2025 Winners
Awards in Education, Discovery, and Partnerships - 2025 (view a photo album of the awards ceremony):
Awards in Education, Discovery, and Partnerships
The Faculty of Medicine Awards in Education, Discovery, and Partnerships celebrate the remarkable achievements of our faculty members and learners who are making a meaningful impact through the Faculty of Medicine’s three strategic platforms of education, discovery, and partnerships.
Awards for Learners
Merit Scholar Competency Award: This award is presented to the students who achieved the highest standing in their year, listed by year and stream.
- Year 1, Francophone stream: Elisa Cohen
- Year 1, Anglophone stream: Bryn Joy
- Year 2, Francophone stream: Veronica Alba
- Year 2, Anglophone stream: William Barbour
- Year 3, Francophone stream: Brynn Perreault
- Year 3, Anglophone stream: Olivia Lopes
Scholar Competency Award - Second-highest standing: This award is presented to the students who achieved the second-highest standing in their year, listed by year and stream.
- Year 1, Francophone Stream: Caroline Champagne
- Year 1, Anglophone Stream: Elyse Willis
- Year 2, Francophone Stream: Maude Bergeron
- Year 2, Anglophone Stream: Muhammad Faisal Ahmed
- Year 3, Francophone Stream: Johanna Guay
- Year 3, Anglophone Stream: Duale Omar
Scholar Competency Award - Third-highest standing: This award is presented to the student who achieved the third-highest standing in their year, listed by year and stream.
- Year 1, Francophone Stream: Melissa Arslan
- Year 1, Anglophone Stream: Romy Shenderey
- Year 2, Francophone Stream: Wardat Sehabi
- Year 2, Anglophone Stream: Bassam Jeryous Fares
- Year 3, Francophone Stream: Mikaëlle Chauret
- Year 3, Anglophone Stream: Tayler Greco
Award in Education for Health Advocate Competency: This award is presented to a student in each stream who displayed an exceptional degree of compassion towards patients.
- Francophone Stream (In honor of Dr. André Péloquin): Miguel Paquette
- Anglophone Stream: Nicole Wisener
Award in Education for Health Advocate Competency in Indigenous Health: This award is presented to a student in each stream who has significantly contributed to and enhanced Indigenous health through various activities at the Faculty of Medicine and/or out in the community.
- Francophone Stream: Veronica Bolis
- Anglophone Stream: Lyric Oblin-Moses
Award in Education for Collaborator Competency: This award is presented to a student in each stream who demonstrated a high level of collaboration in their interactions with peers and members of the faculty and administrative team.
- Francophone Stream: Julia Thomas
- Anglophone Stream: Emily Liang
Award in Education for Communicator Competency: This award is presented to a student in each stream who displayed excellent communication skills during academic, clinical, or extra-curricular activities.
- Francophone Stream: Chelsea Butler
- Anglophone Stream: Sayyed Alisina Fatemi
Award in Education for Person Competency: This award is presented to a student in each stream who promotes the health and well-being of their peers.
- Francophone Stream: Serena Bou Dagher
- Anglophone Stream: Hollie Davies
Award in Education for Professional Competency: This award is presented to a student in each stream who has demonstrated a high level of professionalism.
- Francophone Stream: Nicolas Gauthier
- Anglophone Stream: Matey Juric
Award in Education for Manager Competency: This award is presented to the students in each stream who demonstrated a high level of leadership.
- Francophone Stream: Catalina Fernandez Ansieta
- Anglophone Stream: Rena Patricia Seeger
Jean Jacques Lussier Award: This award is presented to the student with the highest overall standing in Pre-Clerkship.
- William Barbour
Clinician Competency Award: This award is presented to a student in each stream who demonstrates outstanding clinical performance in different fields, listed by stream.
