year-2017

2017 ARCHIVE



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10:18 am MSc DEFENCE - Student: Thyrza May Toledo [TITLE: OPTIMIZATION OF THE DETECTION OF CIRCULATING DNA IN PEDIATRIC SOLID TUMOR PATIENTS TREATED WITH GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR]
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9:36 am Dr. David Schaeffer: "Congratulations to Dr. David Schaeffer and the Pancreas Centre BC team on being awarded funding for the Terry Fox Pan-Canadian Enhanced Pancreatic Cancer Profiling for Individualized Care (EPPIC) Program! This funding through the Terry Fox Research Institute, to start in January 2018 and last for five years, provides $4,984,557 to support pancreatic cancer research."
10:32 am MSc DEFENCE - Student: Marta Salvador Ordono [TITLE: PLACENTAL MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION IN RELATION TO PRETERM DELIVERY IN HIV PREGNANCY]
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12:20 pm Dr. Jiri Frohlich: Dr. Frohlich appointed to the Order of British Columbia. Recognized as the founder of modern preventative heart disease practices, Frohlich’s research and clinical work shaped contemporary medical thinking around the link between cholesterol and heart disease and led to the creation of national guidelines for identification and treatment for inherited heart disease.
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4:07 pm PhD DEFENCE - Student: Deborah Chen [TITLE: RED BLOOD CELL HEMOLYSIS: PROTEIN BIOMARKER DISCOVERY FOR PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT]
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3:36 pm MSc DEFENCE - Student: Arash Samiei [TITLE: ROLE OF EEF2K IN DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE]
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10:04 am The Childhood Diseases Research Theme at BC Children's Hospital presents: "Control of Pathogen Colonization by Host Immunity and the Microbiota in the Gut" Dr. Gabriel Núñez, MD, Paul de Kruif Endowed Professor, Inflammation & Immunology, University of Michigan School of Medicine November 16, 2017, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Chan Centre for Family Health Education Auditorium BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute
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10:07 am PhD DEFENCE - Student: Jonathan Lim [TITLE: THE IMPACT OF ONCOGENIC KRAS ON REDOX BALANCE TO SUPPORT CELLULAR TRANSFORMATION AND TUMORIGENICITY]
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9:54 am PhD DEFENCE - Student: Hani Bagheri [TITLE: GENOMIC AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DNA COPY NUMBER VARIANTS ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENTAL ABNORMALITIES]
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11:31 am "Dr. Christian Steidl named member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Congratulations!"
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11:23 am Dr. Bruce McManus: "Congratulations on being a recipient of the 2017 Faculty of Medicine Bill and Marilyn Webber Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is evidence of the very high regard in which you are held and recognizes your extraordinary and distinguished career."
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11:46 am Dr. Marcel Bally: "Congratulations on being a recipient of the 2017 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement, Service to the University and Community. "
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11:33 am Dr. Kevin Bennewith: "Congratulations on being a recipient of the 2017 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement, Excellence in Basic Science Research. "
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11:23 am Dr. Cornelia Laule: "Congratulations on being a recipient of the 2017 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement, Excellence in Education. "
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12:45 pm Dr. Ian Mackenzie: "Congratulations on being a recipient of the 2017 Faculty of Medicine Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize. Dr. Mackenzie has pulled back the curtain on the molecular pathology leading to frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. "
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12:35 pm 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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12:22 pm Dr. Andrew Minchinton: Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Minchinton on receiving the Michael Smith Foundation Health Research (MSFHR) Innovation to Commercialization (I2C) Program.
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12:13 pm Dr. David Granville: Congratulations to Dr. David Granville on receiving the Michael Smith Foundation Health Research (MSFHR) Innovation to Commercialization (I2C) Program.
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10:24 am Dr. Patrick Doyle: "Congratulations on being a recipient of the 2017 Faculty of Medicine Clinical Faculty Award for Career Excellence in Clinical Teaching. This award recognizes clinical faculty members throughout BC who have demonstrated excellence in teaching and made an educational impact in a local community."
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11:31 am Please join us for the following lecture:  Building the Dutch tissue block procurement program July 20th, 12:00-1:15 pm UBC Eye Care Lecture Theatre – ECC 100 2550 Willow Street Vancouver BC Please join us in learning from Dr. Folkert van Kemenade about the creation and operation of the Dutch National Tissuebank Portal (DNTP) – a […]
11:17 am Dr. Muhammad Morshed Dr. Morshed is one of the recipients of 2017 RBC Top 25 Immigrant Awards. This “people’s choice” national award recognizes outstanding immigrants who have come to Canada, achieved success and made a positive difference.
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2:53 pm Dr. Titus Wong: Dr. Melvyn Bernstein Resident Teaching Award
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2:48 pm Dr. Douglas Webber: Dr. Roberta Miller Anatomical Pathology Resident Teaching Award 2017
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2:43 pm Dr. David Pi: Lifetime Achievement
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2:41 pm Dr. Christian Steidl: Excellence in Education
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12:47 pm Dr. Michael Nimmo: Most Valuable Player
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12:44 pm Dr. Fumio Takei: Research & Discovery
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12:41 pm Dr. Mari DeMarco: Early Career Research & Discovery
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12:38 pm Dr. Titus Wong: Mentoring
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12:37 pm Mr. Caleb Lee: Staff Service (Tech)
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