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Welcome to Dr. Qingyong Xu
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Qingyong Xu as Division Head of the Transplant Immunology Laboratory effective March 15th. Dr. Xu comes to us from the Saskatoon Health Region and the University of Saskatchewan. Read more
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Congratulations to Saeed Asiry
Saeed Asiry won one of several Resident Research Awards at the Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Research Day. The full-day event hosted at Bellamere Winery and Event Centre was well-attended, with over 30 abstracts from residents and graduate students studying the CNS. Saeed presented his work on semi-automated Ki67 quantitation in oligodendrogliomas.
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Forensic Pathologists in the News
Two of our forensic pathologists have been in the news lately. Dr. Michael Shkrum appeared in a recent episode of the CBC’s Fifth Estate “Secrets of the Smudge”. Dr. Elena Tugaleva was consulted by author Timothy Johnston, for expert advice for his latest book “The Void”.
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 Safety Inspection
On March 17, the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Western University had its annual Joint Occupational Health and Safety inspection. The inspection went very well and there were no major noncompliance orders. The research labs have done a great job over the past 3 years and the trend keeps improving. Keep up the great job!
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 Western Pathology Association intramural volleyball team
This semester, registration of the first ever intramural volleyball team was directed by the Western Pathology Association (WPA). Lab coats were cast aside as students took to the courts to showcase their athletic prowess. Participants can be seen in action Monday nights from 8:30-11:30pm at the Student Recreation Centre.
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 PaLM Grand Rounds - Chris Watling
Cognition, culture, and credibility: Deconstructing feedback in medical education.
Thursday, April 9, 2015 @ 12:00 pm | Read more
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 Pathologists' Assistant Day
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 | Read more
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 PhD Public Lecture - Wahab Khan, PhD Candidate
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 @ 1:00 pm | Read more
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 Advances in Practice of Cytopathology 2015
Saturday, May 2, 2015 @ 8:30 am | Read more
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- Al-Judaibi B, Driman DK, Chandok N. An elderly lady with significant weight loss. Arab J Gastroenterol. 2015 Mar 14. pii: S1687-1979(14)00075-6. [Epub ahead of print] DOI: 10.1016/j.ajg.2014.10.003 PMID: 25784461.
- Samaan S, Khella HWZ, Girgis A, Scorilas A, Lianidou E, Gabril M, Krylov SN, Jewett M, Bjarnason GA, El-Said H, Yousef GM. MiR-210 is a prognostic marker in clear cell renal cell carcinoma Journal of Molecular Diagnostics , 17 ( 2 ) pp. 136 - 144 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2014.10.005 PMID: 25555365.
- Karamchandani JR, Gabril MY, Ibrahim R, Scorilas A, Filter E, Finelli A, Lee JY, Ordon M, Pasic M, Romaschin AD, Yousef GM. Profilin-1 expression is associated with high grade and stage and decreased disease-free survival in renal cell carcinoma Hum Pathol 2014 Nov 26. pii: S0046-8177(14)00476-6 [Epub ahead of print] DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2014.11.007 PMID: 25704627.
- Hemmett J, Qirjazi E, Weir MA, Moussa M, Landry YD, Gunaratnam L. Cardiac, renal, and central nervous system dysfunction with eosinophilia: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Lancet 2015 Jan 31;385.9966:480 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62352-7 PMID: 25706976.
- Sultan A, Goela A, Tweedie E, Awan K, Lavi S. Multimodality Imaging for Assessment of Coronary Embolus. Can J Cardiol. Volume 31, Issue 3, 1 March 2015, Pages 364.e5-364.e7 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2014.12.010 PMID: 25746026.
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