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September 1, 2022
Four UBC faculty members elected as Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Drs. Karim Khan, Kathleen Martin Ginis, Julio Montaner and Sabrina Wong are among 71 new Fellows elected into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) for 2022.
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August 26, 2022
Request for Notice of RSC Nominations by Sept 22
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) will open the next call for nominations for Fellows and Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists in early September.
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July 26, 2022
Info Session on RSC Nominations
New event: VPRI's Office of Research Prizes and Awards will be hosting a Royal Society of Canada (RSC) representative to discuss RSC nominations of Fellows and members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, including an overview of the distinctions, nomination process and guidelines, and Q and A.
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July 21, 2022
Info Sessions on UBC Internal Awards
VPRI's Office of Research Prizes and Awards will be hosting two information sessions about the Internal Faculty Research Awards (expression of intent requested by Sept 15, submission deadline Nov 15).
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July 14, 2022Dr. Sudip Shekhar recipient of Schmidt Science Polymaths Award
Schmidt Futures recently announced ten new recipients of the Schmidt Science Polymaths award, including ECE’s Dr. Shekhar.
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July 7, 2022UBC Faculty Among Latest Order of Canada Appointees
On June 29, 2022, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, announced 85 new appointments to the Order of Canada and 4 promotions within the Order. Past and present UBC faculty members are among the new appointees.
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June 30, 2022
Faculty Research Award Winners 2021
UBC is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Faculty Research Awards.
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April 22, 2022Karen Bakker awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Geography professor Karen Bakker is one of 180 scholars, artists, scientists, and writers who won a prestigious Guggenheim fellowship this year.
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April 5, 2022Dr. Pieter Cullis named 2022 Canada Gairdner Award laureate
UBC Medicine professor Dr. Pieter Cullis has been named a 2022 Canada Gairdner International Award laureate for his pioneering work developing the lipid nanoparticle delivery technology that enables mRNA therapeutics such as the highly effective COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.
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February 23, 2022Dr. Shawn Mansfield named AAAS Fellow
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected Dr.