2016-17 Annual Report now available
Highlights from the 9th Annual Fred Bryans Faculty Forum
The 9th Annual Dr. Fred Bryans Faculty Forum took place on Thursday, January 31, 2019 at the SFU Harbour Centre in downtown Vancouver. We started the Forum with a workshop on grant proposal development co-led by Amber Hui (WHRI/BCCHR) and Dawn McArthur (BCCHR). Amber and Dawn led 30 department members through the grant development process. […] Read More
2018 Staff Service Award Recipients
We are happy to announce the recipients of the 2018 Staff Service Awards: CUPE 2950 – Natalie Twohey Non Union Technician – Ellen Zhu M&P – Michelle Woo Non UBC – Kerrie Glover Congratulations to all award winners and thanks to all of you who put the time and effort into the nomination packages this year. […] Read More
Congratulations to Alex Beristain, Gillian Hanley and Regina Renner on their CIHR project grants!
Three of our department members were successful in obtaining CIHR Project Grant funding from the fall 2018 competition cycle. Alexander G Beristain for his project “Cellular dynamics at the maternal-placental interface” – a five year project to examine the effects of obesity in altering the cell make-up of the fetal-maternal environment in early human pregnancy. Gillian […] Read More
The Fred Bryans Leadership Development Program
The Department ran its first cohort of the Leadership Development Program in 2018. We received funding from the Faculty of Medicine to run a wellness initiative for one year and the Leadership Program was part of that. We have now been lucky enough to have the support of Jane Bryans through an education initiative through […] Read More
Dr. Jennifer Hutcheon awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Perinatal Population Health.
Dr. Jennifer Hutcheon, an Associate Professor in the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, was recently awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair. Her program of research “Using ‘Big Data’ to Improve the Health of Mothers and Their Babies” aims to identify pregnancies at risk and to understand impacts of maternity care policies with the ultimate […] Read More
D. A. Boyes Memorial Award
The D. A. Boyes Society, in honor, and memory, of Dr. David Alexander Boyes’ lifetime commitment to teaching and engagement announce the second year of the Memorial Research Award. This is a grant competition designed to provide critical review, with rapid turn-around, and funding for proposals that would not be eligible to receive funding at […] Read More
Celebrate our Great Supervisors
Each year in May Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at UBC organizes ‘Great Supervisor Week’ during which graduate students are encouraged to give kudos to their supervisors through social media and our website. The annual UBC Great Supervisor Week was first held on Nov 1st 2018 to celebrate outstanding mentors. This year Dr Mohamed Bedaiwy, Professor and […] Read More
Geoff Cundiff Elected President of the American Urogynecologic Society
On October 13, at the annual PFD Week congress, Professor Cundiff accepted the gavel and began his term as the President of the American Urogynecologic Society. Read More
Division of Gynaecologic Oncology Research Awards 2018
Announcing the Division of Gynecologic Oncology Awards 2018 recipients: ‘Genomics, Histopathology and Artificial Intelligence: An Integrative Approach for Biomarker Discovery in Ovarian Cancer’ has been selected for funding in the 2018 Division of Gynaecologic Oncology Research Awards competition. Principal Applicants: Ali Bashashati PhD David Huntsman MD C Blake Gilks MD Co-Applicants: Tayyebeh Nazeran MD Basile Tessier-Cloutier […] Read More
Renewed MOU with Women’s Hospital Zhejiang University Promises Continued Collaboration
Professors Geoff Cundiff and Peter Leung recently travelled to Hangzhou China to renew our Department’s Memorandum of Understanding with the Women’s Hospital Zhejiang University. The formal MOU signing ceremony took place on September 11, 2018, renewing our commitment to shared educational and research goals. The prior MOU was signed in 2014. Dr. Cundiff also provided […] Read More