BC Oral Cancer Prevention Program

322 people screened for oral cancer by the BC OCPP on October 15th!
Thanks to all our volunteers!

We enjoyed the Fanconi Anemia Scientific Symposium last weekend here in Vancouver! So nice to see are collaborators from around the world in person.
Thanks to FARF and FA Canada!

Congratulations to Oh Run Kim!
Oh Run, a master's student in our lab, has been awarded the Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s (CGS M).
Very well deserved! We are proud of you!

Congratulations to Natyra H for winning the Masters category of the UBC Faculty of Dentistry Research Day poster competition!

Congratulations to Ilena Yim who successfully defended her Masters thesis! Well done Ilena!!

It's like we got the band back together!! NG clinic day with the dream team!

Congratulations to Madhurima Datta for successfully defending her doctoral thesis in the summer!

The BCOCPP team at Purple Night!

The BCOCPP team at POHC for oral cancer screening! Thanks to all our volunteers and participants! Thanks to the Pacific Oral Health Centre and Newton Rotary!

http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/oral-cancer-prevention-how-to-reduce-your-risk

Oral cancer prevention: How to reduce your risk This year approximately 865 people in B.C. will be diagnosed with an oral cancer – a disease that can be prevented and caught early if screened for by a dental professional.

Belated congratulations to BC OCPP team members who received awards at the UBC Faculty of Dentistry Dean's Night in the fall of 2020!
Natyra Haxhiavdija - CDHBC Award for Professionalism and Ethics
Madhurima Datta - Joseph Tonzetich Fellowship
Iris Lin - Joseph Tonzetich Scholarship

In addition, Madhurima, Iris, and Denise Laronde all received teaching awards!

Well done team!

Congratulations to Ilena Yim!
Ilena, a graduate student in our lab, has been awarded the Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s (CGS M).
Very well deserved! We are proud of you!