


Notable News
- Congratulations to Aquilla Reid-John for being accepted into the Biomedical Science MSc program at the University of Guelph.
- Congratulations to Michael Klowak for receiving the IMS Open Fellowship Award.
- Congratulations to Michael Klowak for receiving the 2020-21 Queen Elizabeth II/Dr. Arnie Aberman Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology.
- Congratulations to Dr. Ruwandi Kariyawasam for successfully defending her PhD at the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto.
- Congratulations to Anjola Ogunsina for being accepted into medical school at the University of Central Lancashire in the United Kingdom.
- Congratulations to Sonia Igboanugo for being accepted into medical school at the University of Toronto.
- Congratulations to Arghavan Omidi for being accepted into Dentistry at the University of Toronto.
- Congratulations to Chelsia Watson for receiving the Dr. Ezra Nesbeth Scholarship for leadership, and academic excellence.
- Congratulations to Isabel Ng for completing her MSc in Global Health at McMaster University.
- Congratulations to Dr. Aisha Khatib for winning the ASTMH 2019 Annual Meeting Travel Award, supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
- Congratulations to Ruwandi Kariyawasam, Priyanka Challa, and Osaru Omoruna for receiving the 2019 Para Tryp Travel Award.
- Congratulations to Ruwandi Kariyawasam on her receipt of the 2019-20 Queen Elizabeth II/Dr. Arnie Aberman Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology.
- Congratulations to Dylan Kain for passing his Internal Medicine exam and earning his FRCPC designation.
- Congratulations to Nessikha Karsenti for being accepted into medical school at Western University.
- Congratulations to Sonia Igboanugo for receiving McMaster University’s President’s Award for excellence in student leadership.
- Congratulations to Jason Kwan for being accepted into medical school at the University of Toronto.
- Congratulations to Sabrina Yeung who won 3rd prize at the UHN/MSH Hollenberg Competition.
- Congratulations to Shareese Clarke for being accepted into the Nursing program at the University of Toronto.
- Congratulations to Eric Shao for receiving a Summer Undergraduate Research Award.
- Congratulations to Dr. Philip Dwek for completing the Gorgas course in Clinical Tropical Medicine.
- Congratulations to Priyanka Challa who will be beginning a masters degree in AI at the University of Toronto.
- Congratulations to Christian Lecce who was accepted into the Doctor of Medicine program at University College Dublin.
- Congratulations to Dr. Dylan Kain for being selected to participate in the Infectious Disease Fellows Program at ASM Microbe 2019, in San Francisco, California.
- Congratulations to Eric Shao for winning the ASM Student and Post-Doctoral Travel Award, for ASM Microbe 2019, in San Francisco, California.
- Congratulations to Jamie Sookhoo who will be beginning a PhD at Manitoba University.
- Congratulations to Rochelle Melvin for matching to the Internal Medicine program at the University of Toronto.
- Congratulations to Leila Makhani for completing her fellowship in Clinical Tropical Medicine.
- Congratulations to Ruwandi Kariyawasam for winning the IMS U of T fellowship award.
- Congratulations to Rachel Lau for earning her MSc of Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
- Congratulations to Dr. Aisha Khatib for successfully completing the CTropMed examination, leading to a Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers’ Health.
- Congratulations Dr. Andrea Boggild on her new appointment as Editor in Chief of the Journal Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine, and Vaccines.
- Congratulations to Ruwandi Kariyawasam for winning the ASTMH-ACMCIP Award for Advanced Training.
- Congratulations to Swana Kopalakrishnan for ranking 2nd in Category 4 of the UHN/MSH Hollenberg Competition.
- Congratulations to Taylor Kain for ranking 3rd in Category 1 of the UHN/MSH Hollenberg Competition.
- Congratulations to Melissa Phuong for receiving an Ontario Graduate Scholarship, as well as a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.
- Congratulations to Michelle Dong who will be beginning a masters degree in Immunology at Harvard University.
- Congratulations to Dale Jechel for matching to the Family Medicine program at the University of Toronto.
- Congratulations to Nessika Karsenti who was accepted into medical school at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.
- Please see the tv series “Monsters Inside Me" season 8 episode 4 for information on Strongyloidiasis.
- Congratulations to Jugvinder Grewal who was accepted into medical school at Western University.
- Congratulations to Swana Kopalakrishnan who was accepted into medical school at Queens University.
- Congratulations to Sabrina Yeung who was accepted into medical school at the University of Toronto.
- Congratulations to Andrew Purssell for matching to General Internal Medicine in Ottawa.
- Congratulations to Jordan Mah for matching to General Internal Medicine at Mcgill.
- Congratulations to Michael Stevens and Leah Kincaid for finishing dermatology residency.
- Congratulations to Ruwandi Kariyawasam for receiving the ISTM young investigators award in Barcelona, Spain.
- Congratulations to Ruwandi Kariyawasam for receiving second place in the Elsevier-ASTMH Clinical Research Award at ASTMH 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Congratulations to Avinash Mukkala and Priyanka Challa for receiving an Honourable Mention at the University of Toronto SURP Research Day.
- Congratulations to Michelle Dong for being the only Canadian to receive the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ASTMH Travel Award Grant.
- Congratulations to Farah Jazuli who matched to the Emergency Medicine program at McMaster for her 5-year residency.
- Congratulations to Melissa Phuong who was accepted into the MD/PhD program at the University of Ottawa, matriculation 2016.
- Congratulations to Farah Jazuli who won 3rd prize at the UHN/MSH Hollenberg Competition.
- Congratulations to Cara Macrae who won 2nd prize at the UHN/MSH Department of Medicine “Great Cases in Medicine" competition.
- Congratulations to Ruwandi Kariyawasam who has received an award through the School of Graduate Studies to present her research overseas.