Student Awards & Honours
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IBBME EXTERNAL AWARDS 2013-14
NSERC
Jason Miklas, MASc
Matija Milosevic, PhD
James Poon, PhD
Wenlian Qiao, PhD
Larissa Schudlo, PhD
Dennis Trieu, MASc
Sabine Weyand, PhD -Clinical
Meghan Wright, MASc
Elham Dolatabadi - Graduate Student Endowment Fund (GSEF)
SayedHashemi Abroabadi - Graduate Student Endowment Fund (GSEF)
Nooman Mufti Graduate - Student Endowment Fund (GSEF)
Yegor Rabets - Frank Howard Award
Abdullah Syed Muhammad - St-George Society Award
IBBME INTERNAL AWARDS 2012-13
IBBME Scientific Day
Podium presentation winner: Kenneth Ng
Podium honorable mention: James Stewart
Biomaterials, tissue engineering and regen med poster
winner: Nika Shakiba
Biomaterials, tissue engineering and regen med honorable
mention: Yasaman Delaviz
Neural, sensory systems and rehab poster winner: Jaclyn Obermeyer
Neural, sensory systems and rehab theme honorable mention: Elias Abou Zeid
Nanotechnology, molecular imaging and systems biology poster winner: Jessica J. LiNanotechnology, molecular imaging and systems biology honorable mention: Gillian Vanderlee and Petro Czupiel
Engineering in a clinical setting poster winner: Charlie Wu
Engineering in a clinical setting honorable mention: Katherine Chan
IBBME Undergraduate Summer Research Program - 2012 Symposium
Best presentation - Ben Ouyang
Runner up - Matthew Langley
2012-13 Queen Elizabeth II - GSST awards (former OGSST)
Brianne Burton, Mount Sinai Award
Sameer Zaheer, Mount Sinai Award
Padina Pezeshki, Thomas Noakes Award
Sally & Paul Wang Distinguished Scholarship
Alan K.Lam
Albert Lam
Seong Lim Gooi/OGS Award
Song Kim
IBBME International Scholars Program
Nooman Mufti
Loo Geok Eng Foundation Scholarship
Jian Feng Qiu
Wildcat Graduate Scholarships
Faezeh Heydari Khabbaz
James Poon
SCIENTIFIC DAY 2012: POSTERS:
Engineering in a Clinical Setting
Adeel Alam
Honorable Mention: Sameer Zaheer
Nanotechnology, Molecular Imaging and Systems Biology
Carl Walkey
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Yasaman Delaviz
Honorable Mention: Amir Manbachi
Neural, Sensory Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
Saba Moghimi
Honorable Mention: Eric Wan
ORAL PRESENTATION:
Lyndia Wu (Undergraduate)
IBBME EXTERNAL AWARDS 2012-13
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation – Ontario Region Fellowship
Leo Chou
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Student Scholarships
Takashi Yoshida
Daniel Vena
Varun Ohri
Steven McGie
Harris Lo
NSERC - Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships
Nika Shakiba , (Supervisor: Peter Zandstra)
Kim Tsoi, (Supervisor: Warren Chan)
NSERC Awards
Suzanne Durocher
Andrew Myrden
Bryan Quan
Maneesha Rajora
Lewis Reis
Nika Shakiba
Kim Tsoi
CIHR Master’s Award (Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships)
Joshua Bernick
Hamid Ebrahimi
Jason Miklas
Andrea Kwong
Ontario Graduate Student Awards
Alexandre Albanese, PhD Candidate
Maria Cecilia Alvarez Veronesi, MaSC Candidate
Kyle Battiston , PhD Candidate
Joshua Bernick, MaSC Candidate
Kelsey Downie, MaSC Candidate
Suzanne Durocher, PhD Candidate
Hamid Ebrahimi, PhD Candidate
Mirna Guirgis, PhD Candidate
Andrea Kwong, MaSC Candidate
Chao Liu, PhD Candidate
Jason Miklas, MaSC Candidate
Amir Rez Pakdel Sefidgar, MaSC Candidate
Justin Pang, MaSC Candidate
Maneesha Rajora, MaSC Candidate
Lewis Reis, PhD Candidate
Navid Samaviti, PhD Candidate
Nika Shakiba, MaSC Candidate
Agnes Soos, MaSC Candidate
Peter Tang, PhD Candidate
Kim Tsoi, PhD Candidate
Anup Tuladhar, MaSC Candidate
Alexandra Velchinskaya, PhD Candidate
IBBME Internal Awards 2011-12
The Barbara and Paul Frank Milligan Graduate Fellowship
Awarded to first year MASc and PhD students directly enrolled in the Biomedical Engineering program at Institute and in the Collaborative Program in Biomedical Engineering whose home department is Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. The award is based on academic excellenece.
