Research Day Award Recipients

Research Day Award Recipients

The 10th annual research day for Anesthesiology Pharmacology & Therapeutics was held on May 12th. We would like to thank all the participants and the people who helped make it a success.
Here are the award recipients:


Oral Presentations


Anesthesia:

1st place
Anne-Marie Madden “Review of Recombinant Activated Factor VII (rFVIIa) Administration at a Tertiary Care Centre”

2nd place
Elizabeth Allison “Overnight oximetry at home before and after adenotonsillectomy”

Pharmacology:

1st place
Emmanuel Osei “Defective collagen I remodeling and contraction is a feature of asthmatic airway fibroblasts”

2nd place
Stephanie Sellers “The Off-Target Effects of Losartan in Marfan Syndrome: Role of Nitric Oxide”


Poster Presentations:


Anesthesia:

1st place
Enda Shanahan “Difficultintubationapp.com- A Difficult Airway Electronic Record”

2nd place
Preeti Dewan “Volumes and peak airway pressures with bimanual compressions of an adult Ambu® bag through a Frova intubation bougie using maximal and normal effort into a standard adult lung compliance simulator”

Pharmacology:

1st place
Lik Hang Nicholas Lee “The Pharmacokinetics of Second-Generation Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics: Limitations of Monograph Values of Half-Life”

 

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The 2016 Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics Research Day.


This years event will be held on Thursday May 12th, 2016 at VGH Paetzold Auditorium.

Full program available here


How to get to the location:

The Paetzold Auditorium and multipurpose room are located in the Jim Pattison Pavilion,
Vancouver General Hospital.
These can be accessed via the 899 W12th Avenue or 2700 Laurel Street entrances.
There is plenty of pay parking around the Hospital.
Translink: VGH is a 5 min walk from the Canada Line – Broadway City Hall station and the B-line bus stop.

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Schedule:

12:00 – 12:30 Set up Posters and Upload Slides – Lunch is NOT provided
12:30 – 14:15 Opening Remarks and Oral Presentations Session #1
Opening Remarks: Dr. Roanne Preston & Cathy Pang
Chair: Dr. Don Griesdale
14:15 – 15:45 Poster Session & Judging
15:45 – 17:30 Oral Presentations Session #2
Chair: Dr. Pascal Bernatchez
17:30 – 18:15 Cocktail & Hors d’oeuvres
18:15 – 19:15 Awards & Keynote Presentation – ‘A Translational Approach to Assess the Risk of Perioperative Anemia and to Develop Strategies to Improved Clinical Outcomes? Dr. Greg Hare
19:15Closing Remarks


 

The 2016 Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics Research Day.


This years event will be held on Thursday May 12th, 2016 at VGH Paetzold Auditorium.

Full program available here


How to get to the location:

The Paetzold Auditorium and multipurpose room are located in the Jim Pattison Pavilion,
Vancouver General Hospital.
These can be accessed via the 899 W12th Avenue or 2700 Laurel Street entrances.
There is plenty of pay parking around the Hospital.
Translink: VGH is a 5 min walk from the Canada Line – Broadway City Hall station and the B-line bus stop.

dirpt


Schedule:

12:00 – 12:30 Set up Posters and Upload Slides – Lunch is NOT provided
12:30 – 14:15 Opening Remarks and Oral Presentations Session #1
Opening Remarks: Dr. Roanne Preston & Cathy Pang
Chair: Dr. Don Griesdale
14:15 – 15:45 Poster Session & Judging
15:45 – 17:30 Oral Presentations Session #2
Chair: Dr. Pascal Bernatchez
17:30 – 18:15 Cocktail & Hors d’oeuvres
18:15 – 19:15 Awards & Keynote Presentation – ‘A Translational Approach to Assess the Risk of Perioperative Anemia and to Develop Strategies to Improved Clinical Outcomes? Dr. Greg Hare
19:15Closing Remarks


 

Dr. Jean Templeton Hugill Visiting Professor Lecture – April 27, 2016

The UBC Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics is proud to announce the 2015/16 annual

Dr. Jean Templeton Hugill Visiting Professor Lecture

“WITHOUT SCIENCE THERE IS LITTLE ART IN ANESTHESIOLOGY”

– James C. Eisenach, MD

Francis M. James, III Professor of Anesthesiology and Physiology & Pharmacology Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Editor-in-Chief, Anesthesiology

Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 5:30 pm
Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre Lecture Theatre (DHCC 1020 LT)
Vancouver General Hospital, 2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver, BC
A reception with light refreshments will be held prior to the lecture at 5:00 pm (DHCC 9299).

 

Did you miss the event? Click here to watch the lecture

 

Two B.Sc. Pharmacology students have been awarded The Wesbrook Scholarship

The Wesbrook Scholarship, UBC’s most prestigious undergraduate award.

Each year, a total of 20 Westbrook scholarships are awarded to senior undergraduate students (from various faculties, e.g., Science, Arts, Medicine, Applied Science, Education and Law) with outstanding academic performance, leadership, and involvement in student and community activities.

Pharmacology students who won Wesbrook and Premier Undergraduate Scholarships (2015-6):

Farnaz Javadian

Third year Pharmacology student Farnaz Javadian was recently awarded both the Wesbrook and the HSBC Emerging Leader Scholarships. Farnaz has contributed extensively to the UBC community as an ambassador for student leadership and social change. She has helped create an opportunity for hundreds of undergraduates to learn more about a career in healthcare directly from health professionals as the Director of UBC iKonnect, an annual charitable healthcare networking event. As part of this event, she has raised thousands of dollars for charities such as HOPE International, Covenant House Vancouver and the Reading Bear Society. Farnaz is also a UBC SCI Team student leader, the Vice President Communications of the UBC Women in Science Club and an Orientations Leader. As a provincial medallist in artistic gymnastics, Farnaz is passionate about promoting physical fitness in youth and she currently volunteers as a Gymnastics Canada certified coach for Special Olympics BC. In addition, she has developed a clinical research profile at St. Paul’s Hospital and was awarded a Surgical Quality Action Network summer studentship at BC Children’s Hospital. In her free time, Farnaz enjoys playing the piano and has completed the Grade 9 Royal Conservatory of Music Piano Program with Honours.

Cody Lo

Fourth year B.Sc. Pharmacology student, Cody Lo, has been awarded the Wesbrook Scholar Award as well as the Carl Bradford Robertson Premier scholarship. Throughout his undergraduate degree, Cody worked in five academic labs and is currently a co-author on multiple peer-reviewed publications. He is a two-time winner of the NextGen Voices essay competition in the journal Science. Additionally, he was twice placed 1st in the UBC Science Case Competition and has won multiple awards for his research presentations. Cody has given back extensively to the undergraduate research community at UBC; he recently co-founded and is currently the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Undergraduate Research. He is also the Vice President of two student led clubs: “Undergraduate Research Opportunities” and “UBC Project PATHS”. Cody is currently the Finance Team Lead on the organizing committee for the UBC Global Health Conference this year. In his free-time, Cody volunteers to promote health literacy amongst marginalized populations such as those with infectious disease from the downtown eastside.

10th Annual APT Research Day – May 12th, 2016

On behalf of the APT Research Day Organizing Committee, we are pleased to wish everyone a happy new year and announce our Department’s 10th Annual Research Day!

As per the previous years, graduate students, residents, post-doctoral & clinical fellow from our Department will have an opportunity to showcase their work as oral presentations or posters with monetary prizes and bragging rights for the best in each category.  So start thinking about presenting your work!  In addition, we will have the privilege of hosting Dr. Greg Hare who is a Staff Anesthesiologist at St. Michael’s Hospital and is Professor of Anesthesia at the University of Toronto.  Dr. Hare’s research is focused on defining adaptive, and maladaptive, cerebral and cardiovascular regulatory mechanisms in experimental models of acute hemodilution. He has developed integrative whole animal models to study the adaptive physiological responses to acute hemodilution in wildtype and transgenic animals.

Research Day, Scientific Sessions & Cocktail: Thursday May 12, 2016 at VGH Paetzold Auditorium.

Registration & Abstract Deadline: Monday March 23, 2016

Submit your registration and abstract here!

And as usual, all this PLUS good food, good wine and good company. More details to follow!

New publication in PLOS One – Pediatric Anesthesia

APT – Pediatric Anesthesia has published a new paper in PLOS One:

Development and Internal Validation of a Predictive Model Including Pulse Oximetry for Hospitalization of Under-Five Children in Bangladesh

Please follow this link to be directed to the article

APT Faculty Development Retreat, Nov. 21, 2015 at the University Golf Club

The latest faculty development retreat was held on November 21st 2015. Please see below for pictures and guest speakers that were in attendance.

Guest Speakers:

Dr. Rose Hatala

Dr. Rose Hatala is a scholar at CHES, a general internist at St. Paul’s Hospital, and an associate professor in the Department of Medicine. She completed her clinical training, as well as her MSc focused on educational research, at McMaster University and was clerkship director for internal medicine. She came to UBC in 2003 and is currently an associate program director for the UBC internal medicine residency program, as well as the co-­‐chair of the RCPSC oral examination in internal medicine

Dr. Gurdeep Parhar

As Executive Associate Dean, Clinical Partnerships and Professionalism, Dr. Parhar provides strategic coordination and leadership between the Faculty of Medicine and the Health Authorities. Working with the provincial government, other universities, agencies and institutions, he supports faculty members engaged in clinical ac:vi:es throughout the Province, and provides oversight of the Office of Clinical Faculty Affairs. Dr. Parhar provides professionalism leadership to facilitate the prevention and resolution of concerns and complaints across all sites for undergraduate students, post-­‐graduate trainees, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty members.

