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DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS



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Jul 24, 2026 Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl Wellington on receiving $1,699,389 through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant program for a four-year study of plasma biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias! 🌟

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Jul 10, 2026 Congratulations to Dr. Allison Matthews on the renewal for a five year term of her BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute Investigator Grant Award Program (IGAP) Clinical Investigator Award! 🌟

Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl Wellington on receiving a Brain Canada 2025 Platform Support Grant, totaling $1.95 million! 🌟

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Jun 26, 2026 Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Bush, who has received a BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) Investigator Establishment Award, providing up to $200,000 over three years! 🌟

Congratulations to Dr. James Lan and Dr. Karen Sherwood, who are among the 2026 recipients of the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Innovation and Translational Research Awards! 🌟

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Congratulations to Dr. Cornelia Laule and Dr. Bruce Verchere, who are among this year’s recipients of the Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Awards! 🌟

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Congratulations to Dr. David Huntsman on being awarded the Scientific Entrepreneurship Award from Life Sciences BC! 🌟

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Congratulations to Drs. Jenny Tran and James Lan, who have been selected to receive the 2026 TTS International Basic and Translational Sciences Mentee-Mentor Award! 🌟

May 22, 2026 Congratulations to Drs. Karen Sherwood and James Lan on receiving the 2026 Innovation & Translational Research Awards funded by the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, valued at $100,000 each over 2 years! 🌟

May 08, 2026 Congratulations to UBC Medical Microbiology trainees, Drs. Geneviève Amaral (PGY-4), Emma Finlayson-Trick (PGY-3), and Lynne Li (Medical Microbiology, CW) for being recognized at AMMI Canada – CACMID Annual Conference 🌟

Apr 10, 2026 Congratulations to Dr. David Huntsman on being awarded the 2025 Rosalind Franklin Prize for Excellence in Ovarian Cancer Research by the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA)! 🌟

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Mar 20, 2026 Congratulations to Drs. Cornelia Laule and Leandro Venturutti, whose projects are part of a $21M federal investment to accelerate research infrastructure at UBC Medicine! 🌟

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Congratulations to Drs. Patrick Tang, Marcel Bally, and David Huntsman for partnering with industry to advance newly funded genomics projects aimed at improving disease detection, diagnosis and treatment! 🌟

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Mar 06, 2026 Congratulations to Dr. Poul Sorensen on receiving the Chew Wei Memorial Prize in Cancer Research! This national UBC Faculty of Medicine award honours a Canadian physician or scientist for outstanding contributions to cancer treatment and therapies. 🌟

Congratulations to Dr. David Huntsman for being awarded $2 million to support research on ovarian cancer prevention! 🌟

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Feb 20, 2026 Congratulations to a team of UBC researchers, led by Dr. Ali Bashashati, for being part of an international team awarded $2 million to use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve prediction of ovarian cancer survival, support treatment selection, and inform clinical trial recommendations! 🌟

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Jan 09, 2026 Congratulations to Amirhossein Bahreyni, Ph.D. candidate, who has received the 2025 James C. Hogg Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI), University of British Columbia and St. Paul’s Hospital!🌟

Dec 12, 2025 Congratulations to Dr. Poul Sorensen on receiving the 2025 alumni UBC Research and Innovation Award! 🌟

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Nov 27, 2025 Congratulations to Dr. Christian Steidl on receiving a 2025 Operating Grant in Blood Cancer, co-funded by AstraZeneca Canada and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada! 🌟

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Oct 31, 2025 Congratulations to a team of UBC and BC Cancer Research Institute investigators, co-led by Dr. David Huntsman and Dr. Torsten Nielsen, who have received renewed support through a $5.5-million Terry Fox New Frontiers Program Project Grant (PPG)! 🌟

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Oct 17, 2025 Congratulations to Dr. Patrick Tang who has been awarded a Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Professional-Investigator Award totaling $90,000 (2025-2030)!🌟

Congratulations to Dr. Arun K. Garg for being recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation as part of its 2025 Champions of Philanthropy program! 🌟

