Community Congrats! January 18, 2017

UAlberta Congrats

This week, the University of Alberta is celebrating a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar, the inaugural winner of the Stephanie Chipeur Accessibility Research Fund award, and more! So, congrats to the following:

• Craig Chapman, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation - named one of the first CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars in Brain Mind & Consciousness

• William Colmers, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - named the 2016 Alumnus of the Year by the Hotchkiss Brain Institute

• Jamie Crooks, Golden Bears Hockey - named Athlete of the Week

• Douglas Dederich, Professor, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - received the American Academy of Periodontology's 2016 Educator Award

• Priscilla Ferrazzi, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine - named the first winner of the Stephanie Chipeur Accessibility Research Fund award

• Sadok El Ghoul, Associate Professor, Campus Saint-Jean - awarded Best Conference Paper at the 6th World Business Ethics Forum for his article, "Family Control and Corporate Social Responsibility"

• Philip Halloran, Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - received a Doctor Honoris Causa from Paris Descartes University

• Maryam Kebbe, Graduate Student, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - awarded the Alberta Strategies in Patient-Oriented Research Graduate Studentship

• Louanne Keenan, Associate Professor and Director of Community Engagement Research, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - received the MSA Pre-Clinical Mentorship Award

• Xiang-Fang Li, Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - received the Chemical Institute of Canada's 2017 Environment Division Research and Development Dima Award

• Pony Meyer, PhD Student, Department of Drama, Faculty of Arts - won the Images of Research competition with their photo entry, "King Me"

• Ellen Picard, former Associate Dean and faculty member, Faculty of Law - named an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of her contributions as a legal scholar

• Stephanie Schneider, Student, Faculty of Science - won the grand prize at the American Geophysical Union virtual undergraduate poster session for her presentation on atmospheric dust

• Sangita Sharma, Endowed Chair in Aboriginal Health and Centennial Professor in Aboriginal and Global Health Research, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - received $50,000 from the Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation for work being done in the Why Act Now program

• Malinda Smith, Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts - made Edvocate's list of 20 must-follow higher education Twitter feeds

• Ester Vazquez-Fernandez, Graduate Student, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - received a 2016 Med Star award for her graduate research

• Roseanne Yeung, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - received the Diabetes Junior Investigator Award

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If you know of a U of A colleague who has recently won an award or any other honours and you would like to see their achievement celebrated in the next edition of Community Congrats! please send their info to blog@ualberta.ca. Community Congrats! is usually published on Wednesdays.blog@ualberta.ca. Community Congrats! is usually published on Wednesdays.