Community Congrats: September and October 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
  • Kristine Nutting, sessional instructor — 2024 CAFA Distinguished Teaching Award for Precarious Faculty
  • Reggie Williams, undergraduate student — Bronze, 8 km race at the ACAC Running Room Grand Prix

College of Health Sciences

  • Jason Acker, associate vice-president, Research Integrity Support, professor and co-founder and chief executive officer, PanTHERA CryoSolution — 2024 BioAlberta Technology Innovation Award
  • Sean Bagshaw, Sara Davison, Lisa Hartling, professors — Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
  • Sara Davison, professor — 2024 Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow
  • Shokrollah Elahi and David Stuart, professors — Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry Excellence in Mentoring Award 
  • Robert Foster, alumni — Alberta Order of Excellence
  • Monty Ghosh, assistant professor — Emerging Public Health Professional Award, Harvard University
  • Tony Kiang, associate professor — American College of Clinical Pharmacology® newly-elected fellow
  • Adam Kinnaird, assistant and adjunct professor — 2024 MOHCCN Clinician-Scientist Awards
  • Maria Ioannou, assistant professor — Martha Cook Piper Research Prize
  • Sebastian Straube, professor and division director —  2024 Meritorious Service Award from the Occupational and Environmental Medical Association of Canada
  • Sebastian Straube, professor, Charl Els, clinical professor and Alex Dyck, clinical lecturer — 2024 Poster Award from the Occupational and Environmental Medical Association of Canada

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

  • Janna Ehrenholz, undergraduate student — Dr. Elizabeth Feniak Award for Excellence in Research Communications from the Canadian Home Economics Foundation

Office of the Vice-President (External Relations)

  • Mifi Purvis, lead, publications — Editor of the Year from the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association

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.