Congratulations to the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR), Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) investigators and their teams who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Spring 2023 Project Grant competition. Our research community received around $8 million in new research grants as principal investigators or co-investigators.
A total of 50 projects led by UBC researchers were awarded $37 million in combined funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Grant: Spring 2023 competition. UBC researchers are leading 40 projects awarded Project Grants totaling $35.7 million 2 projects led by UBC researchers were awarded Bridge Grants totaling $200,000 8 projects led by UBC researchers were awarded Priority Announcement…
BC Cancer’s Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer and Dr. François Bénard, in collaboration with TRIUMF Innovations and led by Dr. Robert Britton from Simon Fraser University, have secured a grant from the Centre for Probe Development and Commercialization (CPDC) to conduct ground-breaking research in cancer imaging. This project will develop a novel positron emission tomography (PET) tracer that targets the L-type amino…
Afsaneh Panahi, graduate student at the Kuchenbauer Lab has been awarded an International Myeloma Society (IMS) Young Investigator Award for Exemplary Abstract, for the abstract titled, “Dysregulated APOBEC3B promotes cell proliferation and DNA damage in multiple myeloma.” The International Myeloma Society is a scientific and medical society founded to bring together clinical and experimental scientists in the field of myeloma. IMS hosts annual…
The CIHR Spring 2023 competition has approved 381 research grants and 12 bridge grants, for a total investment of $325 million. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the results of its Spring 2023 project grant competition. Congratulations to all the VCHRI researchers who were awarded project grants.
Congratulations to Dr. Peter Zandstra for receiving the first ever Scientific Entrepreneurship Award from Life Sciences BC (LSBC). The award honours a remarkable scientific entrepreneur from one of B.C.’s research or scientific institutions that has advanced health innovations and significantly enriched the dynamic ecosystem. Award recipients are selected by a committee of senior leaders from across the sector. Dr. Zandstra,…
Kwangjin Park (Hoodless Lab) has been awarded the Canadian Institutes of Health Research 2022 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award for the project titled, “Roles of the Lysine Methyl Transferase (KMT) 2D in hepatocyte cell identity and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) progression.” Read the announcement here. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is Canada’s federal funding agency for health research. Composed of 13 Institutes, CIHR collaborates with…
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Trainee Endowment Awards! These awards recognize excellence in academics and research activities of our trainees. Special thanks to our donors and the Graduate Program in Neuroscience for their generous support. Under the supervision of Dr. Kurt Haas, Corbin investigates the functional impacts of tumor suppressor gene PTEN on…
Three Canadian scientists have been recognized by UBC’s Faculty of Medicine for their outstanding scientific accomplishments and for their potential to make further contributions in their fields. The 13th annual Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize is awarded to Dr. Terrance Snutch from the University of British Columbia, for his combination of ground-breaking research, drug design and development, and clinical and commercial translation…
Dr. Terrance Snutch has been recognized for his outstanding accomplishments in the field of brain research, receiving the prestigious Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize. This award is one of three $50,000 UBC bestowed National Research Prizes, which aim to honour Canada’s leading researchers in heart health, brain health and cancer research. Each year, UBC’s Faculty of Medicine award top Canadian scientists who…