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Monthly Award Summaries

May 2025 Award Winners

By June 2, 2025June 3rd, 2025No Comments
Sofie Tolmeijer

Dr. Sofie Tolmeijer from UBC

This month’s spotlight features Dr. Sofie Tolmeijer (pictured), a postdoctoral researcher at the Vancouver Prostate Centre, UBC in the lab of Dr. Alexander Wyatt. Dr. Tolmeijer has been awarded the 2024 CCPC – Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) Young Investigator Award. The PCF’s Young Investigator Award supports early-career scientists and physicians conducting innovative research in prostate cancer.

See all award winners for May 2025 below.

Grants

Winner
Grant
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Connor Forbes
Dr. Connor Forbes
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Investigator Awards
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Jenna-Lynn Senger
Dr. Jenna-Lynn Senger
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Investigator Awards
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Richard Bennett
Dr. Richard Bennett
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Investigator Awards
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Sofie Tolmeijer
Dr. Sofie Tolmeijer
2024 Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award
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Steven Jones
Dr. Steven Jones
Learned Society of Wales Fellow
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Awards

Winner
Award
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Cheryl Ho
Dr. Cheryl Ho
2025 YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Research, the Sciences and Technology
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Jana-Lea Davidson
Dr. Jana-Lea Davidson
2025 YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Research, the Sciences and Technology
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Tillie-Louise Hackett
Dr. Tillie-Louise Hackett
2025 UBC Killam Teaching Prize
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Scholarships

Winner
Scholarship
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Annika Burrows
Annika Burrows
Johnson Lab
2025 Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Summer Program Advancing Research Knowledge and Skills (SPARKS)
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Callum Brown
Callum Brown
Morin Lab
Canada Graduate Scholarship — Master’s Program
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Christian Thorson
Christian Thorson
Tsang and Arishenkoff Labs
2025 Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Summer Program Advancing Research Knowledge and Skills (SPARKS)
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Eleen (Qin Yu) Yang
Eleen (Qin Yu) Yang
Moritz Lab
2025 Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Summer Program Advancing Research Knowledge and Skills (SPARKS)
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Gina Zhang
Gina Zhang
Isaac Lab
2025 Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Summer Program Advancing Research Knowledge and Skills (SPARKS)
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Janeel Naidu
Janeel Naidu
Setiaputra Lab
Canada Graduate Scholarship — Master’s Program
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Jennifer (Ji Soo) Lim
Jennifer (Ji Soo) Lim
Ryu Lab
2025 Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Summer Program Advancing Research Knowledge and Skills (SPARKS)
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Jiwon Hwang
Jiwon Hwang
Mammo Lab
2025 Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Summer Program Advancing Research Knowledge and Skills (SPARKS)
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Jonathan Ho
Jonathan Ho
Lee Lab
Canada Graduate Scholarship — Master’s Program
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Lena Wang
Lena Wang
Garraway Lab
2025 Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Summer Program Advancing Research Knowledge and Skills (SPARKS)
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Nathan Lam
Nathan Lam
Boyd Lab
2025 Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Summer Program Advancing Research Knowledge and Skills (SPARKS)
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Raj (Saravraj) Saini
Raj (Saravraj) Saini
Belga Lab
2025 Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Summer Program Advancing Research Knowledge and Skills (SPARKS)
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Sofia Serrano
Sofia Serrano
Jamieson Lab
2025 Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Summer Program Advancing Research Knowledge and Skills (SPARKS)
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Vanessa Tran
Vanessa Tran
Woodward Lab
2025 Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Summer Program Advancing Research Knowledge and Skills (SPARKS)
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