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Congratulations to Dr. Daniele Ferrari on receiving a 2025 Health Research BC Trainee Award! 🌟

Congratulations to Dr. David Huntsman for being awarded the 2025 Doctors of BC Terry Fox Medal! 🌟

Sep 19, 2025 Congratulations to our 2025 Faculty of Medicine Award Recipients, Drs. Agatha Jassem, Poul Sorensen, David Granville, and Stephen Yip! 🌟

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Congratulations to Dr. Patrick Tang on receiving the 2025 Scholar & Health Professional-Investigator Award from Michael Smith Health Research BC! 🌟

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Congratulations to Dr. Poul Sorensen for being awarded the 2025 Dr. Chew Wei Memorial Prize in Cancer Research, making him one of only three Canadian researchers recognized by UBC Medicine's National Research Prizes this year! 🌟

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Aug 08, 2025 Congratulations to Dr. Lien Hoang along with trainees Drs. Jennifer Ji and Allen Zhang, for being awarded the 2025 Sumiko Kobayashi Marks Memorial Research Grant! 🌟

Congratulations to Dr. Marcel Bally and trainee Dr. Maryam Sharifiaghdam on receiving the 2025 Carraresi Foundation Research Grant from the Gynecologic Cancer Initiative (GCI)! 🌟

Jul 25, 2025 Congratulations to Dr. Diana Ionescu, for her role as co-applicant on the newly funded CIHR Project Grant: HPV FOCAL LEGACY. The project received over $1.28 million in federal funding and aims to inform national screening strategies! 🌟

Congratulations to Dr. Ali Bashashati, Dr. Ying Wang, and Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu from Pathology and Laboratory Medicine who were among 35 UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers awarded funding through federal research granting agencies! 🌟

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Congratulations to Dr. Honglin Luo, Dr. Aly Karsan, and Dr. Katey Enfield, from Pathology and Laboratory Medicine who were among 45 UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers awarded over $40 million in Canadian Institutes of Health Research funding! 🌟

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Jul 11, 2025 Congratulations to Jennifer Cooper, PhD student supervised by Dr. Cheryl Wellington, for being awarded the 2025 Top Graduating Doctoral Student Award by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI)! 🌟

Jun 27, 2025 Congratulations to Dr. David Granville, Dr. Stephen Yip, and Dr. Poul Sorenson, three faculty members from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UBC, who received 2025 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Awards! 🌟

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Congratulations to Dr. David Granville and Dr. Cheryl Wellington, both professors in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UBC, who are among the 2025 Innovation and Translational Research Award recipients from Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute! 🌟

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May 02, 2025 Congratulations to Dr. Marthe Charles on securing genomics research funding for her project on bloodstream infection diagnostics! 🌟

Congratulations to Dr. Linda Hoang on securing genomics research funding for her project on healthcare-associated infections! 🌟

Congratulations to Dr. William Lockwood on securing genomics research funding for his project on at-home lung cancer screening! 🌟

Congratulations to Dr. Tony Ng on securing genomics research funding for his project on cancer gene detection! 🌟

Congratulations to Dr. James Lan on securing genomics research funding for his project on kidney transplant monitoring! 🌟

Apr 14, 2025 Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Kong, Adjunct Professor at UBC Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Instructor at BCIT! She has been recognized as a 2024/25 UBC Open Education Champion for her work on the Undergraduate Pathology Textbook. 🌟

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Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Ji, a MD/PhD student at UBC and Vanier Scholar, who has been awarded the first-ever Society for Pediatric Pathology USCAP Pathologist-in-Training Award at the 2025 USCAP annual meeting! 🌟

Congratulations to Dr. Hélène Côté, Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, on securing a CIHR Team Grant totaling $2 million over five years.🌟

Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl Wellington on Major U.S. Department of Defense Grant. Dr. Wellington has been awarded a U.S. Department of Defense Operating Grant totaling $8.2 million (2025–2029)🌟

Mar 25, 2025 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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Feb 03, 2025 Congratulations to Dr. David Huntsman of UBC Pathology & Laboratory Medicine on receiving The King Charles III Coronation Medal! 🌟

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Nov 21, 2024 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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Sep 24, 2024 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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Sep 10, 2024 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.

