Course: PATHOLOGY 521 – Introduction to the Pathogenesis of Human Disease
Dates: June to July 2026
Days: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Location: St. Paul’s Hospital – James Hogg Conference Room, 1st Floor Burrard Building
2026 Schedule
| Month | Day | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| June | 2 | Dr. Honglin Luo | Protein Degradation Pathway in Human Disease |
| 3 | Dr. Lu Wang | Striated Muscle in Health and Disease | |
| 4 | Dr. Lu Wang | Smooth Muscle in Health and Disease | |
| 9 | Dr. Andrew Sandford | Genetics of Asthma | |
| 10 | Dr. Andrew Sandford | Disease Genetics of COPD - MID TERM Distribution | |
| 11 | Dr. Pascal Bernatchez | Endothelial Dysfunction | |
| 16 | Dr. Yasir Mohamud | Understanding Mechanisms of Viral Pathogenesis in Human Disease | |
| 17 | Dr. Denise Daley | Gene-Environment Interactions | |
| 18 | Dr. Ying Wang | Tissue Biobanking: Standardization, Ethics, and Research Applications | |
| 23 | Dr. Tillie Hackett | Epithelial-Mesenchymal Interactions in Lung Disease | |
| 24 | Dr. Tillie Hackett | Airway Remodeling in Asthma and COPD | |
| 25 | Tony Guo | In Vivo and in Vitro Models to Study Respiratory Diseases | |
| 30 | MID TERM EXAM | ||
| July | 1 | HOLIDAY | |
| 2 | Dr. Stephanie Sellers | Valvular Heart Disease: Mechanisms of Disease and Treatment Approaches | |
| 7 | Dr. Amirhossein Bahreyni | The Role of Immune System in Pathogenesis and Treatment of Heart Disease | |
| 8 | Dr. Janice Leung | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | |
| 9 | Dr. Ying Wang | Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis: New Theories from Recent Studies | |
| 14 | Dr. Gordon Francis | Lipoprotein Metabolism and Atherosclerosis | |
| 15 | Dr. Janice Leung | The Microbiome and Disease | |
| 16 | Dr. Gordon Francis | Smooth Muscle Cell Foam Cells in Atherosclerosis | |
| 21 | Dr. Rachel Eddy | Imaging of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary | |
| 22 | Dr. Carolyn Wang | Environmental Factors for Developing Obstructive Lung Disease | |
| 23 | Naomi Potter | Leveraging Patient-Derived Airway Models for Personalized Medicine in Cystic Fibrosis | |
| 28 | Dr. Bradley Quon | Precision Medicine in Cystic Fibrosis | |
| 30 | Final Exam |