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February 2024 Award Winners

By March 1, 2024No Comments

This month, over 85 Vancouver scientists won grants, awards, fellowships, and scholarships!

Our featured researcher is Dr. Christian Steidl (pictured above) from UBC’s Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and BC Cancer. This month, Dr. Steidl received a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant and 2023 Canadian Cancer Society Challenge Grants Competition to improve the understanding of a rare type of lymphoma.

See all award winners for February 2024 below.

Grants

Winner
Grant
Link to Article
Dr. Adeera Levin
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Alison Hoens
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Amori Mikami
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Andrea Krüsi
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Andrew Minchinton
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Ben Matthews
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Bonnie Henry
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Brian Grunau
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Brodie Sakakibara
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Priority Announcement Grant
Dr. Carolina Tropini
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Carolyn Brown
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Cathie Garnis
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Cathie Garnis
2023 Canadian Cancer Society Challenge Grants Competition
Dr. Charissa Patricelli
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Bridge Grant
Dr. Cheryl Peters
2023 Canadian Cancer Society Challenge Grants Competition
Dr. Christian Steidl
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Christian Steidl
2023 Canadian Cancer Society Challenge Grants Competition
Dr. Christopher Carlsten
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Priority Announcement Grant
Dr. Cindy Barha
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Priority Announcement Grant
Dr. Courtney Pollock
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Priority Announcement Grant
Dr. Crystal Karakochuk
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. David Wright
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Davina Banner
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Dena Shahriari
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Elitza Tocheva
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Bridge Grant
Dr. Emily Brigham
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Priority Announcement Grant
Dr. Eugenia Ovideo-Joekes
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Frank Scheuermeyer
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Glen Tibbits
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Gregor Reid
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Bridge Grant
Dr. Hubert Wong
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Hugh Kim
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Priority Announcement Grant
Dr. Isabella Tai
2023 Canadian Cancer Society Challenge Grants Competition
Dr. Jacqueline Saw
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Janet Mah
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Janice Eng
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Priority Announcement Grant
Dr. Janice Leung
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Joel Singer
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Priority Announcement Grant
Dr. Kamyar Keramatian
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Kevin Bennewith
2023 Canadian Cancer Society Challenge Grants Competition
Dr. Kota Mizumoto
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Kristin Campbell
2023 Canadian Cancer Society Challenge Grants Competition
Dr. Kyooseob Ha
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Lakshmi Yatham
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Laura Evgin
2024 Terry Fox New Investigators
Dr. Laura Schummers
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Bridge Grant
Dr. Leonard Foster
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Priority Announcement Grant
Dr. Liisa Galea
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Priority Announcement Grant
Dr. Linda Li
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Priority Announcement Grant
Dr. Lynn Raymond
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Mahmoud Pouladi
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Priority Announcement Grant
Dr. Martin Schechter
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Matthew Carwana
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Bridge Grant
Dr. Michael Kobor
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Bridge Grant
Dr. Michael Mckenzie
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Nadia Khan
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Najib Ayas
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Priority Announcement Grant
Dr. Nika Shakiba
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Patricia Spittal
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Poul Sorensen
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Rita McCracken
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Sarah Munro
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Priority Announcement Grant
Dr. Saraswathi Vedem
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Selena Sagan
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Sheila Teves
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Skye Barbic
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Steve Mathias
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Syam Somasekharan
Idea Development Award
Dr. Taru Manyanga
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Priority Announcement Grant
Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Priority Announcement Grant
Dr. Tim Oberlander
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Bridge Grant
Dr. Wendy Norman
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. William Panenka
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant
Dr. Zachary Laksman
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant

Fellowships

Winner
Fellowship
Link to Article
Dr. Haifeng Ji
Kizhakkedathu Lab
2022-23 CBR Travel Award
Dr. Melina Messing
McNagny Lab
2022-23 CBR Travel Award

Scholarships

Winner
Scholarship
Link to Article
Ahmed Kabil
McNagny Lab
2022-23 CBR Travel Award
Calem Kenward
Strynadka Lab
2022-23 CBR Travel Award
Colton Strong
Kastrup Lab
2022-23 CBR Travel Award
Felix Hong
Kim Lab
2022-23 CBR Travel Award
Lauren Durland
Zandstra Lab
2023-24 Zymeworks Fellowship in Advanced Protein Therapeutics
Loulou Cai
Côté Lab
2022-23 CBR Travel Award
Nicolas Pereyra
Devine Lab
2022-23 CBR Travel Award
Thomas Worthington
Horwitz Lab
2023-24 Zymeworks Fellowship in Advanced Protein Therapeutics