Building Bridges: Connecting Foundational Science and Clinical Practice in Precision Health and Translational Medicine
Co-hosted by UBC Faculty of Medicine Precision Health, Life Sciences Institute and the Academy of Translational Medicine.
Are you a foundational scientist wanting to collaborate on a research project with a clinician? In this meeting and networking session, you will learn from researchers who have achieved successful partnerships between foundational scientists and clinicians, on how to initiate new collaborations to advance your precision health and translational medicine research. Dr. Poul Sorensen, Director of the ATM, will be speaking at this event.
The meeting will consist of presentations from our invited speakers, a Q&A session, followed by refreshments and networking. This is a hybrid meeting, in person attendance is limited and requires registration.
Speakers
Dr. Deborah Money, CM, BSc, MD, FRCSC, FCAHS
Dr. Deborah Money is a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, an associate member in the Department of Medicine and the School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, an Associate Member of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Science, at the University of British Columbia. Following a BSc, and MD, she completed residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology, at UBC and then did a Fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington, becoming Canada’s first dual specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology and Infectious Diseases.
Dr. Alexander Wyatt, BSc, PhD
Dr. Wyatt is an Associate Professor in Urologic Sciences at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is a senior research scientist at the Vancouver Prostate Centre and also cross-appointed at BC Cancer. Dr. Wyatt has a DPhil in genetics from the University of Oxford. His research goals are to dissect the clinical relevance of genomic alterations in metastatic genitourinary cancers, and develop minimally-invasive biomarkers for guiding therapy selection.
Including:
Dr. Poul Sorensen, Director, Academy of Translational Medicine
Dr. Stuart Turvey, Lead, UBC Faculty of Medicine Precision Health
Dr. James Johnson, Interim Director, Life Sciences Institute
Event Details
Date: Friday 9 February 2024
Time: 12pm-1:30pm
Location: Hybrid: In person (Life Sciences Centre Room 3) or virtually (Zoom)
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