRESENTATION
Ms. Tissa Rahim 3rd GRADUATE ORAL PLATFORM PRESENTATION
Ms. Rolinda Carter GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD
Mr. Brennan Wadsworth GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD
Mr. Adam Yu GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD
Ms. Sigrid Alvarez GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD
Ms. Mary Kinloch TOP FELLOW POSTER AWARD
PATHOLOGY DAY 2014 HIGHLIGHTS
James Hogg Lecture Dr. Don Brooks, PhD Professor of Pathology and Chemistry, Special Advisor on External Relations, Research Office of the Vice-President Research & International “What’s polymer science doing in a nice place like the Centre for Blood Research?”
Guest Speaker Dr. David Granville, PhD Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC “Granzymes in Aging and Impaired Wound Healing”
Guest Speaker Dr. Cheryl Wellington, PhD Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC “Alzheimer’s Disease and Traumatic Brain Injury”
Guest Speaker Dr. Hugo Horlings, MD, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, BC Cancer Agency · Pathology (Dr. David Huntsman’s lab) “Granulosa-Cell Tumor of the Ovary: a Molecularly Defined Entity”
Keynote Speaker Dr. B. Brett Finlay, PhD Professor in the Michael Smith Laboratories,
and the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British olumbia		 “The Role of the Microbiota in Asthma”

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Pathology Day Awards

Long-standing service to the university Departmental Awards
Dr. Edward Jones (25 years) Most Valuable Player – Dr. Hélène Côté
Dr. Katerina Dorovini-Zis (25 years) Lifetime Achievement – Dr. Don Brooks
Dr. Nevio Cimolai (25 years) Early Career Excellence in Research and Discovery – Dr. Christian Steidl
Dr. Sean Byrne (25 years) Excellence in Research and Discovery – Dr. Poul Sorensen
Dr. Jiri Frohlich (40 years) Excellence in Education – Dr. Kevin Bennewith
Dr. James Hudson (45 years) Excellence in Service – Dr. Suzanne Vercauteren
Staff Service (Tech) – Ms. Sultana Mithani
Staff Service (Admin) – Ms. Aleya Abdulla
Oral/Poster Presentation Awards
Ms. Clara Westwell-Roper Dutkevich Memorial Trust Graduate Student Seminar award for the best Graduate Student Seminar presentation as judged by peers
Dr. Sophia Wong 1st RESIDENT ORAL PLATFORM PRESENTATION
Dr. Habib Razavi 2nd RESIDENT ORAL PLATFORM PRESENTATION
Dr. Susanna Zachara 3rd RESIDENT ORAL PLATFORM PRESENTATION
Mr. Jesse Olsen 1st GRADUATE ORAL PLATFORM PRESENTATION
Mr. Alistair Chenery 2nd GRADUATE ORAL PLATFORM PRESENTATION
Mr. Anthony Hsieh 3rd GRADUATE ORAL PLATFORM PRESENTATION
Mr. Tom Cheng GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD
Mr. Frank Lee GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD
Mr. Jon Obst GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD
Ms. Junyan Shi GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD
PATHOLOGY DAY 2014 HIGHLIGHTS
James Hogg Lecture Dr. Jiri Frohlich, MD, FRCPC Professor Emeritus, Dept of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; Director of Clinical Trials, Healthy Heart Program Prevention Clinic “Familial Hypercholesteremia: From understanding the pathogenesis to effective treatment to B.C. and Canadian registry”
Guest Speaker Dr. Dana Devine, BA, MA (Boston), PhD (Duke) Professor, Dept of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Chief Medical & Scientific Officer, Canadian Blood Services “Canada’s Blood Supply: A journey towards blood safety”
Guest Speaker Dr. Poul Sorensen, BSc, MD (McGill Univ), PhD, FRCPC Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC “Selective mRNA translation and the tumor cell stress response”
Guest Speaker Dr. Bruce Verchere, BSc, MSc, PhD Professor, Departments of Surgery and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC, Head, Diabetes Research Program, CFRI, The Irving K Barber Chair in Diabetes Research “Amyloid and inflammation in diabetes”

