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Precision Health

Precision Health Newsletter | Issue 08, January 2024

 

            News and Announcements           

Register for Building Bridges: Connecting Foundational Science and Clinical Practice in Precision Health and Translational Medicine

Meeting and Networking 

Co-hosted by UBC Faculty of Medicine Precision Health, Life Sciences Institute and the Academy of Translational Medicine

Are you a foundational scientist wanting to collaborate on a research project with a clinician? In this meeting and networking session, you will learn from researchers who have achieved succesful partnerships between foundational scientists and clinicians, on how to initiate new collaborations to advance your precision health and translational medicine research.

Meeting Details: 

Date: Friday, February 9, 2024

Time: 12:00-1:30pm

Location: In person at Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, UBC Vancouver) or virually by Zoom.

REGISTER TODAY

Speakers:

Dr. Deborah Money, CM, BSc, MD, FRCSC, FCAHS

Dr. Deborah Money is a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, an associate member in the Department of Medicine and the School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, an Associate Member of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Science, at the University of British Columbia. Following a BSc, and MD, she completed residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology, at UBC and then did a Fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington, becoming Canada’s first dual specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology and Infectious Diseases. 

Dr. Alexander Wyatt, BSc, PhD

Dr. Wyatt is an Associate Professor in Urologic Sciences at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is a senior research scientist at the Vancouver Prostate Centre and also cross-appointed at BC Cancer. Dr. Wyatt has a DPhil in genetics from the University of Oxford. His research goals are to dissect the clinical relevance of genomic alterations in metastatic genitourinary cancers, and develop minimally-invasive biomarkers for guiding therapy selection.

Read more about the meeting here.


                         Spotlights                          

      

“We aim to generate evidence…for example, an understanding of the complexity of prescribing appropriate Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), strategies and realistic expectations for patients and providers regarding the length of time and number of trials needed to find the appropriate HRT regimen.”

Meet Drs. Gillian Hanley and Janice Kwon

Drs. Gillian Hanley (left) and Janice Kwon (right) are recipients of the 2021/2022 Precision Health Catalyst Grant award for their project entitled “Precision Health Care to Improve the Quality of Life and Long-term Health of People Entering Premature Surgical Menopause”

Learn more about Drs. Hanley and Kwon’s exciting precision health research in women's health on our spotlights page here.


Other News

Catalyst Grants Competition

Thank you for your patience in the delayed announcement of the Precision Health Catalyst Grant competition. Details of the competition will be shared as soon as possible. 

Read more about the Catalyst Grant competition here.

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