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June 2020 Award Winners

By July 1, 2020December 1st, 2023No Comments

Amanda Cheung (pictured), a neuroscience PhD student in the UBC Faculty of Medicine, is among those awarded a Vanier
Canada Graduate Scholarship to support her research into the hemodynamic management of acute spinal cord injury.

Grants

Winner
Grant
Link to Article
Dr. Adam Frankel
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Alexander Beristain
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement
Dr. Alexander Beristain
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Alexander Rauscher
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant
Dr. Alexander Wyatt
Canadian Cancer Society Impact Grant
Dr. Alice Mui
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Dr. Amanda Slaunwhite
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Dr. Annie Ciernia
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant
Dr. Artem Cherkasov
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Dr. Bob Hancock
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Dr. Brian MacVicar
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant
Dr. Carl de Boer
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Cheryl Wellington
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant
Dr. Christopher Kennedy
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Christopher West
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Corinne Hohl
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Dr. Daniel Goldowitz
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. David Chen
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant
Dr. David Perrin
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Dr. David Vocadlo
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Deborah Money
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Dr. Douglas Allan
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Esther Verheyen
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Florian Kuchenbauer
2020 CFI/BCKDF John R. Evans Leaders Fund Grant
Dr. François Jean
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity – Therapeutics
Dr. Hongbin Li
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. James Russell
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Dr. James Wakeling
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Jeffrey Richards
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement
Dr. Joerg Gsponer
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Josef Penninger
UK-Canada Diabetes Research Team Grant
Dr. Josef Penninger
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Dr. Karen Cheung
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Karla Williams
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Khanh Dao Duc
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Kimberly Mcgrail
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity – Diagnostics
Dr. Kurt Haas
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Dr. Liisa Galea
CIHR Catalyst Grant
Dr. Louis-Philippe Bernier
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant
Dr. Luke Clark
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant
Dr. Lynn Raymond
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant
Dr. Matilde Balbi
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant
Dr. Michael Law
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Dr. Mohamad Seyed Sadr
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant
Dr. Nancy Forde
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement
Dr. Nansheng Chen
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Natalie Strynadka
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Dr. Patricia Spittal
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Dr. Paul van Donkelaar
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant
Dr. Peter Stirling
NSERC Discovery Grant
Dr. Peter Unrau
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity – Diagnostics
Dr. Peter Zandstra
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Peyman Servati
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant
Dr. Pieter Cullis
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Dr. Purang Abolmaesumi
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity – Diagnostics
Dr. Ramon Klein Geltink
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Rebecca Todd
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant
Dr. Rodney Knight
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Dr. Ryan Brinkman
NSERC Discovery Grant
Dr. Sarah Hedtrich
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Sharon Gorsky
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Soren Gantt
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Dr. Srinivas Murthy
CIHR Operating Grant: WHO Solidarity Trial Scale-Up Funding Opportunity
Dr. Stan Floresco
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant
Dr. Tal Jarus
New Frontiers in Research Fund
Dr. Tao Huan
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Dr. Teresa Tsang
CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Dr. Terrance Snutch
New Frontiers in Research Fund
Dr. Thibault Mayor
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Thomas Claydon
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Trisha Chakrabarty
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant
Dr. Urs Hafeli
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant
Dr. Vesna Sossi
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant
Dr. Vikramaditya Yadav
NSERC Research Grant
Dr. Will Panenka
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Innovation Fund Kickstart Research Grant

Awards

Winner
Award
Link to Article
Dr. Carolina Tropini
Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D Scholars Award
Dr. Daniel Renouf
Dr. Ralph Meyer Phase III Young Investigator Award
Dr. Gordon Robertson
AACR Team Science Award
Dr. Marco Marra
AACR Team Science Award
Dr. Steven Jones
AACR Team Science Award

Fellowships

Winner
Fellowship
Supervisor
Dr. Alejandra Wiedeman
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Dr. CĂ©line Laumont
Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Dahai Zhang
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Dr. Jia Zhao
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Dr. Jordan James Shimell
CIHR-INMHA Brain Star Award
Dr. Kirsten Ward-Hartstonge
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Dr. Mahdis Monajemi
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Dr. Paul Belmonte
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Dr. Shenghui Liang
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Dr. Shogo Ida
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Dr. Shugo Sasaki
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Dr. Yale Michaels
Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Yi-Chun Chen
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award

Scholarships

Winner
Scholarship
Supervisor
Adam Ramzy
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Afsaneh Mojtabanezhad Shariatpanahi
Echoridge Educational Foundation Scholarship in Continuing Education of Stem Cell Transplant Research & Development
Amanda Cheung
Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship
Amanda Rowlands
Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship
Anni Zhang
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Aurora Mattison
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Austin Taylor
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Chae Syng Lee
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Christine Wardell
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Daemon Cline
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Daniel Pasula
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Helen Huang
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Jacob Stubbs
Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship
Jamie Chu
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Jeffrey Morgan
Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship
Ji Soo Yoon
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Jocelyn Begin
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Kate Wahl
Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship
Katrina Besler
Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship
Lindsay Pallo
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Mai-Lei Kinshella
Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship
Mitchell Braam
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Morgan Alford
Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship
Nelly Saber
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Nicha Boonpattrawong
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Prashant Pandey
Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship
Queenie Hui
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Rohit Singla
Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/researcher/13923-nguan
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Sara Hosseinirad
Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship
Saumadritaa Kar
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Sikander Randhawa
Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship
Vivian Fung
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Yajie Zhai
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Yuanjie Zou
BC Diabetes Research Network Virtual Trainee Travel Award
Yundi Wang
Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship