Community Congrats: August 2024

Recapping the recent achievements of our talented community across our campuses.

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Augustana

  • Lucas Crawford, professor, Canada Research Chair in Transgender Creativity and Mental Health — Muster Points poetry collection shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry, 2024 Alberta Book Publishing Awards
  • James Kariuki, professor — 2024 Murray Lauber Distinguished Service Award

College of Health Sciences

  • Peter Ao, associate clinical professor — Postgraduate Medicine Education Teacher of the Year at the Royal Alexandra Hospital
  • Vickie Baracos, professor — Order of Canada
  • Aminu Bello, professor 2024 Killam Annual Professorship
  • Mowad Benguzzi, associate clinical professor — Undergraduate Medicine Education Teacher of the Year at the U of A Hospital
  • Gregg Blevins, associate professor — Teacher of the Year by the Neurology Residency Program
  • Vasile Captan, associate clinical professor — Undergraduate Medicine Education Teacher of the Year at the Royal Alexandra Hospital
  • Lucas Churchill, medical resident — Bruce Fisher Award of Merit by the GIM Residency Program
  • Neil Dhami, medical resident — Excellence in Teaching Award by the GIM Residency 4 Program
  • Caitlyn Collins, assistant clinical professor — Postgraduate Medicine Education Teacher of the Year at the U of A Hospital
  • David Collister, assistant professor2024 Canadian Society of Nephrology-Canadian Society of Nephrology-Amgen New Investigator Lectureship award
  • Peter Dobrowolski, assistant clinical professor — Academic Mentorship Award by the Neurology Residency Program
  • Sarah Dobrowolski, assistant professor — Teaching Excellence Award by the PM&R Residency Program
  • Ainslie Eberhart, associate professor — Undergraduate Medicine Education Teacher of the Year, Nephrology Subspecialty at the U of A Hospital
  • Wasif Hussain, associate clinical professor — Resident Advocacy Award by the Neurology Residency Program
  • Jennifer Jacquier, associate clinical professor — Annual Clinical Teaching Award by the Adult Endocrinology and Metabolism Residency Program
  • Nabil Mitha, medical resident — Excellence in Teaching Award by the GIM Residency 5 Program
  • Donald Morrish, professor emeritus — Lifetime Endocrinology Teaching Award by the Adult Endocrinology and Metabolism Residency Program
  • Cecile Phan, associate clinical professor — Clinical Mentorship Award by the Neurology Residency Program
  • Stuart Rosser, associate clinical professor — Postgraduate Medicine Education Teacher of the Year, Infectious Diseases Subspecialty at the U of A Hospital
  • Sabin Shurraw, associate clinical professor — Undergraduate Medicine Education Teacher of the Year at the Grey Nuns Hospital
  • Jayant Varghese, associate clinical professor — Postgraduate Medicine Education Teacher of the Year at the Grey Nuns Hospital
  • Carrie Yee, assistant professor — Teacher of the Year by the Rheumatology Residency Program

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

  • Laura Lopez Aldana, graduate student — Finalist, Institute of Food Technologists Student Association Graduate Research Competition
  • Dennis Hall, professor — Cope Scholar Award
  • Anant Kumar, graduate student — First Place, Frank J. Redd student paper competition, 2024 AIAA/USU Small Satellite Conference (SmallSat)
  • Harikrishna Rao Mohan Rao, graduate student — 2024 International Society of Automation Student Volunteers of the Year award

The above list of awards, accolades and accomplishments is not exclusive. This series relies on community submissions. If you know a U of A colleague who has recently won an award or received an honour, and you would like to see their achievement celebrated in the next edition of Community Congrats, please send their info to blog@ualberta.ca.