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Dr Michael Hayden receives Soroka Humanitarian Award

Dr Michael Hayden receives Soroka Humanitarian Award

Congratulations to Michael Hayden, this year’s recipient of the David Dubinsky Humanitarian Award.

Dr Pamela Hoodless wins 2020 Faculty of Medicine Award

Dr Pamela Hoodless wins 2020 Faculty of Medicine Award

Congratulations to Pamela Hoodless for her FoM Award for Excellence in Mentoring Early Career Faculty.  

World-renowned neurobiologist Dr Freda Miller joins UBC Medical Genetics
Dr Jehannine Austin, among UBC researchers investigating genomics to improve drug treatments for people with depression
How MEDGEN’s Dr’s Marra, Jones, and Morin are addressing the COVID-19 testing challenge
Dr Josef Penninger helps identify “thinness” gene

Dr Josef Penninger helps identify “thinness” gene

Global News (Health) May 22, 2020.

Dr Marco Marra Sr. author & other MEDGEN scientists have shed new light on the genetic changes that occur in advanced-stage cancers

Dr Marco Marra Sr. author & other MEDGEN scientists have shed new light on the genetic changes that occur in advanced-stage cancers

May 14, 2020. A comprehensive analysis of 570 advanced cancer patients has revealed the genetic changes that occur following chemotherapy, providing scientists and clinicians with valuable insight into advanced cancers and drug resistance. Findings recently published in Nature Cancer.

Host genetic testing could help in COVID-19 treatment: Dr Bill Gibson and Dr Steve Jones
Dr Michael Hayden, Director at AbCellera Biologics, a company studying COVID-19, receives 175M investment from Federal Gov’t
Dr Anna Lehman has received 8.1M in funding from Genome BC to examine effectiveness of genomics in clinical health care