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2020

September

  • Dr. Megan Levings received the YWCA 2020 Women of Distinction Award in the Research, the Sciences & Technology category. The YWCA Women of Distinction Award honours extraordinary women leaders whose outstanding achievements have contributed to the well-being and future of their communities. 
  • Dr. Isaac Rosado Sanchez received the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Trainee Award. 
  • Christine Wardell received the UBC Four Year Fellowships (FYF) For PhD Students.
  • Matthew Budd received the UBC Four Year Fellowships (FYF) For PhD Students.

July 

  • Christine Wardell received the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute Graduate Studentship for the project: “The use of CAR Treg therapy to control alloimmune transplant and autoimmune diabetic responses.”

April

  • Dr. Isaac Rosado Sanchez received the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fellowship Award.
  • Vivian Fung received the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master’s Award (CGS M).

March

  • Dr. Megan Levings received the 2019-2022 Stem Cell Network funding for the project: “A Bioprinted Insulin-Producing Device for Diabetes.” 
  • Dr. Megan Levings received a nomination for the YWCA 2020 Women of Distinction Award.
  • Dr. Megan Levings, Dr. Bruce Verchere and Dr. Francis Lynn received the 2019-2022 Stem Cell Network funding for the project: “Genetic Manipulation of hES-derived Insulin-producing Cells to Improve Graft Outcomes.”

2019

December 

  • Dr. Megan Levings, Dr. Constadina Panagiotopoulos and Dr. Bruce Verchere received the CIHR Team Grant: Human Immunology Initiative: Research Teams – CIHR-JDRF Pool for the project: “Innate and adaptive immune regulation in human type 1 diabetes.”

September 

April

  • Katherine MacDonald received the Canadian Institutes of Health Research / Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral Award.

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