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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. Shawn Mansfield to the newest class of AAAS Fellows, among the most distinct honours within the global…
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December 29, 2021UBC Faculty Among Order of Canada Appointees
On December 29, 2021, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, announced 135 appointments to the Order of Canada.
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November 30, 2021Dr. Rashid Sumaila Receives SSHRC Impact Partnership Award
Award received on behalf of OceanCanada partnership.
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November 16, 2021Dr. Emily Cranston Awarded NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship
Award is in recognition of innovative contributions to the fields of wood science, chemical and biological engineering.
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December 30, 2020UBC faculty appointed to Order of Canada include Associate Vice-President, Research & Innovation, Dr. Helen Burt, and Dr. Daniel Heath Justice
Drs. Burt and Justice appointed as Officers of the Order of Canada alongside former faculty members Dr. John Borrows and the Honourable Lynn Smith Q.C.