Graduate Studies Prizes
Every year the Faculty of Medicine has the privilege to honour its students at the Awards in Education Ceremony.
Prizes recipients for 2017
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 Doctorate
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
Biochemistry - Cellular and Molecular Medicine - Epidemiology - Microbiology and Immunology Emmanuelle Ametepe Neuroscience Ayden Gouveia Doctorate
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
Leadership Award, Graduate Studies
Graduate Student CouncilBiochemistry / Microbiology and Immunology Danny Jomaa Biochemistry / Microbiology and Immunology Patrick Taylor Cellular 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
Prizes list and description
GRADUATE STUDIES
Awards of Excellence in Graduate Studies
Awarded to a Master's or a PhD student who has demonstrated academic excellence through 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 the most outstanding MSc or PhD thesis in each of the graduate programs of the Faculty of Medicine.
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.
Leadership Award, Graduate Studies
Graduate Student CouncilThis prize is awarded in recognition of the contributions in time and effort made by members of the student councils significantly enhance the educational and research environments within each department and ensure that the collective voice of graduate students is heard.
POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES
Awards of Excellence for Postdoctoral Studies
The award is to acknowledge the important contributions that Postdoctoral Fellows make to the Faculty of Medicine and recognize research excellence demonstrated at this career stage.
Leadership Award
Postdoctoral Fellows AssociationThis prize is awarded in recognition of the dedication, time and effort spent to represent the Faculty of Medicine postdoctoral fellows as a member of the Postdoctoral Fellows Association.