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Congratulations to the 2021 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship recipients!

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Congratulations to the BC Children’s and University of British Columbia doctoral students who were awarded a prestigious 2021 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

Congratulations to:

Maryam Vaseghi-Shanjani

Research proposal: “Discovery and characterization of novel monogenic causes of allergic diseases in humans”

Supervisor: Dr. Stuart Turvey

Dr. Enav Zusman

Research proposal: “Associations between prenatal serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressant exposure-related longitudinal changes in key stress regulatory functions and mood (anxiety and depression) across childhood: A cohort and population level study”

Supervisors: Dr. Tim Oberlander and Dr. Robert Platt

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