Welcome to Pathology's Bi-Weekly Bulletin | June 14, 2024
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PATHOLOGY DAY - JUNE 7TH
Thank you to everyone who attended, participated, and presented at Pathology Day on June 7th. We hope to see you all again next year. This year, we introduced a daycare service, and it was a hit with the kids. Please plan accordingly for next year's event.
[Here is the 🔗 gallery with photos from the event.]
Pathology Day Awards
Congratulations to all our award recipients:
- The Michael Noble Family Award in Laboratory Quality: Deepak Toor (Resident), Cyril Helbling (Grad Student)
- Poster Presentation Awards: Top Graduate: Cyril Helbling, Julliet Zama, Alexandra Witt; Top Undergraduate: Zheng Fang Yang, Puneet Kaur Arora
- Oral Presentation Awards: Graduate: Renying (Loulou) Cai (1st), Tali Romero (2nd), Fang Fang Li (3rd); Resident: Allen Zhang (1st), Genevieve Amaral (2nd), Derek van Pel (3rd)
- 2024 Departmental Award Winners:
- Education: Narges Hadjesfandiari (Undergrad/Grad), Diana Ionescu (Resident/Fellow)
- Research: Andy Roth (Early Career), Cheryl Wellington (All Faculty)
- Clinical Service: Mari DeMarco (Academic/University), Agatha Jassem (Clinical service in other settings )
- Lifetime Achievement: Dirk van Niekerk
- Staff Service: Shelby Douglas (Admin), Caleb (PC) Lee (Tech)
- Trainee: Lucy (Yuqin) Li (MSc), Razieh Banijamali (PhD), Kevin Shopsowitz (Post-Doc/Resident)
- Mentorship: Corree Laule
- Community Engagement: Helene Cote
- Dana Devine Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Dana Devine
- Don Brooks MVP: Don Brooks
- Graduate Program Awards: Melody (Wan Hei) Cheng (PATH 501), Kidus Achalu (PATH 502), Fang Fang Li (Best Grad Seminar)
- BMLSc Awards: Narges Hadjesfandiari, James Lan, Sophia Park (Teaching Excellence), Maziar Riazzy, Shannon Healy (Grant Application Practicum)
- Long Service Recognition:
- 20 Years: Mukesh Chhanabhai, Monika Hudoba de Badyn, Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu, Maria Victoria Monsalve, Michael Nimmo, Glen Tibbits, Nigel John Ball, Sylvie Champagne, James Kelly, Honglin Luo (Faculty); Janine Senz, Shelley Berkow, Liza McGuinness, Angela Elizabeth Goytain, Dong-Jun Zheng (Staff)
- 25 Years: Victor Ling, Julia Flint, Cheryl Lea Wellington, Ian Bosdet, Elisabeth Maurer (Faculty); Helen Dyck (Staff)
- 30 Years: Michael Allard, Dana Virginia Devine, Greg Bondy, John English, Niamh Kelly, Blair A M Walker, Bakul Dalal, Cyril Blake Gilks, Glen Tibbits (Faculty)
- 35 Years: Marcel Bertran Bally, William E Schreiber, Judith L. Isaac-Renton, David Arthur Owen, Calum MacAulay, G R Wayne Moore, Morris Pudek, Christopher Sherlock, Susan Tha, Hilary D Vallance (Faculty)
- 40 Years: Jorge F Denegri, Fumio Takei, Joanne L Wright, Andrew M Churg, Gerald Krystal (Faculty)
- 45 Years: William J. Godolphin (Professor Emeritus)
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PATHOLOGY PROVINCE-WIDE ROUNDS
Book off 12-1 pm for every Friday for the Pathology Province-Wide Rounds
Location: https://ubc.zoom.us (the same URL for all rounds) .
For Zoom information or any questions, please email to pathassist@pathology.ubc.ca. Rounds are recorded and available 🔗 HERE .
FRIDAY; JUNE 14, 2024 cancelled
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FUNDING SUCCESS
Dr. Cheryl Wellington and her collaborative network received $3.4M to support survivors of intimate partner violence with brain injuries. This new collaboration with Vancouver Island University, Fraser Health, and CanadaSoar aims to identify biomarkers to improve diagnosis and care. 🔗 Read More
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2024 VANIER AND BANTING AWARDS
Congratulations to our Pathology students who received prestigious 2024 Vanier and Banting awards:
- Razieh Sadat Banijamali (Supervisor: Honglin Luo): Enhancing Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Therapeutics with Oncolytic Virotherapy (Vanier Award)
- Dr. Anne-Sophie Archambault (PDF in Dr. Ramon Klein Geltink's Lab): Regulation of Anabolic Metabolism in Anti-Tumour T Cells (Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship)
- Dr. Zhenwei Ma (PDF in Gao Lab): Hydrogel Adhesive Artificial Mucosa: A Paradigm-Shifting Platform for Esophageal Cancer Treatment and Management (Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship)
🔗 Read More
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***DID YOU KNOW***
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Based on data from the UBC Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies on the average funding received through UBC, PhD students in our program ranked highest amongst all UBC Health Sciences Graduate Programs (MEDG, ONCO, MEDX, SPPH, etc), with an average annual funding of $40,855.00, which includes Stipend, Awards, GSI, and TA income.
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INNOVATIVE ORGAN MATCHING PROJECT
B.C. will be the first in the world to test a new way of matching donor organs and recipients, thanks to a project led by UBC researchers, including our own Dr. James Lan. This innovative approach aims to reduce rejections, improve outcomes, and potentially eliminate the need for immune-suppressing drugs. 🔗 Read More
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
🔹 Christian Steidl, Andrew Roth,and their collaborators at the Centre for Lymphoid Cancer have published a paper in Cancer Cell on single-cell genomics in tFL. This study highlights the key role of TME and tumor B-cell crosstalk during transformation. 🔗 Read the full paper.
🔹 Guangze Zhao, a PDF from the DC Yang Lab, along with faculty members Wan Lam, James Zhao, Honglin Luo, Bruce M. McManus, and Decheng Yang, has published a new paper. The study identifies NFAT5 as a cardioprotective gene in defending against viral myocarditis. 🔗 Read the full paper.
🔹 Our faculty member, Steve Kalloger, has published a new paper titled "Cancer Related Fatigue and the Additive Effect of Treatment in the Context of Lymphoma: An Analysis of the Lymphoma Coalition’s 2022 Global Patient Survey" in AACR's new journal, Cancer Research Communications.
The study explores cancer-related fatigue in lymphoma patients, highlighting significant variability across subtypes and estimating that nearly half of the reported fatigue is treatment-related. The findings emphasize the importance of increased screening and monitoring to improve patients' quality of life and health outcomes.🔗 Read the full paper.
🔹 David Grynspan and the Interior Health team have published a new paper on the assessment of maternal and fetal outcomes associated with COVID-19 infection. 🔗 Read the full paper.
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CTLT EVENTS AND OFFERINGS
The UBC Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) has several exciting events and workshops in June that may interest our department members. Highlights include:
- Generative AI Studios: Weekly sessions on using Generative AI tools in teaching and research (June 12, 19, 26, 27).
- Applying Anti-Racist Pedagogy in the Classroom: A series focusing on anti-racist teaching practices (June 13, 20, 27).
- Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop: A comprehensive in-person workshop for graduate students (June 15, 22, 23).
For more details and to explore other offerings, visit the
🔗 CTLT Events Newsletter.
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