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September 2023 Award Winners

By October 3, 2023November 30th, 2023No Comments

Dr. Laura Evgin (pictured), Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics at UBC is a recipient of both the Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leadership Fund and the B.C. Knowledge Development Fund for their project on delineating aggressive B-cell lymphomas heterogeneity and pathogenic trajectories to optimize cell-based immunotherapies. See all award winners for September 2023 below.

Grants

Winner
Grant
Link to Article
Dr. Amritpal Singh
NSERC Discovery Grants
Dr. Brett Hilton
CFI John R. Evans Leadership Fund
Dr. Brett Hilton
2022 Brain Canada Future Leader in Canadian Brain Research
Dr. Brett Hilton
Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholars
Dr. Brian Kwon
B.C. Knowledge Development Fund
Dr. Catrina Loucks
CFI John R. Evans Leadership Fund
Dr. Christopher Loewen
NSERC Discovery Grants
Dr. Deborah Giaschi
NSERC Discovery Grants
Dr. Deborah Money
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow
Dr. Eric Jan
NSERC Discovery Grants
Dr. Ethan Greenblatt
NSERC Discovery Grants
Dr. Franck Duong
NSERC Discovery Grants
Dr. Govind Kaigala
NSERC Discovery Grants
Dr. Gregor Reid
CFI John R. Evans Leadership Fund
Dr. Gregor Reid
B.C. Knowledge Development Fund
Dr. Hee Yeon Im
NSERC Discovery Grants
Dr. Ilker Hacihaliloglu
NSERC Discovery Grants
Dr. Lara Boyd
NSERC Discovery Grants
Dr. Laura Evgin
CFI John R. Evans Leadership Fund
Dr. Laura Evgin
B.C. Knowledge Development Fund
Dr. Mahmoud Pouladi
CFI John R. Evans Leadership Fund
Dr. Mahmoud Pouladi
B.C. Knowledge Development Fund
Dr. Manu Madhav
Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholars
Dr. Michael Kobor
NSERC Discovery Grants
Dr. Neeru Gupta
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow
Dr. Peter Zandstra
Scientific Entrepreneurship Award
Dr. Sabrina Leslie
NSERC Discovery Grants
Dr. Sarah Purcell
B.C. Knowledge Development Fund
Dr. Simon Wisnovsky
Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholars
Dr. Steven Miller
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow
Dr. Syam Somasekharan
NSERC Discovery Grants
Dr. Tao Huan
Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholars
Dr. Teresa Tsang
CFI John R. Evans Leadership Fund
Dr. Torsten Nielsen
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow
Dr. Wendy Robinson
2023 Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship
Dr. Wilfred Jefferies
NSERC Discovery Grants
Dr. Zu-hua Gao
CFI John R. Evans Leadership Fund

Awards

Winner
Award
Link to Article
Dr. Anna Blakney
MIT Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35
Dr. Erik Pioro
ALS Society of BC Professorship in ALS Research
Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis
Royal Society of Canada for 2023
Dr. Ly Vu
Canada Research Chair

Fellowships

Winner
Fellowship
Supervisor
Dr. Amber Paulson
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award
Dr. Athena Phoa
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award
Dr. Bradley Jones
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award
Dr. Brian Mooney
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award
Dr. Castel Ramirez
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award
Dr. Clarus Leung
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award
Dr. Faezeh Borzooee
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award
Dr. Flora Foltanyi
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award
Dr. Francis Mwimanzi
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award
Dr. Glen Lester Sequiera
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award
Dr. Haifeng Ji
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award
Dr. Kelcey Bland
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award
Dr. Linda Lapp
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award
Dr. Md Mohosin Rana
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award
Dr. Michael Hunter
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award
Dr. Ryan Hoiland
Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholars
Dr. Seongho Kim
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award
Dr. Sruthi Purushothaman
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award
Dr. Verónica Jiménez Sábado
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award
Dr. Yu Chen
Michael Smith Health Research BC Trainee Award

Scholarships

Winner
Scholarship
Supervisor
Avneet Kaur Dhillon
MATRIX-N Junior Scholar
Isabella Gallello
MATRIX-N Junior Scholar
Judy Cheng
MATRIX-N Junior Scholar
Katherine Donald
2023-2024 William and Dorothy Gilbert Scholarship
Laura Stankiewicz
2023-2024 William and Dorothy Gilbert Scholarship
Rachel McLellan-Carich
MATRIX-N Junior Scholar
Sahithi Thotakura
MATRIX-N Junior Scholar
Sangeetha Kasturi
MATRIX-N Junior Scholar
Vriti Bhagat
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship