The ATM congratulates Members receiving federal funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF). The JELF helps institutions to recruit and retain outstanding researchers, acquire the tools that enable the innovative work of leading researchers and offer research support.
Of the $7 million in federal funding awarded to UBC-led projects, more than $2.9 million is associated with 11 UBC faculty of medicine researchers, and $284,286 coming from 2 ATM-associated researchers. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Dena Shahriari and Dr. Adi Stef for their exciting projects.
Dena Shahriari (Department of Orthopaedics)
- Project: Implantable Smart Biomaterials and Sensors
- CFI Contribution: $136,912
Adi Steif (Department of Medical Genetics)
- Project: Single Cell Analysis of Chromosomal Instability in Cancer using Machine Learning
- CFI Contribution: $147,374
Read the announcement made by the CFI here.
For the list of all successful UBC Faculty of Medicine applicants, visit this press release.
The list of all 51 projects from British Columbia can be found here.