More than 30 UBC Faculty of Medicine graduate students and postdoctoral fellows have been recognized for research excellence with new federal funding that will empower them to continue advancing impactful health research for all Canadians.
The trainees are the recipients of federal scholarships and fellowships announced earlier this month by Canada’s three research granting agencies, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
The recipients all excel academically and demonstrate exceptional leadership potential as they accelerate discovery and shape the future of Canada’s research landscape. The awards support emerging scholars to push the boundaries of knowledge and drive innovation in their fields, which include personalized cancer medicine, mental health, women’s health and more.
Across UBC, more than 165 doctoral students, three postdoctoral fellows and 232 master’s students were recognized for their achievements.
Faculty of Medicine Recipients
Vanier Fellowships
- Nikolay Alabi, Bioinformatics Program, MD/PhD
Research Area: Cancer - Zeba Khan, Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences Program, PhD
Research Area: Obstetrics and Gynaecology - Warren Meyers, Cellular and Physiological Sciences Program
Research Area: Cellular and Physiological Sciences - Tyler Paetkau, School of Population and Public Health
Research Area: Public Health - Amardeep Sekhon, Neuroscience Program, MD/PhD
Research Area: Spinal Cord Injury - Adam Sunavsky, Neuroscience Program, MD/PhD
Research Area: Mental Health
NSERC Postgraduate Doctoral Scholarship
- Margarita Kapustina, Neuroscience
- Jerome Plumier, Neuroscience
Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (CGS-D)
- Astou Thiam,
Rehabilitation Sciences - Regan Campbell,
Neuroscience - Al Rohet Hossain,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Nisha Johal,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Dane Sands,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Yu-Chi (Serena) Chuang,
Oncology - Avneet Dhillon,
Rehabilitation Sciences - Maria Elishaev,
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine - Simran Gill,
Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences
- Janna Griffioen,
Rehabilitation Sciences - Katherine Hunker,
Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences - Marie Johns,
Medical Genetics - Sunu Kim,
Medical Genetics - Michael Lane,
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine - Dongkyu Lee,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Laurie Lee-Glover,
Cell and Developmental Biology - Monica Luo,
Interdisciplinary Oncology, MD/PhD
- Victor Matias Barrios,
Experimental Medicine - Ryan McCallum,
Neuroscience - Warren Meyers,
Cell and Developmental Biology - Anjana Rajendran,
Neuroscience - Gillian Savage,
Oncology - William Stewart,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Harjeev Sudan,
Neuroscience - Peiyuan Zhu,
Experimental Medicine
- Astou Thiam, Rehabilitation Sciences
- Regan Campbell, Neuroscience
- Al Rohet Hossain, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Nisha Johal, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Dane Sands, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Yu-Chi (Serena) Chuang, Oncology
- Avneet Dhillon, Rehabilitation Sciences
- Maria Elishaev, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Simran Gill, Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences
- Janna Griffioen, Rehabilitation Sciences
- Katherine Hunker, Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences
- Marie Johns, Medical Genetics
- Sunu Kim, Medical Genetics
- Michael Lane, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Dongkyu Lee, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Laurie Lee-Glover, Cell and Developmental Biology
- Monica Luo, Interdisciplinary Oncology, MD/PhD
- Victor Matias Barrios, Experimental Medicine
- Ryan McCallum, Neuroscience
- Warren Meyers, Cell and Developmental Biology
- Anjana Rajendran, Neuroscience
- Gillian Savage, Oncology
- William Stewart, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Harjeev Sudan, Neuroscience
- Peiyuan Zhu, Experimental Medicine