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CIP HIGHLIGHTS - Trainee Awards

Congratulations!

Dr. Charlotte McEwen
  • The First Cut 2024, Outstanding Presentation: Simulation-Based Mastery Learning for Cardiopulmonary Bypass Disasters, Office of Surgical Research Services
Dr. Arnav Agarwal
  • David L. Sackett Graduate Scholarship
  • Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care Graduate Studentship (extension funding)

Congratulations!

Dr. Michael Wang
  • David L. Sackett Graduate Scholarship
  • Canadian Society of Internal Medicine – Medical Education Award
  • Clinical Trials Training Programs – Canadian Consortium of Clinical Trial Training Platform Doctoral Studentship Award
  • Perioperative Care Congress – Best Trainee Presentation, 1st Place
Dr. Emma van Reekum
  • PHRI Internal Grant Competition: BRAVE-Mind. Principal investigator
  • PSI Foundation Resident Research Operating Grant: Brave-Mind (pilot study)Principal investigator.
  • Best oral presentation, Junior Investigator Research Colloquium, Canadian Psychiatric Association, October 2023.
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Grant:Bariatric surgery for the Reduction of cArdioVascular Events (BRAVE). Co-applicant.
  • 2024 HEI Student Research Paper Award
Dr. Adam Komorowski
  • 2023 Rising Star Award, Canadian Association for Medical Education, Ottawa, Canada
  • 2023 Resident Excellence Award, Medical Staff Association, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
  • 2023 Quality Assurance Award, Postgraduate Medical Education, McMaster University
  • John Fernandes Award for best overall study, Dept of Pathology and Molecular Medicine 2024 Resident Research Day, McMaster University
  • 2024 CACMID Fiona Smaill Award
 Dr. Mats Junek
  • Unrestricted educational grant funding through Roche
  • Top abstract by a rheumatology resident at the CRA (Canadian Rheumatology Association) annual scientific meeting in 2023
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Glucocorticoids or Avacopan in peopLe with high-risk renal Anti-Neutrophil cytoplasm antibody associated vasculitis Trial (GALANT) – Pilot ($520,200). Co Applicant
 Dr. Louise Guolla
  • CIHR Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship 2023-2026 – Ranked 18th of 183 applications reviewed by the National Canadian Institutes of Health Research Selection Committee
  • Faculty of Health Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award, 2023
  • Health Research Methodology Program Award, 2023
  • 2nd place Poster Award, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) Conference 2023
 Dr. Brittany Dennis
  • Primary investigator for UBC Strategic Investment Fund Grant – “RecoverNet BC: Development of a Data Platform to Support Substance Use Care”
  • Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Award
 Dr. Arnav Agarwal
  • Michael G. DeGroote Fellowship Award in Clinical Research
  • Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care Graduate Studentship
  • Canada Graduate Scholarship – Masters
  • International Initiatives Micro-Fund
  • Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (CIHR) – ranked 6/188
  • Canada Graduate Scholarship, Doctoral (CIHR) – ranked 2/395
  • McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award
 Dr. Charlotte McEwen
  • 2024 PARO Resident Teaching Award
  • Royal College Robert Maudsley Fellowship for Studies in Medical Education ($40,000)
  • Canada Graduate Scholarship – CIHR
  • Medical Staff Association Outstanding Resident Award – Department of Surgery
  • Division of Cardiac Surgery Step Up Award, for contributions above and beyond the call of duty

Congratulations!

