Dr. Emilia Lim named Dr. Victor Ling Terry Fox New Investigator
February 27, 2025
LSI Principal Investigator Dr. Emilia Lim has been named the 2025 Dr. Victor Ling Terry Fox New Investigator, an honor awarded to the highest-ranked Terry Fox New Investigator of the year.
Dr. Lim is one of five early-career scientists selected as 2025 Terry Fox New Investigators. Recipients will receive $525,000 each over three years to support their independent cancer research.
Learn more about Dr. Lim’s research and award here.
About the Terry Fox Foundation
Inspired by Terry Fox, the mission of the foundation is to “invest in highly collaborative, world-class scientific teams to drive research discoveries that improve and save the lives of cancer patients.”
Since their establishment in 2007 the Terry Fox Foundation (TFRI) alongside research and funding partners “is working to inspire the transformation of cancer research in Canada by bringing together leading cancer research and treatment organizations from coast to coast and empowering them under the framework of the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network.“
Source: Terry Fox Website
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