Ms. Shanda Jordan Gaetz

As Executive Director, Faculty Affairs, Shanda Jordan Gaetz provides professional leadership in all areas related to organizational effectiveness, human resources and governance in order to support the Faculty’s strategic commitments, including that of being an exceptional work environment. Working closely with our internal and external partners, she works to improve collaboration and coordination to support faculty and staff at all of our sites.

Dr. Chris Chin

Dr. Chin trained in London, UK (with Fellowships in Toronto) and was a Consultant Anaesthetist at the Royal London Hospital and then Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals between 1998 and 2012. He has been Simulator Instructor since 2001 and was Assistant Director of the Barts and London Simulator Centre from 2002 -­‐ 2009. He has been involved in the development of Simulator Faculty Development courses in London, UK since 2003 and internationally with the EuSim group since 2005. He obtained his Masters of Clinical Education from London University in 2010. He has been staff anesthesiologist at BC Children’s Hospital since Dec 2012 and has been running a Multiprofessional Simulator Faculty Development Course in BC since 2013.

Dr. Oliver Applegarth

Dr. Applegarth is a Staff Anesthesiologist at Vancouver General Hospital and a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Bri:sh Columbia. Acer completing his anesthesia residency at UBC, he completed a Masters of Education from UBC in 2009. He is the Anesthesia Undergraduate Program Director for UBC’s Faculty of Medicine.

Dr. Trina Montemurro

Dr. Montemurro is a Staff Anesthesiologist at St. Paul’s Hospital and a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia. She completed her Anesthesia residency at UBC in 2009 and her areas of interest include Regional Anesthesia, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. Trina has been actively involved in the Poreolio Project in the UBC Anesthesiology Residency Program

 

Photos from event:

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2016 CIHR Project competition

As you are all aware, the CIHR Open Operating Grant Competition no longer exists, however, there will be a 2016 CIHR Project competition. Information has been posted on their website:

https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=2237&view=currentOpps&type=EXACT&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true

Since there is no limit to the number of CIHR Project Grants that may be submitted by an individual PI, we anticipate that there will be many applications in this coming 2016 Spring Competition.  The deadlines for the Project competition are very close to the CIHR Foundation Stage 2 deadline thus, the resources towards Grant Development will be increased but still may not be able to provide the same level of support for your Project Grants as we will be stretched on time.

However, FoM wants to provide you with an advance opportunity for grant development (from November 23 – December 23, 2015), with the understanding that some of you may have parts of the application ready in advance and/or might be reworking grants from the last rounds of Operating Grants that were unsuccessful.  We very much appreciate that this timeline is very much oriented before the deadline but would be an excellent opportunity as there will be more time available to you with the Grant Development team.

Please send a copy of your draft application(s) to Dr. Elizabeth Cheu elizabeth.cheu@ubc.ca as soon as your draft is ready to take advantage of this early review.

Or if you would like, please feel free to call Elizabeth at 604-822-2327 to discuss your application(s).

Additionally, the FoM in collaboration with SPARC expect to provide workshops prior to the Project registration due date of Jan 18, 2016. Please stay tuned.

Stage Relevant materials
Registration Project Scheme: 2016 1st Live Pilot – Registration Instructions (link to come)
Application Project Scheme: 2016 1st Live Pilot – Application Instructions (link to come)
Project Scheme: 2016 1st Live Pilot – Application Requirements
CIHR Project Biosketch – Quick Reference Guide
Project Scheme Co-Applicant CV – Quick Reference Guide
Peer Review Peer Review Manual – Project Scheme (link to come)
Interpretation Guidelines – Project Scheme Adjudication Criteria (link to come)

 

CFRI only: CFRI applicants should contact the Research & Technology Development Office as soon as possible to discuss proposal development/review.

 

Refresher Course for General Practitioner Anesthetists

Course Description

This course is specifically designed as a refresher course for General Practitioner Anesthetists. The didactic lectures will cover a wide range of topics including the ultrasound workshop, which were chosen to respond to the needs of family physicians practicing anesthesia in smaller communities.

Objectives – Pre Conference Workshop

Identify the challenges in FPA practice in BC. Discuss the new privileging requirements for FPAs in BC; the new CFPC Certificate of Added Competency requirements; and CME options for the future.

Objectives – Refresher Course

Enhance the present knowledge of several important issues in anesthesia today and to provide support for the role of the general practitioner anesthetist in the medical community.

Registration:

November 6-7, 2015 (Nov 6 is optional)
~ By September 11th: $500
~ By October 9th: $550
~ After October 9th: $600 (if space permitting)
~ After November 5th: $650 (if space permitting)

The registration fee includes dinner on Nov 6 (Fri); course materials, continental breakfast, lunch, refreshments and a reception on Nov 7 (Sat).

Contact:

Ms. Winnie Yung
UBC Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
910 W. 10th Ave, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9
Tel: 604-875-4575 Fax: 604-875-5344
Email: wyung@mail.ubc.ca

For more information Download the Brochure