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December 2020 Award Winners

By January 4, 2021December 1st, 2023No Comments

Dr. Joseph Connors (pictured), Clinical Professor Emeritus in the Department of Medicine at UBC, was appointed to the Order of Canada “for his contributions to the study and treatment of lymphoid cancers, and for his role in the advancement of lymphoma care in Canada.” This month, he was also named on Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers 2020 list.

Grants

Winner
Grant
Link to Article
Dr. Agatha Jassem
COVID-19 Research Response Fund Award
Dr. Alexandre Bouchard-Côté
COVID-19 Research Response Fund Award
Dr. Annie Ciernia
Dawn Shaw Alzheimer’s Disease Research Competition
Dr. Brian MacVicar
Dawn Shaw Alzheimer’s Disease Research Competition
Dr. Brittany Bingham
COVID-19 Research Response Fund Award
Dr. Caroline Colijn
COVID-19 Research Response Fund Award
Dr. Cheryl Wellington
Dawn Shaw Alzheimer’s Disease Research Competition
Dr. Christian Kastrup
Combat Casualty Care Research Program (CCCRP) Multi-Domain Lifesaving Trauma Innovations Award
Dr. Christopher Carlsten
COVID-19 Research Response Fund Award
Dr. Farinaz Havaei
COVID-19 Research Response Fund Award
Dr. Fidel Vila-Rodriguez
Dawn Shaw Alzheimer’s Disease Research Competition
Dr. Haakon Nygaard
Dawn Shaw Alzheimer’s Disease Research Competition
Dr. Juan Avina-Zubieta
COVID-19 Research Response Fund Award
Dr. Julian Somers
COVID-19 Research Response Fund Award
Dr. Liisa Galea
Dawn Shaw Alzheimer’s Disease Research Competition
Dr. Manish Sadarangani
COVID-19 Research Response Fund Award
Dr. Mari DeMarco
COVID-19 Research Response Fund Award
Dr. Mark Cembrowski
Dawn Shaw Alzheimer’s Disease Research Competition
Dr. Muhammad Morshed
COVID-19 Research Response Fund Award
Dr. Naveed Janjua
COVID-19 Research Response Fund Award
Dr. Patricia Spittal
COVID-19 Research Response Fund Award
Dr. Robin Hsiung
Dawn Shaw Alzheimer’s Disease Research Competition
Dr. Ryan Woods
COVID-19 Research Response Fund Award
Dr. Sarka Lisonkova
COVID-19 Research Response Fund Award
Dr. Sherri Hayden
Dawn Shaw Alzheimer’s Disease Research Competition
Dr. Shira Goldenberg
COVID-19 Research Response Fund Award
Dr. Tim Murphy
Dawn Shaw Alzheimer’s Disease Research Competition
Dr. Valorie Crooks
COVID-19 Research Response Fund Award
Dr. Yuk Joseph Ting
COVID-19 Research Response Fund Award

Awards

Winner
Award
Link to Article
Angela Tam
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2020
Dr. Andrew J. Mungall
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2020
Dr. B. Lynn Beattie
Order of Canada
Dr. Bruce Verchere
CIHR-JDRF Partnership to Defeat Diabetes
Dr. Carol Herbert
Order of Canada
Dr. David G. Huntsman
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2020
Dr. Don Sin
TIHR Tier 1 CRC in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Dr. Francis Lynn
CIHR-JDRF Partnership to Defeat Diabetes
Giovanna Cameron
BC Cancer Excellence Awards
Dr. Inanc Birol
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2020
Jacqueline E. Schein
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2020
Dr. Jacquelyn Cragg
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Tier 2 Canada Research Chair
Dr. Jason Barton
TIHR Tier 1 CRC in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Dr. Joseph Connors
Order of Canada and
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2020
Dr. Joy Richman
National Dental Research Award – CADR-ACFD
Dr. Kerry J. Savage
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2020
Dr. Marco A. Marra
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2020
Dr. Martin Hirst
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2020
Dr. Megan Levings
CIHR-JDRF Partnership to Defeat Diabetes
Dr. Nozomu Yachie
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Synthetic Biology
Dr. Randy D. Gascoyne
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2020
Dr. Richard A. Moore
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2020
Dr. Robert A. Holt
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2020
Dr. Roger Linington
Simon Fraser University (SFU) Canada Research Chairs (CRC)
Dr. Roger Wong
Order of Canada
Dr. Sohrab P. Shah
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2020
Dr. Steven J. M. Jones
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2020
Dr. Wyeth Wasserman
CIHR-JDRF Partnership to Defeat Diabetes
Dr. Yongjun Zhao
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2020

Fellowships

Winner
Fellowship
Supervisor
Dr. Lucia Nappi
2020 Tad Smith & Caroline Fitzgibbons – PCF Young Investigator Award
Dr. Daniel Khalaf
2020 Foundation Medicine – PCF Young Investigator Award

Scholarships

Winner
Scholarship
Supervisor
Amanda Cheung
Killam Doctoral Scholarship