Gabriela Ana Horvath
Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Dravet Foundation Canada, Drug response on intraneuronal Ca2+ signaling in neuronal IPScells in Dravet syndrome, $25,000 (Aug 2024- Sep 2025)
RDMM Network, Exploring the mechanism of Ca2+ signaling in neuronal IPScells in Dravet syndrome, $30,000 (Mar 2025- Feb 2026)
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation Canada, Validation of a clinical and deep learning-based tool for recognition, assessment, and monitoring of complex movement disorders, $9,000 (Sep 2024-Aug 2025)
BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, Characterization of CSF metabolome in patients with secondary neurotransmitter deficiencies, $10,000 (Aug 2024- Jul 2025)
“Excellence in Research Mentorship”, award from the Neurology residents, awarded at the Annual Neurology Resident Research Day, in 2015, 2016, 2017
Clinical Investigator Program, two year scholarship awarded (July 2008 to June 2010)
Laura MacRae Award 2007 (awarded to outstanding graduate student in the Dept. of Pediatrics, UBC, by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, June 2007
Rookie of the Year 2007, (awarded by the Pediatric Residents, UBC, at the Annual Graduation and Awards Dinner), June 2007.
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