CCRA congratulates Canadian researchers on receiving prestigious awards
The CCRA extends its congratulations to members of the Canadian cancer research community for receiving several distinguished awards for biomedical research and scientific excellence in recent days, including:
- John E. Dick, PhD, FRS, FRsC, FAACR, recipient of the Canada Gairdner International Award 2022 and the AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Blood Cancer Research. John E. Dick is Senior Scientist and Canada Research Chair in Stem Cell Biology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network; and Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto.
- Pieter Cullis, PhD, recipient of the Canada Gairdner International Award 2022. Pieter Cullis is Professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia.
- David Malkin, MD, FRCPC, recipient of the AACR-St. Baldrick’s Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Pediatric Cancer Research. David Malkin is Senior Staff Oncologist in the Division of Haematology/Oncology, director of the Cancer Genetics Program, and Senior Scientist in the Genetics and Genome Biology program at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).
- Daniel D. de Carvalho, PhD, recipient of the AACR-Waun Ki Hong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Translational and Clinical Cancer Research. Daniel D. de Carvalho is a Senior Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto.
Learn more about the 2022 Gairdner Awards laureates and see the full list of recipients of the 2022 AACR Scientific Achievement Awards and Lectureships.