Appointments & Awards: March 2022

Appointments

David Berbrayer appointed AAPM&R Education Content Advisory Committee

Awards

Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care

Laveena Munshi, Lorenzo del Sorbo, and Victoria McCredie, H. Barrie Fairley Scholars 2021-2023, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care.
 

Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine

Gary Lewis, 2022 Edwin Bierman Award, American Diabetes Association
The Edwin Bierman Award is presented to a researcher who has made outstanding scientific contributions to the understanding and treatment of diabetes and macrovascular complications. 

Minna Woo, Outstanding Contributions to CIHR Peer Review, CIHR and the College of Reviewers

Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Medicine

Grant Chen, MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2020-2021, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
The award recognizes faculty, residents, graduate student teachers and clinicians in the MD Program that have attained Teaching Evaluation Scores in the top 10% in one or more of the teaching activities to which they have contributed.

Division of Haematology, Department of Medicine

Anne McLeod, MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2020-2021, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
The award recognizes faculty, residents, graduate student teachers and clinicians in the MD Program that have attained Teaching Evaluation Scores in the top 10% in one or more of the teaching activities to which they have contributed.

Kevin Kuo, Outstanding Contributions to CIHR Peer Review, CIHR and the College of Reviewers

Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine

Amol Verma, 2022 Early Career Award Health Policy / Health Systems, Royal College.

Tarek Abdelhalim, Pearl Behl, Savannah Cardew, Vincent Chien, William Coke, Yayi Huang, Alison Lai, Ariel Lefkowitz, Dhanjit Litt, Jessica Liu, Reena Pattani, Matthew Robinson, Terence Tang, Jeremy Cygler, William (Billy) Silverstein, MD Program Teaching Excellence Award, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.

Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine

Victoria YY Xu and Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher, Margaret Watson Award
The Watson Award was established by Ms. Sandra Martin in memory of her late mother, Ms. Margaret Watson. The award recognizes geriatric medicine trainees enrolled in graduate studies who have demonstrated the aptitude and potential for an academic career path. 

Camilla Wong, 2020-2021 Teaching Excellence Award, University of Toronto.
In recognition by the students of the MD Program for exemplifying excellence in undergraduate medical education.   

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine

Nisha Andany, MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2020-2021, Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
The award recognizes faculty, residents, graduate student teachers and clinicians in the MD Program that have attained Teaching Evaluation Scores in the top 10% in one or more of the teaching activities to which they have contributed.

Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine

Anthony Lott, MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2020-2021, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
The award recognizes faculty, residents, graduate student teachers and clinicians in the MD Program that have attained Teaching Evaluation Scores in the top 10% in one or more of the teaching activities to which they have contributed.

Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine

Alireza Zahirieh, MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2020-2021, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
The award recognizes faculty, residents, graduate student teachers and clinicians in the MD Program that have attained Teaching Evaluation Scores in the top 10% in one or more of the teaching activities to which they have contributed.

Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine

Aylin Reid, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) Neurofibromatosis Research Program (NFRP) New Investigator Award – Early Stage Investigator, United States Department of Defense.
Project Title: Investigation of Cell Types Responsible for Seizure Generation in a Model of Neurofibromatosis Type 1
Brief summary: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) can lead to a variety of neurological symptoms, including seizures and epilepsy. While some epilepsy cases in NF1 are related to an intracranial lesion, others appear to be secondary to the genetic mutation itself. The mechanisms behind this are unknown. Dr. Reid and her team have previously demonstrated an increased seizure risk in a mouse model of NF1. With this funding they will now employ targeted molecular genetic, optogenetic, and pharmacological approaches to investigate the neuronal cell types involved in initiating the seizure activity. Work will be done in collaboration with fellow UHN researchers Drs. Taufik Valiante, James Eubanks, and Gelareh Zadeh. 