Brianne Burton, MAS candidate
Hamid Ebrahimi, MASc canadidate
Jieun Kim, PhD candidate
Song Kim, MASc candidate
Calvin Lau, MHSc candidate
Aianna McAllister, MASc candidate
Amir Pakdel Sefidgar, MASc candidate
Maneesha Rajora, MASc candidate
Elizabeth Rok, MASc candidate
Nazanin Samadifard, PhD candidate
IBBME Internal Awards 2010-2011
The Institute for Technology in Healthcare Clinical Engineering Thesis Award
Jennifer (Irwin) Howcroft, MHSc
The Institute for Technology in Healthcare Graduate Fellowship
Tahir Wasim, MHSc (Canadidate)
The Anna Jamieson Award
Leo Chou, PhD (Candidate)
The Poul B. Madsen Award
Elaine Lu, MHSc
The Norman F Moody Award
Soroor Sharifpoor, PhD
Emily Walker, PhD
The Sally and Paul Wang Distinguished Scholarship Award
Leo Chou, PhD (Candidate)
The Barbara and Frank Milligan Graduate Fellowship
Ahmad Akl, PhD (Candidate)
Rudolf Alwi, MASc (Candidate)
Justin Besant, MASc (Candidate)
Ahmed Faress, MASc (Candidate)
Hayley Faulkner, MASc (Candidate)
Sayed Hashemi, PhD (Candidate)
Jonathan Iu, PhD (Candidate)
Regina Leung, MHSc (Candidate)
Melanie Peladeau-Pigeon, MHSc (Candidate)
Navid Samavati, PhD (Candidate)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Banting and Best Doctoral Award
Devin Singh, PhD (Candidate)
The Mary H Beatty Fellowship
Maria Cecilia Alvarez Veronesi, MASc (Candidate)
Gabrielle Lam, MASc (Candidate)
IBBME Scientific Day 2011
Best Oral Presentation
Full Length: Jonathan Lovell
Lightning Round: Alexandre Albanese
Best Poster
Engineering in a Clinical Setting: Navid Samavati
Nanotechnology, Molecular Imaging & Systems Biology: Sascha Pinto
Neural, Sensory Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering: Sarah Power
Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine: Sidharth Chaudhry
Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine: Honourable Mention: Derek Voice
2011 Teresina FLORIO Graduate Scholarship in Cancer Research
Leo Chou
2011-2011 Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Funds
Frank Fletcher Memorial Fund
Noor Mohammed and Leo Chou
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Student Scholarship
Steve McGie
Hilda and William Courtney Clayton Paediatric Research Fund
Idris Aleem
Vision Science Research Program Scholarship
Leila Shayanpour
2011 CARE Scholarship Awardees
Robart Bobona–Pilipos
Elham Dolatabadi
Matija Milosevic
Erik Prout
Dene Ringuette
Sabine Weyand
2011 MATCH Scholarship Awardees
Zhamak Abdi Dezfooli
Saja Al-Dujaili
Deniz Aydin
Olge Chebotarev
Winnie Fung
Anne Hsieh
Sonya Hui
Oren Kraus
Alan Lam
Yeon Ju Na
Costa Nicholaou
Ryan Schilling
Nimalan Thavandiran
Jenna Usprech
Yihe Wang
Atchia Yaaseen
Boyang Zhang
Yi Zheng
2011 IBBME Undergraduate Summer Research Program Awards
Student Presentation
1st prize - Misan Lee (A. Wheeler)
2nd prize - Gang Wang (C. Yip)
3rd prize - Anna Yu (T. Chau)
Outstanding Contribution
Steven Meyers (J. Audet)
Andrea Constantinof (T. Schweizer)
2010 2011 External Awards
2011-12 Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology
Andrew Myrden
Lewis Reis
Peter Tang
Jenna Usprech
2011 Ontario Graduate Scholarships
Alexandre Albanesse, PhD (Candidate)
Idris Aleem, MHSc (Candidate)
Kyle Giovanni Battison, PhD (Candidate)
Mark Blaser, PhD (Candidate)
Steve Shih, PhD (Candidate)
Wing-Yee Cheung, PhD (Candidate)
Ryan Fobel, PhD (Candidate)
Aripta Gantayet, MASc (Candidate)
Brenda Green, MASc (Candidate)
Mirna Guirgis, MASc (Candidate)
Regina Leung, MHSc (Candidate)
Chao Liu, PhD (Candidate)
Amir Manbachi, PhD (Candidate)
Steve McGie, PhD (Candidate)
Kevin Ming, PhD (Candidate)
Mario Moscovici, MASc (Candidate)
Alphonsus Ng, PhD (Candidate)
Padina Pezeshki, PhD (Candidate)
Wenlian Qiao, MASc (Candidate)
Iran Rashedi, PhD (Candidate)
Kim Tsoi, PhD (Candidate)
Daniel Wong, PhD (Candidate)
2011 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Award
Maria Cecilia Alvarez Verone, MASc (Candidate)
Wing-Yee Cheung, PhD (Candidate)
Katherine Chiang, PhD (Candidate)
Leo Chou, PhD (Candidate)
Ryan Fobel, PhD (Candidate)
Mirna Guirgis, MASc (Candidate)
Gabrielle Lam, MASc (Candidate)
Brian Leung, PhD (Candidate)
Mario Moscovici, MASc (Candidate)
Alphonsus Ng, PhD (Candidate)
Justin Pang, PhD (Candidate)
Zoryana Salo, PhD (Candidate)
Leila Shaffaf, MASc (Candidate)
Janice Song, PhD (Candidate)
Agnes Soos, MASc (Candidate)
James Stewart, PhD (Candidate)
Edward Sykes, PhD (Candidate)
Kim Tsoi, PhD (Candidate)
Kyrylo Zagorovsky, PhD (Candidate)
Elias Abou Zied, PhD (Candidate)