Dr Pieter Swart – Celebration of Life Invitation
For details, please click here.
Dr. Khaled Abdelrahman – recipient of the 2023 DMCBH Alzheimer Disease Research Grant!
Announcement on Twitter.
Graduating residents celebration
Graduating residents and their partners celebrating their successes at dinner hosted by SPH Department
APT Full Department Meeting May 24, 2023
Full Department Meeting presentation can be found here.
We have sadly lost one of our dear colleagues very unexpectedly
From Dr. Roanne Preston (Department head), with thanks to Dr. Umedaly for writing this tribute: It is with profound sadness that I inform you of the tragic loss of our beloved friend and respected colleague Pieter Swart on May 25th at 0530 PST.Pieter succumbed while descending below Camp 4 on Everest/ Chomolungma due to an […]
Recent graduate students awards
I wish to take this opportunity to bring the recent successes of our graduate students to everyone’s attention: Congratulations to our trainees and we wish them all the best!. Dr. Pascal Bernatchez.
Dr. Terri Sun has been awarded an SCA/IARS Starter/Diversity and Inclusion Grant
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Terri Sun has been awarded an SCA/IARS Starter/Diversity and Inclusion Grant by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA) and the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).
Ms. Himali Bergeron-Vitez and Mr. Zeren Sun are the joint winners of the Dr Stephen Sacks Award
We are very pleased to announce that Ms. Himali Bergeron-Vitez and Mr. Zeren Sun are the joint winners of the Dr Stephen Sacks Award for this year. They are recognized for receiving the highest scores in audience surveys, and also for their contributions to the seminar discussions. Congratulations to Himali and Zeren.
Dr. Khaled Abdelrahman, Michael Smith Health Research BC – Health Professional-Investigator Award
Congratulations to Dr. Khaled Abdelrahman who was awarded a Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Professional-Investigator Award to support his research focussed on The contribution of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) to impaired control of brain blood flow in Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s disease is a major crisis and a huge burden on healthcare system. It […]
Dr. Anshula Ambasta, Michael Smith Health Research BC – Health Professional-Investigator Award
Congratulations to Dr. Anshula Ambasta who was awarded a Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Professional-Investigator Award to support her research focussed on Re-purposing the ordering of ‘routine’ laboratory tests in hospitalized medical patients (RePORT) Blood tests can help diagnose diseases and monitor health status. However, overuse of blood testing, particularly in hospitals, leads to […]