
Scholarly Activities
in the UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
OVERVIEW1
Scholarly activity means research of quality and significance, or, in appropriate fields, distinguished, creative or professional work of a scholarly nature; and the dissemination of the results of that scholarly activity. Judgment of scholarly activity is based mainly on the quality and significance of an individual’s contribution. Evidence of scholarly activity varies among the disciplines [with] different pathways to academic and scholarly excellence. Diverse substantive contributions to knowledge and methods of dissemination, as recognized within [a] field of inquiry, [are] valued.
Scholarly activity can take three forms.
FORMS OF RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Traditional Research
Scholarship of Teaching (Education Research)
Professional ContributionsTraditional Research1. TRADITIONAL RESEARCH: Traditional research means [investigation or experimentation] undertaken on a systematic basis [aimed at discovery] in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of humanity, culture, and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications2.
Published work is, where appropriate, the primary evidence used to assess productivity in traditional research. [The significance of] published work [is] examined with three related considerations in mind: the quality of the venues in which the published work appears; the quantity of the published work; and the overall impact of the work on their field or discipline3.
TRADITIONAL RESEARCH HAS AT LEAST THREE CATEGORIES:
- 1. Basic Investigative | or Discovery Research
- 2. Clinical Applied Research
- 3. Translational Research | or Knowledge Translation
TRADITIONAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE4
1. Basic Investigative ResearchStudy of the fundamental causes and mechanisms of health and disease, and includes education scholarship.
Blood research
The Hematology category covers resources concerned with blood, blood-forming tissues, bone marrow, plasma, and transfusions. Coverage also includes resources on specialties such as hemophilia, leukemia, and lymphoma.
- Nicholas Au
- Mohammad Bahmanyar
- Donald Brooks
- Cedric Carter
- Kate Chipperfield
- Hélène Côté
- Thomas Covello
- Karen Dallas
- Zohra Daw
- Dana Devine
- Vicenzo Giambra
- Monika Hudoba
- Maria Issa
- Gerald James
- Aly Karsan
- Jay Kizhakkedathu
- Ramon Klein Geltink
- Steven Kleinman
- Samuel Krikler
- Anil Mangal
- Krista Marcon
- Elisabeth Maurer-Spurej
- Nadejda Medvedev
- Douglas Mitchel Morrison
- Majid Moteabbed
- John Priatel
- Edward Pryzdial
- Habib Razavi
- Kristine Roland
- Peter Schubert
- Katherine Serrano
- Andrew Shih
- Michael Sutherland
- Peter van den Elzen
- Suzanne Vercauteren
- Andrew Weng
- Dwayne Wenzel
- Minghong Xu
- Matthew Yan
- Wilson Yeung
Biomaterials
Brain & neuroscience
The Neurology category covers resources concerned with the central and peripheral nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and fluids. Coverage includes general and clinical neurology including neurosurgery, neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, neurophysiology, neuroradiology, neuropediatrics, neuropathology, and neurobiology. Resources on cerebrovascular diseases, movement and spinal disorders, pain, dementia, headache, aphasiology, brain injury, paraplegia, stroke, and acupuncture are also included.
Cancer
The Oncology category covers resources on the etiology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer such as chemotherapy, radiation and gene therapy. Cancer specialties such as gynecologic oncology, neuro-oncology, surgical oncology, radiological oncology, oral oncology and dermatological oncology are also included.
- Reza Alaghehbandan
- Samuel Aparicio
- Mohammad Bahmanyar
- Terry Bainbridge
- Nigel Ball
- Marcel Bally
- Kevin Bennewith
- Lindsay Brown
- Helene Bruyère
- Jonathan Bush
- Katherine Ceballos
- Mukesh Chhanabhai
- Peter Chow-White
- Christopher Conklin
- Jeffrey Craig
- Bakul Dalal
- Christopher Dunham
- Simpal Gill
- Allen Gown
- Kristin Hauff
- Malcolm Hayes
- Lien Hoang
- Basil Horst
- Monika Hudoba
- Hanh Huynh
- Diana Ionescu
- Julie Irving
- Edward Jones
- Steve Kalloger
- Aly Karsan
- Ramon Klein Geltink
- Helga Klein-Parker
- Mladen Korbelik
- Mel Krajden
- Gerald Krystal
- Wan Lam
- Philipp Lange
- Anna Lee
- Lik Hang Lee
- William Lockwood
- Calum MacAulay
- Hamid Masoudi
- Andrew Minchinton
- Nickolas Myles
- Bibi Naghibi Torbati
- Tony Ng
- Torsten Nielsen
- Oana-Eugenia Popescu
- Steven Rasmussen
- Habib Razavi
- Miriam Rosin
- Andrew Roth
- Marianne Sadar
- Davide Salina
- Murray Savard
- David Schaeffer
- Pedro Sequeira Farinha
- Sohrab Shah
- Brian Skinnider
- Graham Slack
- Brenda Smith
- Adam Smith
- Poul Sorensen
- Christian Steidl
- Nicholas Sunderland
- Fumio Takei
- Jefferson Terry
- Martin Trotter
- Janette van den Berghe
- Nicholas van der Westhuizen
- Dirk van Niekerk
- Ayesha Vawda
- Suzanne Vercauteren
- Gang Wang
- Yemin Wang
- Peter Watson
- Douglas Webber
- Andrew Weng
- Wei Xiong
- Wilson Yeung
- Sean Young
- Chen Zhou
Cardiovascular and pulmonary
The Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems category covers resources concerned with all aspects of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery and respiratory diseases. Topics include circulation, cardiovascular technology and measurement, cardiovascular pharmacology and therapy, hypertension, heart and lung transplantation, arteries, arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, angiology, perfusion, stroke, as well as all types of respiratory and lung diseases.
