BC Oral Cancer Prevention Program

10/20/2023

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

10/07/2023

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!

04/05/2023

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!

01/31/2023

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

01/31/2023

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

01/31/2023

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

11/24/2022

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

11/23/2022

The BCOCPP team at Purple Night!

11/23/2022

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!

05/18/2021

http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/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.

04/06/2021

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!

04/06/2021

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!