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September 2018 Award Winners

By October 1, 2018December 1st, 2023No Comments

Dr. Dermot Kelleher, Dean of the UBC Faculty of Medicine, has been inducted into the Canadian Academy
of Health Sciences along with five other UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers.

Grants

Winner
Grant
Link to Article
Dr. Alan So
Cancer Research Society Operating Grant

Awards

Winner
Award
Link to Article
Dr. Bruce Verchere
UBC Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award
Dr. Christopher Overall
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Deborah Giaschi
UBC Killam Research Prize
Dr. Dermot Kelleher
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Dr. Eric Zhao
2018 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Award
Dr. Evelyn Stewart
UBC Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award
Dr. Heather McKay
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Dr. Jehannine Austin
UBC Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award
Dr. Joanne Weinberg
Bill and Marilyn Webber Lifeteime Achievement Award
Dr. Karen Gelmon
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Dr. Larry Lynd
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Dr. Lori Brotto
Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists
Dr. Martin Gleave
Member of the Order of Canada
Dr. Peter Leung
UBC Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award
Dr. Shawn Mansfield
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Shoukat Dedhar
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Stuart Turvey
2018 Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship
Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose
Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists
Dr. Thomas Oxland
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Timothy Kieffer
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Dr. Wendy Robinson
UBC Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award
Dr. Yuzhuo Wang
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Fellowships

Winner
Fellowship
Supervisor
Dr. Adam Vaughan
Health System Impact Fellowship
Dr. Michael Martin
Dr. Ali Farrokhi
Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Anuli Uzozie
Mining for Miracles Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Asif Khowaja
Health System Impact Fellowship
Dr. Brandon Chalazan
Outstanding Achievement by a Resident Award
Dr. Brittany Barker
Health System Impact Fellowship
Dr. Catrina Loucks
Bertram Hoffmeister Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Clayon Hamilton
Health System Impact Fellowship
Dr. Shannon Holms
Dr. Deepa Singal
Health System Impact Fellowship
Dr. Thomas Noseworthy
Dr. Lindsay Hedden
Health System Impact Fellowship
Dr. Doug Blackie
Dr. Margo Pearce
Health System Impact Fellowship
Dr. Michael Irvine
Health System Impact Fellowship
Dr. Regina McGowan
Dr. Mohamed Elgendi
Outstanding Achievement by a Postdoctoral Fellow Award
Dr. Sofia Bartlett
Health System Impact Fellowship

Scholarships

Winner
Scholarship
Supervisor
Alex Kadhim
Canucks for Kids Graduate Studentship
Ann Sun
Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships
Chantelle Recsky
Health System Impact Fellowship
Daphne Ling
CIHR Doctoral Research Award
Enes Kemal Ergin
Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Foundation Graduate Studentship
Faten Abdel-Hafez Ahmed
Healthy Starts Graduate Studentship
Helen Chen
Outstanding Achievement by a Doctoral Student Award
Jacob Stubbs
Outstanding Achievement by an Undergraduate or Medical Student Award
Kaitlyn Samson
Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement
Kelsey Huus
Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement
Natasha Orr
Outstanding Achievement by a Master’s Student Award
Rachel Wong
Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships
Sameer Desai
Health System Impact Fellowship
Shannon Sproul
Sue Carruthers Graduate Studentship
Vicky Li
Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Foundation Graduate Studentship
Yuyin Yi
Jan M. Friedman Graduate Studentship
Zohreh Sharafianardakani
Healthy Starts Graduate Studentship