UBC Medicine researchers awarded nearly $1 million from New Frontiers in Research Fund – UBC Faculty of Medicine – UBC Faculty of Medicine

By Digital Comms | April 4, 2022

Drs. Joanne Matsubara, Nika Shakiba, Ying Wang and Michael Kobor.

Four researchers in UBCs faculty of medicine are leading projects that received nearly $1 million from the Government of Canadas New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF).

They are amongst twelve UBC-led projects that were awarded over $2.8m through the NFRFs 2021 Exploration and Special Call Streams.

The Honourable Franois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, announced a total of over $45 million in support for research projects through the NFRF. This combined investment is supporting 751 researchers, including 245 early career researchers. The projects were part of two competitions under the banner of the NFRF: the 2021 Exploration competition; and the NFRF special call on innovative approaches to research in the pandemic context.

Launched in 2018, the NFRF funds high risk-high reward, interdisciplinary, and transformative research led by Canadian researchers. The NFRF is designed to support world-leading innovation and enhance Canadas competitiveness and expertise in the global, knowledge-based economy.

The faculty of medicine researchers are:

Dr. Joanne MatsubaraProfessor, department of ophthalmology & visual sciencesProject: In Vivo Imaging for Investigating Neurodegenerative Diseases of the Brain and Eye Cell simulator: a computer-driven approach to genetically programming cells

$250,000 Exploration stream

Dr. Nika ShakibaAssistant professor, school of biomedical engineeringProject: Cell simulator: a computer-driven approach to genetically programming cells

$250,000 Exploration stream

Dr. Ying WangAssistant professor, department of pathology and laboratory medicineProject: Beyond morphology: Convert disease-related gene networks to pixels in digital pathology to solve the puzzle of vulnerable plaques that lead to cardiovascular events

$250,000 Exploration stream

Dr. Michael KoborProfessor, department of medical geneticsProject: Developing an integrated, innovative platform for retrospectively quantifying the prenatal and early child exposome using deciduous teeth

$237,708 Special call

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