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Pathology Day Awards

25 years in 2012 Departmental Awards
Dr. Elizabeth Bryce Sophie Stukas Dutkevitch Award
Dr. James Filipenko Dr. William Godolphin Excellence in Education
Dr. William Godolphin Dr. Carol Park Lifetime Achievement
Dr. Alexander Magil Dr. Graham Sinclair Excellence in Service
Ms. Joanne Wouterse Dr. Douglas Webber Most Valuable Player
Dr. Patrick Doyle Dr. Samuel Aparicio Research & Discovery
Dr. Don Brooks Leslie Trowski Staff Service (Tech)
Dr. Arun Garg Tony Lin Staff Service (Admin)
Dr. James Hogg
Dr. Jack Rootman
Dr. Mladen Korbelik
Dr. Shizu Hayashi
Oral/Poster Presentation Awards
Patrick Wong 1st RESIDENT ORAL PRESENTATION
Veronica Hirsch-Reinshagen 2nd RESIDENT ORAL PRESENTATION
Peyman Tavassoli 3rd RESIDENT ORAL PRESENTATION
Ada Leung 1st GRADUATE ORAL PRESENTATION
Kevin Yang 2nd GRADUATE ORAL PRESENTATION
Jesse Olson 3rd GRADUATE ORAL PRESENTATION
Jason Hung 1st place Grad Student POSTER PRESENTATION
Charles Soong 2nd place Grad Student POSTER PRESENTATION
Chansonette Badduke 3rd place Grad Student POSTER PRESENTATION
PATHOLOGY DAY 2013 HIGHLIGHTS
James Hogg Lecture Dr. David Hardwick, MD, FRCPC, FCAP Professor Emeritus, Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC “Investing in the future of pathology”
Guest Speaker Dr. Randy Gascoyne, MD Clinical Professor, Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC, Hematologist, BCCA “Impacting the lives of lymphoma patients through translational research”
Guest Speaker Dr. Hélène Côté, PhD Associate Professor, , Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC, CIHR New Investigator, Associate Member, Women’s Health Research Institute “HIV and antiretroviral therapy: how does it affect cellular aging?”
Guest Speaker Dr. Ed Pryzdial, PhD Clinical Professor, Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC, Scientist, Canadian Blood Services “Dissolving clots: a clarifying mechanism”
Keynote Speaker Dr. Douglas Smith, MD Robert A. Groff Professor of Neurosurgery, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania “Tackling concussion: neuromechanics and neuropathology”

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Pathology Day Awards 2012

25 years in 2011 Departmental Awards
Dr. Eva Thomas Dr. Jason Ford Most Valuable Player
Dr. James Hudson (40 years in 2012) Dr. Deborah Griswold Excellence in Education
Dr. John O’Kusky Dr. Malcolm Hayes Excellence in Service
Dr. Jasenka Matisic Angela Tsang Staff Service (Tech)
Dr. Deborah McFadden Dr. Randy Gascoyne Research & Discovery
Dr. Susan Tha Jennifer Xenakis Staff Service (Admin)
Dr. Christopher Sherlock Dr. Katerina Dorovini-Zis Lifetime Achievement
Dr. Cedric Carter Dr. Michael Noble Outstanding Service
Dr. Samuel Krikler

Oral/Poster Presentation Awards

Name Award
Daven Tai Honorable mention SPEED POSTER, Science Bytes
Stefanie Cheah Honorable mention SPEED POSTER, Science Bytes
Deanna Zanet Honorable mention SPEED POSTER, Science Bytes
Eugene Chu Top 3 SPEED POSTER, Science Bytes
Hayley Spencer Hiebert Top 3 SPEED POSTER, Science Bytes
Jazmine Edwards Top 3 SPEED POSTER, Science Bytes
Alistair Chenery 3rd place POSTER PRESENTATION
Sophie Stukas 2nd place POSTER PRESENTATION
Jaques Courtade 1st place POSTER PRESENTATION
Ananta Gurung 3rd RESIDENT ORAL PRESENTATION
Patrick Wong 2nd RESIDENT ORAL PRESENTATION
Jason Morin 1st RESIDENT ORAL PRESENTATION
Yu Chi (Kevin) Yang 3rd GRADUATE ORAL PRESENTATION
Alon Hendel 2nd GRADUATE ORAL PRESENTATION
Ashish Marwaha 1st GRADUATE ORAL PRESENTATION
Hayley Spencer Hiebert People’s Choice Award
HIGHLIGHTS PATHOLOGY DAY 2012
James Hogg Lecture Katerina Dorovini-Zis, MD,FRCPC Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
University of British Columbia, & Health Sciences Center		 “Cerebral malaria in children: a neurovascular disorder”
Science Bytes Highlights of Poster presentations by Residents, Graduate Students, Fellows, Trainees and other departmental members
Keynote Lecture Marco A. Marra, PhD, FRS(C), FCAHS, OBC Director & Distinguished Scientist, Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency;
Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia;
Adjunct Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SFU;.
UBC Canada Research Chair in Genome Science		 “Decoding Cancers”

