BC Cancer’s 2024 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.

2024 Emerging Multidisciplinary Research Programs Recipients: 

Congratulations to Lorenzo Lindo of Hay Lab (Terry Fox Laboratory) for receiving a Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) Research Training Award, with joint funding from the Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI).

The award is tied to the project titled, "Engineering CAR-T Cells to Overcome Immune Suppression and Enhance Efficacy in Multiple Myeloma.”

Dr. Poul Sorensen (Molecular Oncology), with co-investigators Dr. Kevin Hay (Terry Fox Laboratory) and Dr. Wei Li (University of Pittsburgh), received a Project Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for their project titled, “Targeting metabolic vulnerabilities in childhood cancers using immunotherapy.”

Congratulations to Ms. Yingying Liu of the Collings Stevens Chronic Leukemia Research Laboratory, Terry Fox Laboratory, for being awarded a prestigious Leukaemia UK International Scholarship.

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:

Congratulations to Georgia Langdon (Terry Fox Lab) for receiving the Genome Science and Technology summer student scholarship for her project entitled, "Translesion synthesis polymerases as a synthetic lethal cancer target."

Dr. Peter Stirling (Stirling Lab) has received a one-year research grant through Brain Cancer Canada for his groundbreaking glioblastoma (GBM) research.

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.

It is with deep sadness that we share news of the passing of Dr. Connie Eaves, distinguished scientist at BC Cancer’s Terry Fox Laboratory and professor in the Department of Medical Genetics and the School of Biomedical Engineering at UBC.