2014 Faculty & Graduate Awards Reception

Faculty & Graduate Awards Reception Friday, May 23, 2014 3 to 5 p.m., Pharmaceutical Sciences Building Room 3340 and Story of Medicines

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Program Friday, May 23, 2014 3 to 5 p.m., Pharmaceutical Sciences Building Room 3340 and Story of Medicines 3:10 p.m.

Welcome Remarks, Dr. Kishor Wasan, Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies 3:20 p.m. Graduate Student Pledge 3:30 p.m.

Keynote Address, Natalie Dakers, President and CEO of CDRD Ventures Inc. 4:00 p.m. Recognition of Awards and Scholarships 4:20 p.m.

Special Presentation

4:30 p.m. Reception at the Story of Medicines

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Keynote Speaker Natalie Dakers, President and Chief Executive Officer of CDRD Ventures Inc. Ms. Dakers is a leading figure in the Canadian biotechnology industry and currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of CDRD Ventures Inc. after having spent the last seven years as the founding CEO of The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), an innovative national organization with a mandate to address the commercialization gap between early-stage technologies arising out of university-based research and private sector investment opportunities. Under Ms. Dakers’ leadership, CDRD signed affiliation agreements with more than 20 major research institutions in Canada and around the world, and forged important strategic relationships with public and private sector partners including Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, Roche, GlaxoSmithKline, Genome British Columbia and the Governments of British Columbia and Alberta. With over 20,000 square feet in specialized lab space and more than $15 million invested in state-of-the-art equipment, under Ms. Dakers leadership, CDRD built a team of over 85 employees, engaged close to 500 individual investigators, raised and secured approximately $130 million in funding, and was named a Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) by the Federal Government.

Ms. Dakers brings to the organization many valuable years of experience in the commercialization of technology, licensing, and intellectual property protection. Prior to leading the establishment of CDRD, Ms. Dakers was President and CEO of Neuromed Pharmaceuticals (Technologies) Inc., a private biopharmaceutical company developing drugs for chronic pain, anxiety, epilepsy and cardiovascular diseases. As co-founder and CEO, Ms. Dakers built the company from inception and raised three rounds of venture financing totaling approximately $70 million. Prior to this, Ms. Dakers managed technology transfer for the Life Sciences sector at the University Industry Liaison Office (UILO) at the University of British Columbia, where she was involved in the creation and spin-off of more than a dozen start-up high-tech and biotech companies.

Ms. Dakers is active in a number of business and scientific organizations, including Past Chair and Director of BC Biotech (now LifeSciences BC), the association supporting and representing British Columbia’s biotech, medical device and life sciences community. Currently, Ms. Dakers is a board member of BIOTECanada, The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), CDRD Ventures Inc. and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Life Sciences Advisory Board. Previously, Ms. Dakers also served on the Boards of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), Genome Canada, the International Science and Technology Partnership Canada (ISTP Canada), Genome BC, and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. Ms. Dakers is an Adjunct Professor in UBC’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and a member of the Council of Canadian Academies’ Expert Panel on Business Innovation. Ms. Dakers received a Peak Award for Performance and Excellence in 2004. In 2009, Ms. Dakers was the recipient of BIOTECanada’s Gold Leaf Award for Industry Leadership.

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Awards List Graduate Students

Fahad Alzahrani

King Abdullah PhD Scholarship through Saudi

Arabian Cultural Bureau in Canada

Jonathon Campbell

Graduate Student Travel Award in

Pharmaceutical Sciences

International Union Against TB and Lung Disease

Travel Award

Wenjia Chen

Graduate Student Travel Award in

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Tullio Esposito

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Master’s Award

Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada

(AFPC) -Merck Canada Ltd Postgraduate

Pharmacy Fellowship

Catherine Hu

Kam Li Ma Scholarship in Pharmaceutical

Sciences

I Fan Kuo

Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in

Health (CADTH) Symposium Student Travel

Award

Jose Carlos Lopez De La Vega CONACYT PhD Scholarship through the

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National Council for Science and Technology,

