Useful information for Graduate Students in Pathology and their Supervisors.

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Graduate Program Newsletter

For the Week of November 15, 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)

 Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Student   Association (PaSA)

 President: Raelyn Gallant        Vice-President: Nancy Yang

 Event Coordinator: Theodore Lam    External Affairs Coordinator: Madeline Lauener

Announcements:

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

https://forms.gle/6mKF5HABSqHmBRnb6

Upcoming Meetings & Events:

PaSA invites everyone to join us at the meetings. 

The next PaSA Meeting will be held on November 15th, 2021 @ 5:30pm via Zoom:

Updates from PaSA

Topics include: CV Pannel; Future events (Trivia, Get Together); Responses to the poll; Funding

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

Meeting ID: 636 3139 9673
Passcode: 628541

PaSA is hosting its first CV Pannel! We have invited some of the graduate students who received top scholarships to talk about how they make their CV stand out! They are also there to help you with any questions you may be having starting your CCV.

Event is hosted via Zoom

November 19th, 2021 5:00-6:00pm

Join Zoom Meeting
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/66058962847?pwd=UEdBeGhXOFM2Y2J0Sms4YlBlZUhDdz09

Meeting ID: 660 5896 2847
Passcode: 432837

Our line-up of speakers includes: Elyn Rowe; Madeline Lauener; Vriti Bhagat; Loic Caloren; Juhee Oh

 

Students

Announcements:

The recently published Provincial Health Order on Hospital and Community (Health Care and Other Services) COVID-19 Vaccination Status Information and Preventive Measures – October 21, 2021 (“the Order”), applies to UBC faculty, staff, and students who are in health care locations for training or research purposes.

If you have not already done so, please ensure that you declare your vaccination status and upload your proof of vaccination immediately at https://rapidtesting.covid19.ubc.ca/.

Funding Opportunities

Interested in advancing inclusion at UBCV and UBCO? Check out upcoming funding opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and community partners. Funding opportunities include the Equity Enhancement Fund (EEF) for faculty and staff, a new Inclusive Initiatives Fund (IIF) for students, and the Partnership Recognition Fund (PRF) for UBC-community partnerships. EEF and PRF deadlines are November 14th and 17th respectively. There is no deadline for the IIF as applications can be submitted by students at any time.

Learn more and apply

Faculty of Graduate Studies:

GradUpdate - In this Issue: Assertiveness: Speaking Up for Yourself in Difficult Conversation, Stats: Two group comparison and ANOVA, Abstracts: Communicating Research Findings With Brevity and Concision, Writing in STEM: Evaluating Ideas Explicitly and Implicitly, 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

Awards:

UBC Affiliated Fellowships-Master's

Application deadline: 1 December 2021 before 5:00 pm PT (8:00 pm ET). Note that the application deadline is set at the national level and is not flexible; late applications cannot be submitted in the system and extensions to the deadline are not possible. Please also set the deadline for your referees to submit references a few hours earlier to avoid any issues.

The UBC Affiliated Fellowships Master's competition runs in concert with the Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master's (CGS-M; see below) competition. Approximately 50 fellowship with values ranging from $175 to $16,000 are offered through this competition. Current and prospective full-time UBC-Vancouver graduate students can apply regardless of citizenship or visa status. Students who are eligible for the CGS-M must submit a CGS-M application in order to additionally be considered for Affiliated funding.

Detailed Affiliated Fellowships-Master competition information with links to application and reference forms is available at: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/affiliated-fellowships-masters-program.

The deadline by which Affiliated Fellowship applications for Master's-level funding must be submitted to the Program to the Graduate Program Coordinator at heather.cheadle@pathology.ubc.ca is Tuesday, 1 December 2020 at 5pm PT (same as the deadline for Tri-Agency CGS-M applications).

Tri-Agency Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master's (CGS-M)

Applicants for Tri-Agency CGS-M competition must be domestic students (Canadian citizen or PR) who are applying for or enrolled in graduate studies anywhere in Canada. Each applicant can select up to 3 universities with the same application. To be considered for a CGS-M at UBC, they must select The University of British Columbia as one of the 3 available institutions.

Details about this award opportunity, including eligibility and evaluation criteria, are available at http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/CGSM-BESCM_eng.asp and our site at https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/canada-graduate-scholarships-masters-cgs-m-program.

Students who apply for CGS-M awards will automatically be considered for open/un-restricted Affiliated Fellowships. To be considered for criteria-based Affiliated Fellowships, students should fill out and submit to their graduate programs the checklist available at https://www.grad.ubc.ca/forms/list-criteria-based-affiliated-fellowships.

ATTN: Tri-Agency Applicants: Be sure to separately email Heather your completed list of the criteria-based affiliated awards that you would like to be considered for by the deadline.

Coordinator's Corner:

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.

Professional Development & Workshops:

This is an invitation to the Professional Advancement Learning Series (PALS) session next Friday Nov 19, 2021– please see details below:

“Demystifying EDI and unpacking the IN/EXclusion Cycle’

Presented by Dr Neila Miled– Antiracism Advisor in the Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in the UBC Faculty of Medicine.

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

Date: Friday, November 19, 2021

Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Venue: Zoom (Virtual Meeting)

Zoom: Meeting ID: 91714 507580

Passcode: 507580

Entrepreneurship at UBC: 2021 Venture Showcase

Supervisors

Workshops on Teaching through CTLT can be found here.