- Michael Allard
- Eric Belanger
- Farshaad Bilimoria
- Greg Bondy
- Jonathan Bush
- Andrew Churg
- Dana Devine
- John English
- Julia Flint
- David Granville
- James Hogg
- Diana Ionescu
- Wan Lam
- Dailin Li
- Honglin Luo
- Bruce McManus
- Avi Ostry
- Edward Pryzdial
- Morris Pudek
- Ramesh Saeedi
- Chun Seow
- Hemlata Shirsat
- Janet Simons
- Glen Tibbits
- Blair Walker
- Ying Wang
- Cheryl Wellington
- Steven White
- Joanne Wright
- Decheng Yang
Endocrinology, metabolism & nutrition
The Endocrinology, Metabolism & Nutrition category is concerned with resources on the growth and regulation of the human body. Coverage focuses on disorders associated with endocrine glands such as diabetes, osteoporosis, and obesity. Nutrition resources focus on topics such as diagnosis, treatment, and management of nutritional and metabolic disorders. Reproductive endocrinology is excluded and is placed in the Reproductive Medicine category.
- Michael Allard
- Greg Bondy
- Barbra Bradshaw
- Andy DeSouza
- Kent Dooley
- Joshua Dubland
- John Galbraith
- Daniel Holmes
- Hanh Huynh
- Ramon Klein Geltink
- Gerald Krystal
- Dailin Li
- Andre Mattman
- Morris Pudek
- Bojana Rakic
- Ramesh Saeedi
- David Schaeffer
- Graham Sinclair
- Hilary Vallance
- Peter van den Elzen
- Bruce Verchere
- Carlos Villamil
- Li Wang
Gastrointestinal systems
The Gastroenterology and Hepatology category covers general and investigative gastroenterology and hepatology resources including those concerned with the structure, function, and diseases of the digestive system, stomach, intestines, colon, rectum, and the liver.
Genetics genomics proteomics and related approaches
Topics include genetic variation and evolution, epigenetics, the human genome, expression profiling, proteome families, structural proteomics, gene finding/gene structure, protein function and annotation, and more…
- Karla Bretherick
- Lindsay Brown
- Helene Bruyère
- Peter Chow-White
- Mari DeMarco
- Andy DeSouza
- Joshua Dubland
- Basil Horst
- William Hsiao
- David Huntsman
- Diana Ionescu
- Agatha Jassem
- Steve Kalloger
- Aly Karsan
- Karuna Karunakaran
- Wan Lam
- Karen Lam
- Philipp Lange
- Victor Ling
- Kerstin Locher
- William Lockwood
- Allison Matthews
- Bruce McManus
- Maria Monsalve
- Tony Ng
- Yongjin Park
- Evica Rajcan-Separovic
- Bojana Rakic
- Gordon Ritchie
- Marianne Sadar
- David Schaeffer
- Kamilla Schlade-Bartusiak
- Peter Schubert
- Sohrab Shah
- Graham Sinclair
- Graham Slack
- Adam Smith
- Christian Steidl
- Kennard Tan
- Tracy Tucker
- Christine Tyson
- Hilary Vallance
- Janette van den Berghe
- Bing Wang
- Li Wang
- Stephen Yip
Human development and aging
Informatics / medical technology
The Research/Laboratory Medicine & Medical Technology category includes resources on pathology, forensic sciences, medical genetics, biotechnology, and biomedical engineering. Coverage also includes clinical monitoring and computing devices; medical instrumentation; and artificial organs, medical implants, and other emerging medical treatments.
Infectious diseases and immunology / microbiology
The Clinical Immunology & Infectious Diseases category covers resources that focus on basic research in clinical and applied allergy, immunology, and infectious disease. Microbiology and virology resources are included in this category as are resources on HIV, AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and hospital infections.
