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September 2015
Volume 2 | Issue 9

Welcoming our students back 

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine welcomed back our students on Tuesday, September 8, for the start of the academic year.  

We held our annual Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Undergraduate, Graduate and Postgraduate Meet and Greet on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at Middlesex College, Grad Club. 

Welcome to Dr. Saranya Kittanakom-Arnoldo

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Saranya Kittanakom-Arnoldo has joined the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine as a Clinical Biochemist.  Read More.

Larry and Stephanie complete their MSc Theses  

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory of Medicine would like to offer congratulations to Liangyi (Larry) Zhou and Stephanie Mok, who have completed their MSc in Pathology.  Read More.

Ontario Association of Pathologists Meeting

Graduates of Western’s Pathologists’ Assistant (PA) program were in full force at the OAP meeting in Niagara Falls, which took place September 18-20th.  Read More.

News Stories

Update In PathologyPioneering an emerging new healthcare profession in Canada

The Master of Clinical Sciences (Pathologists’ Assistant) program at Western University was the first of its kind to be accredited in Canada.  Pathologists’ assistants (PAs) are highly trained health professionals. Read More.
Update In PathologyDr. Vipin Bhayana

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Vipin Bhayana has accepted the position of Division Head Biochemistry & Immunology and Division Head Core Labs & Point of Care Testing effective immediately.   Read More.
Update In PathologyHealth and Safety Training

With the start of a new academic year come the responsibilities of safety training. Students are required to do Comprehensive WHMIS, Safe Campus Community and Accessibility training.  Read More.

Upcoming Events

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Dr. Robert Zhong Seminar
 

"Diabetic complications: a journey beyond genes"

Speaker: Dr. Subrata Chakrabarti
Thursday, October 15, 2015 @ 12:00 pm |  
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Publications

  1. Kotsopoulos J, Lubinski J, Neuhausen SL, Gronwald J, Lynch HT, Huzarski T, Demsky R, Foulkes WD, Senter L, Friedman S, Ainsworth P, Sun P, Narod SA; Hereditary Breast Cancer Clinical Study Group. Weight gain after oophorectomy among women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation.  Womens Health (Lond Engl). 2015 Jul;11(4):453-9  DOI:  10.2217/WHE.15.4  PMID:  26258912.
     
  2. Wells M, Driman DK, Al-Judaibi B.  A treatable mimicker of cholangiocarcinoma.  Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015 Aug-Sep;29(6):291-2.  PMID:  26361640
     
  3. Khan WA, Rogan PK, Knoll JH.  Reversing chromatin accessibility differences that distinguish homologous mitotic metaphase chromosomes.  Mol Cytogenet. 2015 Aug 13;8:65  DOI:  10.1186/s13039-015-0159-y  PMID:  26273322.
     
  4. Dorman SN, Baranova K, Knoll JH, Urquhart BL, Mariani G, Carcangiu ML, Rogan PK.  Genomic signatures for paclitaxel and gemcitabine resistance in breast cancer derived by machine learning.  Mol Oncol. 2015 Aug 22. pii: S1574-7891(15)00146-5   [Epub ahead of print]  DOI:  10.1016/j.molonc.2015.07.006  PMID:  26372358.
     
  5. Theurer JA, Stecho W, Yoo J, Kwan K, Wehrli B, Harry V, Black M, Pinto N, Winquist E, Palma D, Richter S, Barrett JW, Danielle MacNeil S, Fung K, Howlett CJ, Nichols AC.  Feasibility of Targeting PIK3CA Mutations in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.  Pathol Oncol Res. 2015 Aug 14. [Epub ahead of print]  PMID:  26271341. 
     
  6. Owrangi AM, Lannigan R, Simonovic SP. Mapping climate change-caused health risk for integrated city resilience modeling.   Natural Hazards  77 ( 1 ) pp. 67 - 88 DOI:  10.1007/s11069-014-1582-9.
     
  7. Tao A, Song J, Lan T, Xu X, Kvietys P, Kao R, Martin C, Rui T.  Cardiomyocyte-fibroblast interaction contributes to diabetic cardiomyopathy in mice: Role of HMGB1/TLR4/IL-33 axis.  Biochim Biophys Acta. 2015 Oct;1852(10 Pt A):2075-85.  DOI:  10.1016/j.bbadis.2015.07.015  PMID:  26209013.
     
  8. Farhan SMK, Wang J, Robinson JF, Prasad AN, Rupar CA, Siu VM, Hegele RA.  Old gene, new phenotype: Mutations in heparan sulfate synthesis enzyme, EXT2 leads to seizure and developmental disorder, no exostoses  J Med Genet [Article in press]  DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2015-103279.
     
  9. Gannavarapu S, Prasad C, DiRaimo J, Napier M, Goobie S, Potter M, Chakraborty P, Karaceper M, Munoz T, Schulze A, MacKenzie J, Li L, Geraghty MT, Al-Dirbashi OY, Rupar CA.  Biotinidase deficiency: Spectrum of molecular, enzymatic and clinical information from newborn screening Ontario, Canada (2007-2014)  Mol Genet Metab. 2015 Aug 31. pii: S1096-7192(15)30044-5  DOI:  10.1016/j.ymgme.2015.08.010. [Epub ahead of print]  PMID:  26361991.
     
  10. Zhang Q, Pocrnich C, Kurian A, Hahn AF, Howlett C, Shepherd J, Rizkalla K   Amyloid deposition in extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue: A clinicopathologic study of 5 cases.  Science Direct In press, article online 2015 09 05  DOI:  10.1016/j.prp.2015.08.007.
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