FACULTY
- Dr. Tracie Afifi, professor of community health sciences, is the recipient of a University of Manitoba Merit Award in the Research, Scholarly Work and Creative Activities category. Read more.
- Dr. Marcia Anderson, assistant professor of community health sciences, and vice-dean Indigenous health, social justice and anti-racism, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, is a winner in the Canadian Tire Community Impact category of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2022. Read more.
- Dr. Meghan Azad, professor of pediatrics and child health, received the 2022 Ed Kroeger Mentorship Award. Read more. Azad also received a University of Manitoba Merit Award for Research, Scholarly Work and Creative Activities in the Life Sciences, Natural Sciences and Engineering category. Read more.
- Dr. James Blanchard, professor of community health sciences, and executive director, Institute for Global Public Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, was elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Read more.
- Dr. Jean-Eric Ghia, professor of immunology, is the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal (Manitoba) for service to the Winnipeg Consular Corps and service to the local cultural communities.
- Dr. Evelyn Forget, professor of community health science, received an honourary degree from Queen’s University in equity/guaranteed income. Read more.
- Dr. Brett Houston, assistant professor of internal medicine, is a winner of CBC Manitoba’s Future 40 Awards. Read more.
- Dr. Sachin Katyal, associate professor of pharmacology and therapeutics, is the recipient of a University of Manitoba Merit Award in the Service category. Read more.
- Dr. Jason Kindrachuk, assistant professor of medical microbiology and infectious diseases, received a University of Manitoba Merit Award in the Combination of Teaching, Service and Research category. Read more.
- Dr. Denise Koh, assistant professor of community health sciences, is a winner in the Canadian Tire Community Impact category of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2022. Read more.
- Dr. Josée G. Lavoie, professor of community health sciences, and director of Ongomiizwin – Research, Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing, was elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Read more.
- Dr. Kirk McManus, professor of biochemistry and medical genetics, is the recipient of a University of Manitoba Merit Award in the Research, Scholarly Work and Creative Activities category. Read more.
- Dr. Neeloffer Mookherjee, professor of internal medicine and immunology, received a University of Manitoba Merit Award for Service in the Life Sciences, Natural Sciences and Engineering category. Read more.
- Dr. Michael Mulvey, professor of medical microbiology and infectious diseases, was awarded the 2022 Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Medal as selected by Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam. The award recognizes individuals who have made a significant and lasting impact on the Public Health Agency of Canada, its people or its work in the promotion and advancement of public health in Canada.
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Dr. Gigi Osler, assistant professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, to the Senate. Read more.
- Dr. Bram Ramjiawan, adjunct professor of pharmacology and therapeutics, and director of clinical research, innovation and regulatory affairs and director of research, Asper Clinical Research Institute, St. Boniface Hospital and Research Centre, was elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Read more.
- Dr. Jocelyn Reimer, assistant professor of community health sciences, and chief medical officer for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, was presented with a Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal by Premier Heather Stefanson and Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor Janice Filmon. Read more.
- Dr. Eric S. Sigurdson, associate professor of psychiatry, is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for his leadership, dedicated service to his peers, to his community, and to Manitoba and Canada. The honour was awarded by Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor Janice Filmon.
- Dr. Mahmoud Torabi, professor of community health sciences, is the recipient of the 2022 Hukum Chandra Memorial Prize for the paper Sumca: Simple, Unified, Monte-Carlo Assisted Approach to Second-order Unbiased MSPE Estimation.
- Dr. George Zhanel, professor and associate head medical microbiology and infectious diseases, was elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Read more.
Department of Psychiatry Academic Projects 2022 recipients:
- Project: Urban Indigenous Elders and youth relationship building: a community-based participatory research partnership between Ndinawe and University of Manitoba psychiatry team
- Principal investigator: Dr. Polina Anang
- Co-investigators/collaborators: Drs. Cara Katz, Nick Krueger (PGY4) and Christen Rachul (PhD)
- Project: Winnipeg trans youth: perspectives and experiences when accessing gender-affirming care in Manitoba
- Principal investigator: Dr. Jennifer Hensel
- Co-investigators/collaborators: Drs. Ezra Bridgwater (PGY3), Jennifer Ducharme (PhD) and Kristin Reynolds (PhD)
- Project: Is a brief DBT skills based group intervention effective in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety in adolescents?
- Principal investigator: Dr. Matthew Lander
- Co-investigators/collaborators: Drs. Cassandra Adduri (PGY6) and Sarah Fotti
- Project: Risk and protective factors for suicide attempts and deaths on Day Zero of discharge from psychiatric hospitalization
- Principal investigator: Dr. Natalie Mota (PhD)
- Co-investigators/collaborators: Drs. James Bolton, Harpreet Chahal (PGY3), Jessica Enns, Laurence Katz and Jitender Sareen
STAFF
- Natalie Rodriguez, THRiVE Discovery Lab’s director of operations, diversity and inclusion, became the second person in Manitoba to be certified as a Canadian Certified Inclusion Professional. Read more.
STUDENTS
- Amin Abed, a PhD student in community health sciences (biostatistics), received the University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship Award and the Fields Institute Travel Award.
- Marina Costa Fujishima, a PhD candidate in immunology, won three awards at the Canadian Student Health Research Forum. She received the Dean of Medicine Poster Award, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Sex and Gender Research Gold Award and the Gairdner Award. Read more.
- Anthony Huynh, a PhD candidate in community health sciences, received the Nahlah Ayed Prize for Student Leadership and Global Citizenship. Read more.
- Kayla Kostal, a master’s student in community health sciences, received the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Student Achievement Prize. Read more.
- Darrien Morton, a PhD student in community health sciences, received the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Student Achievement Prize. Read more.
- Emelissa Valcourt, a third-year medicine student, received the 2022 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Award. Read more.
- The department of immunology would like to congratulate the 2022 graduate students who have completed their training and graduated this year:
- Anthony Altieri, PhD (immunology), Mookherjee Lab
- Dina Mostafa, master of science (immunology), Mookherjee Lab
- Roshan Parvarchian, master of science (immunology), Murooka Lab
- Xun Wu, PhD (immunology), Marshall Lab
- Department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases award winners:
- Shifa Mohideen won the Dr. Forough Khadem Memorial Award in the master of science category. The award recognizes both scientific excellence and qualities of leadership by making outstanding contributions to the community.
- Vanessa Schulz – Dean of Graduate Studies Awards
- Rubendren Jamilchelvan – Dean of Medicine Awards
- Mohammad Kashem – Emergent BioSolutions Award
- Monika Kowatsch – HSGSA Poster Awards
- CSHRF National Awards
- Reuben Jamilchelvan – Gold poster
- Carmine Slipski – Honourable mention
- Titus Olukitibi – Honourable mention
- CSHRF Major Awards
- Md Mahamud ur Rashid – CHRIM Award
- Mohammad Kashem (MMID PhD Grad 2021) – Emergent Award
- Janilyn Arsenio (MMID PhD Grad 2012) – Kenneth Hughes Award
- MMSF Poster Awards
- Jennifer Myskiw
- Titus Olukitibi
- Carmine Slipski
- Alicia Vachon
- Honourable mentions
- Paul Jankowski
- Ruth Mwatelah
- Abu Siddik
- Research Manitoba M.Sc. Studentships
- Morgan Hiebert
- Morgan Taverner
- FGS Research Completion Scholarship
- Titus Olukitibi
- Grace Seo
- Morgan Hiebert
- Tosin Omole
- Faisal Nuhu