- Jasmine Ahmed-Bentley
- Ghada Al-Rawahi
- Lenka Allan
- Mei Lin Bissonnette
- Edith Blondel-Hill
- Greg Bondy
- Elizabeth Bryce
- Jonathan Bush
- Sylvie Champagne
- Marthe Kenny Charles
- Nevio Cimolai
- Hélène Côté
- Robert Coupland
- Richard Crawford
- Jorge Denegri
- Katerina Dorovini-Zis
- Vijay Gadkar
- John Galbraith
- David Goldfarb
- Jennifer Grant
- David Granville
- Linda Hoang
- William Hsiao
- James Hudson
- James Hutchinson
- Miguel Imperial
- Agatha Jassem
- Karuna Karunakaran
- Richard Kasper
- Michael Kelly
- Shane Kirby
- Mladen Korbelik
- Mel Krajden
- Christine Hye Chong Lee
- Victor Leung
- Lisa Li
- Kerstin Locher
- Christopher Lowe
- Vicente Loyola
- Honglin Luo
- Shazia Masud
- Nancy Ann Matic
- Bruce McManus
- Susanna McRae
- Muhammad Morshed
- Andrei Musaji
- Michael Nimmo
- Martin Petric
- John Priatel
- Natalie Prystajecky
- Edward Pryzdial
- Dale Purych
- Jacqueline Quandt
- Steven Rasmussen
- Romina Reyes
- Marc Romney
- Murray Savard
- Inna Sekirov
- Christopher Sherlock
- Jocelyn Srigley
- Aleksandra Stefanovic
- Michael Sutherland
- Fumio Takei
- Kennard Tan
- Peter Tilley
- Peter van den Elzen
- Bruce Verchere
- Martin Wale
- Bing Wang
- Amanda Wilmer
- Titus Wong
- Decheng Yang
Molecular pathology, biomarkers, and cell biology
Diagnosis of disease through the examination of molecules within organs, tissues or bodily fluids. Molecular pathology is commonly used in diagnosis of cancer and infectious diseases.
- Reza Alaghehbandan
- Marcel Bally
- Kevin Bennewith
- Jake Cosme
- Robert Coupland
- Zohra Daw
- Mari DeMarco
- Angela Fung
- Allen Gown
- Linda Hoang
- Lien Hoang
- James Hudson
- Diana Ionescu
- Aly Karsan
- Helga Klein-Parker
- Mladen Korbelik
- Wan Lam
- Victor Ling
- Calum MacAulay
- Benjamin Mack
- Ian Mackenzie
- Wendy MacKerricher
- Elisabeth Maurer-Spurej
- Neil Mina
- Maria Monsalve
- Muhammad Morshed
- Tanya Nelson
- Torsten Nielsen
- Michael Noble
- Susan Porter
- Romina Reyes
- Gordon Ritchie
- Marc Romney
- Miriam Rosin
- Davide Salina
- Chun Seow
- Pedro Sequeira Farinha
- Katherine Serrano
- Audi Setiadi
- Carolyn Shiau
- Brenda Smith
- Poul Sorensen
- Christian Steidl
- Emma Strong
- Tracy Tucker
- Nicholas van der Westhuizen
- Ayesha Vawda
- Frances Vice
- Gang Wang
- Peter Watson
- Wei Xiong
- Minghong Xu
- Hui-Min Yang
- Stephen Yip
- Sean Young
- Chen Zhou
Skin conditions
The Dermatology category covers resources concerned with all aspects of the skin and its diseases, including general, investigative, and experimental dermatology. Topics include contact dermatitis, venereal disease, leprosy, dermatologic surgery, dermatologic pathology, and dermatologic oncology, as well as material on the care of burns and wounds.
Other
- Larry Argatoff
- James Cupples
- Dante D’urbano
- Sukhvinder Dhaliwal
- Jason Doyle
- Ananta Gurung
- Kamran Heydarzadeh-Azar
- John Hill
- James Kelly
- William Lau
- Tsu-Yee Joseph Lee
- Juliana Li
- Qiuyan Li
- Mildred Martens
- Rosemary Mueller
- Robert O’Connor
- Michael Poulin
- Robert Power
- William Schreiber
- Jenny Tai
- Susan Tha
- Katharine Tsang
- Dmitry Turbin
- Ian Welch
- Michelle Wong
- Jennifer Xenakis
- Hui-Min Yang
- Karen Yeung
2. Clinical Applied ResearchResearch that refines or redefines diseases, identifies novel diseases, or disease phenotypes, and evaluates, appraises, and reports on clinical practice in a hospital, including existing and novel therapies and health care systems, to continually maintain and improve safety and quality of patient care
3. Translational Research (or Knowledge Translation)Process of transforming basic research discoveries into improved clinical practice and patient care, including innovation, test development, and implementation
1Guide to Reappointment, Promotions, and Tenure Procedures at UBC 2016/17 (SAC Guide), http://www.hr.ubc.ca/faculty-relations/files/SAC-Guide.pdf
2Frascati Manual: Proposed standard practice for surveys on research and experimental development, OECD 2002 Paris
3SAC Guide
4Academic Pathology. Providing the Foundation for Innovative, Highest Quality, Patient Centred Care in British Columbia in the 21st Century. October 2014Scholarship of Teaching2. SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING OR EDUCATION RESEARCH: Scholarship of teaching refers to a broader contribution to the improvement of teaching and learning beyond an individual’s own teaching responsibilities. It is not synonymous with excellent teaching.
