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Nancy McKinstry Trainee Excellence Award 2024 Recipients
Nancy McKinstry, former Vancouver investment advisor and vice president at Odlum Brown, embarks on what ...Read More
GCI Trainee Research Day 2024: Where Research & Knowledge Translation Meets
The Gynecologic Cancer Initiative (GCI) was thrilled to host another immensely successful GCI Trainee Research ...Read More
GCI Scientists discover high-risk subset of endometrial cancer– and how to test for it – using AI
A discovery by researchers at the University of British Columbia promises to improve endometrial cancer ...Read More
GCI Trainee Spotlight: Goldman Lam – Directed Studies Student
Goldman is a 5th year Integrated Sciences at the University of British Columbia with a discipline ...Read More
GCI Researchers Invited to Speak in Front of the House of Commons for Gynecologic Cancer Research and Implementation
The House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Health is currently looking to address issues in ...Read More
GCI Staff Spotlight: Emily McKay – GCI Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator
Emily is the Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator for the Gynecologic Cancer Initiative and OVCARE. In her new ...Read More
Province-Wide Cervical Cancer Self-Screening Program Launches in BC
British Columbia has made massive strides in improving access to cervical cancer screening through the ...Read More
GCI Knowledge Mobilization at the BC Cancer Summit 2023: Advancing Gynecologic Cancer
On November 16th, the Gynecologic Cancer Initiative (GCI) hosted a session on "Knowledge Mobilization to Extend ...Read More
GCI Trainee Spotlight: Signe MacLennan, PhD Student
Signe MacLennan is a PhD candidate in the Marra lab studying the role of extrachromosomal ...Read More
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month 2023: Enhancing Knowledge Translation of Gynecologic Cancer Research
September is annually recognized as Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month. Gynecologic cancers include ovarian, vaginal, vulvar, ...Read More
GCI Trainee Spotlight: Geneviève Allaire-Stacey, Master’s Student
Geneviève is completing her graduate studies in the Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences (WACH) under ...Read More
GCI Trainee Spotlight: Dr. Bengul Gokbayrak, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Dr. Bengul Gokbayrak is a postdoctoral fellow supervised by Dr. Yemin Wang. She earned her ...Read More
GCI Researcher Leads Terry Fox Research Institute- Funded Program on Tumor-Driven Immunosuppression
The Gynecologic Cancer Initiative is delighted to share that GCI Researcher, Dr. Julian J. Lum, ...Read More
2023 Gynecologic Cancer Research Award Recipients
Congratulations to Dr. Amal El-Naggar, Dr. Farhia Kabeer, and Dr. Bengul Gokbayrak on receiving the ...Read More
Season 3 Recap: GOSH Podcast’s Empowering Journey through Gynecologic Oncology
Season 3 of the Gynecologic Oncology Sharing Hub (GOSH) Podcast has concluded, leaving behind a ...Read More
Machine Learning for the Classification of Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer is not a single disease but consists of several distinct subtypes of the ...Read More
Another Year of Celebrating Gyne-Cancer Research: GCI Trainee Research Day 2023 Recap
On June 15, 2023, the Gynecologic Cancer Initiative was delighted to host their third annual ...Read More
Shining a Light on Early Cancers
CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING Cervical cancer continues to be a significant global health burden as the ...Read More
Dr. Yvette Drew Appointed as the New GCI Clinical Trials Group Chair
We would like to announce that Dr. Anna Tinker will be stepping down from her ...Read More
GCI Trainee Spotlight: Hallie Dau, MPH
Hallie is a Canadian Doctoral Scholar at the at the School of Population and Public ...Read More