Dr. Inna Rabinovich-Nikitin, whose research is based here at the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, is one of 10 award recipients funding women’s leadership training through the Winnipeg Foundation’s Martha Donovan Fund. The award will fund her to take the online Laboratory Leadership Course offered by the European Molecular Biology Organization.
“It’s a career-development program to help advance a postdoctoral fellow’s next career step in becoming an independent investigator with their own laboratory,” said Rabinovich-Nikitin, whose long-term goal is to lead cardiovascular research on women’s heart health.
“I anticipate learning techniques and tools for leading teams, tailored specifically to the lab and research setting.”
The $250,000 Winnipeg Foundation Martha Donovan Fund was established in 2019 to provide leadership development opportunities for women in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. Up to $50,000 will be awarded annually for five years.
“In this second year of the awards, we received 16 exceptional applications from women at all stages of their academic careers,” said Dr. Sara Israels, vice-dean, academic affairs of the Rady Faculty.
“I was struck by the diversity of academic interests of our awardees, extending from biomedical science to health professions education. We look to these women as future leaders across the full scope of activity in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.”