- Anesthesiology, Francophone Stream: Alexandre Lafrenière
- Anesthesiology, Anglophone Stream: Cecilia Bu & Neerav Mullur
- Surgery, Francophone Stream: Emmaline Gartke
- Surgery, Anglophone Stream: Maria Salman
- Medicine, Francophone Stream: Johanna Guay
- Medicine, Anglophone Stream: Jenna Segall
- Emergency medicine, Francophone Stream: Julien Turk
- Emergency medicine, Anglophone Stream: Gianna Cox
- Family medicine, Francophone Stream: Darius Stamatakos
- Family medicine, Anglophone Stream: Julia Fagen
- Obstretrics and gynecology, Francophone Stream: Alexandre Lafrenière
- Obstetrics and gynecology, Anglophone Stream: Emma Ruby
- Ophthalmology, Francophone Stream: Emily Kraft
- Ophthalmology, Anglophone Stream: Moiz Lakhani
- Otorhinolaryngology, Francophone Stream: Danielle Charland
- Otorhinolaryngology, Anglophone Stream: Hassan Sheikh
- Pathology, Francophone Stream: Anne–Charlotte Côté
- Pathology, Anglophone Stream: Madeleine Gordon
- Pediatrics, Francophone Stream: Constance de Schaetzen
- Pediatrics, Anglophone Stream: Shaelene Standing
- Psychiatry, Francophone Stream: Johanna Guay
- Psychiatry, Anglophone Stream: Jessica Maher
- Radiology, Francophone Stream: Isabelle Filion
- Radiology, Anglophone Stream: Kyle Tong
Awards for Educators
Educator Award for Health Advocate Competency: This award is presented to a faculty member who, in their teaching, has displayed an exceptional degree of compassion towards patients.
- Francophone stream: Dr. Stefan de Laplante
- Anglophone stream: Dr. Amy Nakajima
Educator Award for Collaborator Competency: This award is presented to a faculty member who, in teaching, demonstrated a high level of collaboration with peers, students, and administrative team members.
- Francophone stream: Dr. Laura Muldoon
- Anglophone stream: Dr. Jeffrey Yates
Educator Award for Communicator Competency: This award is presented to a faculty member who, in teaching, communicates clearly and effectively even in the face of adversity.
- Francophone stream: Dr. Wafa Djerboua
- Anglophone stream: Dr. Marc Zucker
Educator Award for Person Competency: This award is presented to a faculty member who, in teaching, promotes the health and well-being of physicians and physicians in training.
- Francophone: Dr. Alain Marleau
- Anglophone: Dr. Kathleen O'Connell
Educator Award for Manager Competency: This award is presented to a faculty member who, in teaching, demonstrated a high level of leadership.
- Francophone: Dr. Sophie De Roock
- Anglophone: Dr. Safraz Mohammed
Educator Award for Professional Competency: This award is presented to a faculty member teaching in the anglophone and francophone stream who has demonstrated a high level of professionalism.
- Francophone: Dr. Geneviève Lemay
- Anglophone: Dr. Jean Chen
Best ePortfolio Coach of The Year Award: This award is presented to a coach in the Portfolio on Core Competency Program (ePortfolio) in each stream who has completed the four years of the program, who has demonstrated excellent attainment of the coach competencies and who has consistently received exceptional evaluations from the students in their group.
- Francophone Stream: Dr. Stéphanie Benoit
- Anglophone Stream: Dr. Craig Campbell
Awards for Standardized Patients
Physicians' Skills Development Award: This award is presented to a standardized patient in each stream for their participation and dedication to medical education.
- Francophone stream: Normand Brunet
- Anglophone stream: Ariel Rodriguez–Meagher
Resident Awards
Award in Education for Collaborator Competency: Awarded to a trainee who demonstrates a high level of collaboration in their interactions with peers and members of the faculty, the inter-professional health care team, and the administrative team
- Athena Ko
Award in Education for Scholar Competency: Awarded to a trainee who demonstrates a continued commitment to the advancement and transmission of medical learning and knowledge
- Daniel Kwon
Award in Education for Health Advocate Competency: Awarded to a trainee who uses their expertise and influence to advance the health and well-being of individual patients, communities, and populations
- Momina Mateen
Award in Education for Leader Competency: Awarded to a trainee who demonstrates a high level of leadership in decision making and problems solving within the realm of health care
- Carlyn McNeely
Award in Education for Communicator Competency: Awarded to a trainee who displays excellent communication skills during patient interactions and includes other medical professionals in developing and communicating health care plans
- Isabella Menchetti
Award in Education for Professional Competency: Awarded to a trainee who demonstrates a high level of professionalism in all encounters
- Kaitlin Endres
Awards for Educators
Award for Collaborator Competency: Awarded to a faculty member who demonstrated a high level of collaboration with peers, students and/or administrative team members
- Susmita Chandramouleeshwaran
Award for Professional Competency: Awarded to a faculty member who has demonstrated a high level of professionalism
- Dr. Jason Frank
Award for Leader Competency: Awarded to a faculty member who demonstrated a high level of leadership
- Dr. Greg Moore
Award for Health Advocate Competency: Awarded to a faculty member who displayed an exceptional degree of compassion towards patients
- Dr. Laurent Renesme
Award for Communicator Competency: Awarded to a faculty member who communicates clearly and effectively even in the face of adversity
- Dr. Sephora Tang
Best Master's Thesis Award: Awarded to the student who has written the most outstanding MSc thesis within their graduate program at the Faculty of Medicine.
- Epidemiology Program: Amrin Ahmed
- Microbiology and Immunology Program: Bryan Marr
- Neuroscience Program: Fiona Haugen
- Cellular and Molecular Medicine Program: Leyton Basiren
- Biochemistry Program: Olivia Sommers
Best Doctoral Thesis Award: Awarded to the student who has written the most outstanding PhD thesis within their graduate program at the Faculty of Medicine.
- Epidemiology Program: Danielle Roy
- Microbiology and Immunology Program: Nusrah Rajabalee
- Cellular and Molecular Medicine Program: Liam McCarthy
- Biochemistry Program: Nadya Morrow
- Neuroscience Program: Terry Suk
Award of Excellence in Translational and Molecular Medicine: Awarded to a student in the TMM program who as successfully completed TMM3009 and demonstrated academic excellence through their overall average and research capabilities; the student must have also demonstrated involvement in extracurricular activities related to TMM as well as the Faculty of Medicine.
- English Component: Katya Krykunova
- French Component: Seb Parmasad
Award of Excellence in Graduate Studies: Awarded to PhD and Master’s students who have demonstrated academic excellence through their overall average and research capabilities, as well as demonstrated involvement in extracurricular activities related to the Faculty of Medicine or in the community.
- Master’s student, Cellular and Molecular Medicine Program: Abby Simms
- Master’s student, Neuroscience Program: Charlotte Li
- Master’s student, Clinical Science and Translational Medicine: Ella McIlroy
- Master’s student, Master of Public Health Program, Global Health concentration: Erin Annika Peter
- Master's student, Microbiology and Immunology Program: Willem Brandt
- Master's student, Biochemistry Program: Jinane El Hage
- Master's student, Anatomical Sciences Education, research paper stream: Michelle Anizio Ribeiro
- Master's student, Public Health Program, Public Health Practice concentration: Sophia Kara
- Master's student, Epidemiology Program: Zeynep Cildir
- Master's student, Anatomical Sciences Education, coursework stream: Taylor Carson
- Master's student, Master of Public Health Program, Public Health Policy concentration: Nour Elmestekawy
- PhD student, Clinical Science and Translational Medicine: Ryan Sandarage
- PhD student, Neuroscience Program: Sareen Warsi
- PhD student, Cellular and Molecular Medicine Program: Termeh Aslani
- PhD student, Biochemistry Program: Claire Fong-McMaster
- PhD student, Microbiology and Immunology Program: Yannick Galipeau
Award of Excellence for Postdoctoral Studies:This award acknowledges the important contributions that postdoctoral fellows make to the Faculty of Medicine and recognizes research excellence demonstrated at this career stage.
- Dr. Laura Vergeer
Excellence in Education Award: Awarded to a Master's student who has demonstrated excellence in their teaching at the Faculty of Medicine.
- Anatomical Sciences Education, research project stream (English instruction): Spencer Pasternak
- Anatomical Sciences Education, research project stream (French instruction): Zahraa El Hajj
Leadership Award: In recognition of the time, effort, and commitment shown in representing graduate students of the Faculty of Medicine.
- Graduate Student Council – Epidemiology / Public Health: Fleursha Milfort
- Graduate Student Council – Cellular and Molecular Medicine / Neuroscience: Idin Lantz and Rebecca Yaworski
- Graduate Student Council – Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology (Active member): Jordan Yin
Leadership Award in Anatomical Sciences: In recognition of the time, effort, and dedication demonstrated through leadership and involvement in extracurricular activities related to the Anatomical Sciences program and the Faculty of Medicine.
- Vivian Nguyen
Leadership Award / Translational and Molecular Medicine program: In recognition of the time, effort, and dedication demonstrated through leadership and involvement in extracurricular activities related to the TMM program and the Faculty of Medicine
- Toshka Besharah
Postdoctoral Fellow Leadership Award
This prize is awarded to a postdoctoral fellow who has made an outstanding contribution to the mentoring of other learners.