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James Hogg Keynote Lecture: Dr. James Hogg, Professor Emeritus
“Centrilobular emphysematous destruction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)”

Pathology Day Keynote Lecture: Dr. Dario VignaliPhD, Vice Chair and Member, Department of Immunology,
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN “Immune Regulation, T-regs and Inhibitory Receptors”

The resident oral presentation award winners are:

  • 1st Place: Anna Lee “Loss of BAF250a (ARID1A) is frequent in high-grade endometrial carcinomas”
  • 2nd place: Tyler Smith “Using evidence and expert consensus to clarify the clinical confusion surrounding heritable thrombophilia testing”
  • 3rd place: Titus Wong “Community and hospital rates of group B streptococcus resistance to penicillin, erythromycin and clindamycin in Vancouver, Canada”
    The graduate oral presentation award winners are:

  • 1st place(tie): Clara Westwell-Roper and Kevin Yang
    Clara Westwell-Roper “Blockade of interleukin-1 signalling improves human islet amyloid polypeptide-induced pancreatic islet graft dysfunction”
    Kevin Yang “Small molecules to inhibit prostate cancer proliferation by targeting androgen receptor”
  • 3rd place: Jennifer Choo “An immunohistochemical survey of biomarkers for basal-like breast cancer against a gene expression profile gold standard”
    The poster presentation award winners are:

  • 1st place: Jasmine Hamilton “Novel macromolecular iron chelators: an innovative approach to the treatment of transfusion associated iron overload”
  • 2nd place: L. Apel-Sarid “Non-immune hydrops fetalis in Vancouver: are we different?”
  • 3rd place: Amanda Vanden Hoek “Identification of a novel coagulation factor X compound heterozygous mutation associated with differential initiating clotting pathway function”
    Faculty Recognition Awards

  • Dr. Haydn Pritchard: Most Valuable Player
  • Dr. David Walker: David Hardwick Lifetime Acheivement
  • Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu: Award for Excellence in Research and Discovery
  • Dr. Carol Park and Dr. Morris Pudek: Award for Excellence in Education
  • Dr. Katherine Chipperfield: Award for Excellence in Service
  • Ms. Sabine Hutchinson: Staff Service Award in the Technologist/Technician Category
  • Mr. John Garratt: Staff Service Award in the Administration Category

James Hogg Keynote Lecture: Dr. Steven Narod, M.D., FRCPC, Canada Research Chair in Breast Cancer, Women’s College Research Institute, Dalla Lana School of Public Health “Update on Hereditary Breast Cancer: Prevention and Treatment”

The resident oral presentation award winners are:

  • 1st Place: Titus Wong “Evaluation of real-time PCR tcdC gene detection assay for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection”
  • 2nd place: Arwa Al-Riyami “Octaplex usage one year after implementation at a tertiary care hospital”
  • 3rd place: David Schaeffer “Absolute increase in endocrine cells in pediatric gastric biopsies following long-term proton pump inhibitor therapy”
    The graduate oral presentation award winners are

  • 1st place: Lisa Ang “Serpin A3N reduces abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture in mice by inhibition of extracellular granzyme B”
  • 2nd place: Clara Westwell-Roper “Macrophage recruitment and TNF-alpha release: a pro-inflammatory role for human islet amyloid polypeptide”
  • 3rd place: Xin Ye “microRNA(mir)-126 promotes coxsackievirus B3 replication by enhancing ERK signaling pathway”
    The poster presentation award winners are:

