Three LFS Projects Receive Over $3.5 Million in Funding from the BC Knowledge and Development Fund (BCKDF)
We are proud to announce that three research projects from our faculty received a combined amount of over $3.5 million from the BC Knowledge and Development Fund (BCKDF). Click to see a list of the funded projects with short summaries of the research.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Receives a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Trainee Award
Larissa Rossen is part of the Away We Grow study led by Associate Professor Yvonne Lamers, which aims to learn more about the nutrition needs of young children. The award recognizes exceptional health researchers at the beginning of their careers.
Sowing Seeds for Future Generations
Sowing Seeds for Future Generations Left to right: Iva Jankovic, Christina and Alan Eastwood, Rose Cameron To Alan and Christina Eastwood, sustainable living goes beyond tending their own organic land and food, to extending support to LFS students facing new hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Eastwoods created an endowment to UBC in 2015, establishing […]
Assistant Professor Tamara Cohen Receives SSHRC Insight Development Grant
The grant will support Dr. Cohen’s project to develop a diet self-monitoring tool.
Community Builder Roxana Quinde Wins President’s Staff Award
Roxana plays an essential role in the success of the Global Resource Systems (GRS) undergraduate program, a role she has contributed to since it was created nearly two decades ago.
Three Faculty Members are Recipients of the John R. Evans Leaders Fund
In total, UBC is receiving $10.61M for 41 equipment and infrastructure projects.
Jennifer Black Selected as a Wall Scholar by the Peter Wall Institute for 2020-2021
Wall Scholars are chosen among leading UBC researchers from all academic disciplines, with the objective of creating a dynamic and diverse intellectual community at the Institute.
Tim Lau
Dietetics Program, Student Award Recipient
Allison Li
Masters of Food and Resource Economics, Student Award Recipient
Akshaya Akshu
Masters of Food Science, Student Award Recipient