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November 2020 Award Winners

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

Dr. Ralph Pantophlet (pictured), Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at SFU, is among the various Vancouver-
based researchers to receive a grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation to advance COVID-19 related research.
His funding will go towards a pair of instruments to gain greater comprehension of how antibodies bind to SARS-CoV-2.

Grants

Winner
Grant
Link to Article
Dr. Alexander Wyatt
Prostate Cancer Foundation 2020 Challenge Award
Dr. Artem Cherkasov
Canada Foundation for Innovation Exceptional Opportunity Fund Grant
Dr. Bruce Verchere
CIHR Team Grant
Dr. Francis Lynn
CIHR Team Grant
Dr. Francois Jean
Canada Foundation for Innovation Exceptional Opportunity Fund Grant
Dr. Marco Marra
Canada Foundation for Innovation Exceptional Opportunity Fund Grant
Dr. Mari DeMarco
Canada Foundation for Innovation Exceptional Opportunity Fund Grant
Dr. Mark Cembrowski
Azrieli Foundation Future Leader in Canadian Brain Research
Dr. Masahiro Niikura
Canada Foundation for Innovation Exceptional Opportunity Fund Grant
Dr. Megan Levings
CIHR Team Grant
Dr. Mel Krajden
Canada Foundation for Innovation Exceptional Opportunity Fund Grant
Dr. Natalie Strynadka
Canada Foundation for Innovation Exceptional Opportunity Fund Grant
Dr. Patrick MacDonald
CIHR Team Grant
Dr. Ralph Pantophlet
Canada Foundation for Innovation Exceptional Opportunity Fund Grant
Dr. Robert Young
Canada Foundation for Innovation Exceptional Opportunity Fund Grant
Dr. Yuzhuo Wang
Prostate Cancer Foundation 2020 Challenge Award

Awards

Winner
Award
Link to Article
Dr. Hongbin Li
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Dr. John McNeill
Member of the Order of Canada
Dr. Michael Hayden
Soroka Humanitarian Award
Dr. Roger Wong
Member of the Order of Canada
Dr. Thalia Field
Canada’s Top 40 Under 40
Dr. Wyeth Wasserman
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Fellowships

Winner
Fellowship
Supervisor
Dr. Daksh Thaper
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Early Investigator Research Award

Scholarships

Winner
Scholarship
Supervisor
Ellen Koch
Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform Research Scholar
Jennifer Kim
Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform Research Scholar
Nicholas Michelson
Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform Research Scholar
Ninadh D’Costa
Kidney Cancer Research Network of Canada-SOPER Foundation Grant
Patrick Coleman
Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform Research Scholar