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Dr. John Boyd Appointed as New Associate Professor and Recipient of the Professorship in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
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Research in Focus: Anshula Ambasta
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Trainee Spotlight: Wesam Farag
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Research in Focus: Janny Ke
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Faculty Spotlight: Sandy Kisilevsky
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Trainee Spotlight: Zeren Sun
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Dr. Amrit Singh appointed as new Vice Chair, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
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Research in Focus: Teresa Skelton
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Research in Focus: Matthew Turnock
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Faculty Spotlight: Wade Thompson
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Trainee Spotlight: Danielle Lessor
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John Boyd
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Congratulations to Dr. Sukhpal Brar, Clinical Assistant Professor at Royal Columbian Hospital
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Jacob Pelling
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Taylor Bucyk
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Congratulations to members of our Department who were successfully promoted as of July 1, 2025
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Dr. Wesam Farag, Postdoctoral fellow awarded a 3 year Michael Smith Health Research BC / Alzheimer Society of BC Trainee Award
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Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) Award for The Abdelrahman Lab on the role of GPCRs in Alzheimer’s Disease pathophysiology
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Congratulations to the Therapeutics Initiative Portrait team who were successfully awarded the 2025 Faculty of Medicine Award for Innovation in CME/CPD
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Dr. Terrence (Terry) Waters passed away on September 7, 2025
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Robertson Venema
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Amir Siddiqui
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Sergiy Shatenko
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Marthinus Pretorius
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Adam McIntyre-Smith
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Duncan Maguire
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Vladislav Kovalik
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Jiin Kim
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Shih-Cheh Huang
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Vivien Hu
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Cassian Horoszczak
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Rachel Guo
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Vanessa Giesbrecht
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Rosemary Earle
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Claire Broe
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Hamish Bodnar
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Simon Adamson
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Hilary Grocott
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Congratulations to members of our Department who received a CIHR Spring (2025) Project Grant!
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A new app developed and now available
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Indrila Saha
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Congratulations to the “Raincity Resuscitators” Anesthesia Resident Simulation Team who won the simulation Olympics at the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society meeting in St. John’s, Newfoundland – June 20 – 22 2025
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Congratulations to Drs. Alana Flexman and Teresa Skelton who were successfully awarded research grants from the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society
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Congratulations to Dr. Helen Parker – Best Abstract Winner at the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society meeting in St. John’s, Newfoundland – June 20 – 22 2025
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Congratulations to Dr. Jason McVicar who was recognized for his achievements at the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society meeting in St. John’s, Newfoundland – June 20 – 22 2025
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Dr. Kondiles, postdoctoral fellow awarded a 2 year Craig H Neilsen Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Congratulations to Dr. Chris Chin and Dr. Yvonne Csanyi-Fritz on their promotion to Clinical Professor
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Congratulations to our 2025 graduating Anesthesia Residents!
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Congratulations to our 2025 graduating Pain Medicine Residents!
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Congratulations to our 2025 graduating Family Practice Anesthesia Residents!
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Congratulations to our 2025 Pharmacology graduates
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Gregory Allen
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Congratulations to Dr. Mark Ansermino on the awarding of BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute/Institute of Global Health at BCCH – CHIPS grant
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Dr. Wesam Farag, PhD -Postdoctoral Fellow awarded a 3 year Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship – Priority Announcement: Sex and Gender in Health Research (2025)
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Dr. Gillian Goobie, MD, PhD, FRCPC -Postdoctoral Fellow awarded a 3 year Parker B. Francis Fellowship in Pulmonary Research (2025)
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Congratulations to Dr. Tillie Louise Hackett on the awarding of a 2024/2025 UBC Killam Teaching Prize
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Congratulations to Dr. Khaled Abdelrahman on the awarding of the Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2024/2025 Junior Investigator Award
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Christopher Praveen Kumar Prabhakar
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Congratulations to Dr. Hilary Grocott on his recent appointment as Head, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine
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Congratulations to Dr. Darryl Knight on his recent reappointment as President, Providence Research; Vice President, Research and Academic Affairs at Providence Health Care and Associate Dean, Research, Providence Health Care Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine
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Congratulations to members of our Department who received a CIHR Fall (2024) Project Grant!
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Annabel Chapman
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Paulina Scheuren
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Yashodani Pillay
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Yejin Kang
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Wesam Farag
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Zishan Cui
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Nima Alaeiilkhchi
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Fiona Chan
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Efthymios Kyriakis
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Daniel Sastre Martinez
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Stephan K.W. Schwarz
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John Kipling Kramer
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Darryl Knight
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Andrew Horne
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Joanne YT Leung
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David Fedida
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Clinton Wong
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Simon Whyte
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Jennifer M Whittingham
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Matthew Harry Duncan Walker
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Mark Vu
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Hamed Umedaly
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Shelley D Tweedle
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Matthew Turnock
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Alan Tung
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Keith Sun
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Travis Schisler
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Taren Roughead
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Meghan P O’Connell
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Darren Mullane
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Lelane Mostert
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Dmitry Mebel
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Brodie Lipon
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Edmond Li
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Nicholai D Kuzak
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Shamir Karmali
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Michael Jew
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Vincent Fruci