BC Cancer Researchers receive more than $3.9 million in grants from CIHR
Congratulations to our outstanding BC Cancer researchers who were awarded 2021 Spring Project Grants by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
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New study identifies a strategy to overcome drug resistance in pancreatic cancer
Approximately 835 people in British Columbia will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year. While pancreatic cancer remains one of the most deadly cancers, new research recently published in Cell Reports Medicine has identified a new combination treatment that may overcome drug resistance in pancreatic cancer.
Dr. Arman Rahmim receives 2020 CIHR Project Grant of $898,876 for five years for his project entitled “Improved Assessment of Disease in Lymphoma Patients using Quantitative PET Imaging”
Congratulations to Dr. Arman Rahmim for being awarded a Spring 2020 CIHR Project Grant of $898,876 for five years for his project entitled “Improved Assessment of Disease in Lymphoma Patients using Quantitative PET Imaging”.
Dr. Shoukat Dedhar receives Cancer Research Society Operating Grant of $120,000 for his project entitled “Overcoming cancer recurrence and metastatic progression by targeting ‘Anastasis’”
Congratulations to Dr. Shoukat Dedhar for being awarded the Cancer Research Society's Operating Grant of $120,000 for two years for his project entitled “Overcoming cancer recurrence and metastatic progression by targeting ‘Anastasis’”.
Congratulations to our Integrative Oncology scholarship and award winners
Several members from BC Cancer – Research’s Integrative Oncology Department were recently recognized with scholarships and awards. Congratulations to Ian Janzen, Tianna Sihota, Rachel Cederberg, and Cariad Knight.
Congratulations to Andrea (Andie) Buenconsejo on her first publication
Congratulations to Andrea (Andie) Buenconsejo on her first publication titled "Submillimeter diameter rotary-pullback fiber-optic endoscope for narrowband red-green-blue reflectance, optical coherence tomography, and autofluorescence in vivo imaging" published in Journal of Biomedical Optics.
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