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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