Community Congrats: August 2023

A recap of some of the recent accolades and achievements received by our campus community members.

Congratulations to the following: 

Augustana

• Augustana Faculty — Medal honouring 20 year partnership, Universidad de Oriente in Santiago de Cuba

Athletics

• Pandas Tennis Team — Fourth straight Tennis Canada University Championsip

College of Health Sciences

• Mang Ma, professor — 2023 Dr. Richard Fedorak Memorial Award in Professionalism
• Mohit Bhutani, professor — Thomas J. Marrie Mentorship Award
• Alim Hirji, associate professor — Jonathan B. Meddings Clinical Innovation Award
• Central and Northern Alberta Peripheral Nerve Injury Clinic Team — Cooperation, Collaboration and Teamwork Award, Department of Medicine Annual Celebration Awards 2023
• Steven Katz, associate professor — Medical Education Publication Award, Department of Medicine Annual Celebration Awards 2023
• Karthivashan Govindarajan, postdoctoral fellow — Ballermann Translational Research Fellowship Award
• Mohammed Osman, assistant professor — Clinical Investigation Research Publication Award
• Justin Chen, associate clinical professor — Clinical Faculty Research Award
• Kostiantyn Dmytriiev, graduate student — U of A Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship
• Jason Plemel, assistant professor — Basic Science Publication Award
• Ming Chan, professor — Paul W. Armstrong Excellence in Research Award
• Gopinath Sutendra, associate professor — Translational Research Award
• Ritu Mann-Nuttel, postdoctoral fellow — Paul Mann Award
• Tina Barnard, medical education program coordinator — J. Charles Morrison Award
• Mowad Benguzzi, clinical lecturer —Undergraduate Medical Education Teacher of the Year Award; Postgraduate Medical Education Teacher of the Year Award
• Andrei Fagarasanu, associate clinical professor — Undergraduate Medical Education Teacher of the Year Award
• Julia Rouget, assistant clinical professor — Undergraduate Medical Education Teacher of the Year Award
• Janek Senaratne, associate clinical professor — Undergraduate Medical Education Teacher of the Year Award
• Elliott Sprague, assistant clinical professor — Postgraduate Medical Education Teacher of the Year Award
• Rahul Mehta, assistant clinical professor — Postgraduate Medical Education Teacher of the Year Award
• Mark McIsaac, clinical lecturer — Postgraduate Medical Education Teacher of the Year Award
• Colleen Norris, assistant adjunct professor — 2023 CIHR-ICRH/CCS Distinguished Lecturer Award in Cardiovascular Sciences
• Brooke Rose, director of development — Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, Top 40 Under 40, 2023
• Chester Ho, professor — 2023 Chinese Canadian Legend Award, Chinese Canadian Legends Association
• Colleen Norris, associate dean & professor — 2023 Canadian Institutes for Health Research Distinguished Lecturer Award in Cardiovascular Sciences
• Edith Pituskin, associate professor — Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund
• Emmanuel Marfo, research assistant — Jannetta MacPhail Award,  Graduate Student International Research Mobility Award and the Dr. Shirley Stinson Scholarship in the History of Nursing
• Shaista Meghani, research assistant — Alice R. Thomas & Bryan Campbell-Hope International Graduate Scholarship in Nursing Award
• Sobia Idrees, research assistant — UAH Class of September 1959 Teaching and Learning Graduate Award

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

• Sue Colberg, professor — Special Publication: Arts & Culture and Exhibition Catalogue awards, 2023 University & College Designers Association Design Awards & Design Educator Award of Excellence for Western Canada,  Association of Registered Graphic Designers
• Colleen Starchuk (Rizzoli), learning consultant — Honorary Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree, U of A School of Dentistry Curriculum Renewal

Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

• Andrea Menard, lead educational developer — Top 5 Most Influential Lawyers of 2023, CIO Times Magazine