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Congratulations to Dr. Mark Ansermino and team on the successful renewal of their University of British Columbia Research Excellence Cluster – Action in Sepsis.  Initially funding in 2020/2021 as a new emerging cluster, this unit has now been renewed for an additional 2 year period as an Established Cluster.  Research Excellence Clusters are interdisciplinary networks…

Congratulations to Fatemeh Aminazadeh (PhD student in Dr. Tillie-Louise Hackett’s laboratory) who was awarded a 1 year Canadian Lung Association / CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health Research Studentship to support her research project entitled “The contribution of sex differences to small airways disease in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)”.

Congratulations to Dr. Gillian Goobie (Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Tillie-Louise Hackett’s laboratory) who was awarded a 1 year Canadian Lung Association Post-doctoral Fellowship to support her research project entitled “Air pollution as a modulator of molecular, structural and clinical outcomes in patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease ” A lay summary can be found –…

Congratulations to Dr. Gillian Goobie (Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Tillie-Louise Hackett’s laboratory) who was awarded a 3 year Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Fellowship to support her research project entitled “Air pollution as a modulator of molecular, structural and clinical outcomes in patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease ” A lay summary can be…

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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Full Department Meeting presentation can be found here. UBC Workplace Experiences Survey 2021 results can be found here.  

Dr. Pillay, postdoctoral fellow awarded a 3 year Michael Smith Health Research BC Research Trainee Award: Postdoctoral Fellowship Congratulations to Dr. Yashodani Pillay (Postdoctoral Fellow in Drs. Matthew Wiens and Mark Ansermino’s laboratories) who was awarded a 3 year Michael Smith Health Research BC Postdoctoral Fellowship to support her research project entitled “ Smart discharges…

Dr. Kyriakis, postdoctoral fellow awarded a 3 year Michael Smith Health Research BC Research Trainee Award: Postdoctoral Fellowship Congratulations to Dr. Efthymios Kyriakis (Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. David Fedida’s laboratory) who was awarded a 3 year Michael Smith Health Research BC Postdoctoral Fellowship to support his research project entitled “ Cryo-EM studies of activators and…

It is with profound sadness, mixed with a degree of disbelief, that we have to share the devastating news of the death of Dr Lindsay Rawling, friend, colleague and staff anesthesiologist at BC Children’s Hospital. Lindsay trained in the UK and first came to BCCH as a Clinical Fellow in 2014. She returned to join…

August 26, 2022 Congratulations to Dr. Anshula Ambasta who recently received a Faculty of Medicine Strategic Initiative Fund (SIF) grant to support her project – RePORT – Re-purposing the ordering of ‘routine’ laboratory testing in health care systems. The goal of Dr. Ambasta’s project is to optimize laboratory testing in clinical medicine. Appropriate laboratory test…

Dr. Emmanuel Osei, Dr. Hackett’s graduated joint PhD student and PCTH program were recently highlighted by the vice provost. You can find a link to the full article here.

Dear Colleagues I sadly must report the loss of another of our excellent ‘old guard’. Dr. Ken Turnbull passed away on July 3rd. Dr. Turnbull worked in the VGH Department of Anesthesia, and became upon retirement from clinical practice, one of our treasured early simulation program support faculty. He is survived by his wife, children…

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Welcome to the 16th Annual APT Research Day Details are as follows: • May 26, 2022 (Thursday) • 1030 to 1530 • St. Paul’s Hospital, Cullen Lecture Theatre (map attached) • APT research day program found here • Zoom Meeting ID 95272 854360, Passcode 854360 Directional instructions to the Conference Centre: • Thurlow Street Entrance:…

Meeting presentation can be found here.  

It is with sadness that we announce Dr. Morley Sutter MD, PhD, Emeritus Professor and former (longstanding) Department Head of Pharmacology (& Therapeutics), passed away on Saturday December 19, 2021. Dr. Sutter had a long career in Pharmacology research and education, focusing on the cardiovascular system and atherosclerosis. Dr. Roanne Preston

Congratulations to Dr. Alana Flexman who was awarded a Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Professional-Investigator Award to support her research focussed on Perioperative stroke screening and outcomes in high-risk surgical patients. Up to two percent of patients will experience a stroke during or after surgery and these patients have a high chance of disability…

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