Education
Simon Fraser University.
Simon Fraser University.
He was a recipient of a Genome British Columbia Award for Scientific Excellence, a MSFHR Career Investigator Senior Scholar Award, and Simon Fraser University President's 40th Anniversary Award. Doctor Marra’s contributions to genome science led to an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Simon Fraser University in 2004, and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Calgary in 2005. In February 2013, under the directorship of Doctor Marra, the Genome Sciences Centre was ranked in the top 5 best research facilities in Canada by Backbone magazine.
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In June 2014, Doctor Marra was listed in the 2014 World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds by Thomson Reuters.
These highly cited researchers (highlycitedcom) were determined by analyzing citation data over the last 11 years to identify those who published the highest impact work (2002—2012 and 2012—2013). Doctor Marra was featured in the July 4th, 2014 issue of Globe and Mail as the 2nd most highly cited scientist in Canada ().
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He is a recipient of a 2013 University of British Columbia Killam Research Prize, a 2012 University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award, and the Medal of Merit Award from the International Association of Lions Club. He was elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in 2009. Received the Frontiers in Research Award from the British Columbia Innovation Council in 2008. And was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2007. In 2004, he received a Terry Fox Young Investigator Award and British Columbia Biotech’s Innovation and Achievement Award (together with the entire GSC staff) for sequencing the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus genome.
Doctor Marra is the University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair in Genome Science, and a member of the Order of British Columbia.
