
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Important Dates
Thursday May 24, 2012
Laboratory Medicine Residency Training Program - Annual Resident's Research Day
(program)
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 16thAnnual DPLM Symposium & 10th Laurence Becker Symposium - Advances in Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Program)
(Call for Abstracts/Registration)
Friday June 8, 2012 - 12-2pm
Summer Faculty Meeting & BBQ
University Club, Alumni Hall
Deadline: July 30, 2012
Department Graduate Travel Scholarship (details)
September 27 & 28, 2012
7th Autoantibody Network Conference -
Autoantibody Diagnostics: Quality & Innovation (details)
Deadlines: March 15 & October 15 (Annually) Resident Research Grant
Funding Opportunities
Hamilton Health Sciences Awards
- HHS Early Researcher Award
- New Investigator Fund
- HHS Foundation Awards
- Office of Integrated Research Services Internal Funding Opportunities
2012 Banting Research Foundation (external funding)
McMaster’s Health Research Services (HRS) biweekly Funding Opportunities Bulletin
What's New?
Tumor Bank Tissue/Samples Available for Use
The tumor bank invites researchers to use tissues/samples collected in OICR’s tumor banks, one of which is right here in Hamilton.
Inventory of Science The Faculty of Health Sciences is introducing an Inventory of Science (I0S) to assist new and established investigators seeking collaboration or advice on research expertise and methodologies. To assist in obtaining arms length peer-review of scientific content of grants applications. To assist the institution in developing responses to requests from government agencies, the pharmaceutical industry and others regarding expertise within the faculty of health science. Researchers are asked to spend 30 minutes completing the online web form.
Lab Connections Newsletter...
Read the latest edition here
Professional Development Opportunities
News Bites
OBITUARY: Dr Erwin Regoeczi, Emerti member of the department and past Associate Dean HSC Grad Studies died on December 16, 2011 (more)
Dr Shannon Bates has been appointed the new HRLMP Discipline Director of Hematology.
Dr. Jorge Arredondo and Dr. Joaquin Ortago appointed joint Directors of the Electron Microscopy Facility (more)
HRLMP 2010 Annual Report of Publications, Presentations, Abstracts, Posters, and Grants
Questions about your role as a teacher?
- Teaching at McMaster Handbook
- Teaching Tips
- Countdown to Teaching
- Good Practice in the Supervision & Mentoring of Postgraduate Students
2012 Educational Sessions
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AP Grand Rounds
MacLive Web Conferencing View/Listen to Current Rounds being Recorded
View/Listen to Previously Recorded Rounds
- AP/GP Half-Day Schedule
- AP Grand Rounds Schedule
- HRLMP Education Series
- ID/MM Half-Day Schedule
Program for Faculty Development offerings
WE ARE EXCELLENT ...
Charu Kaushic awarded Applied HIV Research Chair under OHTN's new Funding Research with Real-Life Impact policy (more)
Zhou Xing and Darren Bridgewater receive 2012/13 NSERC Discovery awards
(more)
2nd Annual Anatomical/General Pathology Resident Review Course a resounding success
(more)
Vicky Chen is the recipient of the 2011 Sister Joan O’Sullivan Award given by the St. Joseph’s Hospital Medical Staff Association (more)
Hetal Talati, General Pathology resident, awarded Best Resident Award 2012 at the January SJH Staff meeting
Mathieu Morissette received an oral presentation award at the recent Faculty of Health Sciences 2nd Annual Postdoctoral Fellow Research Day for his presentation "Exposure to cigarette smoke: From lung inflammation to autoimmunity"
D’Andra Parker wins Minority Graduate Student Achievement award and Natalie Bunimov wins a Postdoctoral Fellow Merit Award from the American Society of Hematology
Jack Gauldie receives Honourary Degree (Doctor of Sciences) at Faculty of Health Sciences Spring 2011 Convocation (more)
Waliul Khan receives Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of Canada Grant in Aid of Research for his project, Target inhibition of serotonin signaling as a strategy to reduce the severity of colitis.
Li Wang receives Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation Resident Prize
Tom Hawke awarded Germany's Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (more)
Canadian Laboratory Medicine Congress
- Peter Kavsak - Excellence in Research Award
- Steven Hill - Excellence in Education Award
- Etienne Mahe - Donald W. Penner Poster Award
- Vina Alexopoulou appointed new President of the Canadian Association of Pathologists (CAP)
Cathy Ross appointed secretary of CAP patient safety and quality assurance section. (more)
Jack Gauldie receives McMaster Lifetime Innovator Award (more)
Vijay Grey receives Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists 2011 Award for Leadership/ Administration
100% pass rate on Royal College Exams for Medical Microbiology residents. Congratulations to: Daniela Leto & Troy Grennan
100% pass rate on Royal College Exams for Anatomical Pathology residents. Congratulations to: Amal Abdel-Mesih, Shamim Ar & Pooja Vasudev
Annual Resident Research Day Laboratory Medicine (results)
Chris Verschoor (supervised by Dawn Bowdish) awarded one of two Michael G. DeGroote Fellowship Awards (more)