Awards ceremony recognizes accomplishments of faculty and students
The fourth annual Awards Presentation in the Faculty of Medicine was held in late November to pay tribute to faculty members and students who have won awards and scholarships during the year.
| Graduate awards | Graduate student prizes | Postgraduate awards |
| Outstanding teachers | Undergraduate medical student awards | Second-year medical studies |
| Third-year medical studies |
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| Dr. Verna Skanes (R), assistant dean for research and graduate studies, congratulated the most recent winners of the Dr. A.R. Cox Award (L-R): Dr. David Haegert (L) and Dr. Ken Kao (C). |
The $25,000 Dr. A.R. Cox Award in support of outstanding research went to Dr. Ken Kao and Dr. David Haegert for a collaborative project on an analysis of tumour formation by a novel rel proto-oncogene. It looks at how a gene that causes embryonic tumours in amphibians might also be the basis for a number of human cancers. Dr. Kao said the Cox Award has been extremely useful in providing funding that has helped to acquire a Medical Research Council operating grant to carry out further work in this area over the next three years.
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| Dr. Christopher Kovacs (L) and Dr. Richard Neuman (R) received MUN Medical Research Foundation Awards of $20,000 each. |
MUN Medical Research Foundation Awards went to Dr. Richard Neuman and Dr. Christopher Kovacs. Each researcher received $20,000 for their work. Dr. Neuman is studying neuromodulators and cortical excitability. Dr. Kovacs' grant is being used to support research on fetal-placental calcium physiology in normal and genetically engineered rodents.
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| Rodney Russell (R) recieved the Alfred Burness Graduate Student award from brenda Burness (L). |
Graduate student awards and prizes were also presented at the ceremony. The Alfred Burness Graduate Student Award went to Rodney Russell, an M.Sc. student who is supervised by Dr. Michael Grant.
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| Two prize-winning graduate students (L-R): Terry-Lynn Young and Mark Fry |
The Colman Graduate Student Award went to Mark Fry, a PhD student in neuroscience, supervised by Dr. Penny Moody-Corbett.
Awards carrying the distinction of Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies, made in recognition of academic excellence, were presented to: Jennifer Dowden, a PhD student supervised by Dr. Dale Corbett; Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy, a master's student supervised by Dr. William Marshall; Deborah Gregory, a master's student supervised by Dr. Patrick Parfrey; and Kurt Kimpinski, a doctoral student supervised by Dr. Karen Mearow.
Graduate student prizes, based on seminar presentations, were awarded in the following areas:
The prize in cardiovascular and renal physiology went to Geoff Payne, a doctoral student supervised by Dr. John Smeda.
The prize in Community Health was awarded to Suja Varghese,a master's student supervised by Dr. Robin Moore-Orr.
The prize in human genetics went to Terry-Lynn Young, a doctoral student supervised by Drs. Willie Davidson and Patrick Parfrey.
Newfoundland Association of Radiologists Resident Research Prizes went to Dr. Eric Sala for a project on spinal sepsis of non-tuberculous etiology; and Dr. Ed Mercer for a project on radiological evaluation of the patient presenting with tinnitus, vertigo and deafness.
The Radiological Society of North America Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award went to Dr. Albert Jeon for research on the spectrum of multicystic renal dysplasia.
The RNSA/AUR/ARRS Introduction to Research Course Award was received by Dr. Tanya Jarvis for a project on radiological appearances of lesions in the region of the pineal.
The CSCI/MRC Residents Research Award Program went to Dr. Kelly Bennett for a research project on a masked randomized comparison of oral and vaginal administration of misoprostol for labour induction.
Two awards were given for research presented a the Anesthesia Resident Research Competition. Dr. Robert Edington's research was on the utilization of cricoid pressure in a teaching hospital; Dr. Todd Chedore won a prize for a case report on usual complications of spinal headache.
Four awards were presented for the Family Medicine Annual Resident Research Day. Dr. Katherine Bennett received the Weyth Award for Excellence for a study of patterns of drug abuse in young offenders. The Creative Writing Award went to Dr. Mark Lachman for his report on the suicidal confrontation. Dr. Ken Power received the literature review award for a study on current uses for 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. The Summary Project Award went to Dr. Carolyn Atkinson for her report on brief psychotherapy guidelines for family practice residents.
