Western University

2019 Awards of Excellence recipient Dr. Art Poon
March 29, 2019
As educators, researchers, innovators and leaders, the 2019 Awards of Excellence London and Windsor Campus recipients are making a difference at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. It is with great pride that we recognize and honour Dr. Art Poon, who is the recipient of the 2019 Junior Faculty – Basic Science, Dean’s Award of Excellence.

OMA Resident Achievement Award: Dr. Matthew Cecchini
March 29, 2019
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Matthew Cecchini is this year’s recipient of the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) Resident Achievement Award from Western University.

Women of Excellence: Bertha Garcia
March 29, 2019
Pathologist and educator Bertha Garcia — who came to Canada from Peru in the 1970s — is nominated in the health, science and technology category.

Two-Eyed Seeing: The gift of multiple perspectives
March 26, 2019
Etuaptmumk is a Mi’kmaw word meaning Two-Eyed Seeing. With one eye, we view the world through Indigenous ways of knowing and with the other eye, we view the world through Western, or Eurocentric, ways of knowing.

Improving treatment for Parkinson's disease
March 26, 2019
Dr. Matthew Hebb and Dr. Martin Duennwald are studying newly discovered cells to treat Parkinson's Disease.

Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award
March 12, 2019
Congratulations to Sarah Singh for receiving the Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award. Sarah is a PhD student in the Epidemiology program, supervised by Stephanie Frisbee from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Michael Tauro completes his MSc Thesis
March 08, 2019
The Department of Pathology and Laboratory of Medicine would like to offer congratulations to Michael Tauro, who has completed his MSc in Pathology.

Congratulations Paul Plantinga
March 05, 2019
Paul Plantinga recently attended the Florida Society of Pathologists 45th Annual Anatomic Pathology Conference. Paul was awarded Third Place in the digital poster competition for his poster titled “Histological Elucidation of Tumor Deposits in Colorectal Adenocarcinoma”.

Taking on the Three-Minute Challenge
March 04, 2019
An 80,000-word PhD thesis would take about nine hours to present. You have only three minutes. Are you up for the challenge? "The 3MT competition is a great opportunity for graduate students to not only showcase their research to the public, but also hone their skills in communicating the topic in an understandable way."

Resident Spotlight: Dr. Chris Tran, PGY3
March 01, 2019
Dr. Chris Tran is a third-year resident in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. It was during his pre-clerkship that he became fascinated by the way clinical diseases are the result of complex genetic, cellular and histological changes. He then shadowed a pathologist and learned to appreciate the importance of pathological diagnoses and the influence they have on patient care. He knew then that Pathology was his calling.