Emilie Carpentier, a PhD student in Dr. Tony Mestrovic's lab at UBC, placed first in UBC's Three Minute Thesis competition. She discussed a 4D modelling technique to better target radiation treatments for liver cancer patients. See which other Vancouver researchers received grants, awards, scholarships, and fellowships in March.
Dr. Kuo-Shyan Lin, an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology at UBC and a Senior Scientist in the Department of Molecular Oncology at BC Cancer, received a CIHR Project Grant to design radiopharmaceuticals to treat clear cell renal cell carcinoma. See which other Vancouver researchers won grants and scholarships in February.
Dr. Kasmintan (Intan) Schrader (pictured), Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics at UBC Faculty of Medicine, is a newly appointed Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Clinical Cancer Genetics and Genomics. See which other Vancouver researchers won grants, awards, and scholarships in January.
Dr. Curtis Suttle (pictured), a Professor of Botany, Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, and Microbiology & Immunology at UBC, was appointed to the Order of Canada for “his innovative scholarship in the area of marine virology and for his mentorship of the next generation of scientists.” Find out which other Vancouver researchers won grants, awards, and scholarships in the December award summary.
Dr. Nika Shakiba (pictured), Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at UBC, received a SickKids - CIHR - IHDCYH New Investigator Grant to improve the safety, efficiency, and purity of beta cell therapies for Type 1 Diabetes. See which other Vancouver researchers won grants, awards, fellowships, and scholarships in November.
Dr. Anna Blakney (pictured), an Assistant Professor at UBC, was awarded a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Catalyst Grant to investigate the mechanisms of immunity and protection against chlamydia of RNA and protein vaccines. See which other Vancouver researchers won awards and grants this month.
Dr. Shoukat Dedhar, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UBC and Senior Scientist at BC Cancer, received a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to investigate the role of microbiota and the immune microenvironment in breast cancer metastasis. See which other Vancouver researchers received awards, grants, and scholarships in September.
Dr. Anthony Traboulsee (pictured), Professor and Research Chair of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada at UBC, received a Canadian Institutes of Health Research grant with Dr. Shannon Kolind to investigate if myelin imaging can predict progression of Multiple Sclerosis. See which other Vancouver researchers won grants, awards, and scholarships in August.
