New Faculty Research Award
Funding is available for new recruits in the Faculty of Medicine. Up to $10,000 may be awarded. 2024 Competition Closed Eligibility Applicants must be within two years of their first eligible Faculty appointment in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia as of the application deadline. Eligible appointments include: NEW: Clinical Faculty […]
Sherrold Haddad Excellence in Medicine Award Program Open Call: Faculty of Medicine
Competition Overview The Sherrold Haddad Excellence in Medicine Award Program is pleased to announce an Open Call competition to support up to one clinician who holds a faculty position in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC and performs clinical duties at one or more of the following institutions: Surrey Memorial Hospital, Czorny Alzheimer Centre or […]
Meet Dr. Rachel Murphy
Drs. Rachel Murphy (pictured) and Andrew Roth (not pictured) are recipients of the 2022/2023 Precision Health Catalyst Grant award for their project entitled “Improving Breast Cancer Screening Efficiency with Administrative Health Data” Read a summary of the project here. “This project aims to use administrative health data to a) develop individualized risk assessment models that […]
Meet Drs. Wang & Dubland
Drs. Ying Wang (left) and Joshua Dubland (right) are recipients of the 2022/2023 Precision Health Catalyst Grant award for their project entitled “Who will benefit from colchicine to reduce heart attacks? Characterizing the baseline inflammation status of patients with coronary atherosclerosis” Read a summary of the project here. “This project aims to provide molecular insights […]
Meet Drs. McGinnis & Stubbins
Drs. Eric McGinnis (left) and Ryan Stubbins (right) are recipients of the 2022/2023 Precision Health Catalyst Grant award for their project entitled “Rapid targeted gene sequencing and high-resolution optical genome mapping to optimize selection of targeted therapies in acute myeloid leukemia” Read a summary of the project here. “This project aims to: 1) Evaluate the […]
Meet Dr. Annie Ciernia
Drs. Annie Ciernia (pictured) and Sheila Teves (not pictured) are recipients of the 2022/2023 Precision Health Catalyst Grant award for their project entitled “Human SPI1 variants alter microglial immune memory to promote neuroinflammation” Read a summary of the project here. “This project aims to identify how GWAS hits in non-coding regions confer disease risk or […]
Meet Dr. Anna Blakney
Drs. Anna Blakney (pictured) and Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu (not pictured) are recipients of the 2022/2023 Precision Health Catalyst Grant award for their project entitled “Next-generation anti-cancer antibody formats enabled through development of novel low immunogenic RNA delivery” Read a summary of the project here. “This project will develop a low immunogenic novel delivery platform that enables […]