  • 1st place: Sophie Stukas “The role of brain high density lipoproteins in facilitating beta-amyloid degradation”
  • 2nd place: Maite Verreault “Lipid-based formulation of irinotecan (Irinophore C), vincristine and doxorubicin target tumor vasculature in glioblastoma multiforme”
  • 3rd place: Amal El-Naggar and Jessica Kalra
    Amal El-Naggar: “Y box binding protein-1 is a major contributor to sarcoma cells motility and aggressiveness” Jessica Kalra: “Suppression of Her2/neu expression through ILK inhibition is regulated by a pathway involving TWIST and YB-1”
    Faculty Recognition Awards

  • Dr. Deborah McFadden: Most Valuable Player
  • Dr. James Hogg: David Hardwick Lifetime Achievement
  • Dr. John Brunstein: Award for Excellence in Research and Discovery
  • Dr. Amanda Bradley: Award for Excellence in Education
  • Dr. Catherine Halstead: Award for Excellence in Service
  • Ms. Jenny Tai: Staff Service Award
  • Mrs. Florida Pelingon: Staff Service Award

James Hogg Keynote Lecture: Dr. Jay Levy, University of California, San Francisco
“The Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic: How Science Faces the Challenge”

The resident oral presentation award winners are:

  • 1st Place: Terry Jefferson “NTRK2 Expression Predicts Improved Survival in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Lung”
  • 2nd place: David Schaeffer “Insulin-Like Growth Factor-2 mRNA Binding Protein 3 (IGF2BP3) Expression May Be a Marker for a Unfavorable Prognosis in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma”
  • 3rd place: Tony Ng “The Anoikis Stress Response Induces the AMPK Energy-sensing Pathway to Promote Survival in Transformed Cells”
    The graduate oral presentation award winners are

  • 1st place: Tie between Varun Saran and Agatha Jassem
    Varun Saran: “Control of Glycolysis in Cardiac Hypertrophy: Interaction of Hexokinase and Voltage Dependant Anion Channel” Agatha Jassem: “Outer Membrane Mediated Aminoglycoside Resistance in the Burkholderia Cepacia Complex”
  • 2nd place: Henry Stringer “Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Depletion and Deletion in Statin-Induced Myopathy”
  • 3rd place: Marissa Jitratkosol “Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Mutations in Infants Exposed to HAART in utero”
    The poster presentation award winners are:

  • 1st place: Paul Hiebert “Granzyme B in skin aging and extracellular matrix degradation in apolipoprotein E deficient mice”
  • 2nd place: Sara Giesz “Practical solutions in biobank facilitation: The BC Biolibrary initiative”
  • 3rd place: Lisa S. Ang “Extracellular activity of granzyme B contributes to abdominal aortic aneurysm and rupture”
    Faculty Recognition Awards

  • Dr. Rusung Tan: Most Valuable Player
  • Dr. Phil Clement: David Hardwick Lifetime Achievement
  • Dr. Louis Wadsworth: David Hardwick Lifetime Achievement
  • Dr. Blake Gilks: Award for Excellence in Research and Discovery
  • Dr. Diane Roscoe: Award for Excellence in Education
  • Dr. Bonnie Massing: Award for Excellence in Service
  • Ms. Penny Woo: Staff Service Award

James Hogg Keynote Lecture: Dr. Deborah Nickerson, Professor of Genome Sciences, Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering, University of Washington
“Genome-Wide Quantitative Trait Analysis”

The resident oral presentation award winners are:

  • 1st Place: Tony Ng “High-throughput identification of suppressors of anoikis reveal a possible role of the arrestin-domain containing gene family”
  • 2nd place: Jefferson Terry “Isolation of putative cancer stem-like cells in synovial sarcoma”
  • 3rd place: Cheng-han Lee “Molecular characterization of 31 novel sarcoma cell lines”
    The poster presentation by graduate student award winners are:

  • 1st place: Ciara Chamberlain “Granzyme B contributes to aortic dissection and aneurysm pathogenesis through the cleavage of extra cellular matric proteins”
  • 2nd place: Peyman Tavassoli “TATA binding protein associated factor 1 (TAF1) can bind and differentially enhance androgen receptor transcriptional activity via ubiquitin activating/conjugating and N-Terminal Kinase Domains”
  • 3rd place: Tie between Ivy Tsui and Meredith Hamilton
    Ivy Tsui “Clonal evolution of the multi-focal development of oral carcinogenesis” “Meredith Hamilton “Role of the toll-like receptor signaling molecule TRIF in b-cell function”
    Faculty Recognition Awards

