This week, the University of Alberta is celebrating CIHR New Investigator grant recipients, SSHRC grant recipients, Grand Challenges Canada winners, and more! So, congratulations to the following:
- Israel Amirav, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - won a $100,000 grant in the Grand Challenges Canada competition for the co-developed diagnostic tool: the Multimometer
- Amit Bhavsar, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - received a CIHR New Investigator Grant in Maternal, Reproductive, Child and Youth Health
- Valerie Carson, Associate Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation - received a CIHR New Investigator Grant in Maternal, Reproductive, Child and Youth Health
- Fred Colbourne, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science - named Instructor of the Month in the Faculty of Science
- Shokrollah Elahi, Assistant Professor, Department of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - received a CIHR New Investigator Grant in Maternal, Reproductive, Child and Youth Health
- Joel Gehman, Joel Gehman, Alberta School of Business, Department of Strategic Management and Organization - received the Presidential Responsible Research in Management Award from the International Association for Chinese Management Research
- Michael Hawkes, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - won a $100,000 grant in the Grand Challenges Canada competition for the co-developed diagnostic tool: the Multimometer; received a CIHR New Investigator Grant in Maternal, Reproductive, Child and Youth Health
- Anna Lund, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law - received a SSHRC Insight Development Grant to study medical bankruptcy and public income support programs
- Kieran McDonald, Golden Bears Track & Field - named Athlete of the Week
- Kate Storey, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health -received a CIHR New Investigator Grant in Maternal, Reproductive, Child and Youth Health
Dozens of UAlberta researchers were successful in SSHRC's most recent Insight and Insight Development Grant competitions - nice work!
The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry also celebrated the opening of the new IDEAS Office (Innovation Discovery Education And Scholarship) - congratulations!
Finally, congratulations to all of the January award recipients in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - well done!
If you know of a U of A colleague who has recently won an award or any other honours and you would like to see their achievement celebrated in the next edition of Community Congrats! please send their info to blog@ualberta.ca. Community Congrats! is usually published on Wednesdays.blog@ualberta.ca. Community Congrats! is usually published on Wednesdays.