2023 Research and Innovation Award Winners

Graduate Studies Awards - Graduate Student Conference

Three-Minute Thesis

First Place: Alexis Harvey, Health Sciences MSc (Supervisor: Dr. Helle Moeller)

Photo of Three-Minute Thesis Second Place Winner Magdy Alanani, PhD in Civil Engineering candidate

Second Place: Magdy Alanani, PhD in Civil Engineering candidate (Supervisor: Dr. Ahmed Elshaer)

Three-Minute Research Award

Photo of Three-Minute Research Award Winner Gavin Shields, Education MEd., with Chander Shahi, Dean of Graduate Studies

First Place: Gavin Shields, Education MEd (Supervisor: Dr. David Greenwood)

Graduate Student Conference Poster Winners

Winner Engineering Category

Christopher Silver, MSc Software Engineering (Supervisor: Dr. Thangarajah Akilan)

Winners NSERC Category

Hrishikesh Vachhani, MSc Computer Science*
Nisharaff Shaik, MSc Computer Science*
Yash Devmurari, MSc Computer Science*
Dhruvisha Patel, MSc Computer Science*

*(All were supervised by Dr. Thangarajah Akilan)

Winner SSHRC Category

Graduate Student Conference Poster Session: Photo of SSHRC Category Winner Chelsea Noel, MA Clinical Psychology (with Dr. Chander Shahi, Faculty of Graduate Studies)

Chelsea Noel, MA Clinical Psychology (Supervisor: Dr. Deborah Scharf)

Graduate Studies Research Excellence Awards

Natural Sciences and Engineering Category

Behrooz Afra, PhD in Biotechnology candidate (Supervisor: Dr. Ali Tarokh)

Social Sciences and Humanities Category

Tiffany Leung, PhD Clinical Psychology (Supervisor: Dr. Christopher Mushquash)

Innovation Award

Photo of 2023 Innovation Award Winner Daniel Vasiliu, Technologist in Electrical Engineering

Daniel Vasiliu, Technologist in Electrical Engineering

Post-Doctoral Fellow Excellence Award

Dr. Elaine Toombs, Department of of Psychology,
(Supervisor: Dr. Chris Mushquash)

Photo of Post-Doctoral Fellow Excellence Award winner Dr. Matthew Brzozowski, Department of Geology

Dr. Matthew Brzozowski, Department of Geology,
(Supervisor: Dr. Peter Hollings)

Building Research Capacity Award

Photo of Dr. Vicki Kristman, Professor, Department of Health Sciences, EPID@Work Director and Senior Scientist, with presenter Dr. Batia Stolar Associate Vice-President, Research & Graduate Studies

Building the EPID@Work Research Institute led by Dr. Vicki Kristman, Professor, Department of Health Sciences, EPID@Work Director and Senior Scientist

Senate Research Committee Awards

Research Support Award

Photo of Winner of Research Support Award, Dr. Alexandria (Lexi) Haslehurst, Office of Research Services, with Dr. Andrew P. Dean, Vice-President, Research and Innovation