Eli Puterman
BSc, BA, MSc, PhD
Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
CIHR Project Grant– Positively Dance Project (PI: Puterman; Co-Is: Beauchamp, Bennett, Côté, Murray, Kaida, Tognazzini)
Veterans Affairs Canada – PASS Program (PIs: Beauchamp, Puterman)
NSERC Discovery Grant – Effects of Different Features of a Single Bout of Exercise on Neurobiological Activation and Recovery Following Induction of Psychological Threat (PI: Puterman)
2018: International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology Curt P. Richter Award
2016: Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar
2016: UBC Nomination for CIHR Gold Leaf Award for Young Investigator
2015: Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Physical Activity and Health
2015: Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, Neil Miller New Investigator Award
2014: Society of Behavioral Medicine, Early Career Investigator Award
2013: Psychological Science and Behavioral Economics in the Service of Public Policy Meeting at the White House, “Rising Star” Scientist
2011: American Psychosomatic Society, Young Scholar Award
2011: Institute of Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden, Berzelius Symposium on Telomere Biology in Health and Disease, Best Abstract
2009: Canadian Psychological Association Dissertation Award
2003: American Psychological Association – Division 38, Outstanding Poster Presentation Student Affiliate Award
2003: Western Psychological Association – Outstanding Poster Presentation Student Award
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