On August 29, 2023, the ALS Society of BC announced that Dr. Erik P. Pioro has been named to take the lead for Project Hope and will be the first professor in the ALS Society of BC Professorship in ALS Research at UBC Medical School. Congratulations Dr. Pioro, we at CAYA look forward to working with you! https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/dr-erik-pioro-appointed-to-professorship-in-als-research-at-ubc/
Please see this news release by the ALS Society of BC, with a photo of Dr Piorio and Jan Bruce, https://projecthopealsbc.ca/dr-erik-p-pioro-will-lead-project-hope-for-als-society-of-bc/
This professorship recruitment has been in process since the fall of 2021, https://www.med.ubc.ca/byline-date-only/ubc-partners-with-als-society-of-british-columbia-to-accelerate-life-changing-research/