Celebration of Excellence 2024

Help us recognize the Cumming School of Medicine’s award winners of 2023

Jump to: Distinguished Achievement Awards | Medical, Education and Scientific Organization Awards | Community and Service Awards | Internal Awards | Students Awards

Samuel Weiss, Order of Canada

Nigel Shrive, Order of Canada

Marcello Tonelli, Royal Society of Canada, Fellowship

Carolyn Emery, Royal Society of Canada, Fellowship

Nicole Letourneau, Royal Society of Canada, Fellowship

David Hodgins, Royal Society of Canada, Fellowship

Paul Kubes, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Fellowship

Adam Kirton, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Fellowship

Edwin Cheng, Canadian Association for Medical Education, Certificate of Merit

Rabiya Jalil, Canadian Association for Medical Education, Certificate of Merit

Peter Grundy, Alberta Medical Association, Member Emeritus

Aaron Phillips, Canadian Physiological Society, J.A.F. Stevenson Award and Royal Society of Canada, College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists

Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia, Cancers, Young Investigator Award

Janeve Desy, Canadian Association for Medical Education, Meridith Marks New Educator Award

Rahim Kachra, Canadian Association for Medical Education, Certificate of Merit

Jon Meddings, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, Dr. Karen Mazurek Award for Professionalism and Alberta Medical Association, Medal for Distinguished Service

Francesco Rizzuti, Canadian Medical Association, Award for Young Leaders (Early Career)

Alan Martino, American Sociological Association, Sociology of Sexualities Early Career Award

Sandra Dumanski, Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance, Early Career Investigator Award

Satish Raj, Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance, Senior Investigator Award

Maitreyi Kothandaraman, Canadian Nutrition Society, The Khursheed Jeejeebhoy Award for Best Application of Clinical Nutrition Research Findings to Clinical Practice

Garnette Sutherland, Honorary Degree, Western University School of Schulich Medicine and Dentistry

Kathryn Birnie, CIHR Institute for Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis, Inclusive Research Excellence Prize and Patient Engagement Prize; International Association for the Study of Pain, Early Career Award, and ASTech Women in Innovation Award

Kathryn Birnie, CIHR Institute for Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis, Inclusive Research Excellence Prize and Patient Engagement Prize and International Association for the Study of Pain, Early Career Award and ASTech Women in Innovation Award

Paul Kubes, Honorary Degree, Feinstein Institute, Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine

Prism Schneider, Canadian Orthopaedic Association, J. Edouard Samson Award for Research Excellence

John Conly, Honorary Degree, University of Saskatchewan

Linda Carlson, Dr. Rogers Prize for Excellence in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Marie-Claire Arietta, Royal Society of Canada, College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists

Gina Dimitropoulos, Royal Society of Canada, College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists

Kirsten Fiest, Royal Society of Canada, College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists

John Wong and Alim Mitha, Company of the Year Award, BioAlberta

Kristina Rinker, Technology Innovation Award, BioAlberta

Lawrence Korngut, Vista Award, BioAlberta

Oluwabukola Salami, Health Research Foundation of Innovative Medicines Canada, Diversity & Equity in Research Award and American Academy of Nursing, Inductee

Kenneth Corbet, Alberta Medical Association, Honorary Membership Award

Andrew Demchuk, Raymond Hnatyshyn Lecturer in Stroke Excellence, Heart and Stroke

Sumantra 'Monty" Ghosh, ASTech Early Adopter of Innovation Award

Maria Jose Santana, International Society for Quality of Life Research, President’s Award

Kanin Osei-Tutu, Black Physicians of Canada, National Leadership Award

Nicole Johnson, Black Physicians of Canada, Mentorship Award

Bukola Salami, Women’s Executive Network, Canadian Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Leaders Award

Turin Chowdhury, Foundation for the Voice of Immigrants in Canada for Empowerment, Community Impact Award

Kristina Rinker, City of Calgary, International Achievement Award

Doreen Rabi, Immigrants of Distinction, Inclusive Leadership Award

Benno Nigg, Calgary Top 7 Over 70 Award

Susanne Benseler, Women's Executive Network, Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100

Aravind Ganesh, Avenue Magazine, Calgary Top 40 Under 40

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May Choi, Avenue Magazine, Calgary Top 40 Under 40

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Nauzer Forbes, Avenue Magazine, Calgary Top 40 Under 40

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Steven Yip, Avenue Magazine, Calgary Top 40 Under 40

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Eli Kinney-Lang and Dion Kelly, Avenue Magazine, Calgary Top 40 Under 40

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Husein Moloo, Avenue Magazine, Calgary Top 40 Under 40

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Caley Shukalek, Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ Chamber of Commerce, Business Leader of the Year Award

Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medals

Marcello Tonelli, Killam Annual Professorship Award, University of Calgary

Nicole Culos-Reed, Killam Annual Professorship Award, University of Calgary

Braedon McDonald, Killam Emerging Research Leader Award (CIHR), University of Calgary

Steven Boyd, Killam Graduate Supervision and Mentorship Award, University of Calgary

Sarah Anderson, UCalgary Teaching Awards – Educational Leadership (Individual, Informal)

Quan Long, UCalgary Teaching Awards – Graduate Supervision

Shahina Wiehler – Non-Academic Staff (Individual)

Shahina Wiehler, UCalgary Teaching Awards – Non-Academic Staff (Individual)

Paul Kubes, Order of the University of Calgary

Edwin Cheng, Undergraduate Medical Education Award

David Crockford, Postgraduate Clinical Education Award

Catherine Patocka, Postgraduate Clinical Education Award

Natalie Yanchar, Continuing Medical Education Award

Kerri Novak, Research (Clinical) Award

Ganesh Swamy, Research (Basic Science) Award

Marcia Clark, Long Term Education Contributions

Martin J. LaBrie, Long Term Education Contributions

Marie-Claire Arrieta, Cochrane Distinguished Achievement Award

Christopher Ma, Cochrane Distinguished Achievement Award

Samuel Wiebe, Guenter Distinguished Achievement Award

Maria Bacchus, McLeod Distinguished Achievement Award

Andrew Demchuk, Smith Distinguished Achievement Award

Shelagh Coutts, Social Accountability Distinguished Achievement Award

Craig Jenne, Social Accountability Distinguished Achievement Award

Shalina Ousman, van de Sande Distinguished Achievement Award

Quentin Pittman, van de Sande Distinguished Achievement Award

Aaron Phillips, Watanabe Distinguished Achievement Award

Pamela Roach, Watanabe Distinguished Achievement Award

Kirsten Fiest, Glenda MacQueen Emerging Leader Award

Turin Chowdhury, CSM Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (EDIA) Award

Yvonne Durnin, CSM Operational Excellence

Karen Poon, CSM Operational Excellence

Fatemeh Shahhosseini, CSM Operational Excellence

Sabrina Adams, CSM Service to People

Precision Equity and Social Justice Office (PESJO) - Mairi Babey, Gauri Taneja, Arden Chan, Justine Dogbe (not pictured), Margot Scullen (not pictured) CSM Service to People Team