The inimitable bow-tied Professor Emeritus David Hardwick (1934 – 2021), a graduate of UBC's fourth medical class in 1957, was appointed to the Department of Pathology in 1965 and was department head from 1976 to 1990. In 1966, he took over the MD undergraduate pathology course, restructuring and codifying it into an educational program that ran for more than 30 years. His research contributions were in the fields of pediatric pathology, pathophysiology, clinical pathology and the economic effects of clinical laboratory testing. The UBC David F. Hardwick Pathology Learning Centre in the Diamond Health Care Centre holds specimen collections of both historical and current disease conditions from the 1940s to present day.

Dr. Hardwick's ongoing mission within the Faculty was to ensure that people understood the dynamic of the social system in which they worked and to create administrative structures that were coherent with the social culture and offer cooperative relationships amongst institutions. In 2001, UBC awarded Dr. Hardwick a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa in recognition of his commitment to the principles of academic freedom.

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Dr. Churg is a Professor of Pathology at the University of British Columbia and a pathologist at Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, BC. He obtained his PhD and MD from the University of Chicago, and did a fellowship in lung pathology with Charles Carrington at Stanford University. He is the author of more than 500 publications dealing with all aspects of thoracic pathology, including the 4th series Fascicle: Tumors of the Serosal Membranes, and Atlas of Interstitial Lung Disease Pathology.

His laboratory has long focused on the effects of occupational and environmental agents on the lung. In addition he has major interests in the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma and interstitial lung disease. For many years he studied the relationship between asbestos fiber burden and disease, and the interactions of exogenous oxidants and particles in the lung.

Bruce McManus is Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, the University of British Columbia.

Dr. McManus is a member of the Order of British Columbia (2019). Dr. McManus was previously inaugural Scientific Director of the Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2000-2006) and Department Head for Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Dr. McManus’s basic and clinical investigative program is focused on mechanisms, consequences, detection and prevention of injury and aberrant repair involved in inflammatory diseases of the heart and blood vessels, with particular emphasis on enteroviral infections of the heart and transplant vascular disease. He has co-authored over 380 peer-reviewed publications, as well as many chapters. He has edited four books. He is co-holder of several patents and co-founder of several diagnostics startups. Dr. McManus received an MD degree from the University of Saskatchewan, completed his residency in medicine and pathology at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, the PhD at the University of Toledo, and post‐doctoral fellowships at the University of California – Santa Barbara and the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, NIH.

Dr. Hegele completed a PhD in Experimental Pathology at the University of British Columbia (UBC). At UBC, he was promoted through the academic ranks, attaining the rank of Professor. He served as Head, UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine from 2005-08 (Acting Head from 2003-2004).

From January 2009 to December 2015, Dr. Hegele served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto. From February 2011 to December 2016, he also served as Chief, Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children. Since January 2016, Dr. Hegele has served as Vice Dean, Research and Innovation in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Allard served as Head of the UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine from 2009 to 2018. He is currently Vice-Dean, Health Engagement, Faculty of Medicine, UBC. His research has focused primarily on mechanisms responsible for adaptation of the heart to exercise and hypertension. More recently, Dr. Allard has turned his attention to developing approaches to assess academic workload and to enable better integration of clinical and academic activities in pathology practice settings. Dr. Allard is a Principal Investigator in the James Hogg Research Centre and a Cardiovascular Pathologist at St. Paul’s Hospital, and he remains actively involved in educational programs at UBC.

Growing up in a small village of mainland China, Dr. Zu-hua Gao obtained his Medical degree from Qingdao Medical College, Master degree from Harbin Medical University, and PhD degree from Peking Union Medical College. Dr. Gao received his post-doctoral fellowship training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, pathology residency training at Dalhousie University, and subspecialty pathology fellowship at the University of Chicago. Dr. Gao had been the Division Head of Anatomical Pathology and Cytopathology at the University of Calgary and Calgary Laboratory Services between 2007-2011. Between September 2012 and November 2021, Dr. Gao has been the Chair and Chief of the Department of Pathology at McGill University. Since 2019, Dr. Gao has been the President of Canadian Chairs of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. In 2017, Dr. Gao became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (London UK). In 2019, Dr. Gao became a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

Dr. Gao is currently the Professor and Head of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Gao provides leadership to the Department by creating and advancing a strategic plan that aligns with the Faculty's strategic plan, building the future and continuing to promote excellence in teaching, research and service.