Hi everyone,
Welcome back to campus! Please see below for a great opportunity to be involved in the Department Head search for the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. If you are interested, fill out the survey link at the bottom of this email.
Regards,
Dustin Erickson, B.Sc (Co-op) Senior Stick, Manitoba Medical Students’ Association Year 3 MD student Max Rady College of Medicine
From: Karen Soares Karen.Soares@umanitoba.ca Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 10:16 To: Dustin Erickson ericks26@myumanitoba.ca; MMSA Senior Stick Seniorstick.Mmsa@umanitoba.ca; Simran Dhaliwal dhaliw43@myumanitoba.ca Subject: Medical Students Meeting Request: Candidate for Dept Head and Provincial Specialty Lead - Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Good morning,
As you may be aware, we currently have a search underway for a Department Head and Provincial Specialty Lead for the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine co-chaired by Dr. Peter Nickerson, Dean and Vice-Provost (Health Sciences), University of Manitoba and Dr. José François, Provincial Chief Medical Officer, Shared Health, and Dr. Amin Kabani, Diagnostic Services Chief Medical Officer. We have invited one candidate, Dr. AbdulRazaq Sokoro to a public presentation, interview, and meetings with various stakeholders which will take place on Thursday, September 10 and Friday, September 11, 2026.
We are in process of scheduling 45-minute hybrid meetings and would like to have the candidate meet with the medical students. If you could please complete the form below by end of day on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, and share with all medical students, the majority date will be selected, and calendar invitations will be sent with details.
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Headship Search Meeting: Medical Students and A. Sokoro – Fill out formhttps://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/qunbtkh43S
Kind regards,
Karen Soares Executive Coordinator Rady Faculty of Health Sciences A101B Chown Building, 753 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3E 0T6 T: 204-789-3485 karen.soares@umanitoba.camailto:karen.soares@umanitoba.ca [cid:image001.jpg@01DD2EEF.FBA66370]
