Awards & Accolades - January 2022

Faculty excellence

Dr. Shelley Ross, Department of Family Medicine, has been awarded Honorary Membership in the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC).

Dr. Stephen Aaron, Department of Medicine, was named 2022 Distinguished Teacher - Educator Canadian Rheumatology Association.

Sally Lockwood, School of Dentistry, is the recipient of the 2021 W.W. Wood Award for Excellence in Dental Education. 

Dr. Kevin Lung, School of Dentistry, is the recipient of the 2021 Bulyea Cup.

Alberta Cancer Research Conference

Congratulations to all who were recognized for their work at the 2021 Alberta Cancer Research Conference:

• Dr. B. Gino Fallone, Department of Oncology and member of the Cancer Research Institute of Northern Alberta (CRINA) - Alberta Lifetime Contribution in Cancer Research Award 

• Dr. David Brindley, Department of Biochemistry and CRINA member - Alberta Biomedical Cancer Research Excellence Award

• Dr. Xuejun Sun, Department of Oncology - Alberta Cancer Research Accelerator Award

Best Oral Presentations - Cancer Biology Category

• Nafiseh Ghobakloo, PhD student, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology (supervisor: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard)

Best Poster Presentations - Cancer Biology Category

• Tomas Gutierrez, post-doctoral fellow, Department of Biochemistry (supervisor: Dr. Ing Swie Goping)
• Heidi Nwosu, undergraduate student, Department of Cell Biology (supervisor: Dr. Kristi Baker)

Learners as leaders

Dr. Jessica Marciano, fifth-year endocrinology resident, was awarded the Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism Dr. John Dupré Award for her work entitled “Long-Term Follow-up of Men with Macroprolactinomas, Managed With or Without Surgery.”

Dr. Abigail White, PhD student and surgical resident in the Surgical Simulation Research Lab, received the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry/Alberta Health Services Graduate Student Recruitment Studentship.

Iain Saunder, third-year MD student working on the initiative "Active Mind, Active Body," has recently been shortlisted by the Health Quality Council of Alberta for the annual Patient Experience Award.