Dr. Amina Zoubeidi is a Professor in the Department of Urologic Sciences at UBC and a Senior Scientist at the Vancouver Prostate Centre. Her research program aims to provide mechanistic insight into the molecular sources that fuel tumour cell plasticity and emergent resistance phenotypes following targeted therapy. She was recently awarded the Canada Research Chair 1 in Cancer Therapy Resistance. Find out which other Vancouver researchers won grants, awards, or scholarships in this month's award summary.
Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer (pictured) won Proteona's Single Cell Multiomics Grant for multiple myeloma, which includes $50,000 USD in Proteona’s ESCAPE™ multi-omic single cell analysis services to better understand how and why highly complex tumours respond to new and existing therapies. Find out which other Vancouver researchers won grants, awards, or scholarships in this month's award summary.
Dr. Filip Van Petegem (pictured), Professor in UBC’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, has been awarded a CIHR Team Grant. GrantsAwards Grants Winner Grant Link to Article Dr. Alina Gerrie MSFHR Health Professional-Investigator Award Read More Dr. Blair Leavitt CIHR Team Grant: E-Rare-3 Joint Transnational Call Read More Dr. Catherine Poh MSFHR Innovation to Commercialization Award Read More Dr.…
Dr. Joseph Connors, Clinical Professor Emeritus in the Department of Medicine at UBC, was appointed to the Order of Canada “for his contributions to the study and treatment of lymphoid cancers, and for his role in the advancement of lymphoma care in Canada.” This month, he was also named on Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers 2020 list. Find out which other Vancouver researchers received grants, awards, fellowships and scholarships in December 2020!
Dr. Ralph Pantophlet is among the various Vancouver-based researchers to receive a grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation to advance COVID-19 related research. Find out which other Vancouver researchers won grants, awards, fellowships and scholarships in our November 2020 award summary!
Ariana Cahn (pictured), an MSc student under the supervision of Drs. Lakshmi Yatham and Trisha Chakrabarty, has received
a Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Endowment Award for transformational activity in mental health. Find out which other Vancouver researchers won grants, awards, fellowships and scholarships in our October 2020 award summary!
Dr. Catharine Winstanley, a neuroscientist at UBC, has been elected into the Royal Society of Canada as a Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Find out which other Vancouver researchers won grants, awards, fellowships and scholarships in our September 2020 award summary!