UME awards
Our students, faculty and staff continually demonstrate excellence in their fields. We are proud to recognize their many achievements.
W. T. Aikins Awards
W. T. Aikins Awards are the Faculty of Medincine's most prestigious awards for sustained commitment to and excellence in undergraduate teaching. The Award winners are selected from nominees in a Faculty-wide process that requires support from both faculty and students.
2016 W. T. Aikins Award recipients
Dr. Carol Heck, Department of Physical Therapy - award recipient for Individual Teaching Performance – Small Group
Dr. Pamela Coates, Mississauga Academy of Medicine Academy Director & Assistant Professor Paediatrics - award recipient for Excellence in Course/Program Development and Coordination
2015 W. T. Aikins Award recipients
Fok-Han Leung, Department of Family and Community Medicine - award recipient for Individual Teaching Performance – Small Group
Barbara (Dee) Ballyk, Division of Anatomy, Department of Surgery - award recipient for Course/Program Development and Coordination
David Chan, Department of Medicine - award recipient for Course/Program Development and Coordination
*PHOTO CREDIT: ©2015 GUSTAVO TOLEDO PHOTOGRAPHY
Medical Alumni Association Awards
Recipients of the Medical Alumni Association Awards are honoured at Convocation. Award recipients are also acknowledged at the Annual Education Achievement Celebration in the following academic year.
2016 award recipients
The Dr. E. Mary Hollington Teaching Award for Excellence in Preclinical or Basic Science Teaching
Dr. Mike Wiley, Department of Surgery, Division of Anatomy
The Dr. E. Mary Hollington Teaching Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Dr. Steven Shumak, Division of General Internal Medicine
Dean A. L. Chute Award (the Silver Shovel)
Dr. Todd Koch, Clinical Pharmacist
Class of 8T9 Medical Alumni Award
Dr. Martin Schreiber, Director, Undergraduate Medical Education Curriculum
2015 award recipients
The Dr. E. Mary Hollington Teaching Award for Excellence in Preclinical or Basic Science Teaching
Dr. Mike Wiley, Department of Surgery, Division of Anatomy
The Dr. E. Mary Hollington Teaching Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Dr. Mark Bonta, Department of Medicine
Dean A. L. Chute Award (the Silver Shovel)
Dr. Dante Morra, Trillium Health Partners
Class of 8T9 Medical Alumni Award
Dr. Leslie Nickell, Associate Dean, Health Professions Student Affairs (OHPSA)
Dr. Katina Tzanetos, Division of General Internal Medicine
*PHOTO CREDIT: ©2015 GUSTAVO TOLEDO PHOTOGRAPHY
Medical Student Research Day
An annual daylong conference for medical students to exhibit their research. Each year, students are selected to give an oral presentation by a group of their peers in the MD and MD/PhD programs on the basis of their abstract, and awards are presented for best poster presentation.
2016 award recipients
Oral presentations:
Basic Science: Josh Abraham MD/PhD - Suppression of RNA-DNA hybrids – Towards a novel and coherent mechanism governing repetitive DNA stability, aging and neurodegeneration
Clinical: Omri Arbiv - Risk factors for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in inherited bone marrow failure syndromes
Public/Population Heatlth: Johnny-Wei Bai - Cardiovascular disease guideline adherence and statin use in longstanding Type 1 Diabetes: Results from the Canadian Study of Longevity in Diabetes Cohort
Best poster presentations:
Basic Science: Paymon Azizi - Clathrin-Dependent Entry and Vesicle-Mediated Exocytosis Define InsulinTranscytosis Across Microvascular Endotheilal Cells
Public Health: Elise Fryml - Incidence and Severity of Burns in 2 Hospitals in Nairobi and Nakuru, Kenya
Quality Improvement: Kyle Eastwood - Defining Spatial Design Requirements of Dexterous Instruments for Combined Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy and Pineal Region Tumor Biopsy
Medical Education: Sydney McQueen - Failure to Fail: Challenges to Providing Meaningful Assessment and Feedback in Medical Education
Health Services: Xiao Xiong Yu - How Function and Social Support Predict Frequency of Family Practice Visits Among Geriatric Patients
Clinical: Alexander Koven - The Incidence of Neuropathic Pain in Bone Metastases Patients Referred for Palliative Radiotherapy
First Year: Haniya Khan - Identifying Effective Behaviour Change Communication Strategies for Malaria Elimination in Macha, Zambia
2015 award recipients
Oral presentations:
Clinical: Tara Justice – Overnight blood glucose control with a dual-hormone artificial pancreas system in Type-1 diabetes: Single centre results from a three way randomized, cross-over clinical trial
Health Care: Christopher Tran – Comparing the ambulatory care and outcomes for rural and urban patients with chronic ischemic heart disease: A population based cohort study
MD/Phd: Rob Vanner – Targeting medulloblastoma stem cells with mithramycin to prevent tumor relapse
Best poster presentations
Basic Sciences: Ahmed Cherry & Dr. C. Licht – Neutrophil extracellular traps shield pseudomonas aeruginosa from complement mediated killing
Clinical 1: Anne Mullen & Dr. J. Nyhof-Young– Creating clinical comfort in preclerkship clinical skills training: Investigating the student perspective
Clinical 2: Akanksha Kulshreshtha & Dr. S. Sierra - Polycystic ovary syndrome and recurrent early pregnancy loss – A Canadian perspective
Clinical 3: Carolyn Sawicki & Dr. E.A. Yeh – Self-efficacy and functional disability as barriers to physical activity participation in pediatric multiple sclerosis
CREMS Scholar: Kevin Kirouac & Dr. G. Prive – Human CEACAM6 and CEACAM8 form a co-receptor complex
Determinants of Community Health: Alex Cressman & Dr. N. Juurlink – Socioeconomic status and risk of hemorrhage during warfarin therapy for atrial fibrillation: A population-based study
Health Care: Ali Damji & Dr. CM Hepburn – An alternate care environment to reduce paediatric inpatient length of stay
International Health: Daniel Abrams & Dr. D. Wiljer – Perceptions and experiences of perinatal mental disorders in rural north Vietnamese communities
MD/PhD: Robyn Elphinstone & Dr. KC Kain – Increased levels of s-nitrosylation improves outcomes in a model of experimental cerebral malaria
First Year: Marc Barszczyk & Dr. C. Hawkins – Telomerase represents a prognostic marker and therapeutic target in paediatric ependymoma
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