The Faculty of Medicine has received 11 of the 22 Career Investigator Salary Awards from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR). The awardees are:
- Francis Lynn, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery: Uncovering Novel Regulators of Beta Cell Genesis, Growth and Function
- Thibault Mayor, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Characterization of the Formation of Protein Aggregates Induced by the Inhibition of the Ubiquitin Proteasome System
- Laura Sly, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics: SHIP’s Roles in Intestinal Immune Homeostasis and Inflammation
- Nobuhiko Tokuriki, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Mechanistic and Experimental Evolution Studies of Metallo-beta-lactamases
- Amina Zoubeidi, Assistant Professor, Department of Urologic Sciences: Adaptive Stress Response Signaling Driving Treatment Resistance and Metastasis in Cancer
- Michael Hunt, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy: Biomechanically-informed non-invasive treatment for knee osteoarthritis
- Tobias Kollman, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics: Manipulating the Trajectory of the Human Fetal, Newborn & Infant Immune System
- Christian Steidl, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: Understanding Tumor Microenvironment Interactions in Lymphoid Cancers: Translation into Improved Treatment Outcome Prediction and Development of Personalized Therapies
- David Moore, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine: Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Program Designed on the HIV Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Wendy Norman, Clinical Professor, Department of Family Practice: Family Planning Health Services Research
- Viviane Lima, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine: Operations Research Applied to Assess Different Strategies to Reduce the Public Health and Economic Burdens of HIV/AIDS in British Columbia
The MSFHR Career Investigator Program is designed to attract and foster the development of outstanding health researchers in British Columbia. The intent of the program is to allow researchers to initiate an independent research career, build a leading research program and expand their potential to make significant contributions to their field of research.
The award includes a rigorous review in year four that will determine if recipients will receive an additional final four years of funding. MSFHR funding in years seven and eight will decline to 50 per cent and 25 per cent respectively as host institutions assume responsibility for long-term funding of the awardees.