SFU health sciences community brings home a triumph of awards

We are proud to celebrate the well-deserved accomplishments of our outstanding faculty members, student and alumni. Please join us in congratulating them!

Awards received by SFU Health Sciences faculty members

• Mark Brockman’s Tier II Canada Research Chair in Viral Pathogenesis was renewed through to April 2021
• Robert Hogg received the 2016 AccolAIDS Science/ Research/ Technology Award for his work that has directly impacted policy and programs that have reduced HIV-associated morbidity and mortality and improved the quality of life for people living with HIV
• Malcom King was elected as a Fellow to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
• Meghan Winters has been awarded a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award for her research program “Transforming Urban Form for Mobility: Interventions to Improve Population Health”. She also received the Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC (CUFA BC) Distinguished Academic - Early in Career Award.

Awards received by SFU Health Sciences students

• MSc student Crista Bartolomeu supervised by Ryan Allen received the Mowafaghian Child Health Research and Practice Award
• MPH students Edrene Cabatog, Michael Jonasson, Annalise Mathers, Tatum McLeod, Seon Oh, Chelsea Stunden and Kelsey Van Pelt received the CIHR James Rossiter Practicum Award, a competitive merit-based award sponsored by the CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health and Public Health Agency of Canada. The award recognizes excellence in the next generation of public health policy makers and practitioners.
  
• PhD student Rosemin Kassam received the Dean of Graduate Studies Convocation Medal for being one of SFU's most outstanding graduate students
• MSc student Natalie Kinloch supervised by Zabrina Brumme received a CIHR Frederick Banting and Charles Best MSc Award (1 year, $17,500) to support her research project on the effects of viral genetic context on HIV-1 immune escape
• BSc student Gabriella Luongo received the SFU Health Sciences Award for Extraordinary Achievement
• BA student Christopher Macklin received the Dean’s Undergraduate Convocation Medal. Christopher is of Métis ancestry and completed a BA degree in Health Sciences with one of the highest GPA of any of our majors
• BSc student Shantelle Medel received the SFU Health Sciences Award for Outstanding Community Service
• BA student Nicole Molinari received the SFU Health Sciences Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement/Highest CGPA (BA)
• BA student Nicole Molinari and BSc student Asa Rahimi received the SFU Health Sciences Award for Citizenship and Exemplary Academic Performance
• Incoming MSc student Lief Pagalan supervised by Bruce Lanphear received a CIHR Frederick Banting and Charles Best MSc Award (1 year, $17,500) to support his research project on air pollution and autism spectrum disorder
• BSc student Jennifer Payandeh received the Patrick D. Morawski Award for Ethical Engagement
• PhD student Milad Parpouchi supervised by Julian Somers received a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships Doctoral Award (3 years, $105,000) to support his research on “Housing First and Treatment Engagement and Continuity: A Randomized Controlled Trial”
• BSc student Asa Rahimi received the SFU Health Sciences Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement/Highest CGPA (BSc)
• PhD student Angela Russolillo supervised by Julian Somers was awarded a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships Doctoral Award (3 years, $105,000) to support her research on “Service Provision: Impacts on Health, Social, and Public Safety Outcomes in a Canadian Offender Population”
• BA student Marco Zenone was awarded the Vicky Bach Memorial Book Prize
• BSc student Macy Zou received the SFU Health Sciences Award for Outstanding Service to the Faculty of Health Sciences

Awards received by SFU Health Sciences Alumni

• MPH graduate (2009) Agnes Black was awarded the 2016 Award of Merit for Top Innovation from the Health Employers Association of BC. With support from a mentor, Agnes – a registered nurse – developed a research training program at Providence Health Care to help clinicians conduct research in clinical settings.
• MSc graduate (2015) and current research staff Jordan Brubacher won the Best Poster Award at the Annual Symposium on Environmental, Occupational and Population Health, Semiahmoo, WA for his poster entitled, “Climate change, asthma and allergy risk in Toronto”