- Dr. Sasi Jagadeesan
Graduate Studies EDI Champion Award: In recognition of graduate students who contribute meaningfully to the Faculty’s goal of creating equity, diversity and inclusion for all, and support underrepresented groups including women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and visible minorities.
- Sarah Nkouta
Graduate Studies Mentorship Award
Awarded to a graduate student who has made an outstanding contribution to the mentoring of other graduate students within the Faculty of Medicine and/or to science outreach; the award recognizes the important role played by graduate students in both the training and professional development of their colleagues as well as in the areas of teaching and research.
- Serena Pulente
Graduate Studies Wellness Champion Award
In recognition of a graduate student who has made a meaningful contribution to promoting wellness among learners, in support of the Faculty’s mission.
- Sophia Kara
Awards for Learners
"Being a Pharmacist" Award: Awarded to the students who have distinguished themself in patient education (EPA 2) and professionalism (EPA 1)
- Asmaa Taouil
- Meriam Zeghal
"The Pharmacist and Access to Medication" Award: Awarded to a student who has distinguished themself in the practice of dispensing (EPA 2) and non-sterile compounding (EPA 3)
- Florence Downey
"The Pharmacist and Patient-Centered Care" Award
Awarded to a student who has distinguished themself in the practice of therapeutic management (EPA 7) and first line consultation (EPA 5)
- Katrina Lafrenière
"The Pharmacist as an Educator and Health Advocate" Award
Awarded to a student who has excelled in the scientific methodology course (PHM 1516)
- Ioana Popa
Award in academic excellence and cross-disciplinary skills
Awarded to the student with the highest standing (theory component and EPA practical component) in year 1
- Meghan Stevens
"Pharmacy Research" Award
Awarded to a student who has participated in innovative research in the field of pharmacy
- Alexa Harvey
"Leadership and Professional Integrity" Award
Awarded to a student who has demonstrated a high level of leadership by contributing with integrity and professionalism to their learning environment. Through their responsible attitude and ongoing commitment, they support their peers and help foster a climate of collaboration and patient well-being
- Elizabeth Philippe
"Leadership in Francophonie" Award
Awarded to a student who has demonstrated a high level of leadership by contributing to the health of patients in francophone minority communities and has enhanced it through various activities at the University or in the community (rotation or employment in pharmacy)
- Émily Thibodeau
Award in academic excellence and cross-disciplinary skills: Awarded to the student with the highest standing (theory component and EPA practical component) in year 2
- Jenna Brophey
"The Pharmacist and Patient-Centered Care" Award: Awarded to a student who has distinguished themself in the practice of therapeutic management (EPA 7) and first line consultation (EPA 5)
- Zeina Debs
"The Pharmacist and Excellence in Sterile Compounding" Award: Awarded to a student who has demonstrated outstanding competence in sterile compounding (EPA 3)
- Stephanie Perron
"The Pharmacist and Excellence in Critical Appraisal" Award: Awarded to a student who has excelled in the critical appraisal of literature course (PHM 2517) and demonstrated skills in analyzing and communicating evidence (EPA 12)
- Émily Thibodeau
"Hospital Pharmacy Excellence" Award: Awarded to a student who has demonstrated exceptional skills in hospital pharmacy practice, including dispensing (EPA 2), medication consultation (EPA 9), therapeutic management (EPA 7) and interprofessional collaboration (EPA 10)
- Meriam Zeghal
Awards for Educators
Excellence in Education Award: Awarded to a faculty member who has demonstrated exceptional commitment to teaching and to the development of students' professional and cross-disciplinary skills in the PharmD program
- Jérémie Gauthier
Educator Award – “Collaborator” Competency: Awarded to a faculty member who has demonstrated a strong and sustained commitment to interprofessional collaboration in interactions with colleagues, students and administrative team members
- Hélène Jolin
Award for Distinctive Contribution in Continuing Professional Development: Recognizing an early-career medical student, resident or early career physician (first 5 years of practice) whose contributions to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) exemplify leadership in education, innovation and community impact
- Dr. Hailey Jin
CPD Excellence Award: Recognizing a faculty member or clinician whose contributions to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) exemplify leadership in education, innovation and community impact
- Dr. Kathleen Pajer
CPD Award for Innovation and Lasting Impact: Recognizing a faculty member, clinician or individual for their longstanding contributions to reshaping professional learning and driving transformative and meaningful change in health care
- Dr. Paul E. Beaulé