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The UBC Faculty of Medicine's Distinguished Achievement Awards recognize faculty members who exemplify exceptional contributions in the areas of education, research and/or service, and who are dedicated to advancing both the Faculty’s values and vision of transforming health for everyone. Dr. Artem...

Projects lead by Drs. Dong, Nappi and Wyatt were awarded Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) research grants in the Spring 2021 Project Grant competition, for a total of $1.72 million over five years. The funded projects are: Dr. Xuesen Dong (co-investigators: Dr. Artem Cherkasov, Dr. Nada...

Congratulations to Dr. Amina Zoubeidi on being awarded the Canada Research Chair 1 in Cancer Therapy Resistance. Dr. Zoubeidi’s research program aims to provide mechanistic insight into the molecular (genetic and epigenetic) sources that fuel tumour cell plasticity and emergent resistance phenotypes...

A $2,000 prize has been made available annually through a gift from Dr. Kishor Wasan in memory of his father, Professor Madanlal T. Wasan (1930-2005), for an outstanding Ph.D. student whose supervisor is in the Department of Urologic Sciences. Professor Wasan (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.) was born in Sarai...

VCHRI News has featured an article discussing an international study led by Dr. Flannigan, which demonstrated that a specialized clinic could help to increase the sexual satisfaction of prostate cancer survivors. Click here to read at VCHRI News; text of the article is below. =======================...

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Michael Cox is the recipient of a 2021 UBC Killam Teaching Prize. The Killam Teaching Prize is awarded annually to faculty nominated by students, colleagues and alumni in recognition of excellence in teaching. The Killam Teaching Prize is adjudicated within each...

Dr. Colin Collins has been awarded a five-year CIHR Project Grant for " Uncovering early mediators of lineage plasticity and validation of a metabolic vulnerability in neuroendocrine prostate cancer" (co-investigators: Dr. YZ Wang and Dr. Martin Gleave). This project will study two potential...

Dr. Lucia Nappi (MD, PhD) has received a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research 2020 Health Professional-Investigator Award for her project "Moving towards a biology-based care model in germ cell tumours." Testicular germ cell tumours (GTCs) are the most frequent solid tumours in young men...

Dr. Wyatt was interviewed by VCHRI News, discussing his recent Nature Communications publication. Text from the article is below; the original post is on VCHRI News. ========================================== Liquid biopsies that examine circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) could be a game changer in...

Dr. Lucia Nappi (MD, PhD) has received a 2020 Tad Smith & Caroline Fitzgibbons-PCF Young Investigator Award for her project "Uncovering Lineage Plasticity in the Context of Specific Genomic Alterations in High Risk Prostate Cancer." Mentored by Dr. Martin Gleave and Dr. Amina Zoubeidi, Dr. Nappi is...