Complex sentence: In 2008, he received the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Visiting Scientist Award and was awarded honorary diplomas from the cities of Casma and Yautan, Peru, for his work on vaccine discovery.
Split into simpler sentences: In 2008, he received the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Visiting Scientist Award. That same year, he was awarded honorary diplomas from the cities of Casma and Yautan, Peru, for his work on vaccine discovery.