Recently recognized for their academic achievements and/or performance in competitions, we wish to congratulate the following students working out of St. Boniface Hospital Research:
ALBENSI LAB
Pranav Mishra, PhD student received the Deepak and Ratna Bose Prize from the Dept. of Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
AUKEMA LAB
Lucien Cayer, PhD student received the Garson N. (Gerry) Vogel Memorial Award
Anne Manson, PhD student received a New Investigator Award for the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids, France
Le Kim Long Nguyen, undergraduate student, received the Frank & Jean Plett Endowed Studentship Grant.
DHINGRA LAB
Dr. Abhay Srivastava, Postdoctoral Fellow won Dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow Award, a singular honor in this category.
Keshav Narayan Alagarsamy, PhD student won the Biosciences Association of Manitoba Poster Award and Graduate Student Merit Award of the HSGSA.
DUHAMEL LAB
Daniel Schwade Araujo selected by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society as a recipient of the 2023 Have a Heart bursary; and also selected as recipient of the Pawan K. Singal Scholarship in Cardiovascular Sciences.
FERNYHOUGH LAB
Sanjana Chauhan, 4th year PhD student, won the Martha Donovan Women’s Leadership Award; the Dr. Ian R. Innes Memorial Award recognizing an outstanding research presentation; and UM’s Emerging Leader Award recognizing students who demonstrate exceptional leadership qualities.
JASSAL/SINGAL LABS
Akshi Malak, graduate student, won the Dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Poster Award for Excellence in the 2023 Manitoba Student Health Research Forum Poster Competition.
Vibhuti Arya, MSc student, was selected by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society as a recipient of the 2023 Have a Heart bursary.
KIRSHENBAUM/RABINOVITCH-NIKITIN LABS
Molly Crandall, graduate student won the Canadian Society for Chronobiology Research Excellence Award.
RAVANDI LAB
Hannah Zhang, PhD student, selected by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society as a recipient of the 2023 Have a Heart bursary.
SUH LAB
Joanna Candas, MSc student is a recipient of CIHR-CGS-M Award for 2023-2024
Bradley Feltham, PhD student received the New Investigator Award, sponsored by AlaskOmega and N.I.H to present his research at the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids, France.
Breanne Semenko, MSc student won People’s Choice Award at the Canadian Sustainability of Canadian Agriculture Conference
WIJEKOON LAB
Chamali Kodikara, MSc student received the Best Poster Presentation Award at the 3rd Annual Manitoba Sustainable Protein Research Symposium. She was also recognized as one of University of Manitoba’s Emerging Leaders. The Emerging Leader Award is designed to recognize UM students who demonstrate exceptional leadership