Dr. Vicki Archer 3rd Place at the McMaster Department of Surgery Research Day; FHS Graduate Programs Outstanding Achievement Award
Dr. Joanne Britto CIHR Canadian Graduate Scholarship Award
Dr. Courtney Coschi Elizabeth Eisenhauer Early Drug Development Young Investigator Award (CCTG)
Dr. Nermin Diab Canadian Lung Association and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fellowship
Dr. Brittany Dennis Carraresi Early Career Clinician Investigator Award
Dr. Taylor Duda New Investigator Fund of Hamilton Health Sciences – Pilot Study: Levetiracetam Prophylaxis Randomized Controlled Trial in Brain Tumor Resection; CIHR Canadian Graduate Scholarship Award; Top Preceptor Award (surgical foundations bootcamp)
Dr. Rachel Eikelboom New Investigator Fund of Hamilton Health Sciences – Subclinical Valve Thrombosis In Patients With Surgical Bioprosthetic Valve Replacement (SUNDANCE): An Imaging Substudy Of The DANCE Trial; PSI Resident Research Grant
Dr. Lucas Gallo CIHR Doctoral Research Award Canadian Graduate Scholarship
Dr. Louise Guolla FHS Graduate Programs Outstanding Achievement Award
Dr. Adam Komorowski Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada – 2023 Student Poster Award; McMaster University Department of HREI Best Poster Presentation, 2023 Research Day; McMaster University Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine – Best Poster Presentation, 2022 Research Day; McMaster University Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine – Best Quality Assurance Project, 2022 Research Day; Research Institute of St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton – 2022-2023 MSc Studentship Award
Dr. Celia Kwan Top oral presentation of completed work by a graduate or postgraduate trainee award McMaster Child Health Research Day
Dr. Lily Park Regional Medical Associates Scholarship Award; The CIHR CGS-M Award
Dr. Spencer van Mil CIHR Canadian Graduate Scholarship Award; FHS Graduate Programs Outstanding Achievements Award
Dr. Michael Wang The 2022 PGME Research Award. the CHAT Discovery Competition grant in 2022; the HAHSO AFP Innovation Grant in 2023; the MTEK Science Scholarship in 2023

Congratulations!

Dr. Rachel Eikelboom Canadian Cardiovascular Society-Bayer Resident Research Award and the Michael G. DeGroote Fellowship Award
Dr. Vicki Archer Hamilton Health Sciences New Investigator Fund Grant; CIHR Canadian Graduate Student Award
Dr. Michael Wang The HHS New Investigator Fund in 2022; the McMaster GSA Travel Award in 2021; the PSI Foundation Research Trainee Award in 2022; Dr. Wang is a Clinical Scholar with the Division of General Internal Medicine in CIP
Dr. Nermin Diab The Canadian Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Foundation Type II Inflammation Award (CAAIF)
Dr. Taylor Duda CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship – MSc., Top Preceptor Award – Surgical Foundations Boot Camp
Dr. Spencer van Mil The 2022 PGME Research Award

 

Congratulations!

Dr. Lucas Gallo 2021 CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship. Dr. Gallo is a PGY3 Plastic Surgery/CIP Resident
Dr. Tea Rosic Michael Gent Award for Best Poster, 2021 Research Day Awards. Dr. Rosic is a PGY5 Psychiatry/CIP Resident
Dr. Kimberly Lewis David L. Sackett Award for Best Oral Presentation, 2021 Research Day Awards; The HAHSO Innovation Grant 2020/2021 (PI); The Research Institute of St. Joseph’s Studentship Award (PA); The Research Institute of St. Joseph’s Interprofessional Research Award (PI). Dr. Lewis is a Critical Care Clinical Scholar in CIP
Dr. David Zorko Top Resident Presentation at the McMaster Child Health Research Day (2021); The 2020 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact Student Publication Award (MSc category). Dr. Zorko is a PGY5 Pediatric/CIP Resident; Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Programs Outstanding Achievement Award (Health Research Methodology)
Dr. Michael Wang The PHRI Grant in 2021; the CSIM Education and Research Fund Grant in 2021; the HHS New Investigator Fund in 2021; the CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship in 2021. Dr. Wang is a Clinical Scholar with the Division of General Internal Medicine in CIP
Dr. Shamini Selvakumar 2021 CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship. Dr. Selvakumar is a PGY5 Pediatric/CIP Resident
Dr. Taylor Duda Placed 3rd overall at the McMaster Neurosciences Research Day; Champion & Culture Changer for the Canadian Federation of Medical Students