March 2021 Award Winners - Science in Vancouver

Dr. Ging-Yuek Robin Hsiung at UBC Medicine won a CIHR grant for evaluating the
potential of blood biomarkers to improve Alzheimer’s Disease risk stratification.

Grants Awards Fellowships Scholarships

Grants

Winner

Grant

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Dr Babak Shadgan

US Department of Defense Spinal Cord Injury Research Program

Dr. Alice Mui

CIHR Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 Variants Supplement Stream 1

Dr. Angela Brooks-Wilson

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Artem Cherkasov

CIHR Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 Variants Supplement Stream 1

Dr. Brian Kwon

US Department of Defense Spinal Cord Injury Research Program

Dr. Cheryl Wellington

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Christian Kastrup

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Christian Steidl

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Colin Collins

CIHR Project Grant

Dr. David Fedida

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. David Perrin

CIHR Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 Variants Supplement Stream 1

Dr. Dirk Lange

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Douglas Allan

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Eric Jan

CIHR 2020 Fall Round (Special COVID Operating Grant)

Dr. Filip Van Petegem

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Francois Jean

CIHR Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 Variants Supplement Stream 1

Dr. Geoffrey Schiebinger

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Ghassan Hamarneh

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Ging-Yuek Robin Hsiung

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Honglin Luo

CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Research Gaps and Priorities

Dr. Horacio Bach

CIHR Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 Variants Supplement Stream 1

Dr. Ivan Nabi

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Ivan Sadowski

CIHR 2020 Fall Round (Special COVID Operating Grant)

Dr. Jan Dutz

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Jeffrey Joy

CIHR Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 Variants Supplement Stream 1

Dr. Joerg Gsponer

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Karla Williams

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Kenneth Harder

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Kota Mizumoto

CIHR 2020 Fall Round (Bridge Grant)

Dr. Kurt Haas

CIHR Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 Variants Supplement Stream 1

Dr. Lawrence Mcintosh

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Martin Gleave

CIHR Project Grant

Dr. Martin Hirst

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Martin Mckeown

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Michael Cross

Innovate BC Ignite

Dr. Michael Underhill

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Michel Roberge

CIHR 2020 Fall Round (Special COVID Operating Grant)

Dr. Natalie Strynadka

CIHR Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 Variants Supplement Stream 1

Dr. Nobuhiko Tokuriki

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Paul Schaffer

Innovate BC Ignite

Dr. Rob Holt

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Robert Molday

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Robert Nabi

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Russ Algar

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Ryan Ziels

NSERC Alliance

Dr. Samuel Aparicio

Canadian Foundation for Innovation Award

Dr. Srinivas Murthy

CIHR Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 Variants Supplement Stream 1

Dr. Thibault Mayor

Canadian Foundation for Innovation Award

Dr. Timothy Murphy

Canadian Foundation for Innovation Award

Dr. Vivien Measday

Canadian Foundation for Innovation Award

Dr. Yossef Av-Gay

CIHR 2020 Fall Round

Dr. Yuzhuo Wang

CIHR Project Grant

Awards

Winner

Award

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Alexi Michael

UBC School of Biomedical Engineering Three Minute Thesis – 1st Place

Dr. Alison McAfee

CBR Travel Award

Amy Wong Strilchuk

CBR Travel Award

Dr. Hashem Etayash

CBR Travel Award

Justin Wyss

UBC School of Biomedical Engineering Three Minute Thesis – 2nd Place

Dr. Kelley Lee

SFU Newsmaker Award

Melina Messing

Lay Science Writing Competition – 1st Place

Omar Tariq

UBC School of Biomedical Engineering Three Minute Thesis – 3rd Place

Polina Petlitsyna

Lay Science Writing Competition – 1st Place

Sreeparna Vappala

CBR Travel Award

Dr. Victoria Claydon

SFU Excellence in Teaching Award