Max Rady College of Medicine

Department of Pathology

Welcome to the Department of Pathology at the University of Manitoba. Our department teaches pathology to both graduate and postgraduate students in the health sciences. We also carry out research across pathology and its allied medical disciplines. 

Our department members provide diagnostic service in anatomic pathology and haematology at the Health Sciences Centre and Saint Boniface General Hospital in Winnipeg.

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What we offer

We are proud to offer three rewarding pathology programs at the postgraduate level.

The Pathology (MSc) program offers two paths toward a master's degree:

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Department Research

Our department offers broad-ranging pathological expertise, with extensive research facilities and affiliations with other teaching hospitals. Our facilities include laboratories for biochemists, immunohistochemistry, small animal experimentation, cell culture, molecular biology and more.

Current faculty research projects

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Dr. Tanveer Sharif

Research interests
• Regulation of metabolic rewiring and metabolic plasticity within heterogeneous brain tumor populations
• Metabolic regulation of tumor suppressors and oncogenes
• Metabolism-mediated modulation of post-translational modifications and epigenetics
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Yvonne Myall.

Dr. Yvonne Myal

Research themes
• Breast cancer

Research interests
• Breast cancer biomarkers
• Claudin 1
• Prolactin inducible protein
• Triple negative breast cancer
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Dr. Ian Gibson

Research themes
• renal pathology
• renal transplant pathology
• renal tumors

Research summary
• Renal allograft pathology and the morphological diagnosis of allograft rejection
• Morphometric analysis of renal interstitial fibrosis
• Urine and serum biomarkers of allograft rejection; IgA nephropathy/HSP nephritis in pediatric populations; and parietal podocytes and atubular glomeruli
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Dr. John Gartner

Research themes
• Correlation of structural genomic architecture with current morphological and molecular classification of tumors
• Structural genomic architectural properties of the cancer cell nucleus
• Tumor genomic instability and tumor progression

Research interests
• Cancer biology
• Transplantation immunology

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Dr. Marc Del Bigio

Research interests
• Autism (including Rett syndrome)
• Brain abnormalities in metabolic and inheritable genetic disorders
• Brain damage caused by solvent abuse
• Brain damage complications of prematurity and birth
• Brain trauma
• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (epigenetic and neuronal changes)
• Hydrocephalus pathogenesis of brain damage and shunt failure
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Undergraduate Research Awards

Each year, the University of Manitoba provides a multitude of unique learning opportunities through the undergraduate research awards. This program allows undergraduate students to interact with the best minds and research leaders in their fields. This experience opens them up to new possibilities for a research career in either government, academic or industry sectors.

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Pathology
Max Rady College of Medicine
401 Brodie, 727 McDermot Avenue
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3E 3P5 Canada

pathology@umanitoba.ca
204-789-3212
204-789-3931