  • Dr. Carol Park: Most Valuable Player
  • Dr. Bruce McManus: David Hardwick Lifetime Achievement
  • Dr. Wan Lam: Award for Excellence in Research and Discovery
  • Dr. Jason Ford: Award for Excellence in Education
  • Dr. Brian Skinnider: Award for Excellence in Service
  • Ms. Joanne Wouterse: Staff Service Award

James Hogg Keynote Lecture: Dr. Polly Matzinger, Head, T-Cell Tolerance and Memory Section Senior Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD
“Conversations Between Tissues and T cells”

    The award for Best Oral Presentation by Graduate Students:

  • Jerry Wong “ClassIII PI3K is required for intracellular shuttling of coxsackievirus”
    The award for Best Oral Presentation by Resident:s

  • Suzanne Vercauteren “Stem Cell Cultures as a Diagnostic Tool in Myelodysplastic Syndromes”
    The award for Best Poster Presentation by Graduate Students:

  • Leah M. Prentice “The KiSS-1 and GPR54 ligand-receptor pair are associated with favourable prognosis and clear cell subtype in human ovarian carcinoma”. Leah M Prentice, Christian Klausen, Steve Kalloger, Ashish Rajput, Martin Koebel, Steven McKinney, Ken Swenerton, Jennifer L. Santos, C. Blake Gilks, Peter Leung, Ken Swenerton, David G Huntsman and Samuel AJ Aparicio
    Faculty Recognition Awards

  • Dr. David Walker: Most Valuable Player
  • Dr. Jiri Frohlich: David Hardwick Lifetime Acheivement
  • Dr. Ian Mackenzie: Award for Excellence in Research and Discovery
  • Dr. Kate Chipperfield: Award for Excellence in Education
  • Dr. David Owen: Award for Excellence in Service
  • Mr. Andrew Leung: Staff Service Award

2006 keynote speakers were: Dr. Julia Levy, PhD, DSc, FRSC, OC, Founder and Former President and CEO Executive Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, QLT Inc. and Dr. Richard N. Kitsis,MD, Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology, The Dr. Gerald and Myra Dorros Chair in Cadiovascular Disease, Chief, Division of Cardiology, Director, Cardiovascular Research Center,
Albert Eintstein College of Medicine

    The awards for Best Oral Presentations by Residents:

  • Carol Lee: “Right ventricular lipomatosis and fibrous tissue in cases of non-cardiac death”
  • Billy Teng: “Presence and distribution of dendritic cells in inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system”
    The awards for Best Oral Presentations by Graduate Students:

  • Gavin Tansley: “The cholesterol transporter ABCG1 modulates the proteolytic processing of amyloid precursor protein”
  • Lindsay Brown: “Amplification of EMSY, a novel BRCA2 interacting protein, in a population based series of breast carcinomas and known BRCA1/2 mutation carriers”
    The poster presentation award winners

  • Bradley Coe: “Disruption of different biochemical pathways between small and non-small cell lung carcinoma cell lines”. Bradley P. Coe, William W. Lockwood, Luc Girard, Raj Chari, Calum MacAulay, Stephen Lam, Adi F. Gazdar, John D. Minna, Wan L. Lam
  • Jerry Wong: “Proteasome inhibition in protection of coxsackievirus-induced murine myocarditis”. G Gao, J Zhang, X Si, J Wong, BM McManus, H Luo
  • Hoa Le: “Reduced NMDA receptor tyrosine phosphorylation in PTPa-deficient mouse synaptosomes is accompanied by inhibition of four src family kinases and Pyk2: An upstream role for PTPa in NMDA receptor regulation”. Hoa T. Le, Lola Maksumova, Jing Wang, and Catherine J. Pallen
  • Leah Prentice: “Expression of KiSS1 and GPR54 in human breast cancer”. Leah M Prentice, Michael Peacock, Dmitry Turbin, Sam Aparicio and David Huntsman
    Faculty Recognition Awards:

  • Dr. Gillian Lockitch: Most Valuable Player
  • Dr. William Godolphin: David Hardwick Lifetime Acheivement
  • Dr. Cheryl Wellington: Award for Excellence in Research and Discovery
  • Dr. Amanda Bradley and Dr. Vicky Monsalve: Award for Excellence in Education
  • Dr. Jiri Frohlich: Award for Excellence in Service