Three Faculty of Medicine researchers have been honoured with UBC’s 2024 Faculty Research Awards. The awards recognize the research excellence and scholarly achievements of faculty from across all disciplines, ranging from medicine and the applied sciences to the social sciences and humanities.
Award recipients are selected by UBC’s Faculty Research Awards Committee and include early career researchers through to established members of faculty. The Office of the VP, Research and Innovation will host a reception on June 5, 2025 to acknowledge the researchers’ achievements.
Faculty of medicine recipients:
Jacob Biely Research Prize
UBC’s premier award for research
Brian Kwon, Orthopaedics
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UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship
Supporting early-career researchers ready to launch the next stage of their careers
Govind Kaigala, School of Biomedical Engineering
UBC Killam Research Prize
Recognizing outstanding research and scholarly contributions. The following researcher was recognized in the category for applied science, medicine and sciences.
