Monthly Award Summaries

December 2025 Award Winners

By January 8, 2026No Comments

Pictured left to right: Angela Wang, Ruth Yu, and Catherine Ko

As we wrap up 2025, many Vancouver researchers are racking up the achievements and producing incredible research proposals and papers. This December, Polytechnique Montréal awarded 14 scholarships in the 11th edition of the Order of the White Rose, an initiative established in 2014 to pay tribute to the 14 women killed on December 6, 1989. Three of the fourteen awardees are students from UBC’s School of Biomedical Engineering: Ruth Yu, Angela Wang, Catherine Ko.

See all award winners for December 2025 below.

Grants

Winner
Grant
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Anna Blakney
Dr. Anna Blakney
The British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund
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Guliz Ozgun
Dr. Guliz Ozgun
UBC-BC Cancer Academic Enhancement Fund Competition 2025
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Dr. Irene Yu
UBC-BC Cancer Academic Enhancement Fund Competition 2025
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Kevin Afra
Dr. Kevin Afra
2025 Sherrold Haddad Excellence in Medicine
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Marco Marra
Dr. Marco Marra
The British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund
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Dr. Marco Todesco
The British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund
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Awards

Winner
Award
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Dr. Agata Becalska
SFU Science 2025 Excellence in Teaching Award - Faculty
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Byron Gates
Dr. Byron Gates
SFU Faculty of Science Research Award - Mentorship and Supervision Award
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Carla Pretorius
Dr. Carla Pretorius
SFU Science 2025 Excellence in Teaching Award - Early Career
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Erika Plettner
Dr. Erika Plettner
SFU Faculty of Science Research Award - Milestone Award
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Gerhard Gries
Dr. Gerhard Gries
SFU Faculty of Science Research Award - Career Award
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Jared Lim
SFU Science 2025 Excellence in Teaching Award - Graduate Student
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Kim Chi
Dr. Kim Chi
2025 Highly Cited Researcher
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Kiran Soma
Dr. Kiran Soma
UBC 2025 Distinguished University Scholar
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Leanne Ramer
Dr. Leanne Ramer
SFU Science 2025 Excellence in Teaching Award - Faculty
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Dr. Lisa Julian
SFU Faculty of Science Research Award - Early Career Award
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Lori Brotto
Dr. Lori Brotto
UBC 2025 Distinguished University Scholar
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Dr. Mark Beauchamp
UBC 2025 Distinguished University Scholar
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Olha Farion
Olha Farion
SFU Science 2025 Excellence in Teaching Award - Graduate Student
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Peter Black
Dr. Peter Black
UBC 2025 Distinguished University Scholar
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Poul Sorensen
Dr. Poul Sorensen
2025 Alumni UBC Achievement Award - Research and Innovation
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Shelina Babul
Dr. Shelina Babul
2025 Alumni UBC Achievement Award - Global Citizenship
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Dr. Terrance Snutch
UBC 2025 Distinguished University Scholar
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Dr. Zongjie (Daniel) Wang
Dr. Zongjie (Daniel) Wang
2025 Alumni UBC Achievement Award - Young Alumni
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Scholarships

Winner
Scholarship
Link to Article
Angela Wang
Angela Wang
Order of the White Rose
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Catherine Ko
Catherine Ko
Order of the White Rose
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Ruth Yu
Order of the White Rose
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