University of Calgary receives $2.9 million from federal government for four researchers

The federal government announced today that four faculty members at U of C have been awarded the prestigious Canada Research Chair grant, including one researcher who will receive multi-year funding from the program for the first time. Faculty of Medicine researcher Aaron Goodarzi is a new recipient of the Canada Research Chair in Genome Damage and Instability Disease. Goodarzi’s research examines human diseases caused by radiation exposure. His laboratory is exploring genetic risk factors for radiation-induced cancer, as well as novel methods of detecting radiation exposure and sensitivity in people. Read more here.