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Department shares perspectives on virtual doctoral defences

Tuesday, 6 October 2020

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine recently published a two-part series on COVID-19 and a new vision of a PhD defence day—sharing both a graduate student’s and a supervisor’s perspectives.

UBC doctoral student wins three awards at the Canadian Student Health Research Forum

Wednesday, 9 September 2020

Lianna Wat, a UBC doctoral student in the Cell and Developmental Biology program has won all three trainee awards at the 2020 Canadian Student Health Research Forum.

G+PS staff member receives 2020 President’s Service Award for Excellence

Thursday, 3 September 2020

Our warm congratulations to G+PS staff member Kirsten Cameron on receiving the 2020 President’s Service Award for Excellence.

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Dr. Gunawardana's doctoral studies focused on discovering novel mutations that are frequent in B cell lymphoma, the cancer in blood cells. He found these gene mutations play an important role in the formation of these cancers. These findings will lead to the development of potential new drugs and better treatments for patients affected by lymphoma.

A randomly-selected Doctoral citation each day: today from the Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PhD) - graduated in 2015