Useful information for Graduate Students in Pathology and their Supervisors.

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Graduate Program Newsletter

For the Week of October 18, 2021

PATH Student Representatives:

Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Committee (GPSC) - Madeline Lauener

 Graduate Program Curriculum Committee - Zeshuo Li

Graduate Student Society - Saumadritaa Kar    PATH Awards & Recognition Committee: Amirhossein Bahreyni

PALM Wellbeing Ambassador: Madeline Lauener (mlauener@alumni.ubc.ca)

Students

Announcements:

Advisory: UBC’s COVID-19 Rapid Testing Program Bulletin

UBC has implemented rapid-testing for all students, staff and faculty on campus. See more here. For more information on the Vaccine Card for specific activities click here.

Faculty of Graduate Studies:

GradUpdate - Resume & Cover Letter, Stats II: Study Design and Data Collection Essentials, BPOC Graduate Student Funding Engagement Sessions, Open Access Week, Certificate Program in Advanced Teaching and Learning, new Mitacs Training Curriculum, and more.

Faculty of Medicine:

Writing in STEM Workshops:

Writing in STEM: Evaluating Ideas Explicitly and Impicitly, Nov 16, 10 AM to 12 PM: https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3634108

Professional Development & Workshops:

Professional Advancement Learning Series (PALS) Session:

“Opening the Door to Truth and Reconciliation”

Presented by Derek Thompson – Thlaapkiituup, Indigenous Initiatives Advisor in the Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in the UBC Faculty of Medicine.
derek.thompson@ubc.ca
indigenousinitiatives.advisor@ubc.ca

Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Website - https://redi.med.ubc.ca/

Date: Friday, October 22, 2021

Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Venue: Zoom (Virtual Meeting)

Zoom: Meeting ID: 91885 379846

Passcode: 379846

The next TI Methods Speaker Series information for Wednesday, October 27th, 2021 can be found here: "Impact of reporting guidelines and prevalence of inconsistency in systematic reviews with network meta-analysis"

The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences upcoming Seminar on Friday, October 22nd, 2021 can be found here: "Precision Medicine Applications for Drug and Diagnostic Development"

Coordinator's Corner:

We have revised the Expectations Agreement due to Policy 85 being replaced by Policy SC6. The new form can be found and dowloaded from our forms page here.  Please use this version going forward.

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.

Supervisors

Upcoming on November 4th: Workshop on Graduate Supervision for New Faculty:

In this interactive session, we will share some key principles and practices for supervising graduate students, especially in the current context of Covid-19, and provide a range of strategies, cases, and resources. Designed for new faculty, but open to all faculty members.

Topics will include:

  • Principles and practices of excellent supervision and mentoring
  • Fostering communication and academic progress
  • Maintaining a sense of community
  • Addressing conflicts, issues, and concerns
  • Resources available to support faculty and students

Please RSVP by October 29, 2021. This session will be presented via Zoom and details will be provided with registration confirmation.

Presenters: Theresa Rogers, PhD, Associate Dean, with Emily Pitcher, Associate Director, Student Academic Support, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Direct questions to Theresa Rogers theresa.rogers@ubc.ca

Workshops on Teaching through CTLT can be found here.

 Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Student   Association (PaSA)

 President: Raelyn Gallant        Vice-President: Nancy Yang

 Event Coordinator: Theodore Lam    External Affairs Coordinator: Madeline Lauener

Announcements:

PaSA would like to thank everyone who came to the Meet & Greet.

The weather was beautiful and it was a good time.

We look forward to seeing everyone at our next event.

Upcoming Meetings & Events:

 

PaSA invites everyone to join us at the meetings. Feel free to come listen and give input on the following agenda:

  1. Meet & Greet Review
  2. Poll for future events
  3. Putting together a panel to help with scholarship + CV
  4. When to host Trivia

The next PaSA Meeting will be held on October 18th, 2021 @ 4:30pm via Zoom:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63631399673?pwd=OUwrMEY3L0s0NEJjMjVqVnZhRndIZz09 

Meeting ID: 636 3139 9673
Passcode: 628541

 

Please fill out the poll below to help inform PaSA on what students would like to see this year from the association. Additionally, there is a 10$ gift card draw for everyone who fills out the poll. Thanks!

https://forms.gle/6mKF5HABSqHmBRnb6