Dr. Sonya MacParland, Scientist at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, received the prestigious Bhagirath Singh Early Career Award in Infection and Immunity from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
The award was presented to Dr. MacParland for her project, titled “The Immunological Impact of Direct Acting Antiviral Treatment for Early HCV Infection”, which was ranked in the top three of all applications submitted to the CIHR 2018 Project Grant competition within the CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity. To learn more about Dr. MacParland’s research project, click here.
The award was created to honour Dr. Bhagirath Singh, inaugural Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity. It also acknowledges new researchers—ie, those who received their academic appointment within the past 5 years—by providing additional research funding.
Congratulations Dr. MacParland!