Summer 2025 Graduate News

AWARDS

Studentships

NSERC Post-Graduate Scholarship (PhD)

  • Agetha Mahendran (Haeryfar)

MS Society Scholarship

  • Daniel Morelli (Kerfoot)

Canada Graduate Scholarship (MSc)

  • Chanpreet Riarh (DeKoter)
  • Gabrielle Buckley (Barra & Cairns)
  • Isaac Wu (Barr)
  • Maxine Nicolais (Dikeakos)
  • Neel Vajaria (Barr)
  • Tasnia Rahman (Heit)
  • Valeryia Shydlouskaya (Haeryfar)
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarships
  • Aanchal Rishi (McCormick)
  • Ainslie Shouldice (Prodger)
  • Alexander Sheikh (Heinrichs)
  • Alice Dong (Klein)
  • Angela Schincaglia (Haeryfar)
  • Angelina Baldino (Dikeakos)
  • Avery Gaudreau (Heinrichs)
  • Carla Maduta (McCormick)
  • Denise Cao (Guariglia)
  • Evangelos Papalambropoulos (Heinrichs)
  • Jordan Haly (Creuzenet)
  • Myia Blanchet (McCormick)
  • Rachel Nicholson (Heit)
  • Serina Chahal (Zheng)
  • Victoria Labuda (Leligdowicz and Andrews)

NSERC CREATE Fellowship

  • HenryRoger SSemunywa (Prodger)

Children’s Hospital Research Institute Training Award

  • Maria Uribe Estrada (Dekoter)

RGE Murray Scholarships

  • Khandaker Atkia Fariha (Barr)
  • Maria Uribe Estrada (Dekoter)
  • Md Rasheduzzaman Rashu (Haeryfar)
  • Nicholas Walton (McCormick)
  • Tika Thapa (McGavin)
  • Yihan Chen (Kerfoot)
  • Zeynep Gunes Tepe Demir (Prodger and Troyer)

Dean’s Research Scholarships

  • Matthew Arbolino (Heit & Leligdowicz)
  • Sofya Ulanova (Barra & Cairns)

Entrance Awards

FW Luney Entrance Awards (MSc)

  • Alexander Gain (Arts & Kerfoot)
  • Andreas Parashos-Couto (Burton and Silverman)
  • Brittany Ding (Gunaratnam)
  • Cawell Li (Kim)
  • Claudia Leung (Haeryfar)
  • Cora England (Moynihan)
  • Courtney Elgie (Kerfoot)
  • Evan Stewart (Guthrie)
  • Halle Mohammed (Guthrie)
  • Hanna Kusznirewicz (Leligdowicz)
  • Hayley Pyne (Zheng)
  • Lashudaa Madhavan (Creuzenet)
  • Marko Mladenovic (Haeryfar)
  • Serena Lam (Guariglia)
  • Tasnia Rahman (Heit)
  • Valeryia Shydouskaya (Haeryfar and Andrews)
  • Yunpeng Zhuang (Creuzenet)

Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry Awards

Drs. Madge and Charles Macklin Fellowship for Teaching and Research in Medical Sciences

  • Sarah Gowanlock (Prodger)
  • Norman E. Nixon Marie Rämö Nixon Award
  • Victoria Labuda (Leligdowicz & Andrews)

EXAMS

Summer 2025 PhD Candidacy exams (c : chair; e: examiner)

  • Talal Shamma (Sener) c.: R. Troyer e.: L. Gunaratnam, B. Heit, J. Mymryk
  • Carla Maduta (McCormick) c.: V. Guariglia e.: M. McGavin, R. Troyer, S. Kerfoot

Summer 2025 M.Sc Defense

  • Emile Barua (Barr) c. J. Burton e.: E. Arts, E. Troyer, M. Quinones-Mateu
  • Lane McFarlane (Sener) c.: C. Creuzenet e.: M Haeryfar, J. Mymryk, B. Inman
  • Rachel Penney (Burton & Prodger) c.: S. Kerfoot e.: M. McGavin, V. Guariglia, D. Edgell
  • Yue (Emily) Ying (Dikeakos) c.: M. McGavin e.: G. Dekaban, S. Kerfoot, P. Stathopulos

Summer 2025 PhD Defense

  • Lane Buchanan (Prodger) c.: C. Mackenzie e.: S. Kerfoot, M. McGavin, D. Laird, C. Kaushic