Pathology at a Glance 2017/18

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The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UBC is a hybrid, academically intensive Department within the UBC Faculty of Medicine whose activities span a broad spectrum of teaching, research, and academic service, often performed in the milieu of clinical practice, and are ultimately devoted to improving the care, treatment, and well-being of patients.

SECTION 1 ORGANIZATION

Faculty & Staff Numbers

Number of Faculty Members: 370 (+ 29 ASSOCIATE MEMBERS)

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AFFILIATED CLINICAL ACADEMIC FACILITIES

CLINICAL ACADEMIC CAMPUSES AFFILIATED REGIONAL CENTRES
BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital Lion’s Gate Hospital
BC Cancer Agency - Vancouver Richmond Hospital
Vancouver General Hospital & related facilities Abbotsford Regional Hospital & Cancer Centre
St. Paul’s Hospital Chilliwack General Hospital
Royal Columbian Hospital Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops
Surrey Memorial Hospital Vernon General Hospital
Royal Jubilee Hospital Penticton General Hospital
Victoria General Hospital Nanaimo Regional Hospital
Kelowna General Hospital Island Affiliated Regional Centres (Campbell River, Comox, Duncan)
University Hospital of Northern BC Burnaby General Hospital (Community Education Facility)
UBC AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTRES UBC AFFILIATED RESEARCH INSTITUTES
Biomedical Research Centre BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
Brain Research Centre Providence Health Care Research Institute
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS St. Paul's Hospital Institute for Heart+Lung Health
BC Centre for Disease Control Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
BC Cancer Research Centre  
Centre for Heart Lung Innovation  
Centre for Blood Research  
Genetic Pathology Evaluation Centre [GPEC]  
International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries [ICORD]  
Vancouver Prostate Centre  

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EXTERNAL AWARDS
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INTERNAL

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UBC has granted 1 academic and 14 clinical promotions in 2017.

Academic Promotions

  1. Dr. Stephen Yip to Associate Professor (Partner)

Clinical Promotions

  1. To Clinical Professor from Associate Professor Dr. Evica Rajcan-Separovic
  2. To Clinical Professor: Dr. Graham Sinclair, Dr. Edith Blondel-Hill, Dr. Dan Holmes
  3. To Clinical Associate Professor: Dr. Zohra Daw, Dr. Jennifer Grant, Dr. Ian Bosdet, Dr. Mari DeMarco, Dr. Romina Reyes, Dr. Tracy Tucker
  4. To Clinical Assistant Professor: Dr. Marcia Ballantyne, Dr. Andy DeSouza, Dr. Majid Moteabbed, Dr. BojanaRakic

SECTION 2 EDUCATION

BMLSc | Undergrad Courses | Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Certificate
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BMLSc | Undergraduate Courses | Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Certificate 2017/18

undergraduate courses #Students # Credits   IPC #Students # Credits   # BMLSc
PATH 375 70 3   PATH 427 10 3   26 Number of Students
PATH 417 44 3   PATH 451 9 3   18 Program Courses (PATH:15; non PATH: 3)
PATH 437 1 3   PATH 467 7 3   67 Program Credits
PATH 438 5 6   PATH 477 8 3   96 Instructors (Faculty, Technologists, Others)
  699 Lecture Hours
598 Other Types of Instruction - hours

BMLSc Awards (2017):
  • Graduates’ Choice for Teaching Excellence Awards: Dr. Michael Neerman, Dr. Morris Pudek and Dr. Mark Scott
  • The Reid Memorial Cup: Ms. Jennifer Xenakis

Medical Undergraduate Program 2017/18


Years 1 & 2 Program For 2017 (across all sites)

  

Class of 2017/18: (May 2017-April 2018)

Years 3 & 4 Electives (data only for VFMP)
Course Total
Instructors		 Lectures Whole
Group
Labs		 Small
Group
CPCs		   Specialty # of Students # of Weeks VFMP
Hospital
MEDD411 40 13 5 22   General Pathology 8 32 VGH, SPH, CWH
MEDD412 30 8 22 0   Anatomic Pathology 20 45 VGH
MEDD421 41 7 4 30   Forensic Pathology 11 29 VGH
MEDD422 39 13 9 17   Hematopathology 11 24 CWH, VGH, SPH
  Medical Microbiology 14 42 SPH, VGH
Medical Biochemistry 1 2 VGH
Neuropathology 9 22 VGH
Totals 63 196  

Residency & Graduate Studies 2017/18

Residency Program 2017/18   Graduate Studies
Program
of Study		 # Residents   Program of Study # of People
Anatomical Pathology 27   MSc 31
General Pathology 0   PhD 39
Neuropathology 2   MD/PhD Program 4
Hematopathology 7   # of Supervisors 39
Medical Microbiology 6  
Medical Biochemistry 1
Fellows 0
CIP 1

Residency Awards (2017):
  • Melvyn Bernstein Award: Dr Titus Wong
  • Roberta Miller Award: Dr Douglas Webber
Graduate Studies - the following major awards were received:
  • Rachel Cederberg (MSc) – CIHR Master’s Award
  • Brennan Wadsworth (PhD) – CIHR Doctoral Award
  • Alberto Delaidelli (PhD) – 4 Year Fellowship
  • Yasir Mohamud (PhD) – 4 Year Fellowship

SECTION 3 FUNDING SOURCES

Research Grants 2017/18
Federal (Tri-council grants)  $8,299,291
Foundations (non-profit)  $8,552,951
Industry  $856,792
Provincial 
(I.E. Michael Smith,
CFI, local agencies)		  $10,195,423
US/Foreign Agencies  $2,338,537
Grand Total  $30,242,993
PERSONNEL AWARDS 2017/18
Chairs  $890,437

Investigatorships
 $918,000

Postdoctoral Fellowships
 $900,408
Grand Total  $2,708,845
DEPARTMENT FUNDS 2017/18 2016/17
Operating Fund General Operating funds from UBC 4,985,000  $4,966,700
  Sales/services (PI Controlled) 1,118,000  $998,400
  Other operating* 3,219,000  $3,619,100
Other Funds Endowment 264,000 200,400
  PGME &
Special Purpose		 603,000 590,500
  Research Awards 15,745,000 15,351,600
  Total Revenue 25,934,000 25,726,700
* Other operating, includes bill backs and “one-time material items”, see Operating Fund overview.