Graduate Studies Prizes
Every year the Faculty of Medicine has the privilege to honour its students at the Awards in Education Ceremony.
Prizes list and description
GRADUATE STUDIES
Awards of Excellence
Awarded to graduate students in each master's and doctoral programs who have demonstrated academic excellence through their overall average and research capabilities as well as demonstrated involvement in extracurricular activities related to the Faculty of Medicine or in the community.
Best Thesis Award
Awarded to graduate students in all master's and doctoral programs who wrote the most outstanding thesis.
Graduate Studies Mentorship Award
This prize is awarded to a graduate student who has made an outstanding contribution to the mentoring of other graduate students within the Faculty of Medicine and/or to science outreach.
The prize recognizes the important role played by graduate students in both the training and professional development of their student colleagues.
The prize thus emphasizes the essential role of graduate students in both teaching and research.
Graduate Studies Leadership Award
Awarded to graduate students in each graduate programs who has demonstrated outstanding leadership skills within the Faculty of Medicine or in the community.
POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES
Awards of Excellence
This award acknowledges the important contributions that postdoctoral fellows make to the Faculty of Medicine and recognizes research excellence demonstrated at this career stage.
Leadership Award
Awarded to a postdoctoral fellow who has demonstrated outstanding leadership skills within the Faculty of Medicine or in the community.
Postdoctoral Fellows Association Leadership Award - President
This award recognizes dedication, time and effort spent to represent the Faculty of Medicine postdoctoral fellows as a member of the Postdoctoral Fellows Association.
Best Paper Award
Awarded to the first author (graduate student, postdoctoral fellow or research associate) of the paper recognized by the Faculty of Medicine as the Best paper of the year.
TRANSLATIONAL AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Awards of Excellence in Translational and Molecular Medicine
Awarded to a TMM student (on in the English Cohort and one in the French cohort) who as successfully completed TMM3009 and demonstrated academic excellence through overall average and research capabilities. The student must have also demonstrated involvement in extracurricular activities related to TMM as well as the Faculty of Medicine.
2019 Award Recipients
Graduate Studies
Awards of Excellence in Graduate Studies
Masters
Biochemistry Sara El-Sahli Cellular and Molecular Medicine Liam McCarthy Epidemiology Romina Fakhraei Microbiology and Immunology Nusrah Rajabalee Neuroscience Sarah Zhang Doctorates
Biochemistry Huy-Dung Hoang Cellular and Molecular Medicine Jason G.E. Zelt Epidemiology Susan Rogers Van Katwyk Microbiology and Immunology Tyler Renner Neuroscience Terry Suk Best Thesis Award
Masters
Cellular and Molecular Medicine Truc To Epidemiology Francisco Daniel Ramirez Doctorates
Cellular and Molecular Medicine Munerah Hamed Epidemiology Susan Rogers Van Katwyk Microbiology and Immunology Clayton Hall Graduate Studies Mentorship Award
Leonard Angka
Graduate Studies Leadership Award
Biochemistry program Paula Adler Graduate Student Council Leadership Award
Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology Elizabeth Walden Cellular Molecular Medicine / Neuroscience Nafisa Neault Epidemiology Rania Berjawi Best Paper Award
Carmen Palii
Postdoctoral Studies
Awards of Excellence for Postdoctoral Studies Nicola McCleary Postdoctoral Fellows Leadership Award Emma Bondy-Chorney
Allison Tscherner2018 Award Recipients
Graduate Studies
Awards of Excellence in Graduate Studies
Masters
Biochemistry Caitlin Lazurko Epidemiology Jean-Paul Salameh Microbiology and Immunology Jonathan Hodgins Neuroscience Emma Lynn Doctorates
Biochemistry Andrew Sulaiman
Sabina SarvanCellular and Molecular Medicine Amanda Bentley-DeSousa Epidemiology Taru Manyanga Microbiology and Immunology Clayton Hall Neuroscience Anisha Lynch-Godrei Best Thesis Award
Masters
Biochemistry Danny Jomaa Epidemiology Alexandre Tran Microbiology and Immunology Dikchha Rijal Neuroscience Sebastien Maillé Doctorates
Biochemistry Laura McDonell Cellular and Molecular Medicine Mohamad Taha Epidemiology Anne Tsampalieros Microbiology and Immunology Harinad Maganti Neuroscience Matthew Granger Graduate Studies Mentorship Award
Nicholas LeBlond
Graduate Studies Leadership Award
Graduate Student Council
Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology Andrew Sulaiman
Kevin MercurioCellular Molecular Medicine / Neuroscience Candice Lee
Peter FeigeEpidemiology Jean-Paul Salameh Postdoctoral Studies
Awards of Excellence for Postdoctoral Studies
David Patten
Leadership Award, Postdoctoral Fellow Association
David Patten
Virgilio Cadete
2017 Award Recipients
Graduate Studies
Awards in Excellence in Graduate Studies
Masters
Biochemistry Jaimee Domville Cellular and Molecular Medicine Anthony Rossl Epidemiology Emma Grigor Microbiology and Immunology Sarwat Khan Neuroscience Sudhir Karthikeyan Doctorates
Biochemistry Mohammed Selman Cellular and Molecular Medicine Marc-Olivier Deguise Epidemiology Kristin Danko Microbiology and Immunology Tyler Renner Neuroscience Faranak Vahid-Ansari Best Thesis Award
Masters
Microbiology and Immunology Emmanuelle Ametepe Neuroscience Ayden Gouveia Doctorates
Biochemistry Dana Vera Foss Cellular and Molecular Medicine Emma Bondy-Chorney Epidemiology Michael Martin Microbiology and Immunology Megan Tu Neuroscience Cary Adam Soares Graduate Studies Mentorship Award
Matthew Granger
Graduate Studies Leadership Award
Graduate Student Council
Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology Danny Jomaa
Patrick TaylorCellular and Molecular Medicine / Neuroscience Peter Feige Epidemiology Candis Lepage Postdoctoral Studies
Awards of Excellence for Postdoctoral Studies
Manuel Ahumada
Leadership Award, Postdoctoral Fellows Association
Ujval Anil Kumar