Mexico

Natalie McCormick

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Doctoral Research Award

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Institute Community Support Travel Award

Andrew Nord Fellowship in Rheumatology

John McNeill Scholarship

Ankur Midha

John McNeill Scholarship

Jo-Ann Osei-Twum

Grand Challenges Canada Summer Internship

Award

Seungil Paik

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Doctoral Research Award

UBC Four Year Doctoral Fellowship

Anik Patel

Graduate Student Travel Award in Pharmaceutical

Sciences

Veronika Schmitt

John McNeill Scholarship

Shona Sedlock

WATERS Limited Graduate Student Travel Award

Devinder Sharma

WATERS Limited Graduate Student Travel Award

Cedarlane Award of Excellence for Best Poster at the

Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences (CSPS)

Annual Symposium

Nicole Tsao

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Doctoral Research Award

Adam Raymakers

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health Young

Investigators Forum Travel Award

Shirin Rizzardo

Graduate Student Travel Award in Pharmaceutical

Sciences

Julia Varela

PhD scholarship through Science without Borders

program, Brazil

Ying Wang

Dr. William Wilson Simpson Memorial Award

Dahai Zhang

Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) Doctoral

Student Research Award

Subhash C. VERMA Memorial Prize in Pharmaceutical

SciencesÂ

SSRP Student Donna Leung

2013 Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada

(AFPC) Rx and D National Pharmacy Student

Research Poster Award

Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Associate Dr. Nicolas Dragojlovic

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Orphan Drug Policy Fellowship

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research

(MSFHR) Post-Doctoral Fellow Trainee Award

Dr. Silvio Dutz

First Prize Poster at the Annual Meeting of the

German Society for Biomedical Engineering

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Faculty Dr. Frank Abbott

New President Elect 2014, Canadian Society of

Pharmaceutical Sciences (CSPS)

Dr. Brian Cairns

Pfizer Canada Pain Research Award

Dr. Mary De Vera

AbbVie Professorship in Medication Adherence

Dr. Mary Ensom

3-year term as Research Institute Trustee of the

American College of Clinical Pharmacy

Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP)

National Pharmacotherapy Best Practices Award

2013 Paul F. Parker Award

Larry Leung

2014 B.C. Community Achievement Award

Dr. Larry Lynd

Canadian Pharmacists Journal Best Paper of the Year

Award

2013 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor of

Pharmacy Program Instructor Award

Dr. Carlo Marra

Canadian Pharmacists Journal Best Paper of the Year

Award

Dr. John McNeill

Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences (CSPS)

Lifetime Achievement Award

Jason Min

2014 B.C. Community Achievement Award

Dr. Ellen Wasan

GattefossĂŠ Canada/Canadian Society of

Pharmaceutical Sciences (CSPS) Award in Lipid-Based

Drug Delivery

Dr. Kishor Wasan

Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences (CSPS)

Fellow Award

Award for Outstanding Performance as American

Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)

Student Chapter Faculty Advisor

Appreciation Award, Chair of Pharmaceuticals in

Global Health Focus Group of American Association

of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)

Dr. Peter Zed

Top Pediatric Abstract Award at the 2013 Canadian

Association of Emergency Physicians Annual Scientific

Meeting

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Patient Care Enhancement Award from the Canadian

Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CHSP)

Teaching Assistant Appreciation Award Jonathon Campbell Wenjia Chen Pei-Ling Chiu Haeun Chung Sean Formby Ankur Midha Shona Sedlock Julia Varela

Graduate Student Outstanding Service Award Jonathon Campbell Catherine Hu Ankur Midha Devinder Sharma

Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate Outstanding Service Award Dr. Guorong Lin

Pharmaceutical Sciences Award for Excellence in Translational Graduate Teaching Dr. Urs Hafeli

Service to Research Community Award Laura Beaulac Jonathan Van Drunen

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