Celebrating your recent achievements
Congratulations to faculty, staff and trainees on your recent accomplishments and successes.
Saumik Biswas successfully defended his PhD thesis, “Implications of long non-coding RNAs in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy: a novel epigenetic paradigm.” He is also participating in Western’s Medical Innovation Fellowship program.
Robert Bartha, PhD, was appointed Acting Director, Strategy and Scientific Integration at Robarts Research Institute.
Nicole Campbell, PhD, was appointed Director of Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, effective of September 1. She will be responsible for overseeing both the undergraduate and graduate level programs.
Kevin Chung, PhD Candidate, was awarded “Best in Physics” recognition as a top five abstract in the Imaging track at the Joint AAPM COMP Meeting held virtually in July.
Cheryl Forchuk, PhD, was awarded the 2020 Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research.
Dr. Vladimir Hachinksi received the F.N.G. Starr Award from the Canadian Medical Association, recognizing his achievements in innovative stroke intervention and treatment.
Farzad Asadi Jomnani successfully defended his PhD thesis, “Regulation of Glucagon Secretion and Trafficking by Proteins in the Glucagon Interactome.”
Dr. Penny MacDonald was renewed as the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.
Jonathan Michaels, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, was awarded a 2020 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Dr. Michelle Mottola was appointed Chair of the Division of Maternal, Fetal and Newborn Health and the Children’s Health Research Institute.
Adam Paish successfully defended his PhD thesis focused on a clinically representative animal model of hip hemiarthroplasty.
Silvia Penuela, PhD, and Matthew Teeter, PhD, were named recipients of Petro-Canada Young Innovator Awards.
Marco Prado, PhD, Gilles Lajoie, PhD, and Lauren Flynn, PhD, received funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund.
Jessica Prodger, PhD, was appointed Co-Director of the Collaborative Graduate Program in Global Health Systems at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry.
Shawn Whitehead, PhD, was awarded an Alzheimer Foundation London and Middlesex Premier Research Grant to study brain inflammation as a potential indicator of cognitive impairment.
Twelve graduate trainees and a new alumna are recipients of the 2020 Internal Graduate Awards.
Fifteen graduate trainees were awarded Translational Breast Cancer Research Unit Traineeships for 2020-21:
- Sawyer Badiuk, PhD Candidate, Medical Biophysics
- Vasudeva Bhat, Postdoctoral Scholar, Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Veronica Dubois, PhD Candidate, Medical Biophysics
- Melissa Evans, MSc Candidate, Medical Biophysics
- Julia Gevaert, MSc Candidate, Medical Biophysics
- Natasha Knier, PhD Candidate, Medical Biophysics
- Braeden Medeiros, MSc Candidate, Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Kierstin Melo, MSc Candidate, Medical Biophysics
- Britney Messam, MSc Candidate, Biochemistry
- Sean McRae, MSc Candidate, Medical Biophysics
- Vy Ngo, PhD Candidate, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Sierra Pellizzari, MSc Candidate, Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Liam Ratushny, MSc Candidate, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Tasnim Reza, PhD Candidate, Biochemistry
- Shanshan (Jenny) Zhong, PhD Candidate, Biochemistry
Ten graduate trainees are the recipients of the inaugural Dean’s Research Scholarship program:
- Tasnim Mafiz, MSc Candidate, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
- Mary Taylor, MSc Candidate, Neuroscience
- Mila Uzelac, MSc Candidate, Neuroscience
- John Chmiel, PhD Candidate, Microbiology and Immunology
- Kristy Coleman, PhD Candidate, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Peter Jean, PhD Candidate, Medical Biophysics
- Benjamin Joris, PhD Candidate, Biochemistry
- Fabio Salerno, PhD Candidate, Medical Biophysics
- Emma Smith, PhD Candidate, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Surim Son, PhD Candidate, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
