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2023 Awards Recipients
Congratulations to the 2023 Schulich Medicine & Dentistry Internal Graduate Awards recipients
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Schulich Medicine & Dentistry Internal Graduate Awards. Congratulations to all!
Collip Medal Award
Dr. Megan Roussy
Department: Neuroscicence
Supervisor: Drs. Julio Martinez-Trujillo and L. Palaniyappan.
Title of Thesis: Prefrontal coding of naturalistic working memory: Mechanisms during normal maintenance and modelled disease.
Established in 1959, the award is presented annually to the most outstanding Ph.D. student graduating from one of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry’s programs. The award commemorates the contributions of Dr. J. B. Collip, one of the School’s former Deans.
Cobban Student Award in Heart and Stroke Research
Matthew Kolisnyk, Neuroscience (Supervisors: A. Owen & D. Debicki)
Established by Audrey and Delmar Cobban and matched by Robarts Research Institute, this award recognizes doctoral research in the area of heart and stroke disease. Value: 1 @ $1900.00
Drs. Madge and Charles Macklin Fellowship for Teaching and Research in Medical Sciences
Amena Aktar, Microbiology & Immunology (Supervisor: B. Heit)
This fellowship is available to full-time doctoral students, and it recognizes and rewards excellence in teaching and research. This fellowship was established by a bequest from Margaret Macklin Frewen. Value:1 @ $5600.00
Drs. Madge and Charles Macklin Fellowship for Publication in Medical Sciences
Hien Chi Nguyen, Anatomy & Cell Biology (Supervisor: K. Singh)
The fellowship is available to full-time doctoral students who have published their doctoral research as first author in a peer reviewed journal. This fellowship was established through a legacy donation from Margaret Macklin Frewen. Value: 1 @ $5600.00
Jonathan & Joshua Memorial Graduate Scholarship (4 Doctoral Awards)
- Breanne Kearney, Neuroscience (Supervisor: R. Lanius)
- Hayley Shanks, Neuroscience (Supervisors, Drs. T. Schmitz & S. Pasternak)
- Katherine Quesnel, Anatomy & Cell Biology (Supervisor, Dr. N. Berube)
- Alaa El-Cheick Mohamad, Neuroscience (Supervisors, Drs. S. Schmid & B. Allman)
This scholarship is given to doctoral students who are specializing in the neuroscience of mental health disorders and is generously made available by Mr. Robert McKinnon. 4 @ $25,000
Jonathan & Joshua Memorial Graduate Travel Scholarship (Masters or Doctoral)
No recipient at this time (July 2023), please check back in September 2023
This scholarship is given to a doctoral or masters student who is specializing in mental health research and is generously made available by Mr. Robert McKinnon and friends. Value: 1 @ $1400.00
Norman E. Nixon Marie Rämö Nixon Award
Kesavi Kanagasabai, Medical Biophysics, (Supervisor, Dr. L. Palaniyappan and Dr. J. Théberge )
Awarded to a full-time graduate student in a Masters or PhD program at Western who is working with a Robarts Research Institute Scientist. This award was established by a generous donation from Mrs. Marie Nixon. Value: 1 @ $2600.00
Morris Kroll Award-2023 (every other year)
Emily Tomas, Anatomy and Cell Biology (Supervisor: T. Shepherd). Value: 1 @ $750.00
Dean's Research Scholarship:
The Dean’s Research Scholarship (DRS) is designed to support Western University and Schulich Medicine & Dentistry’s commitment to enhance collaborative and translational research.The scholarships will be in the amounts of $10,000 for Master’s students and $14,000 for PhD students in the 2023-24 academic year.
| MSc DRS | PhD DRS | First Name | Last Name | Graduate Program |
| $ 10,000.00 | Matthew | Arbolino | Microbiology and Immunology | |
| $ 10,000.00 | Garth | Blackler | Physiology and Pharmocology | |
| $ 14,000.00 | Neil | Donison | Neuroscience | |
| $ 10,000.00 | Elizabeth | Fenton | Anatomy and Cell Biology | |
| $ 10,000.00 | Ira | Gupta | Neuroscience | |
| $ 10,000.00 | Yasaman | Hajiesmaeili | Epidemiology and Biostatistics | |
| $ 14,000.00 | Atefeh | Jafari | Epidemiology and Biostatistics | |
| $ 10,000.00 | Erica | Kane | Anatomy and Cell Biology | |
| $ 10,000.00 | Saiswaran | Manorathan | Physiology and Pharmocology | |
| $ 10,000.00 | Yasamin | Minazadeh | Microbiology and Immunology | |
| $ 14,000.00 | Edith | Otalike | Epidemiology and Biostatistics | |
| $ 10,000.00 | Jason | Sheng | Epidemiology and Biostatistics | |
| $ 10,000.00 | Tanmay | Vasa | Epidemiology and Biostatistics | |
| $ 10,000.00 | Yasaman | Yazdani | Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
