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Faculty Recognition

Bo Cao (Cloud), Department of Psychiatry, received Honorable Mention in the competition for the Klerman Prize for Exceptional Clinical Research, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation for Advancing the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Psychiatric Illness. .

Arya Sharma, Department of Medicine, member of (WCHRI) and ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Diabetes Institute (ADI) was awarded the Master of the American Board of Obesity Medicine recognition award.

Todd Alexander, Department of Pediatrics, member of WCHRI, received a biomedical research grant over two years from the Kidney Foundation of Canada. His project is entitled "Phosphate source determines route of intestinal absorption: fundamental studies with dietary implications."

CIHR Spring Project Grants

Congratulations to the following winners of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research's spring project grants. FoMD researchers received 16 out of 20 grants funded at the U of A and we couldn't be more proud.

• Babita Agrawal, Department of Surgery, member of Women and Children's Health Research Institute (WCHRI) and the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Diabetes Institute (ADI) - "."

• Todd Alexander, Department of Pediatrics, WCHRI member - "."

• Monica Gorassini, Department of Biomedical Engineering, director of the Sensorimotor Rehabilitation Neuroscience group, and member of WCHRI and the Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute (NMHI), and fellow researchers David Bennett, Keith Fenrich, Karim Fouad from the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine- "."

• Janet Elliott, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, and Locksley Mcgann, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Science - "."

• Ing Swie Goping, Department of Biochemistry, WCHRI and Cancer Research Institute of Northern ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ (CRINA) member - "."

• Simon Gosgnach, Department of Physiology, and member of WCHRI and NMHI - "."

• Ordan Lehmann, Department of Ophthalmology, and member of WCHRI and NMHI - "."

• David Marchant, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, and member of WCHRI, NMHI and Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology - "."

• Vivian Mushahwar, Department of Medicine, and member of NMHI - .

• David Olson, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and WCHRI member - "."

• Jason Plemel, Department of Medicine, and NMHI member - "."

• Christopher Power, Vice-Dean Research and member of WCHRI and NMHI - "."

• Nicolas Touret, Department of Biochemistry and CRINA member - "."

• Anastassia Voronova, Department of Medical Genetics and WCHRI and NMHI member - "."

• David Westaway, Department of Medicine, director of the Centre for Prions & Protein Folding Diseases and member of NMHI - "."

• Ian Winship, Department of Psychiatry and member of NMHI - "."

Students, Residents and Trainees

Congratulations to Danielle Clark-Perry, School of Dentistry, on receiving the SUNSTAR World Dental Hygienist Award for her Master's Project entitled "The Role of Loricrin in Severe (Formerly Aggressive) Periodontal Disease." The award was presented at the International Symposium on Dental Hygiene, Brisbane, Australia.

Jenny-Lynn Senger, PhD candidate and plastic surgery resident, received the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons' resident research award in the basic science category. Well done!

Alexander Skojka (supervisor Adetola Adesita), was awarded the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)'s Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship.

Fatemeh Ramazani, a Department of Surgery resident , received a Summer Studentship in Health Professions Education scholarship sponsored by the IDEAS office.

Joseph Tatuene, NMHI PhD student, received the BMO Financial Group Graduate Studentship.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Alumni Awards

Know an outstanding U of A grad? Nominate them for a .

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ alumni around the globe uphold our promise to use their education "for the public good" through their professional achievements, community service and innovation. The Alumni Awards recognize these contributions and tells the stories of our exceptional alumni, inspiring us all to Do Great Things. Help us recognize the FoMD's outstanding alumni with a nomination.

Nomination deadline: December 15, 2019