Jul 03, 2024 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!
Dec 19, 2023 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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Sep 15, 2023 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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Jul 05, 2023 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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Jun 01, 2023 Dr. Huntsman is being awarded an honorary degree from Memorial University

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Nov 17, 2022 Congratulations to Dr. Sam Aparicio on the renewal of his Tier-1 Canada Research Chair

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

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

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Oct 07, 2022 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

Oct 02, 2022 Congratulations to Dr. Cornelia Laule receiving the 2022 Overall Excellence — Mid-Career

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Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl Wellington receiving the 2022 Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research

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Congratulations to Dr. Jay Jay Kizhakkedathu receiving the 2022 Distinguished Achievement Awards

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Congratulations to Dr. Aly Karsan on receiving the 2022 Killam Research Prize

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Congratulations to Dr. Tracy Tucker on receiving the 2022 Killam Teaching Prize

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

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Aug 15, 2022 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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Jul 18, 2022 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.

Jun 27, 2022 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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Congratulations to Dr. Corree Laule on receiving a 2022 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for Overall Excellence – Mid-career!

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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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Jun 01, 2022 Dr. Elizabeth Bryce is a recipient of the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards 2022.

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Apr 13, 2022 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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Dr. Mari DeMarco Winner of the 2022 Michael S. Bereman Award for Innovative Clinical Proteomics.

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Apr 11, 2022 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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Mar 29, 2022 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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Aug 08, 2021 Dr. Mel Krajden - Individual Leadership Impact Award, Life Sciences BC

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Aug 04, 2021 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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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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Department of Pathology member Dr. Poul Sorensen has been appointed to the Order of British Columbia. Congratulations!

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Jul 12, 2021 Dr. Blake Gilks was just awarded the Canadian Association of Pathologists Distinguished Service Award. Congratulations Blake!

May 25, 2021 Dr. Lien Hoang (Anatomical Pathology) - The Dr. Roberta Miller Resident Teaching Award
Dr. Linda Hoang (Medical Microbiology) - The Dr. Melvyn Bernstein Resident Teaching Award
The Reid Memorial Cup recipient is chosen by the graduating class; the award recognizes an instructor, staff member or student who made an outstanding contribution to the students’ educational experience. This year the students selected Ms. Jennifer Xenakis to receive this award.
Dr. Sophia Wong, Dr. Deb Chen and Ms. Jennifer Xenakis were chosen by the graduating class to each receive the BMLSc Graduates’ Choice for Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Joanne Wouterse - Staff Service (Admin) Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Charlene Porter - Staff Service (Tech) Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Anthony Hsieh - Mentoring Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Gang Wang - Early Career Research & Discover Award , Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Andrew Minchinton- Research & Discovery Award , Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Marthe Charles - Most Valuable Player Award , Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Vilte Barakauskas - Excellence in Clinical Service Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Tracy Tucker - Excellence in Education Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Elizabeth Bryce - Lifetime Achievement Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Apr 01, 2021 Dr. Poul Sorensen - AACR Team Science Award. UBC cancer researchers receive international team science award

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Mar 01, 2021 Bangladesh Academy of Sciences elects Muhammad Morshed as expatriate fellow

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Feb 08, 2021 Dr. Ramon Klein Geltink Emerging Scholar Award, Research at Canadian Cancer Society .
Jan 08, 2021 Dr. Reza Alaghehbandan, Clinical Associate Professor at the Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, has been elected a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology (ACE). Congratulations!
Dec 28, 2020 Congratulations to Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu, who was recently inducted as a Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE)! Well-deserved for all you have done to advance the biomaterials field.

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Dec 16, 2020 Congratulations to Dr. William Lockwood - Outstanding reviewer recognition for exemplary contribution to peer review during the fall 2019 Project Grant competition. College of Reviewers - Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Congratulations to Dr. Shazia Masud recipient of Service Award for validating and implementing molecular SARS-CoV2 testing at Fraser Health
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Minchinton recipient of the BC Cancer long service recognition award