Congratulations to Jay Hockley, Manager, Specimen Management, on her retirement after 25 years with the Laboratory Medicine Program (LMP) at University Health Network (UHN). Her last day with LMP is Friday, December 23. Jay joined LMP in September, 1997 and began her UHN career with the Rapid Response Lab at Toronto General Hospital (TGH) performing... Continue Reading →
Christine Cursio Wins Local Impact Award
Nomination for Local Impact Award, Convergence (Individual) It is with great pleasure that I nominate Christine Cursio from the Laboratory Medicine Program for the Individual Local Impact Award (Individual). Chris Cursio wears many hats, she is the Senior Manager – Point of Care Testing, TWH Laboratory Site Clinical Coordinator, and GTA Client Liaison. As one... Continue Reading →
Welcoming LMP’s 2022 summer learners
For many academic programs across LMP, summer is a time for new learners to join us for clinical placements. We’d like to welcome the new fellows and residents. A number of them have been able to take time out of their initial days in LMP to introduce themselves to us, an exercise we’d like to... Continue Reading →
Dr. Susan Done receives CIHR Grant Funding
Dr. Susan Done, a pathologist and expert in breast cancer at UHN explains how the funding will support her work. Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive subtype of breast cancer with more deaths occurring within the first 5 years after diagnosis than for other subtypes. Although TNBCs account for approximately 15% of... Continue Reading →
Welcoming Aurora Mejía Benítez, Research Assistant, LMP
Aurora Mejía Benítez is a Medical Doctor who graduated from UNAM-Mexico with a Master's and Doctorate in Genetics and Molecular Biology from CINVESTAV and the Institute Pasteur in France, respectively. She immigrated to Canada to continue her postdoctoral studies at McMaster University where she designed clinical projects in the field of obesity and genetics and... Continue Reading →