2017 Trainee Award recipients

The MSFHR Research Trainee Program supports health researchers in the training phase of their research career to enable career development and the long-term sucess of the BC health research landscape.

MSFHR is pleased to name 32 exceptional BC health researchers as 2017 Research Trainee Award recipients in areas ranging from Parkinson's disease and cancer genetics to type 2 diabetes and aboriginal health.

Researcher	Project title	Research pillar	Research location
Abbina, Srinivas	Design and discovery of novel organ specific iron chelating system for the treatment of transfusional iron overload	Biomedical	University of British Columbia
Allaire, Joannie	IL-37 signaling via SIGIRR: A novel mechanism to suppress intestinal epithelial cell driven inflammation and dysbiosis	Biomedical	BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
Ashmus, Roger	Development of improved substrates for live cell imaging to aid in discovering new glucocerebrosidase therapeutic agents Co-funded with Parkinson Society British Columbia	Biomedical	Simon Fraser University
Bean, Corliss	Exploring women's experiences in a prediabetes community-based exercise intervention	Clinical	UBC Okanagan
Bettio, Luis	Evaluation of the role of FRMP on BDNF expression and signaling	Biomedical	University of Victoria
Cooke, Heather	No time for nice? Exploring the nature and influence of workplace incivility and bullying in long-term residential care	Health services	University of British Columbia
Darvishian, Maryam	The real-world effectiveness of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment on decompensated cirrhosis and hospitalizations	Population health	BC Centre for Disease Control
Dolgosheina, Elena	Orthogonal multicolour high-affinity tags for RNA imaging and manipulation	Biomedical	Simon Fraser University
Drogemoller, Britt	Unraveling the genetics of severe reactions to chemotherapy: Moving towards maximum benefit with minimal harm	Biomedical	BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
El-Naggar, Amal	Targeting stress granules: A novel strategy to inhibit Ewing sarcoma metastasis	Biomedical	BC Cancer Research Centre
Gerlach, Alison	Rethinking early intervention therapy with Indigenous communities and families in northern British Columbia	Health services	University of Northern British Columbia
Grondin, Julie	Molecular mechanisms of complex carbohydrate uptake by human gut microbiota	Biomedical	University of British Columbia
Gros, Christina	Development of a flow cytometry assay for accurate and selective measurement of lysosomal GBA1 activity in PBMC Co-funded with Parkinson Society British Columbia	Biomedical	Simon Fraser University
Hudec, Kristen	Role of executive functions in parenting behaviours and children's social functioning in families of children with ADHD	Clinical	University of British Columbia
Ivanova, Elena	Translating an exercise program for adults at high risk for type 2 diabetes to the community	Clinical	UBC Okanagan
Jehu, Deborah	The effects of balance training with or without cognitive training in older adults with MCI and impaired mobility Co-funded with Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute	Clinical	University of British Columbia
Ju, Myeong Jin	In vivo multi-resolution functional optical imaging for investigation of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) process	Biomedical	University of British Columbia
King, Dustin	Elucidating the effect of O-GlcNAc modification on protein stability Co-funded with Pacific Alzheimer Research Foundation	Biomedical	Simon Fraser University
Leung, Alex	The role of PCSK9 in the clearance of bacterial lipids and the development of anti-PCSK9 treatment for sepsis	Biomedical	Centre for Heart Lung Innovation
McPherson, Andrew	Evolutionary determinants of treatment resistant high grade serous ovarian cancer investigated at single cell resolution	Biomedical	BC Cancer Agency
Munuganti, Ravi Sashi Nayana	Targeting neural transcription factor BRN2 in neuroendocrine tumours	Biomedical	University of British Columbia
Puurveen, Gloria	Shared decision-making at the end of life: Including the voices of people with dementia	Health services	University of British Columbia
Rajan Babu, Indhu Shree	Improving whole-genome sequencing as a clinical test for intellectual disability	Clinical	University of British Columbia
Robert, Jérôme	Tissue engineered human cerebral blood vessels: A platform for lipoprotein studies on cerebrovasculature health Co-funded with the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging	Biomedical	University of British Columbia
Salway, Travis	Can specialized sexual health clinics address unmet mental health needs of sexual minorities?	Population health	BC Centre for Disease Control
Sasaki, Shugo	Protecting insulin-producing beta cell transplants from death and dysfunction Co-funded with BC Children's Hospital Research Institute	Biomedical	BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
Sbihi, Hind	Early-life environmental exposures and development of childhood asthma Co-funded with AllerGen	Population health	University of British Columbia
Singh, Amrit	Development and validation of blood-based biomarkers for improved heart failure management	Clinical	University of British Columbia
van Draanen, Jenna	The role of material security in improving health for people who use illicit drugs	Population health	BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Walter, Matthias	Impact of treatment for neurogenic bladder dysfunction on autonomic dysreflexia and cerebral blood flow in SCI individuals Co-funded with the Rick Hansen Foundation	Clinical	University of British Columbia
Williams, Alexandra	The acute impact of spinal cord injury on cardiac function, a novel hemodynamic management in SCI patients Co-funded with the Rick Hansen Institute and iCORD	Biomedical	ICORD
Zeglinski, Matthew	The maladaptive effects of wood smoke on abdominal aortic aneurysms	Biomedical	ICORD

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2017 Trainee Award recipients