08/09 Annual Report to Donors
See page 2: pictures of our 3rd year students from left to right: Hidy Girgis, David Nguyen, Angel Bhathal, Amanda Nunn, and Farah Joy Rashid.
See page 6: Apotex Centre Grand Opening.

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The Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba is pleased to announce the appointments of Dr. Yuewen Gong as Associate Dean (Research) and Dr. Lavern Vercaigne as Associate Dean (Academic) effective January 1, 2010.

 

Dr. Gong, B.M. (Beijing), M.Sc. (Beijing), Ph.D. (Manitoba) received his Bachelor of Medicine in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, his M.Sc. in pathophysiology from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and his Ph.D. in Molecular Endocrinology from the Department of Physiology at the University of Manitoba.  After graduation he completed postdoctoral training at the Mayo Clinic and the University of Manitoba.  In 1997, Dr. Gong became an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba.  In 2003 he was appointed as an associate professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy and was promoted to professor in 2007.  Dr. Gong has an internationally recognized research program focusing on the understanding of the mechanism of liver fibrosis and cancer, and the development and evaluation of treatments for these conditions.  He has been awarded funding from CIHR, Manitoba and Chinese granting agencies, and industry.  He has supervised numerous post-doctoral fellows, M.Sc. and Ph.D. graduate students and has been published extensively in peer reviewed journals.  He has developed international collaborative research programs between the University of Manitoba and Chinese Universities, and has been an invited guest lecturer both nationally and internationally.  Dr. Gong has also been involved in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels in Medicine and Pharmacy.

 

Dr. Vercaigne, B.Sc. (Pharm) (Manitoba), Pharm.D. (Toronto) began his academic career in 1995 with the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Pharmacy after receiving his Pharm.D. degree from the University of Toronto. He was promoted to associate professor in 2000 and professor in 2009. While at the Faculty, Dr. Vercaigne has been extensively involved in curricular development and implementation. He has been an active member on the Curriculum Committee continuously for the last 10 years, serving as chair from 2000-2004 and again in 2010. On a national level, Dr. Vercaigne was a council member of the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (AFPC) for six years and served as its president in the 2002-2003 academic year. He is currently chair of the Committee on Exams and a member of the Board of Directors of the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC). Dr. Vercaigne has an active clinical practice and research program in collaboration with the Manitoba Renal Program.  His research interest primarily includes management of central venous catheter infection and thrombosis in hemodialysis patients.  In 2007, Dr. Vercaigne was awarded the Bonnie Schultz Memorial Award for Practice Excellence and in 2008, the Pharmacist of the Year Award by the Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association.

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