UBC Killam Teaching Prize 2014
Barry Mason
Senior Instructor in the Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
UBC Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Medical Research Lecturer (DMRL) Award 2014
Award recognizes distinguished research career, recognition in the medical community and effective contributions to student educational growth
Timothy Kieffer
Professor in the Departments of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
UBC Faculty of Dentistry Teaching Award 2014
Award recognizes contributions to the educational programs in the Faculty of Dentistry
Pawel Kindler
Senior Instructor in the Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
Killam Research Fellowship 2013
James Johnson
Associate Professor in the Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
Award of Excellence in Mentoring Early Career Faculty 2013
2013-2014 CPS Research Awards – Researcher of the Year
Timothy Kieffer
Professor in the Departments of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
2013-2014 CPS Research Awards – Postdoctoral Researcher of the Year
Jenny Bruin
2013-2014 CPS Research Awards – Grad Student Researcher of the Year
Carol Yang
2012-2013 CPS Departmental Awards Researcher of the Year
Kurt Haas
2012-2013 CPS Departmental Awards Postdoctoral and Research Scientist Award
Mary Pines
2012 UBC Killam Teaching Prize
Kenneth Baimbridge
2012 Dr. William Webber Award
Carol-Ann Courneya
2011 Outstanding Educator Award
Majid Alimohammadi
2011 Novo Nordisk Award
Jim Johnson
Canadian Diabetes Association Doctoral Student Research Award
Frank Huynh
Supervisor: Dr. Tim Kieffer
2010 Canadian Diabetes Association Young Scientist Award
Timothy Kieffer
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NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (PhD)
Tamara Bodnar
Supervisor: Dr. Joanne Weinberg
Heather Denroche
The role of leptin in glucose homeostasis.
Supervisor: Dr. Tim Kieffer
Stephanie Ellis
Investigation of the cellular mechanisms that control diverse interactions between integrin and talin during development.
Supervisor: Dr. Guy Tanentzapf
Nicole Templeman
Metabolic responses of working skeletal muscle to acute and chronic hypoxia.
Supervisor: Dr. Jim Johnson
CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship Award (MSc)
Andrea Globa
The role of b-catenin stabilization in synaptic plasticity and chronic addiction.
Supervisor: Dr. Shernaz Bamji
NSERC Post Graduate Scholarship (MSc)
Vivian Lam
Supervisor: Dr. Joanne Weinber
College for Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Award (PhD)
Parisa Asghari
Dynamic distribution of myocyte ryandine receptors (RyR).
Supervisor: Dr. Ed Moore
College for Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Award (MSc)
Michael Bround
Molecular and functional consequences of cardiac ryanodine receptor deletion.
Supervisor: Dr. Jim Johnson
Michelle Chan
Mitogenic effects of insulin in pancreatic cancer.
Supervisor: Dr. Jim Johnson
Christopher Smendziuk
Innexin4 mediates stem cell differentiation and survival in the Drosophilia germline.
Supervisor: Dr. Guy Tanentzapf
Four Year Fellowship (PhD)
Gai Ban
Supervisor: Dr. T Michael Underhill
Michael Fairchild
A genome wide screen for cytoskeletal regulators of stem cell differentiation in Drosophilia testes identifies a sumor suppresor function for profiling.
Supervisor: Dr. Guy Tanentzapf
UBC Affiliated Award (MSc)
Alexander Perkins
An RNAi screen in Drosophila melanogaster to identify genes involved in maintaining tissue architecture.
Supervisor: Dr. Guy Tanentzapf
2005 Killam Teaching Prize
Joanne Weinberg
The Killam Teaching Prize is awarded annually to faculty nominated by students, colleagues and alumni in recognition of excellence in teaching. Recipients are recognized at the graduation ceremonies.
2004 Distinguished University Scholar
Joanne Weinberg
The Distinguished University Scholar program recognizes members of UBC Faculty who have distinguished themselves as exceptional scholars.
2000 Killam Research Prize
Joanne Weinberg
Killam Research Prize is presented to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to research.
CPS Departmental Awards 2010-2011
Researcher of the Year: Tim Kieffer
Postdoctoral and Research Scientist Award: Yukihiro Fujita, Barry Young
Graduate Student Research Award: John Shin, Simon Chen
CAME Award
Claudia Krebs has been honoured with this year’s Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) Certificate of Merit.
CPS Departmental Awards 2009-2010
Teaching Award: Karen Pinder
Researcher of the Year: Kurt Haas
Postdoctoral and Research Scientist Award: Wun Chey Sin
Graduate Student Research Award: Derek Dunfield, Scott B. Widenmaier
Faculty Teaching Awards
Majid Doroudi, Instructor in the Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, is the proud recipient of the UBC Killam Teaching Award and the UBC Medical Undergraduate Society Award for Teaching Excellence.
Majid Alimohammadi, Instructor in the Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, has been presented with the Outstanding Educator Award by the medical undergraduate class of 2011.
CPS Researcher of the Year Award 2008-2009
Presented to Jim Johnson by the CPS Research Committee in recognition of outstanding productivity over the past year.
Applegarth Staff Service Award
Alan Jay, Graduate Secretary in the Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, has been honoured in recognition of excellence in personal achievements and outstanding contributions to the Faculty of Medicine.
Inaugural Department Teaching Award
Majid Alimohammadi, Instructor in the Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, has been chosen as the recipient of the inaugural departmental award for outstanding quality of teaching.
British Medical Association Book Award
William K Ovalle, Professor of Cellular & Physiological Sciences at UBC, and co-author Patrick C Nahirney, Assistant Professor of Anatomy & Histology, Island Medical Program have won the British Medical Association’s 2008 Award for Best Illustrated Book. Netter’s Essential Histology was also cited as ‘highly commended’ in the Basic and Clinical Sciences category of the BMA.
New Canada Research Chair
Susanne Clee, Assistant Professor in the Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, has been awarded the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in the Genetics of Obesity and Diabetes. Her research focuses on the identification of new genetic factors that increase the risk of developing obesity and diabetes.
New Link Discovered Between Obesity & Type 2 Diabetes
Jim Johnson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences and the Department of Surgery, is the senior author of this significant paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “Using a powerful new technology called proteomics, we were the first to show that fats can dramatically reduce the levels of Carboxypeptidase E, thereby linking one of the most important diabetes risk factors to this important protein that controls beta-cell function and survival.”
Type 1 Diabetes Breakthrough
Timothy Kieffer, Professor in the Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, and his lab have discovered how to cure Type 1 diabetes in laboratory mice, by genetically engineering cells in the animal’s gut to produce insulin at meal times. The researchers altered K cells so that instead of producing glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide, they produced insulin.