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   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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 10:06 am
   Congratulations to Dr. David Huntsman of UBC Pathology & Laboratory Medicine on receiving The King Charles III Coronation Medal! 🌟  







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 9:27 am
   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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 11:24 am
   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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 12:42 pm
   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. 





 
  
  
 
 9:33 am
   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!





 
  
  
 
 10:30 am
   Join us in congratulating Dr. Cornelia (Corree) Laule on her promotion to Professor! 🥳👏 With 22 years of experience in MRI research, Dr. Laule has made significant contributions to our understanding of multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injuries. 





 
  
  
 
 10:23 am
   Dr. Cheryl Wellington and her collaborative network have been awarded $3.4M to support survivors of intimate partner violence with brain injuries.  







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 10:13 am
   Congrats to our Pathology students for winning 2024 Vanier and Banting awards: Razieh Sadat Banijamali(Vanier);  Dr. Anne-Sophie Archambault (Banting), and Dr. Zhenwei Ma (Banting).  







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 6:22 pm
   For the first time in the world, a new method to match donor organs to recipients will be tested in Canada. The research project just received $5.8 million in funding  







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 1:03 pm
   Dr. Marc Romney is leading the integration of robots and AI in B.C.  hospitals, as highlighted by @CBCNews. Discover how this transforms  patient care:  







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 9:59 am
   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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 9:15 am
   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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 10:15 am
   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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 10:21 am
   Dr. Huntsman is being awarded an honorary degree from Memorial University  







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 1:31 pm
   Congratulations to Dr. Sam Aparicio on the renewal of his Tier-1 Canada Research Chair  







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 1:27 pm
   Congratulations to Dr. Jay Kizhakkedathu  for being awarded the new Tier 1 Canadian Research Chair  







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 1:21 pm
   Congratulations to Dr. Aly Karsan  for being awarded the new Tier 1 Canadian Research Chair  







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 12:57 pm
   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   



 
  
  
 
 12:54 pm
   Congratulations to Dr. Cornelia Laule receiving the 2022 Overall Excellence — Mid-Career  







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 12:49 pm
   Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl Wellington receiving the 2022 Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research   







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 12:33 pm
   Congratulations to Dr. Jay Jay Kizhakkedathu receiving the 2022 Distinguished Achievement Awards   







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 12:29 pm
   Congratulations to Dr. Aly Karsan on receiving the 2022 Killam Research Prize   







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 12:23 pm
   Congratulations to Dr. Tracy Tucker on receiving the 2022 Killam Teaching Prize   







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 11:56 am
   Congratulations to Dr. David Goldfarb on receiving the 2022 Clinical Faculty Award for Excellence in Research   







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 11:47 am
   Andrew Churg was appointed as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Medicine,  congratulations.   



 
  
  
 
 11:26 am
   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. 







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 1:02 pm
   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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 1:07 pm
    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.   



 
  
  
 
 1:26 pm
   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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 1:25 pm
   Congratulations to Dr. Corree Laule  on receiving a 2022 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for Overall Excellence – Mid-career!   







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 1:17 pm
   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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 11:09 am
    Dr. Dana V. Devine has been elected as The Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) new President, effective September 29, 2022. 







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 11:09 am
    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. 





 
  
  
 
 11:12 am
    Dr. Elizabeth Bryce is a recipient of the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards 2022.  







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 11:53 am
   Dr. Lange, Dr. Kizhakkedathu and Dr. Yazdani-Ahmadabadi have developed a new silver-based coating for medical devices that kills bacteria and prevents infection.







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 11:46 am
   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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 11:24 am
    	Dr. Mari DeMarco Winner of the 2022 Michael S. Bereman Award for Innovative Clinical Proteomics. 







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 11:17 am
    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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 10:53 am
   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.







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 10:57 am
   Ovarian Cancer Scientists at UBC are determined to reduce ovarian cancer deaths and suffering by 50 per cent over the next decade.







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 9:54 am
   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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 3:10 pm
    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”  







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 3:24 pm
    Congratulations to Drs. Leandro Venturutti, Ying Wang, Yuzhuo Wang, David Granville, Andrew Minchinton and, Edward Pryzdial CIHR Fall 2021 Project Grant Recipients!  







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 9:35 am
    This year marks the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (BMLSc) program’s 40th anniversary 







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 10:15 am
    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. 







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 10:10 am
    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"   
  
  
 
 4:29 pm
    Dr. Mel Krajden - Individual Leadership Impact Award, Life Sciences BC   







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 11:48 am
    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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 11:43 am
    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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 11:34 am
    Department of Pathology  member Dr. Poul Sorensen has been appointed to the Order of British Columbia.  Congratulations!  







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 1:43 pm
    Dr. Blake Gilks was just awarded the Canadian Association of Pathologists Distinguished Service Award. Congratulations Blake!   

 
  
  
 
 11:41 am
     Dr. Lien Hoang (Anatomical Pathology) - The Dr. Roberta Miller Resident Teaching Award     
  
  
 
 11:39 am
      Dr. Linda Hoang (Medical Microbiology) - The Dr. Melvyn Bernstein Resident Teaching Award    
  
  
 
 11:34 am
    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.   
  
