26th Annual DPLM Laurence Becker Symposium
From Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children.
You are invited to the 26th Annual DPLM Laurence Becker Symposium.
Agenda
8:00 – 9:00 am: Registration
8:55 – 8:58 am: Welcome: Dr. Gino Somers, MBBS, BMedSci, PhD, FRCPA Chief, Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine; Physician Lead for Wellness, The Hospital for Sick Children; Professor and Vice Chair, LMP, University of Toronto
8:58 – 9:00 am: Introduction: Dr. Caroline Malcolmson, MSc, FRCPC, FAAP Director, Transfusion Medicine, Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine
9:00 – 9:45 am: Keynote Speaker: Dr. Cassandra Josephson, MD Professor, Oncology, Paediatrics, Pathology, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Director, Cancer and Bloor Disorders Institute; Director, Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine/Apheresis Division, John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, "Patient Blood Management in Neonatal Transfusion Medicine"
9:45 – 10:00 am: Interactive Learning: Q & A and Discussion
10:00 – 10:30 am: Refreshments and Poster Viewing
10:30 – 11:15 am: Dr. Celina Montemayor-Garcia, MD, PhD Medical and Scientific Lead, Red Cell Genomics, Canadian Blood Services, "Transfusion Medicine Genomics: Development in Canada and Global Impact"
11:15 – 11:30 am: Interactive Learning: Q & A and Discussion
11:30 am – 12:15 pm: Dr. Sandhya Panch, MD Medical Director of Transfusion, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Centre, "Furthering Frontiers in Platelet Alloimmunization & Autoimmunity: Bedside to Bench Initiatives and Beyond"
12:15 – 12:30 pm: Interactive Learning: Q & A and Discussion
12:30 – 1:30 pm: Lunch and Poster Viewing/Judging
1:30 – 2:00 pm: Award and Closing Remarks
Abstract Submissions
We invite all trainees, including BSc/MSc/PhD students, research/clinical fellows and research/medical technologists to submit an abstract on studies relevant to any aspect of laboratory medicine. Posters will be judged for excellence and prizes will be awarded in each category. Awards will consist of a prize and a certificate.
Abstracts and posters presented within the current academic year (since last July) are eligible. Type the title (only) in CAPITALS and authors and affiliations non-capitalized. Abstracts should be no more than 300 words in length and should include the following categories: Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusions. Tables and graphs are permitted. The entire abstract must be submitted on one page using 12 point and Arial font. Please use 1-inch margins. Abstracts will be compiled and reproduced in the Symposium Proceedings.
Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, May 30, 2025
Please submit an electronic version of your abstract to: Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine The Hospital for Sick Children E-mail: dplm.symposium@sickkids.ca
Abstracts will be reviewed as they are received with notification of acceptance provided shortly after. Posters can be in any standard format but should fit within a 3 feet high x 6 feet wide space.
When and where
Wednesday, June 11th, 2025, 8 am - 2 pm
Main Auditorium, 1246 Burton Wing, The Hospital for Sick Children 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON