Dr Rushita Bagchi (Molecular Pathophysiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences) received the E.L.Drewry Memorial Award – the highest research award given to a senior doctoral student at the Max Rady College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Bagchi also received the St. Boniface Hospital Foundation Award for excellence in research in Cardiovascular Biology, and is also the first recipient from the University of Manitoba to receive the Lindau nomination award (2014) to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting (Medicine) in Germany in June 2018.
Dr Bagchi is currently pursuing a postdoctoral fellowship at University of Colorado Denver studying epigenetic regulation of heart failure.