CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FACULTY ON CIHR GRANT AWARDS!

Three of our faculty members have been awarded grants in the CIHR Fall 2023 competition. Please join us in congratulating:

• Development of clinical candidate hypoxia-activated DNA-PK inhibitors
  Principal Investigator: Andrew Minchinton (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
• Targeting metabolic vulnerabilities in childhood cancers using immunotherapy
  Principal Investigator: Poul Sorensen (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
• Cytokine receptor common beta chain alterations in mediastinal lymphomas
  Principal Investigator: Christian Steidl (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)

CONGRATULATIONS TO DR. SYAM SOMASEKHARAN ON RECEIVING THE IDEA DEVELOPMENT AWARD!

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Syam Somasekharan, has been honored with the Idea Development Award - Established Investigator Award from the US Department of Defense (DOD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). This prestigious award, valued at 1.12 million US dollars, is aimed at identifying biomarkers and therapeutic targets for prostate cancer.

For more details on Dr. Somasekharan's groundbreaking work and the award, visit the 🔗 CDMRP website.

IN THE NEWS

We are pleased to highlight Dr. Marc Romney's remarkable contributions to integrating robotics and artificial intelligence in healthcare. His innovative work is setting new standards in patient care and efficiency in British Columbia's hospitals. For more details on Dr. Romney's pioneering achievements, please visit the following links:

JOIN UBC'S STUDENT SHADOWING PROGRAM

To increase awareness of pathology as a career choice amongst medical students, please consider signing up with the Student Affairs and Careers planning database, so that medical students can contact you to arrange a shadowing or other opportunity. Scan the QR code to sign up or follow this link: 🔗 Link to Expression of Interest Form

BC CANCER FOUNDATION'S 2024 SUMMER RESEARCH STUDENTSHIP COMPETITION IS NOW OPEN!

Summer research studentships, sponsored by the BC Cancer Foundation, will be available to support senior undergraduate university students and/or junior medical or dental students seeking hands-on training in cancer research in BC during the period of May 1 – August 31, 2024. 🔗 READ MORE.

PUBLISHED RESEARCH PAPER

📚 Check out new research published by Dr. Chun Seow about arteries and blood pressure. 🔗 READ MORE.

OPPORTUNITY FOR CLINICAL FACULTY: LEARN ABOUT CLINICAL PROMOTION

For Clinical Faculty Promotions, the Clinical Appointments, Reappointments, and Promotions Committee requests the following documents for review:

• Cover Letter, from the Clinical Faculty member, requesting promotion to the next Clinical rank, and summarizing past, present and intended future academic contributions to UBC. Please include teaching, research, administrative/service and any other relevant contributions to UBC.
• Letter of Support from the Clinical Faculty member’s Site Head or Supervisor
• An updated CV on our Faculty Activities Database (FAD) https://fad.med.ubc.ca/path/users/login  including a breakdown of teaching hours.
• A minimum of two Peer Evaluations (any format is fine, sample templates available, if needed)
• A minimum of two Student/Resident Evaluations (any format is fine, sample templates available, if needed)

Promotion documents should be sent to Lorra Ward at lorra.ward@pathology.ubc.ca, all together or separately, anytime, and we’ll keep them in the confidential employee HR file until all documents for the promotion request are received, and ready for Committee review.

The Faculty of Medicine Guidelines for Clinical Faculty Promotions, and the criteria for each rank:

🔗 Policy on Clinical Faculty Appointments | 🔗 B Sample 1 - Resident Student Evaluation Form | 🔗 Sample 2 - Supervisor Evaluation Form for Students | 🔗 Sample 3 - Talk Presentation Evaluation Form | 🔗 Sample 4 - RCPCS Evaluationform | 🔗 Sample 5 - Peer Evaluation | 🔗 Sample 6 - Teacher Assessment (by Peer) - Large Group-Lecturer | 🔗 Sample 7 - Peer Lecture Evaluation Form.

HIGHLIGHTED EVENT(S)

Join a conversation with Chief Clarence Louie, support learners & colleagues during Ramadan & join the EDI Joint Interest Group

February and March Wellbeing Workshops