​​​​​​Lorenzo Lindo (Hay Lab) awarded Four Year Doctoral Fellowship starting September 2022

• Project Title: Engineering Microenvironment-Modulating CAR T-Cells for Multiple Myeloma

Afsaneh Panahi (Kuchenbauer lab) awarded IMS Young Investigator Award for Exemplary Abstract

• Project Title: Identification of misclassified multiple myeloma patient risk subgroups with a novel biological disease stratifier​

Afsaneh Panahi (Kuchenbauer lab) awarded Dr. Andrew R Belch MEET Grant from Myeloma Canada

Xingjian (Tom) Zhai (Collings Stevens Chronic Leukemia Research Laboratory) awarded Four Year Doctoral Fellowship starting September 2022

• Project Title: Molecular Investigation of a Novel Combination Therapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Ly Vu has been awarded the Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Award for the project titled, "Post-transcriptional regulation of hematopoietic stem cell function during normal and malignant hematopoiesis."

The Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Program supports early-career health researchers who are building leading-edge health research programs, training the next generation of scientists and expanding their potential to make significant contributions to their field.

This award supports researchers in jump-starting their research once again after the delays imposed by COVID-19 by providing funding dedicated to blood cancer research in Canada. 

This two-year grant provides funding to research that will lead to a significant change in the understanding, diagnosis, or treatment of pediatric blood cancers.

Stem Cell Network awards support world-class, translational, regenerative medicine research, across the research continuum, to facilitate health, social and economic benefits for Canadians.

This award supports early career researchers to develop a research program with a regenerative medicine focus.

Melika Bakharzi (Kuchenbauer Lab) awarded ECHORIDGE Educational Foundation Scholarship

This fund has been set up to award deserving students who are studying in the area of Hematological Malignancies

Award presented by the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation

Project title: Functional modeling and characterization of osteolyic bone lesions in multiple myeloma patients.

​​​This year marks 40 years of science, discovery, innovation, collaboration and education at the Terry Fox Laboratory.