Esther Bui, Mark Boulos, Aaron Izenberg, Brian Murray, Hamid Sadeghian, Atif Zafar, Alexandra Muccilli, Reza Vosoughi, Meah (Ming Yang) Gao, Lauren Hophing, Stephanie Kuntz, Jeremy Zung, Moises Maria, Jack Schneiderman, Jonathan Micieli, Jamsheed Desai, Claire Sandoe, MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2020-2021, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.
The MD Program Teaching Award for Excellence was introduced in 2017-2018 by the University of Toronto medical students. The award recognizes faculty, residents, graduate student teachers and clinicians in the MD Program that have attained Teaching Evaluation Scores in the top 10% in one or more of the teaching activities to which they have contributed.

Carmela Tartaglia, with Ekaterina Rogaeva, Dan Felsky, David Tang-Wai, Morris Freedman, Collaboration between Tanz Centre for Neurodegenerative Disease, Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics and Toronto Dementia Research Alliance, Krembil Foundation.
Project Title: IDAN: Improved Diagnosis via AI in Neurodegeneration  
The aim of this project is to deliver person-centered care to people with neurodegenerative diseases. 

Robert Chen, 2022 Kenneth Viste, Jr., MD Memorial Lectureship Award, American Society of Neurorehabilitation

Mark Boulos, CIHR Project Grant (PI): Principal Investigator. Strengthening Oropharyngeal Muscles as a Novel Approach to Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Collaborator(s): Co-Primary Applicants: Yana Yunusova & Elizabeth Vagi Asztalos
Co-Investigators: Kevin Thorpe, Thien Thahn Dang-Vu, Tetyana Kendzerska, Andrew Lim
Collaborators: Brian J. Murray, Anu Tandon, Marc Narayansingh, Marc Baltzan.

Amy Yu, Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership Prize, American Academy of Neurology (AAN).
This award recognizes emerging neurologists who have a strong interest in and have demonstrated a passion for learning and expanding the field of stroke research. This award is given by American Academy of Neurology and endowed by Dr. Pessin's family, friends, and colleagues.

Division of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation

Denyse Richardson, AAP Innovation and Impact in Education Award, Association of Academic Physiatrists.
This award recognizes an individual for outstanding new developments and improvement in education that benefits academic PM&R and the physiatric community. It recognizes individuals who have addressed education at the institutional, local or national level; focuses on multiple levels of education for medical students through fellowship; and/or targeted education-related topics within PM&R whether they are research, leadership, teaching, management or patient care.

Barathi Sreenivasan, MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2020-2021, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
The award recognizes faculty, residents, graduate student teachers and clinicians in the MD Program that have attained Teaching Evaluation Scores in the top 10% in one or more of the teaching activities to which they have contributed.

Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine

Shiphra Ginsburg, Perspectives on Medical Education Article Impact Award for 2021, Perspectives on Medical Education.
Shiphra Ginsburg’s article (with co-authors Lorelei Lingard and Chris Watling) 
"Don’t be reviewer 2! Reflections on writing effective peer review comments" is being awarded the Perspectives on Medical Education Article Impact Award for 2021.This award recognizes the article's impact in the field of medical education and beyond.  In 2021, Perspectives on Medical Education articles received over 500,000 views by readers. This manuscript accounted for over 5,000 of those views.

Tereza Martinu (Co-PI with Frank D'Ovidio at Columbia University, Collaborators include Shaf Keshavjee, Jonathan Yeung, Selim Arcasoy, Luke Benvenuto, Ella Huszti), CLAD Biomarkers Research, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Title: Pulmonary bile acid signature as a diagnostic tool to detect microaspiration and predict chronic lung allograft dysfunction.

Tereza Martinu (Co-PI with Ana Konvalinka in transplantation nephrology, Collaborators include Stephen Juvet, Boris Hinz, Shaf Keshavjee, Igor Jurisica, Ella Huszti), CLAD Biomarkers Research, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Title: Learning from the kidney transplant world: Angiotensin II-regulated proteins as predictors and therapeutic targets for chronic lung allograft dysfunction.

Harvey Wong, Shane Shapera, Teaching Excellence Award, U of T Medicine.
This award recognizes faculty, residents, graduate student teachers and clinicians in the MD Program that have attained Teaching Evaluation Scores in the top 10% in one or more of the teaching activities to which they have contributed.

Richard Horner, CIHR Grant - Control of Breathing During Sleep: Brainstem Mechanisms of Respiratory Control, Respiratory System Committee