“Kudos and Congratulations” recognizes achievements by faculty, residents and trainees in the Department of Surgery. Please send items to be included to alice.mui@ubc.ca
60. – Cover Girl
Congratulations to: 
Dr. Xiaojie Wang
who recently obtained her PhD with Dr. Garth Warnock (General Surgery)
and who has also received a CIHR postdoctoral fellowship, ranking 17th out of 421 post-PhD applicants across Canada. Dr. Wang is now a postdoctoral fellow on a new collaborative project with Dr. Kevin McElwee (Dermatology) and Dr. Warnock looking at the immunosuppressive role of hair follicle cells for protection of pancreatic islet transplants. In addition
……..Dr. Wang’s recently accepted paper “Blockade of Both B7-H4 and CTLA-4 Co-signaling Pathways Enhances Mouse Islet Allograft Survival”
has been selected for feature on the cover of the journal “Islets”.
posted : 2012-July-24
59. – Sweet success
Congratulations to: 
Dr. Francis Lynn (General Surgery)
who has received both a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Scholarship, and the inaugural Alan Permutt Career Development Award from the international Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). In T1D, the immune system destroys the beta cells of the pancreas which produce the hormone insulin.
Dr. Lynn’s research is focused towards uncovering novel regulators of pancreatic beta cell genesis, growth and function in order to develop new ways to regenerate, replace, and protect beta cells.
posted : 2012-July-2
58. – A four year sentence?
Congratulations to:
Eva So (General Surgery, a PhD student) 3rd. from left in front row
with Dr. Alice Mui 1st. from left in front row
who has received an UBC 4YF (4 year fellowship) to continue her work on understanding the mechanism of action of the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10 (IL10).
L10 is the body’s natural protective agent against inflammatory stimuli and trauma ….such as surgical incisions. Eva’s work has already led to development of new drugs that mimics the action of IL10 and inhibits colitis and arthritis.
posted : 2012-June-11