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Dr. Claudia Krebs has been awarded a 2008 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for excellence in education. |
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Dr. Jim Johnson is the recipient of a 2008 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for excellence in basic science research. |
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Dr. Chris McIntosh has received a 2008 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for overall excellence. |
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George Spurr has been honoured with an Applegarth Staff Service Award, which recognizes excellence in personal achievements and outstanding contributions to the Faculty of Medicine. |
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Dr. Majid Doroudi has been awarded the Medical Undergraduate Society Award for Teaching Excellence by the class of 2010, for his contributions during the 2006 – 2007 academic year. This is the 4th year that he has been presented with this award. |
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Dr. Bernie Bressler is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award by LifeSciences British Columbia, for his lifelong commitment to life sciences research and passionate belief in the value of commercializing intellectual property from universities and research hospitals. (web article) |
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Ni Lan, a PhD student with Dr. Joanne Weinberg, has been awarded an NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship for her research on the role of testosterone in mediating prenatal ethanol effect on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity in male rats. |
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Dr. Joanne Weinberg has been awarded the Henry Rosett Distinguished Researcher Award, given by the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Study Group (FASDSG) of the Research Society on Alcoholism. It "recognizes an individual who has made a substantial contribution to the field of alcohol-induced teratology." Dr. Weinberg will be a featured speaker at the FASDSG annual meeting. |
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Emilyn Alejandro, a PhD student with Dr. Jim Johnson, is the recipient of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral Fellowship. Her research focuses on the anti-apoptotic role of Raf-1 in beta-cell insulin signaling. |
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Irene Yu, a PhD student with Dr. Tim Kieffer, has been awarded the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Scholarship for her work on the regulation of gene transcription in gut K-cells. In October she will do research in Germany for one year. |
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CIHR Master's Research Award |
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Kamila Gwiazda
The role of RyR2 in palmitate-induced beta-cell apoptosis in primary human and mouse pancreatic islets.
(Supervisor: Dr. James Johnson) |
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NSERC Post Graduate Scholarship |
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Frank Huynh (Masters)
Leptin regulation of hepatic glucose and lipid metabolism.
(Supervisor: Dr. Timothy Kieffer)
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Ni Lan (Doctoral)
Role of testosterone in mediating prenatal ethanol effect on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity in male rats.
(Supervisor: Dr. Joanne Weinberg) |
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| University Graduate Fellowships |
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Maria Abramow-Newerly
Autocrine Motility Factor Receptor (AMFR) as a G protein-coupled receptor.
(Supervisor: Dr. Robert Nabi) |
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Geoffroy Noel
Impact of α-dystroglycan glycosylation on cerebral water and potassium buffering.
(Supervisor: Dr. Hakima Moukhles) |
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| Michael Smith Foundation Junior Graduate Studentships |
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Kamila Gwiazda
The role of RyR2 in palmitate-induced beta-cell apoptosis in primary human and mouse pancreatic islets.
(Supervisor: Dr. James Johnson) |
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Frank Huynh
Leptin regulation of hepatic glucose and lipid metabolism.
(Supervisor: Dr. Timothy Kieffer) |
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Ada Lam
Targeting the gut for insulin replacement as a potential treatment for diabetes.
(Supervisor: Dr. Timothy Kieffer)
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