Students
Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies :
GradUpdate - In this issue: Interviews & Negotiations (Employer Panel), Refining Your Research Question & Exploring Research Methods (Teaching as Research), Creative Commons and Copyleft Trolls, and more.
Focus Group Participants Wanted
Recently, many of you lent your voice to the G+PS project by exploring your experiences of mentorship as a racialized graduate student at UBC. G+PS thanks you for your time.
To elaborate on the G+PS survey findings, we would like to invite you to attend one of the G+PS focus groups:
April 8 12-1:30pm (Online)
April 12 5-6:30pm (On campus)
April 13 12-1:30pm (On campus)
RSVP here
Focus groups will be a one-time commitment of approximately 1.5 hours in duration. Refreshments and food will be served at in-person gatherings as a small token of appreciation for your time.
G+PS hopes you will consider lending your voice once more to the research as G+PS works towards further understanding the mentorship needs and realities of racialized graduate students. It is G+PS' hope to use these findings to support more effective mentorship of our students and to amplify the value of ethnic/racial diversity at the core of graduate education.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact: Negar Khodarahmi at negark@student.ubc.ca .
Deadline Reminder for Spring 2022 Graduation
Friday, 22 April – Acceptance of final, approved master's theses and doctoral dissertations by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies AND last day to apply to graduate for May 2022.
Deadline Reminder for August 31 2022 Program Completion
FRIDAY, 10 JUNE 2022 – Doctoral dissertation (and supporting documentation) submitted to Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for external examination
FRIDAY 5 AUGUST – Last Day for Final Doctoral Oral Examination
FRIDAY, 26 AUGUST – Acceptance of final, approved master's theses and doctoral dissertations by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Faculty of Medicine:
Student Health & Wellbeing
GPE Wellness Newsletter, 'The Breathing Room', has been released and can be accessed here .
UBC Cancer Association
UBC Cancer Association is currently developing and initiating a new support group at UBC for undergraduate and graduate students who are currently or have experienced cancer in the past (either themselves or someone they know). This group was developed in collaboration with peer support at UBC and the Canadian Cancer Society. People interested in this initiative can register (please see poster with instructions and more info here ).
Professional Development & Workshops :
VCHRI Education
Please join us for an informative workshop on “How to Effectively Communicate Your Science to the General Public ” on Wednesday April 27th , 2022 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm . This session covers an overview of why science communication is important and how we can effectively communicate science to a lay audience. Our speakers will also focus on using Twitter as a platform to share and make an impact with your research.
SPEAKERS:
Kristina McBurney, Scientific Communications Manager, STEMCELL Technologies
Leanna Bedell, Social Media Manager, STEMCELL Technologies
DATE: Wednesday, April 27th, 2022
TIME: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Virtual via Zoom (Zoom link provided 2 days prior to the event)
For more information and to register for the event, please visit: https://www.vchri.ca/our-research/events
The CBR is excited to present its 11th Annual Norman Bethune Symposium on Wednesday April 6, 2022 ! This full-day symposium will be held at the UBC Robson Square Theater, 800 Robson Street .
They anticipate that the event will be held in a hybrid format, with opportunities for attendees to join us in-person at UBC Robson Square or virtually . The Symposium will be followed by a reception for all attendees. Don't miss out, as this event always reaches capacity.
Click here to register now. The registration is FREE!
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Dana Devine ( ddevine@pathology.ubc.ca ) or Mira Milutinovic ( mira.milutinovic@ubc.ca ).
Announcements
Maintaining Masks in UBC public indoor spaces
UBC will continue to require masks to be worn in public indoor spaces on both campuses, until the end of the 2021/22 Winter Session on April 30, 2022. Learn more about the UBC COVID-19 Campus Rules at https://srs. ubc.ca/covid-19/ubc-campus-rules-guidance-documents/ .
Students who are attending academic activities in settings outside of the university campuses are still required to wear a mask if mandated in such settings (for example, health care settings).
Pathology Day 2022
The Pathology Day Committee is planning to hold Pathology Day on Friday May 27, 2022. The event will be held in person at the Holiday Inn Vancouver on Broadway and Heather Street.
The link below will take you to the registration page for Pathology Day 2022:
https://pathology-payment.med.ubc.ca/pathology-day/
This year the Program will cover the cost of your PATH Day Registration if you choose to attend the Canape/Awards portion and are not presenting (this is the only portion for which there is a fee). Any guests will be expected to pay.
Free Statistical Software
As a member of the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine you are invited to use the statistical software JMPPro v16 from SAS institute. This software is made available for academic purposes only and is licensed annually. For more information on the capabilities of JMP, please see the website www.jmp.com . Interested parties must contact Steve Kalloger at kalloger@mail.ubc.ca to acquire the software.
Coordinator's Corner :
Mandatory Graduation Requirement - RCR Course
The Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Course is mandatory for all biomedical research graduate students within the Faculty of Medicine. It is offered three times each academic year and is comprised of two face- to-face sessions and an online component that is to be completed between these two sessions.
The online RCR course can be accessed at: www.citiprogram.org (registering under the University of British Columbia). Note: the online component is intended to be completed midway between the two face-to-face sessions.
Registration for 2021-2022 is now closed. If you wish to inquire about course registration for the current academic year, please write med.research@ubc.ca .
Registration Open for PATH 521
PATH 521 (3 Credits) will be running at St. Paul's Hospital from June 7th to July 21st, 2022. The course syllabus can be viewed here . Email Heather at heather.cheadle@pathology.ubc.ca if you would like to register.
New PhD Dissertation Examination Timeline
We have created a new PhD Dissertation Examination Timeline with an explanation of each step and links to the required forms here .
We are accepting feature photo submissions for upcoming newsletters! Email Heather with your photo at heather.cheadle@pathology.ubc.ca .
If you have changed your email address since the start of your Program, please email it to me to ensure you continue to receive Program Communications . Please also be sure to update your email in SIS to continue to receive important communications including awards notifications.
