Dr. Brad Nelson has been named as the Lynda and Murray Farmer Immunotherapy Research Chair. The world-renowned immunotherapy expert from BC Cancer – Victoria is the inaugural chairholder.
Established through a generous $2 million donation from longtime BC Cancer Foundation supporters Lynda and Murray Farmer, the Chair represents a major milestone for BC Cancer – Victoria and for immunotherapy research in British Columbia.
Congratulations to the recipients of the BC Cancer Foundation (BCCF) 2024 Rising Stars Award competition!
This year’s awardees are:
BC Cancer researchers receive Cancer Research Society’s Doctoral Research Awards
Three BC Cancer graduate students are 2024 recipients of Doctoral Research Awards from the Cancer Research Society (CRS), receiving new funding to support their innovative research aimed at better understanding cancer.
Doctoral Research Awards recipients
Doctoral Research Awards invests in the future of cancer research through the support of graduate students pursuing cancer research at an eligible Canadian institution.
Two BC Cancer research teams are 2024 recipients of the Terry Fox New Frontiers Program Project Grants (PPG), receiving new and renewal funding to advance cancer research and improve treatments.
Project: Integrated Immunotherapy for Ovarian Cancer
One of this year’s newly funded teams is based in Victoria and led by Dr. Brad Nelson.
BC Cancer 2024 Summer Research Studentship competition, sponsored by the BC Cancer Foundation, supports senior undergraduate university students and/or junior medical or dental students seeking hands-on training in cancer research in British Columbia. These summer studentships may address any discipline of cancer research including clinical, translational, basic, behavioural and population research areas.
The 2024 awardees are:
Dr. Julian Lum, distinguished scientist with the BC Cancer Research Institute and associate professor, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biology with the University of Victoria, has been awarded $1.1 million from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research Fall 2023 Project Grant competition for his research on immune suppression in ovarian cancer.
BC Cancer Foundation is the fundraising partner of BC Cancer, which includes BC Cancer Research. Together with our donors, we are changing cancer outcomes for British Columbians by funding innovative research and personalized treatment and care.