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Our department is saddened by the passing of Dr. Richard Wall on August 19th, 2023.  A brilliant intellectual, Dick joined our department as a chemist.  His expertise in medicinal chemistry led to a number of fruitful collaborations within our department, including the discovery of vernakalant.  Dick was instrumental in the development of the B.Sc. pharmacology…

Dr. Grenet completed his MD in endocrinology and his PhD in clinical pharmacology at the University of Lyon 1. He is a hospital doctor at the pharmaco-toxicology department of the University Hospital of Lyon, and a member of the Evaluation and Modeling with the Therapeutic Effects Group at the Laboratory of Biometry and Evolutionary Biology, CNRS UMR 5558 Lyon 1.…

Congratulations to Dr. Catrina Loucks on the recent awarding of a Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) award for The Loucks Pain Management Pharmacogenomics (PMP) Lab. The opioid crisis continues to devastate the lives of Canadians, and unfortunately, it has been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Increased movement toward opioid-sparing…

Meet Dr. Khaled Abdelrahman, one of the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics newest faculty members, who was recently profiled in the Faculty of Medicine – Faculty Spotlight – READ MORE

We are pleased to announce that Dr. John (Kip) Kramer has been appointed Interim Director, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD). Dr. Kramer is an associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics dedicated to improving outcomes and quality of life for people with spinal cord injury. His research is focused on understanding…

We are pleased to announce that Dr Khaled Abdelrahman has received the new investigator grant from the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada. Details of announcement are here.

It is with great sadness that we announce Dr. David Vincent Godin, Professor Emeritus, passed away on Sunday July 9, 2023. Dr. Godin had a long career in Pharmacology research and education. For those of us who had the privilege to study pharmacology or medicine at UBC, Dr. Godin was a passionate teacher who taught…

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Graduating residents and their partners celebrating their successes at dinner hosted by SPH Department

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…

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.

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).

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.

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…

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…

Congratulations to Dr. Wade Thompson who was awarded a Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Professional-Investigator Award to support his research focused on Making medications fit for older adults:  advancing the science and implementation of deprescribing guidelines. As people age, they can end up taking many medications. Certain medications might have made sense when they…

We would like to congratulate  two of our BSc Pharmacology students who have just being awarded UBC’s Wesbrook Scholar Awards (2022-23).  “The Premier Undergraduate Scholarships and Wesbrook Scholars are UBC’s most prestigious designations given to senior students with outstanding academic performance, leadership, and involvement in student and community activities. Awards range from 20 Wesbrook Scholar designations each worth…

Congratulations to Dr. Pascal Bernatchez and team on the successful renewal of their University of British Columbia Research Excellence Cluster – The UBC Advanced Angiotensin Therapeutics Network.  Initially funding in 2022/2023 as a new emerging cluster, this unit has now been renewed.  Research Excellence Clusters are interdisciplinary networks of researchers addressing societal and cultural problems,…