For scholarship of teaching, scholarly activity may be evidenced by factors such as originality or innovation, demonstrable impact in a particular field or discipline, peer reviews of scholarly contributions to teaching, dissemination in the public domain, or substantial and sustained use by others. For example, textbooks and curriculum reform that changed academic understanding or made a significant contribution to the way in which a discipline or field is taught might constitute useful evidence of the scholarship of teaching, whereas textbooks or curriculum revision of a routine nature would not5.
Scholarship of Teaching or Education Research
- Vilte Barakauskas
- Amanda Bradley
- Elizabeth Bryce
- Kate Chipperfield
- Christopher Conklin
- William Godolphin
- David Goldfarb
- Deborah Griswold
- Kristin Hauff
- Hanh Huynh
- Diana Ionescu
- Maria Issa
- Niamh Kelly
- Kenneth King Yin Liu
- Benjamin Mack
- Jonaki Manna
- Michael Nimmo
- Bojana Rakic
- Kristine Roland
- Tracy Tucker
- Hilary Vallance
- Peter Watson
- Robert Wolber
- Minghong Xu
5CSAC Guide.Professional Contribution3. PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTION: Professional Contribution refers to sustained and current activity that is creative, innovative, excellent, and impactful on the profession, the discipline, or the health system.
Professional Contribution should not be of a routine or repetitive character. Merely practicing a profession as a typical consultant or professional might do is insufficient. Thus, consulting per se does not constitute a professional contribution [in this context].
A Professional Contribution includes work having a significant impact such as advice or policy analysis that results in: the drafting or implementation of new and significant legislation; an integrated and innovative summary of existing legislation and policy; or developing a new predictive model of [health evaluation] whose predictive power has been empirically validated by [data]6.
Representative examples of Professional Contributions are summarized below7.
Contributions to the Development of Professional Practice
Demonstration of leadership in the profession, professional organizations, government or regulatory agencies that has influenced standards and/or enhanced the effectiveness of the discipline.
These include (but are not limited to):
- Guideline development
- Development and implementation of quality of practice initiatives
- Development and implementation of utilization management tools and supports
- Health policy development
- Government policy
- Community development
- International health and development
- Consensus conference statements
- Regulatory committees
- Setting of standards
Professional Innovation and Creative Excellence
Professional innovation may include:
- Making or developing of an invention [relevant to practice]
- Conceptual [practice] innovations
Creative excellence may be targeted at a spectrum of audiences (lay public to health professionals) and includes:
- Biomedical art
- Communications media
- Video presentations
Professional Contributions
- Michael Allard
- Samuel Aparicio
- Edith Blondel-Hill
- Dana Devine
- Arun Garg
- David Granville
- David Huntsman
- Diana Ionescu
- Maria Issa
- Aly Karsan
- Ian Mackenzie
- Raymond Maung
- Elisabeth Maurer-Spurej
- Bruce McManus
- Torsten Nielsen
- Michael Noble
- Susan Porter
- Jacqueline Quandt
- Marianne Sadar
- David Schaeffer
- William Schreiber
- David Seccombe
- Sohrab Shah
- Poul Sorensen
- Bruce Verchere
- Martin Wale
- Peter Watson
- Cheryl Wellington
6Ibid.
7Adapted from the Manual for Academic Promotion, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto June 2013.Areas of Special InterestsAREAS OF SPECIAL INTERESTS
Biomedical studies and clinical applications
The application of the natural sciences, especially the biological and physiological sciences, to clinical medicine. Development of knowledge, interventions, or technology that are of use in healthcare or public health.
Clinical diagnostic testing
Aids physicians by performing renal function tests, liver function tests, cardiac function tests, diabetes and other endocrinology tests etc. These tests are used for the diagnosis and monitoring of many organ system disorders.
Clinical or forensic autopsies
Utilization management
Evaluation of the medical necessity, appropriateness, and efficiency of the use of health care services, procedures, and facilities under the provisions of the applicable health benefits plan
Quality improvement and assurance
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service and patient care