Awards & Accolades
Congratulations to the 2024-2025 Travel Award Recipients!
February 24, 2026
This past year, the CBR was pleased to support 6 award recipients, who attended and presented at conferences and workshops held around the globe. Following their conference attendance, recipients shared their experiences through short reflection blogs on the CBR website, which reflect their educational experiences and key takeaways.
CBR External Travel Awards: Earl W. Davie Symposium 2025 – Mahsa Yazdanbakhsh
February 24, 2026
Mahsa Yazdanbakhsh shares her experience in the Earl W. Davie Symposium 2025.
Q&A with Dr. Kerryn Matthews, Recipient of the 2025 Neil Mackenzie Mentorship Excellence Award
September 8, 2025
We profiled Dr. Kerryn Matthews, recipient of the 2025 Neil Mackenzie Mentorship Excellence Award.
Congratulations 2023-24 CBR Travel Award Recipients!
February 18, 2025
This past year, the CBR was pleased to support 8 award recipients, who attended and presented at conferences and workshops around the globe. Congratulations to the 2023-2024 Travel Award recipients!
CBR External Travel Awards: Earl W. Davie Symposium 2024 – Guadalupe Rojas-Sanchez
January 17, 2025
Guadalupe Rojas-Sanchez, Postdoctoral Fellow, Bloodworks Research Institute, shares her experience at the 2024 Earl W. Davie Symposium.
CBR External Travel Awards: Earl W. Davie Symposium 2024 – Ava Obenaus
January 16, 2025
Ava Obenaus, PhD Candidate, University of Washington, shares her experience at the 2024 Earl W. Davie Symposium.
The CBR welcomes Dr. Hugh Kim as Director
January 15, 2025
As of January 1st, 2025, the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) is pleased to welcome Dr. Hugh Kim as Director.
CBR External Travel Awards: Earl W. Davie Symposium 2024 – Michelle Brenner
January 14, 2025
Michelle Brenner, 3rd year fellow in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT at the Medical College of Wisconsin, shares her experience at the 2024 Earl W. Davie Symposium.
Q&A with Dr. Michael Sutherland, Recipient of the 2024 Neil Mackenzie Mentorship Excellence Award
December 16, 2024
We recently profiled Dr. Michael Sutherland, recipient of the 2024 Neil Mackenzie Mentorship Excellence Award. Thank you for everything you do!
Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Understanding graft versus host disease (GvHD)
December 5, 2024
In this blog, Katerina Rosenflanz, the author of the first-prize winning entry, provides some behind-the-scenes insights into the preparation of her LSWC submission.












