Awards

Dr. Cullis has been awarded the following achievements:

• 1986: Canadian Biochemical Society Ayerst Award
• 1991: B.C. Science Council Gold Medal for Health Sciences
• 2000: Alec D. Bangham Award for contributions to liposome science and technology
• 2002: B.C. Biotechnology Association Award for Innovation and Achievement
• 2004: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
• 2005: Barré Prize for contributions to Pharmaceutical Sciences by the University of Montreal
• 2005: UBC Alumni Award for Research in Science and Medicine
• 2011: Prix Galien Canada Award
• 2011: Bill and Marilyn Webber Lifetime Achievement Award
• 2017: Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
• 2021: Controlled Release Society Founders Award
• 2021: Prince Mahidol Award in Medicine
• 2022: Officer of the Order of Canada
• 2022: VinFuture Prize Grand Prize
• 2022: Camurus Lipid Research Foundation 2021 and 2020 Lipid Science Prize
• 2022: Canada Gairdner International Award
• 2022: Governor General’s Innovation Award
• 2022: Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science
• 2022: UBC Alumni Award of Distinction
• 2022: Phospholipid Research Center The Thudichum Life Award
• 2022: Life Sciences British Columbia Global Impact Award
• 2022: Bloom Burton Award
• 2023: Killam Prize for Health Sciences
• 2023: SCI Canada Awards Julia Levy Award
• 2023: Fellow of the Royal Society
• 2023: Sultan Karim Medal of Excellence in Clinical Pharmacology
• 2023: Member of the Order of British Columbia
• 2023: Harvey Prize in Science and Technology (awarded for the year 2021)