Dr. Haishan Zeng, has been welcomed as one of 59 new Fellows of the SPIE Society. SPIE’s mission is to partner with researchers, educators, and industry to advance light-based research and technologies for the betterment of the human condition.
Dr. Katey Enfield, scientist at the BC Cancer Research Institute, has been named one of seven emerging researchers across Canada to receive a 2026 Terry Fox New Investigator Award, a significant national recognition that supports early career scientists pursuing transformative cancer research.
The seed2STEM Summer Research Program for Indigenous Youth increases Indigenous representation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by offering paid, six-week research studentships for Indigenous high school and university students across BC. Developed by ICORD, the program expanded this past summer to BC Cancer in partnership with the Gynecologic Cancer Initiative.
Building a new chapter
Congratulations to the recipients of the BC Cancer Foundation (BCCF) Rising Stars Graduate Awards competition!
This year’s awardees are:
BC Cancer’s 2025 Cancer Emerging Multidisciplinary Research Programs supports research teams to initiate novel multidisciplinary research projects that aim to tackle well-defined issues or problems that affect patients living with cancer or at risk of developing cancer. Funding for the programs is provided through the BC Ministry of Health in collaboration with the BC Cancer Foundation.
2025 Emerging Multidisciplinary Research Programs Recipients:
Researchers with the Lockwood Lab at BC Cancer examined why certain lung tumours manage to resist treatment over time, and what can be done to reduce resistance. The study, published in Oncogene, investigates why some patients with lung adenocarcinoma develop a resistance to EGFR inhibitors, a common treatment for this type of non-small cell lung 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.