{"id":1728,"date":"2025-05-30T13:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T20:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biophotonics.bccrc.ca\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2026-03-10T14:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:02:38","slug":"academic-excellence-at-ocil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biophotonics.bccrc.ca\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/academic-excellence-at-ocil\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Excellence at OCIL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/biophotonics.bccrc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/APSC-deans-excellence.jpg-1024x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biophotonics.bccrc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/APSC-deans-excellence.jpg-1024x1024.webp 1024w, https:\/\/biophotonics.bccrc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/APSC-deans-excellence.jpg-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/biophotonics.bccrc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/APSC-deans-excellence.jpg-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/biophotonics.bccrc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/APSC-deans-excellence.jpg-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/biophotonics.bccrc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/APSC-deans-excellence.jpg.webp 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Recent OCIL graduate Dr. Jeanie Malone was awarded the UBC Applied Science Dean&#8217;s Academic Excellent award, an honour given to the top graduate student across all fields in Applied Science who demonstrates strong academic and research track record, and has made significant contributions to their chosen field of study.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Malone holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and a BASc in Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia. During her doctoral studies, she investigated the application of these technologies in tubo-ovarian, cervical, oral, and lung cancers, as well as lung transplantation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations Dr. Malone!<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent OCIL graduate Dr. Jeanie Malone was awarded the UBC Applied Science Dean&#8217;s Academic Excellent award, an honour given to the top graduate student across all fields in Applied Science who demonstrates strong academic and research track record, and has made significant contributions to their chosen field of study. 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