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2024/2025 UBC Killam Teaching Prize We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Tillie Louise Hackett is a recipient of the 2024/2025 UBC Killam Teaching Prizes This award is to recognize an individual demonstrating excellence and dedication to teaching and commitment to students Dr. Tillie-Louise Hackett exemplifies excellence as an educator and mentor. Over the…

Congratulations go to Dr. Khaled Abdelrahman who is being recognized by the Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (CSPT).  Dr. Abdelrahman will be recognized with the 2024/2025 Junior Investigator Award at the Society’s 2025 Annual Conference in Vancouver – Jun 2 – 5, 2025.  The Junior Investigator Award is awarded annually to recognize significant contributions…

The Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics extends 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 for a five-year term effective to June 30, 2029. Dr. Knight is…

Congratulations to Drs. Pascal Bernatchez, Colin Dormuth and Matthew Wiens who were recently awarded 4 & 5-year Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Grant from the Fall 2024 competition Dr. Pascal Bernatchez, Associate Professor – was recently awarded a 5-year Canadian Institutes of Health Project Grant valued at $914,175 to support his project entitled “Activation…

Congratulations to Dr. Matthias Gorges, Associate Professor who was awarded a MSHRF Convening & Collaborating Award to support his proposal entitled “Co-developing a needs-derived research strategy toward forming a Digital Health Research Centre at BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital” MSHRF Convening & Collaborating (C2) Program supports teams of health researchers and research users to co-develop…

Congratulations to Dr. Catrina Loucks who was awarded a Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Award to support her research focussed on Improving pain management for children using patient-specific genetic information. In children, ongoing pain can interfere with brain development, disrupt behaviour and increase the risk of chronic pain. This can be particularly devastating in…

Congratulations to Dr. Paulina Scheuren (Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. John Kramer’s laboratory) who was awarded the 2024 Bluma Tischler Postdoctoral Fellowship to support her research project entitled “Spinal cord temperature as a non-invasive measure of neuroinflammation in the human spinal cord” Summary:  Dr. Scheuren’s work seeks to provide in-vivo evidence of neuroinflammation in the human spinal cord,…

Each year, the Faculty of Medicine recognizes faculty and staff members for excellence in teaching, research, administration, innovation and public service. “These awards celebrate extraordinary faculty and staff who exemplify our values — respect, integrity, compassion, collaboration and equity — and have made outstanding contributions toward our vision to transform health for everyone.”Dr. Dermot Kelleher, Dean,…

The Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics extends congratulations to Dr. Dean Jones on his recent appointment as Vice Dean, Health Engagement, Faculty of Medicine for a five-year term effective to August 31, 2029. Dr. Jones is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics. He most recently, served as Associate…

Our department is saddened to announce the passing of Dr. James Hong Kwon Kimme on June 22, 2024. Dr. Kimme started his career at Richmond General Hospital in 1979 and moved to BC Women’s Hospital (formally Grace Hospital) in 1982.  He was appointed as a Clinical Instructor in the Department in July 1982.  During his tenure…

Dr. Khaled Abdelrahman, Assistant Professor – was recently awarded a 5-year Canadian Institutes of Health Project Grant valued at $803,250 to support his project entitled “The contribution of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 to cerebral blood flow homeostasis in Alzheimer’s disease”.  Dr. David Fedida, Professor – was recently awarded a 5-year Canadian Institutes of Health Project…

Congratulations to Dr. Paulina Scheuren (Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. John Kramer’s laboratory) who was awarded a 3 year Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Fellowship to support her research project entitled “Spinal cord temperature as a measure of neuroinflammation in the human spinal cord” A lay summary can be found – https://healthresearchbc.ca/award/spinal-cord-temperature-as-a-measure-of-neuroinflammation-in-the-human-spinal-cord/

Congratulations to Dr. Paulina Scheuren (Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. John Kramer’s laboratory) who was awarded a 3-year Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship to support her research project entitled “Spinal cord THERMOmetry as a noval measure of neuroinflammation after spinal CORD pathology (ThermoCORD)” A lay summary can be found – https://webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/decisions/p/project_details.html?applId=492513&lang=en

Congratulations to Dr. Zishan Cui (Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Colin Dormuth’s laboratory) who was awarded a 3-year Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship to support her research project entitled “Determine the optimal opioid treatment modality for patients with concurrent opioid and stimulant use disorder using population-based data in British Columbia: A trial emulation)” A…

Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Wiens, Assistant Professor who was recently awarded a 5 year Canadian Institutes of Health Project Grant valued at $1,526.175 to support his research project entitled “Smart Discharges in children over 5:  Expanding a personalized public health approach to improving discharge care in resource limited settings” A lay summary: In resource-limited countries,…

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The Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics is pleased to extend congratulations to our graduating Anesthesia residents. Serenity AberdourHamish BodnarÉmilie ChanAkal GrewalRachel GuoVivien HuJack HuangTalon JonesJiin KimMario KovacevicVlad KovalikAmir SiddiquiKamal SidhuKresimir Ukalovic On June 19, 2024, the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics hosted its 2024 Resident Awards Night, where we were able to acknowledge…