CanVECTOR in the News

MONTREAL, October 24, 2022 – CanVECTOR is now accepting applications for the Network's Fall 2022 Research Start-up Awards Competition with a submission deadline of November 25, 2022. The purpose of the Research Start-up Awards is to help trainees achieve their research objectives through start-up operating funds for a research project or preliminary / pilot work to strengthen their research, including services, materials, or supplies.

The Network is pleased to announce that following a Network-wide Call for Nominations and vote, Dr. Miriam Kimpton has been elected as the incoming CanVECTOR Co-Lead of the Training, Mentoring, and Early Career Development platform. Dr. Kimpton will replace Dr. Leslie Skeith - the network's newly elected Co-Lead of the Clinical Trials & Shared Platforms platform - as Co-Lead of the platform to work alongside platform Co-Lead Dr. Sudeep Shivakumar.

MONTREAL, June 30, 2022 – CanVECTOR's Translational / Basic Science platform recently held its Spring 2022 Studentship Awards competition, and following an independent review process, the platform is pleased to announce that six studentship awards have been granted in this competition.

The Network is pleased to announce that following a Network-wide Call for Nominations and vote, Dr. Leslie Skeith has been elected as the incoming CanVECTOR Co-Lead of the Clinical Trials & Shared Platforms platform as of August 1st, 2022. Dr. Skeith will replace Dr. Grégoire Le Gal -  the network's incoming Co-Director - as Co-Lead of the platform to work alongside platform Co-Lead Dr. Deborah Siegal.