Graduate Studies Entrance Awards

Meet the Awardees and Learn about Their Projects

Each year, we support students entering the first year of their graduate studies with the LKSIoV Graduate Studies Entrance Awards.  Each awardee receives a $10,000 studentship.

Read more about our future researchers, their journey, and what they hope to achieve.

Congratulations to all of them!

2022 Awardees

Portrait of Tahreem AsrarInvestigating the role of biofilm formation in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease-associated bacteria

Portrait of Maia FinchGenerating reovirus variants with antigenically distinct σ1 cell attachment proteins to overcome neutralization by anti-reovirus antibodies during oncolytic therapy

Portrait of Malcolm ForsterValidating novel targets of the Salmonella effector SspH2

Portrait of Madison GranoskiHost cell signalling mediates respiratory syncytial virus and bacterial pneumonias

Portrait of Sarah MansourMetabolic trade-off promotes the fitness of Crohn's Disease-associated Escherichia coli in the gut

Portrait of Maryam RezaeifarMalignant B cells (B-CLL) induce tumor-specific T-cell exhaustion and CLL progression by secreting IL-16