2025 Awards Recipients

Congratulations to the 2025 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. Jaryd Christie,

Department: Medical Biophysics
Supervisors: Dr. Sarah Mattonen

Title of Thesis: Development of a Multi-Modality Clinical Decisions-Support System for Risk Stratification in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

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

Erica Kane, Anatomy & Cell Biology (Supervisor: Dr. S. Creagan)

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 

Sarah Gowanlock, Microbiology & Immunology (Supervisor: Dr. J. Prodger)

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

Haitao Lu, Pathology & Labratory Medicine (Supervisor: Z. Zhang)

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)

  1. Erica Kane, Anatomy & Cell Biology (Supervisors: S. Whitehead & S. Cregan)
  2. Patricia Nistor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics (Supervisors: S. Ali & O. Espin-Garcia)
  3. Cadence Opoka, Neuroscience (Supervisors: T. Bussey & L. Saksida)
  4. Hannah Pineda, Neuroscience (Supervisor: Drs. S. Schmid) 

 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)

Amanda Lee, Neuroscience (Supervisor: Dr. J. Khokhar)

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

Victoria Labuda, Microbiology & Immunology (Supervisors: A. Leligdowicz & T. Andrews)

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-2025 

Ryan Au, Medical Biophysics (Supervisors: A. Ward & G. Bauman)

The award was established by Mr. Franklin Shostack and Dr. Zane Cohen in memory of Morris Kroll.  The scholarship will be awarded to a student registered at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, who is working in the area of Cancer Research. Value: 1 @ $500.00 (every second year).

Dr. William P. McGrath Scholarship

Grace Li, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (Supervisors: M. Malvankar & C. Hutnik)

Awarded to full-time graduate students in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry based on academic achievement. Preference will be given to candidates who are specializing in research in Ophthalmology.          Value: 1 at $12,000

This scholarship was established by Vera McGrath in honour of her late husband, Dr. William P. McGrath (MD'48).

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 2025-2026 academic year. Please find the students below that were selected for this research award:

MSc-DRS PhD-DRS  First Name Last Name Graduate Program Supervisor(s)
   $          14,000.00 Matthew Arbolino Microbiology & Immunology Drs. B. Heit & A. Leligdowicz
   $          14,000.00 Maha El-Shimy Epidemiology & Biostatistics Drs. P. Roshanov & G. Zou
   $          14,000.00 Luis Limo Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Drs. N. Gomaa & E. Duerden
   $          14,000.00 Haitao Lu Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Drs. Z. Zhang, A. Jevnikar and L. Gunaratnam
   $          14,000.00 Mohammad Ali Omrani Physiology & Pharmacology Drs. F. Muanda &  K. Clemens
   $          14,000.00 Sofya Ulanova MD/PhD Program Drs. Barra & Cairns
$  10,000.00 Ignatius Atuguba Epidemiology & Biostatistics Drs. K. Clemens & E. Kalisa
$  10,000.00 Monica Arnaldi Biochemistry  Dr. Dervla Connaughton