  
 
 11:30 am
    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  
  
  
 
 11:29 am
    Joanne Wouterse - Staff Service (Admin) Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine  
  
  
 
 11:27 am
    Charlene Porter - Staff Service (Tech) Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine  
  
  
 
 11:25 am
    Dr. Anthony Hsieh - Mentoring Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine  
  
  
 
 11:19 am
    Dr. Gang Wang - Early Career Research & Discover Award , Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine  
  
  
 
 11:17 am
    Dr. Andrew Minchinton- Research & Discovery Award  , Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine   
  
  
 
 11:15 am
    Dr. Marthe Charles - Most Valuable Player Award , Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine   
  
  
 
 11:13 am
    Dr. Vilte Barakauskas - Excellence in Clinical Service Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine   
  
  
 
 11:11 am
    Dr. Tracy Tucker - Excellence in Education Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine   
  
  
 
 11:08 am
    Dr. Elizabeth Bryce - Lifetime Achievement Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine   
  
  
 
 10:17 am
    Dr. Hardwick’s in memoriam page is now published:  







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 6:09 pm
    FROM TESTS TO VACCINES: THE LAB’S ROLE IN A PANDEMIC RCH Foundation Interview with Dr.  Reza Alaghehbandan







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 4:16 pm
   Dr. Poul Sorensen -  AACR Team Science Award.  UBC cancer researchers receive international team science award 







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 6:27 pm
    In the News: Vancouver Sun: Long-term care residents show weaker immune response to first dose of vaccine







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 10:11 am
    Mitacs Internship Opportunity for Summer Term 2021 (Graduate Students Job Opportunity)







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 2:42 pm
    Bangladesh Academy of Sciences elects Muhammad Morshed as expatriate fellow







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 4:21 pm
    Dr. Ramon Klein Geltink  Emerging Scholar Award, Research at Canadian Cancer Society .   
  
  
 
 2:45 pm
    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!   
  
  
 
 4:20 pm
    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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 10:14 pm
    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. 
  
  
 
 9:56 pm
    Congratulations to Dr. Shazia Masud recipient of Service Award for validating and implementing molecular SARS-CoV2 testing at Fraser Health  
  
  
 
 9:44 pm
    Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Minchinton recipient of the BC Cancer long service recognition award   
  
  
 
 9:18 pm
    Congratulations to Dr. Dana Devine recipient of the International Society of Blood Transfusion Presidential Award 2020
  

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 2:59 pm
    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.
 
  
  
 
 9:55 am
    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







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 9:49 am
    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







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 9:35 am
    Congratulations Dr. David Granville on your new appointment as Associate Dean of Research at VCHRI!  
  
  
 
 10:08 pm
    Congratulations to Dr. David Huntsman for being elected to fellowship in the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) 2020    

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 8:48 pm
     Congratulations to Dr. Philipp Lange, recipient of a Canada Research Chair Tier II Award 2020-2025  
  
  
 
 11:51 am
    Dr. Christian Steidl wins 2020 Faculty of Medicine Award  Congratulations to Dr. Christian Steidl for his FoM Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Basic Science Research, in recognition of meritorious performance. 







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 11:31 am
    Dr. Philipp Lange wins 2020 Faculty of Medicine Award Congratulations to Dr. Philipp Lange for his FoM Distinguished Achievement Award for Overall Excellence – Early Career, in recognition of meritorious performance.  







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 8:59 am
    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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 9:05 am
    COVID research news story. Blood test could prevent COVID-19 patients from getting sicker

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 8:46 am
    Congratulations to Dr. Mel Krajden of the BC Centre for Disease Control on being appointed to the Order of British Columbia, the province's highest form of recognition! Join us in celebrating Dr. Krajden for his leadership & contributions to the province!

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 8:12 am
    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. 

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 8:03 am
    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.

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 8:19 am
    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"

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 9:21 am
    Dr. Titus Wong is one of  The 2020 Innovation and Translational Research Award winner, Congratulations! "Using proven methods to prevent surgical site infections" 

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 8:55 am
    Dr. Chris Lowe  was funded as part of the Genome BC COVID.   "Development of sensitive and quantitative molecular technologies for SARS-CoV-2 detection"

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 10:28 pm
    Congratulations to Dr. David Schaeffer recipient of Junior Scientist Award - Canadian Association of Pathologists (CAP-ACP)   

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 10:21 pm
    The biobank group that Dr. Peter Watson direct at BC Cancer (Tumour Tissue Repository) was the recipient of a PHSA+ team award 2020. One of 5 team awards this year recognized for excellence and advancing PHSA values 
  
  
 
 9:23 pm
    Congratulations to Dr. David Schaeffer recipient of the Doctors of BC (DoBC) 2020 Recognition Award
  

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 8:55 pm
    Congratulations to Dr. Amir Karin recipient of The Alan Pollard Post-Doctoral Clinical Chemistry Travel Award, University of Toronto!  

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 7:54 pm
    Dr. Amanda Wilmer (MM-Kelowna)  - The Melvyn Bernstein Resident Teaching Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine   
  
  
 
 7:49 pm
    Dr. Hui-Min Yang (Anatomical Pathology-VGH)  - The Roberta Miller Resident Teaching Award , Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine