2018 Staff Service Award Recipients
February 5, 2019
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!
February 4, 2019
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
January 28, 2019
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 >
Predicting mortality in pregnant women in the ICU – CIPHER model cited as the best tool to use
December 11, 2018
The CIPHER collaboration brought together researchers from 13 countries around the world to tackle the problem of identifying risk of death or severe morbidity for critically ill pregnant women. Traditional models, such as APACHE, used in the ICU vastly overestimate risk for women due to the unique physiology of pregnancy. This leads to unnecessary stress […] Read More >
Dr. Jennifer Hutcheon awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Perinatal Population Health.
December 10, 2018
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 >
Celebrate our Great Supervisors
November 6, 2018
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
October 24, 2018
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 >
Dr. Mohamed Elgendi Appointed as a Senior Fellow at the Howard Brain Science Foundation
October 17, 2018
We are pleased to announce that Dr Mohamed Elgendi has been appointed to the prestigious Harvard Brain Sciences Foundation Fellowship. The mission of the Brain Sciences Foundation is to establish a vibrant community of expert scientists, gathered in the Brain Sciences Foundation Fellowship, to study the origins of human cognition and intelligence and conduct […] Read More >
Division of Gynaecologic Oncology Research Awards 2018
October 9, 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 MD […] Read More >
Renewed MOU with Women’s Hospital Zhejiang University Promises Continued Collaboration
October 3, 2018
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 >