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Congratulations to two graduate students with the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences who were recently recognized for exceptional accomplishments, by the University of Manitoba’s Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology.

Arun Surendran PhD student, supervised by Dr. Amir Ravandi, was awarded the 2021 Grant Pierce Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Physiology.

Keshav Narayan Alagarsamy supervised by Dr. Sanjiv Dhingra, won the 2021 Edwin Kroeger Young Investigator Award in Cell Biology.

“These awards reflect the superb calibre of investigation and discipline undertaken each day here at the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences,” said Dr. Lorrie Kirshenbaum, Director of ICS and Professor Department of Physiology & Pathophysiology, and Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Manitoba. “We are thrilled for both Arun and Keshav and share our heartiest congratulations to them both, as well as their supervisors, Dr. Sanjiv Dhingra and Dr. Amir Ravandi for their excellent mentorship.”