Faculty & GraduateAwards ReceptionFriday, May 23, 2014 3 to 5 p.M., pharMaceutical ScienceS Building rooM 3340 and Story oF MedicineS

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

ProgramFriday, 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 SpeakerNatalie Dakers, President and Chief Executive Officer of CDRD Ventures Inc.

Ms. Dakers is a leading figure in the Canadian biotechnology in-dustry 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 ear-ly-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 Com-mercialization and Research (CECR) by the Federal Government.

Ms. Dakers brings to the organization many valuable years of experience in the com-mercialization 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 ven-ture 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 commu-nity. Currently, Ms. Dakers is a board member of BIOTECanada, The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), CDRD Ventures Inc. and the Department of For-eign Affairs and International Trade Life Sciences Advisory Board. Previously, Ms. Dak-ers 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 ListGraduate 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 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

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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 Sciences 

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 Gattefossé 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 Patient Care Enhancement Award from the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CHSP)

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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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