2023 HEALTH RESEARCH BC RESEARCH TRAINEE COMPETITION

We would like to express our gratitude to Dr. Andrew Roth for participating in the review panel for Michael Smith Health Research BC's 2023 Research Trainee competition. Your involvement has been instrumental in our mission to support research of the highest scientific caliber, invest in the most talented researchers in BC, and advance the capacity for world-class health research in British Columbia.

2023 FACULTY OF MEDICINE DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS

Congratulations to our faculty members for their remarkable achievement in receiving the prestigious 2023 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Awards: Honglin Luo - Excellence in Basic Science Research; David Huntsman - Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research; Aly Karsan - Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research; and Amanda Bradley - Excellence in Education.
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FUNDING RECEIVED

• Congratulations to Dr. Jacqueline Quandt and her team on being awarded the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH) Kickstart Grants for the year 2023 for the project "Validating ZDHHC9 as a therapeutic target for Multiple Sclerosis". These grants are designed to foster research initiatives that showcase innovative collaborations, novel directions, and advancements in technology. They provide valuable support to new projects, enabling the generation of preliminary data for future grant applications to external funding agencies. READ MORE
• Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl Wellington: on receiving the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Alzheimer Disease Research Grant. READ MORE

NEWLY PUBLISHED WORKS BY DR. STEPHEN YIP

Two new papers by Dr. Stephen Yip:

• Great Canadian collaborative paper on KRAS G12C NSCLC. Published: 6 July 2023: and
• Progress toward Health System Readiness for Genome-Based Testing in Canada. Published: 1 June 2023

LAUNCH OF THE BRAND-NEW ROYAL COLLEGE PORTAL DEDICATED TO SHOWCASING THE UPCOMING AWARDS!

We are pleased to announce the launch of the new Royal College portal dedicated exclusively to showcasing the upcoming awards. Please take a moment to visit the portal, review the awards, and feel free to forward any suggestions to the Awards Committee. Your valuable input is crucial to us, so we invite you to share any suggestions or ideas you may have with the Awards Committee, led by Cedric Carter (cedriccarter@icloud.com).

CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE INCREASING RISK OF LYME DISEASE IN CANADA

Just published by the Faculty of Medicine UBC, Dr. Muhammad Morshed, a Clinical Professor at UBC's Faculty of Medicine and an expert on Lyme disease and emerging pathogens, is discussing the increasing risk of Lyme disease in Canada. In the article, Dr. Morshed explains how climate change is contributing to the prevalence of tick-borne illnesses in Canada and provides recommendations on how individuals can protect themselves. FULL STORY

AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. SUTHERLAND, RESEARCH ASSOCIATE IN DR. ED PRYZDIAL LAB

Centre for Blood Research | June 29, 2023
Dr. Sutherland is a Research Associate with Canadian Blood Services (CBS) in the UBC Centre for Blood Research (CBR) and an Adjunct Professor in the UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. For this edition of “Meet the Researcher”, we had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Sutherland about his background, his research studying the activation of coagulation proteins on the surface of enveloped viruses and how it affects infection, and his interests outside the lab. READ MORE.