Faculty and Graduate Awards Reception Program 2013

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Faculty and Graduate Awards Reception

MAY 8, 2013 PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES BUILDING ROOM 3340, 3 - 5 P.M.


PROGRAM 3:10 p.m.

Welcome Remarks Dr. Kishor Wasan, Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies

3:30 p.m. Keynote Address Dr. Marcel Bally Head, Experimental Therapeutics, B.C. Cancer Agency’s Research Centre 4 p.m.

Recognition of Awards and Scholarships

4:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks Dr. Wayne Riggs Dean pro tem

Reception to follow in the Story of Medicines

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Marcel Bally, PhD Head, Experimental Therapeutics, B.C. Cancer Agency’s Research Centre (Vancouver) Chair, Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Centre for Drug Research and Development (Vancouver) Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC Adjunct Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, UBC

Dr. Bally received his bachelor of science (1977) and master (1979) degree in biology from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He obtained his PhD from the Department of Biochemistry at the University of British Columbia (1984). Dr. Bally is an authority in drug delivery, anti-cancer drug combinations and drug evaluation in animal models of disease. His research interests focus on the development and characterization of novel lipid-based nanopharmaceuticals (LNs) for use in the treatment of cancer. The diversity of his funded projects and collaborations reflect opportunities to purse an assortment of lipid-based drug carrier technologies as well as explore a number of therapeutic strategies involving the use of established (approved for human use) drugs and novel molecularly targeted drugs (e.g. small molecules, siRNA, anti-miRs). Dr. Bally is the Chair of the Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology within the Center for Drug Research and Development (CDRD; www.cdrd.ca); an organization aimed at addressing the growing commercialization gap between medical discoveries from academia and the opportunity to develop technology identified within academic labs to a stage where investments can be made to support clinical and commercial development. Dr. Bally’s role as Chair of this Division is to lead the organization’s efforts in drug evaluation in animal models of disease and to define the critical proof-ofconcept data needed to support development of promising technologies that are being partnered with CDRD. To date his research efforts have led to many novel drug carrier technologies with the potential to improve the therapeutic activity of drugs useful in the treatment of cancer. He has published 191 scientific articles, 131 published abstracts and 18 book chapters. In addition he holds 49 patents/patent applications some of which are linked to FDA/Health Canada approved anticancer drugs, one product in late stage development and several others in early stage clinical trials and preclinical development. Dr. Bally and the Investigational Drug Program that he leads at the BC Cancer Agency work with academic and industrial collaborators to help them develop products destined for use in human clinical trials. This unit led the preclinical, manufacturing and drug development aspects of several lipid nanoparticle formulations. This would include (i) Myocet, an approved liposomal formulation of doxorubicin; (ii) Marqibo, a liposomal formulation of vincristine which has recently been approved by the FDA; and (iii) a fixed ratio liposomal formulation of Irinotecan (CPT-11)/Floxuridine (FUDR). 2


AWARDS LIST GRADUATE STUDENTS Mehrdad Bokharaei Canada Graduate Scholarship Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement Christian Buchwalder

Alfred Werner Award from the University of Zurich

Claudio Erratico

WATERS Limited Graduate Student Travel Award Otto Hutzinger Student Presentation Award

Catherine Hu

Kam Li Ma Scholarship in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Zheng Sonia Lin

CIHR Doctoral Research Award

Natalie McCormick Rx&D Health Research Foundation Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Scholarship Gail Bellward Scholarship in Pharmaceutical Sciences Jo-Ann Osei-Twum

WATERS Limited Graduate Student Travel Award Grand Challenges Canada Internship Award

Anik Patel Graduate Student Travel Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences Adam Raymakers John H. McNeill Scholarship Graduate Student Travel Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health Travel Award CIHR Young Investigator Travel Award Shirin Rizzardo

Pfizer Health Technology Award

Veronika Schmitt

TEVA Canada Limited Scholarship

Devinder Sharma

Dr. William Wilson Simpson Memorial Award

Jayakumar Surendradoss Ruth and Paul Bass Graduate Scholarship in Pharmacology Ying Wang Canadian Diabetes Association Doctoral Research Award

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AWARDS LIST GRADUATE STUDENTS Zafar Zafari UBC Four Year Doctoral Fellowship Graduate Student Travel Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences Shenglong Zou Douglas and Jean Bailey Scholarship Graduate Student Travel Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences SSRP STUDENT Andrea Wan GlaxoSmithKline National Summer Student Research Program Award POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATES Dr. Gernot Marten Postdoctoral Fellowship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Dr. Tony Kiang

2012 M. Kellie Jordan Travel Award

FACULTY Dr. Frank Abbott

AFPC Woods-Hughes Special Service Award

Dr. Roxanne Carr

2013 CSHP Pharmacotherapy Best Practices Award

Dr. Mary Ensom

ASHP Foundation’s 2012 Award for Sustained Contributions to the Literature CSHP BC Branch Publication Award

Dr. James McCormack 2013 AFPC National Award for Excellence in Education UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor of Pharmacy Program Instructor Award Dr. John McNeill

CSPS Lifetime Achievement Award

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AWARDS LIST FACULTY Penelope Miller

Award for teaching excellence from the Department of Family Practice residency program

Tessa Nicholl

Visionary Award for assisting students to develop UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences Student Journal

Dr. Ingrid Price

AFPC Past Presidents Award

Dr. Brian Rodrigues

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

Dr. Judith Soon

Youth Science Canada Distinguished Service Award

Dr. Ellen Wasan 2013 GattefossĂŠ Canada CSPS Award in Lipid-Based Drug Delivery Dr. Kishor Wasan CSPS Fellow Award Award for outstanding performance as AAPS Student Chapter Faculty Advisor FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT AWARD Natalie McCormick TA APPRECIATION AWARD Jacob Gordon Farhad Hossen Catherine Hu Eric Liow Ankur Midha Vongai Nyamandi Veronika Schmitt Shenglong Zou

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AWARDS LIST GRADUATE STUDENT OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD Veronika Schmitt Devinder Sharma POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW/RESEARCH ASSOCIATE OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD Dr. Kristina Sachs-Barrable Dr. Katayoun Saatchi PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TRANSLATIONAL GRADUATE TEACHING Dr. Kevin Letchford SERVICE TO RESEARCH COMMUNITY AWARD Josie Lim

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