At the Medical Residents Research Day, Dr. Ezzat Chaly received first prize for a study on the use of ankle brachial pressure index to predict cardiovascular events and death post CABG surgery.
Dr. Kelly Bennett and Dr. Kimberly Butt received first prize from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada for the best junior member obstetric poster. Their poster was on oral misopriostol versus intravenous oxytocin for labour induction with PROM at term.
At the Obstetrics/Gynecology Resident Research Day, Drs. Bennett and Butt also received prizes for their research.
The winner of the Resident Research Day in Pathology was Dr. Kelly Laurence for a study on the urologists's response to atypia in needle prostate biopsy.
The Couves Surgical Research Prize was won by Dr. Christopher Goodyear for a prospective randomized trial on the re-epithielieation of split thickness skin graft donor sites-calcium alginate or duoderm?
The CAGS Merck-Frosst Teaching award was presented to Dr. Stephen Hiscock.
First prize for the Psychiatry Residents Annual Research Day was received by Drs. Pamela Rollings, Suzanne Kennedy and Christine Snelgrove for their overview of the effectiveness of clozapine in treatment resistant schizophrenia.
Three Outstanding Teacher Awards were presented. The first-year class selected Dr. A.R. Cooper, professor and chair of pediatrics.
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| Dr. Brenda Galway (L) was one of three faculty members selected for an Outstanding Teacher Award. The award from the second-year class was presented by Anthony Monteverdi (R). |
The choice of the second-year class was Dr. Brenda Galway, assistant professor of medicine (endocrinology). The third-year class selected Dr. Alan Goodridge, associate professor of medicine (neurology).
Undergraduate medical student awards
First-year medical studies
Cory Carroll received the Centennial of Responsible Government Scholarship and the CIBA Student Award.
The Dr. John M. Darte Memorial Fund went to Britt Moore, who also received a Surgery Prize in Anatomy.
Kenneth Ringer received a Medical Practice Associates Scholarship.
John M. and Elsa S. Morgan Scholarships went to Michael Dorey, Katrina Hurley and Sylvia Mouland. Ms. Mouland also received a Surgery Prize in Anatomy.
The Rural Community Visit Award went to Saline Gupta.
The Calvin N. Powell Bursary in Medicine went to Susan Payne.
Jennifer Hancock and Wade Young received John M. and Elsa S. Morgan Scholarships.
Chadick Burkhart was awarded the Dr. John M. Darte Memorial Scholarship.
The Medical Practice Associates Scholarship went to David Billings.
Stacey Saunders won the Morris and Graham Wilansky Memorial Award.
The Doctor J.H. King Memorial Fund went to David Chaulk.
Susan White was awarded the Dr. Brian Gerard Adams Memorial Bursary Fund.
The Hunter W. Earle Memorial Scholarship in Medicine went to Michael Hogan.
The Pathology Prize was won by Michael Stadnicki.
Lisa Miller won the Nicole Michelle Lane Cancer Research Scholarship.
Prizes in Pediatrics were given to Louis Filippone and Dion Freake.
The Fitzpatrick Textbook Award in Dermatology went to Susan Shallow.
The Merck, Sharpe & Dohme Canada Limited Award went to Valerie Keough.
John Butler won the Dr. John M. Darte Memorial Scholarship.
The Bristol Laboratories of Canada Prize went to Jerome Green.
The J.B. Roberts Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Valerie Keough.
Cathy Hickey won the Medical Practice Associates Scholarship.
The Walter Davis Award went to Min Hu.
Michelle Gibson won the Dr. Leonard Miller Award.
Sharon Dawso and Michelle Gibson won Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association Awards. Ms. Dawso also won the Dr. Janice E. Lessard Scholarship in Geriatric Medicine.
Steve French and Valerie Taylor were awarded Hunter W. Earle Memorial Scholarships.
The Ford Hewlett Memorial Medical Oncology Scholarship went to Peter Hollett.
The Fitzpatrick Textbook Award in Dermatology was won by Daniele Wiseman.
Fourth-Year Medical Studies awards were listed in the Summer 1998 edition of MUNMED (back issues of MUNMED are available at http://www.med.mun.ca/munmed/
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