Pancreas Centre BC is pleased to announce Dr. Andrew Minchinton as the 2023 recipient of the IDEAS Grant Competition. The project funded is titled “Targeting hypoxia in pancreatic cancers: turning a liability into a therapeutic benefit”.

We are now accepting submissions for the 2023 IDEAS grant competition. Further information can be found here.

Application form: IDEAS_Grant_Program_2023.pdf

The research team led by Dr. Steven Gallinger was awarded a Canadian Cancer Society Breakthrough Grant for the project entitled ‘Establishing a comprehensive research strategy to improve pancreatic cancer survival’. More information can be found using this link.

Today is World Pancreatic Cancer Day and everyone at Pancreas Centre BC is honoured to accept a record $5 million donation from the Hager family, in memory of Bob Hager. As a joint initiative between The Vancouver General Hospital Foundation and the BC Cancer Foundation, we are extremely grateful for this donation and the continued support from the Hager family as we celebrate the 10-year anniversary of our centre. Together, we continue to accelerate pancreatic cancer research. @pancreasBC

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Pancreas Centre BC is now accepting applications for $1000 student travel awards. Award information can be found on the application attached.

With this award, we aim to increase the outreach of pancreatic cancer research done in British Columbia and support trainees looking to highlight their research at national and international conferences.

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Drs. Renouf and Schaeffer are leading a new pan-Canadian research project titled Enhanced Pancreatic Cancer Profiling for Individualized Care, funded by the Terry Fox Research Institute. EPPIC looks at DNA and RNA sequenced from metastatic pancreatic cancer tumours to improve understanding as to why some individuals receive treatment better than others. The $5-million funding from the Terry Fox Research Institute will support the sequencing of metastatic pancreatic tumours that EPPIC aims to do for 400 patients in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and B.C. and expand the program across Canada.

Date/Time: Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 12:30 PM
Location: University of British Columbia, Life Sciences LSC 3
Presenter: Dr. Charles Murtaugh, Associate Professor, University of Utah
Host: Dr. Kopp, UBC Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences

On December 3rd 2016, Pancreas Centre BC together with Pancreatic Cancer Canada held their third annual Pancreatic Cancer Education Symposium.  Over 80 patients, families and their supporters attended this event and heard from leaders in the pancreatic cancer field.

The presentations were recorded and are available to view below:

Pancreas Centre BC and Pancreatic Cancer Canada will host an education day for patients with pancreatic cancer, their families and supporters.  The program will include:

• Information for Patients & Caregivers
• Overview of Pancreatic Cancer
• Surgical Advances
• Research & Clinical Trials
• Screening & Surveillance
• Hereditary Cancer
• Nutrition & Wellness Support
• Patient Stories
• Your Questions Answered

The details of the symposium are:

The research team led by Principal Investigator Dr. Michael Underhill and co-investigators Dr. Kim Wiegand and Dr. David Schaeffer was awarded a Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Grant for the project entitled ‘Defining Activated Stromal Signatures and Targeting the Tumour Microenvironment of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma’.

Drs. Underhill and Wiegand received a 2013 PCBC IDEAS Grant that formed the basis for this successful grant application.