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Congratulations to Fumiya Inaba (Integrative Oncology), for receiving a Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master's Award (CGS-M) from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

The award is tied to a project titled, "Deep Learning Nuclei Segmentation to Predict Risk Groups in Prostate Cancer.”

The CIHR CGS-M awards provide special recognition and financial support to students who are pursuing a Master's degree in a health-related field in Canada, and are expected to have an exceptionally high potential for future research achievement and productivity.

Dr. Robert Olson, executive medical director at BC Cancer – Prince George, and Dr. Bernie Eigl, deputy head, department of clinical research at BC Cancer, have been honoured with 2024 Clinical Trials BC Awards for their outstanding contributions to the clinical trials community in British Columbia and beyond. 

Clinical Trials BC, part of Michael Smith Health Research BC, recognizes individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions to strengthening BC’s clinical trials ecosystem through these annual awards. 

Congratulations to Michael Hall (Integrative Oncology) for receiving a Canada Graduate Scholarships – Doctoral Program Award (CGS-D) from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

The award is tied to a project titled, "Ex vivo exposure to hypoxia and exogenous pyruvate improves CD8 T cell anti-tumour function and tumour clearance in vivo.”

The CIHR CGS-D provides special recognition and support to students who are pursuing a doctoral degree in a health-related field in Canada.

Please join us in congratulating Michael on this achievement!

Congratulations to Leo Escano (Terry Fox Laboratory), for receiving a Canada Graduate Scholarships – Doctoral Program Award (CGS-D) from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

The award is tied to his project titled, "Elucidating the mechanisms of immune escape in Cytogenetically Normal AMLs.”

The CIHR CGS-D provides special recognition and support to students who are pursuing a doctoral degree in a health-related field in Canada.

Please join us in congratulating Leo on this achievement!

Congratulations to Emily Yeh (Terry Fox Laboratory), for receiving a Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master's Award (CGS-M) from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

The award is tied to her project titled, "Investigating contrasting germline mutations: SETD2 associated neurodevelopment syndromes", which looks at epigenetic dysregulation and transcriptional changes associated with two SETD2 neurodevelopmental syndromes in addition to modeling the mutations in cerebral organoids.

Researchers at BC Cancer and UBC have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that can accurately predict if a person receiving cancer care will require mental health services during their treatment journey.