Great Supervisor Awards
The Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Great Supervisor Awards recognize supervisors who demonstrate strong supervisory skills or who foster mentorship in their programs. A great supervisor is someone who has been particularly helpful, such as a supportive supervisory committee member, or someone who fosters good supervision and mentorship. Congratulations to the following Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry winners of the 2020 awards. Thank you for your dedication to educating future medical professionals.
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Dr. David Stuart, Department of Biochemistry
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Dr. Daniel Graf, School of Dentistry
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Dr. Jelena Holovati, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
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Dr. Michael Walter, Department of Medical Genetics
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Dr. Alvaro Osornio Vargas, Department of Pediatrics
Changing culture through education
The Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS) announced its first annual Culture Changers campaign to promote the positive contributions made to medical education each day across Canada. The U of A is pleased to have received the largest number of nominations of all 17 medical schools. Congratulations to the following on being nominated by your students:
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Dr. Sam Mosher, Department of Family Medicine
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Dr. Elizabeth Clement, Department of Surgery
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Dr. Robert Hurowitz, Department of Medicine
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Dr. Samina Ali, Department of Pediatrics
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Dr. William Dafoe, Department of Medicine
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Dr. Kelly MacGregor, Department of Family Medicine
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Dr. Anne Kittler, Department of Family Medicine
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Dr. Darren Nichols, Department of Family Medicine
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Dr. Jill Konkin, Department of Family Medicine
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Dr. Erica Dance, Department of Emergency Medicine
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Dr. Tarek Motan, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
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Dr. Sudhakar Sivapalan, Department of Psychiatry
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Dr. Amy Morse, Department of Medicine
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Dr. Janice May, Department of Family Medicine
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Dr. Jennifer McCombe, Department of Medicine
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Dr. Matthew Hicks, Department of Pediatrics
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Dr. Cian Hackett, Department of Family Medicine
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Dr. Andy Le, Department of Medicine
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Dr. Kenton Nicholson, Department of Family Medicine
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Dr. Alison Clifford, Department of Medicine
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Dr. Brendan Putko, Department of Medicine
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Dr. Ginevra Mills, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
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Dr. Ian King, Department of Psychiatry
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Dr. Thomas Raedler, Department of Psychiatry
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Dr. Shahzad Zia, Department of Medicine
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Dr. Mel Lewis, Department of Pediatrics
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Dr. Vijay Daniels, Department of Medicine
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Dr. Nach Karnik, Department of Family Medicine
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Dr. Vasile Captan, Department of Family Medicine
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Dr. Adriana Lazarescu, Department of Medicine
School of Dentistry
Mohammad (Faraz) Moharrami, MSc student (supervisors: Dr. Arnaldo Perez Garcia), was awarded a Summer Studentship Grant from the FoMD Innovation Discovery Education And Scholarship (IDEAS) office.
Shima Shahbaz, MSc student in Oral Biology, was awarded an Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship. Shahbaz also received a 2020 Merit Award from the Canadian Society for Immunology.
Umar Rekhi (supervisor: Dr. Maria Febbraio) received the University of Alberta Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship.
Learners as Leaders
Three Minute Thesis
Congratulations to Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging graduate student Martha Ruiz (supervisor: Dr. Ravi Bhargava) on winning first place in the U of A Three Minute Thesis (3MT) contest, earning a cash prize and a chance to compete in the Western Canadian Regional Finals.
Watch her winning presentation "Doppler Ultrasound to Predict Complications in Pediatric Liver Recipients" below.
FoMD post-doctoral award recipients
Congratulations to the following on receiving CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowships:
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Dr. Zaid H. Almaayah, Department of Pediatrics
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Dr. Heather Armstrong, Department of Pediatrics
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Dr. Trevor S. Barss, Department of Medicine
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Dr. Stephanie A. Chamberlain, Department of Family Medicine
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Dr. Ammar Hassanzadeh Keshteli, Department of Medicine
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Dr. Amy Wooldridge, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
MSc student, Carmen Tessier, pictured below with supervisor Dr. Anita Kozyrskyj, Department of Pediatrics, received a Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master's (CGS M). Congratulations on this prestigious achievement.
