Our faculty, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are the recipients of prestigious national and international awards and distinctions that demonstrate, along with our outstanding research funding, the strength of the MBB department.
Research Funding
MBB receives one of the highest levels of competitive grant income at SFU, averaging ~$5M per year from the following agencies:
- Agriculture and Food Development Authority of Ireland
- AllerGen
- British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA)
- Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Inc.
- Genome BC/Canada
- International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
- Kidney Foundation of Canada
- March of Dimes (MOD)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Terry Fox Research Institute and Foundation
Faculty Distinctions
Canada Research Chair (CRC)
- David L. Baillie (Genomics), Tier 1
- Jamie K. Scott (Molecular Immunity), Tier 1
- David Vocadlo (Chemistry), Tier 1
- Mark Brockman (Viral Pathogenesis and Immunity), Tier 2
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) New Investigator
- Fiona S. L. Brinkman
- Jack N. Chen
- Jonathan Choy
- Lisa Craig
- Sharon Gorski
- Michel R. Leroux
- Ryan D. Morin
- Peter J. Unrau
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) University Faculty Award
- Nancy Hawkins
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Scholar
- Fiona S. L. Brinkman
- Jack N. Chen
- Lisa Craig
- Robert Holt
- Steven Jones
- Michel R. Leroux
- Mark Paetzel
- Dipankar Sen
- Peter J. Unrau
- Edgar C. Young
Other Awards and Recognitions
- Fiona Brinkman: Canada's Most Powerful Women (Women's Executive Network), 2009; Canadian Society of Microbiologists Fisher Scientific Award, 2007; Canada Top 40 under 40 (Caldwell Parners International), 2003; Science Council of BC Young Innovator Award, 2003; TR100 Award (M.I.T.), 2002
- William S. Davidson: Genome BC Award for Scientific Excellence, 2009
- Robert Holt: Time Magazine Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs, 2011; Genome BC Award for Scientific Excellence, LifeSciences British Columbia, 2010
- Steven Jones: Fellow, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, 2014; Life Sciences Division, Academy of Science Royal Society of Canada, 2011; Canada Top 40 under 40 (Caldwell Parners International), 2006; Genome BC Award for Scientific Excellence, LifeSciences British Columbia, 2010
- Ryan Morin: Maud Menten New Principal Investigator Finalist Prize, 2013; Terry Fox New Investigator Award, 2015
- Lynne Quarmby: B.C.'s Top 100 Women of Influence (Vancouver Sun), 2010
- Dipankar Sen: Fellow, Canadian Institutes for Advanced Research (CIFAR), 2008
- David Vocadlo: Teva Canada Award (Canadian Chemical Society), 2014
- Dean of Graduate Studies Awards for Excellence: Graduate Supervision:
David Baillie (2012) - SFU Excellence in Teaching Award:
Lynne Quarmby (2011) - Faculty of Science Excellence in Teaching Awards:
Willie Davidson, Nick Harden, Irina Kovalyova, Ingrid Northwood, Esther Verheyen - Faculty of Science Teaching Assistant Award:
Bhav Dillon, Laura Hilton, Kelly Kim, Charles Stevens, Stephanie Vlachos, Simon Wang
Graduate Student Major Awards (current)
- Vanier CGS awarded by NSERC
Kwangjin Park - NSERC (Alexander Graham Bell Graduate Scholarship)
Thea Van Rossum - CGS-D
Mike Peabody - PGS-D
Kaylee Magee - PGS-D
Mike Myschyshyn - CGS-M - CIHR (Frederick Banting & Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship)
Catrina Loucks - CGS-D
Chandra Lebovitz - CGS-D
Xiaomei Tallie Kuang - CGS-D - Cystic Fibrosis Canada Studentship Award
Julie Shay - Canada Association for HIV Research Master's Award
Gursev Anmole - Mitacs-Accelerate PhD Fellowship
Daryanaz Dargahi - Multi-Year Funding (CD Nelson Memorial Graduate Entrance Scholarship & Provost Prize of Distinction)
Prince Kumar Lat
Postdoctoral Fellows Awards and Distinctions
- Victor Jensen (Leroux lab) - MSFHR, Kidney Foundation of Canada
- Jason Grigg (Sen lab) - CIHR
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