More than 170 department members participated in the various sessions throughout the day. This demonstrates once again that Pathology Day is truly a great occasion to experience the caliber and diversity of research taking place throughout our department, both at the junior and established research levels. Shining the spotlight on our local best and brightest allows us to see the high quality of research that is taking place in our own backyard, raising the bar for all of us.

We look forward to including more department members in the future, as a means to present junior faculty and re-introduce our more established researchers and their achievements.

DON BROOKS INTRODUCED DR. BRUCE MCMANUS, THIS YEAR'S JAMES HOGG LECTURER

Dr. Bruce McManus is a Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the University of British Columbia. He serves as CEO, Centre of Excellence for Prevention of Organ Failure (PROOF Centre) and Co-Director, Institute for Heart + Lung Health. Dr. McManus’ lecture was about “Human Suffering – Crossroad of the 7 C’s”.

PATHOLOGY DAY 2017 SHOWCASED THE RESEARCH PROGRAMS OF TWO FACULTY:

Dr. Philipp Lange discussed his work on “Proteome Complexity – Challenge and Opportunity for Precision Medicine”

and Dr. Julie Irving from Victoria shared “Academic and Community Practice in Anatomical Pathology: An Oxymoron”.

The Keynote’s address “Comprehensive Genomic Profiling and Immunotherapy” was given by Dr. Jeffrey Ross, the Cyrus Strong Merrill Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Albany Medical College.

This year Dr. Valerio Russo, the Postdoctoral Fellow with the top ranked abstract, discussed his work on "Granzyme B: An important Contribution to Dermal-Epidermal Separation in Blistering Skin Conditions".

Over 75 abstracts were submitted by trainees and staff, highlighting the broad spectrum of research topics throughout the department; from these a number were selected for presentation during either the Resident or Graduate and Undergraduate Student Oral Platform Sessions. The weather was great and the sun shone at the right time, allowing attendants at the poster session and accompanying luncheon to utilize ICORD, Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, for networking and catching up with people for social and scientific discussion.

RECEPTION at ICORD

Pathology Day concluded with a well-attended reception back at ICORD. There was lovely music by a jazz trio while department members mingled over delicious appetizers, cocktails and oyster bar. The evening was interspersed with a variety of awards.