Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl Peters and her colleagues on their recent successful CIHR Project Scheme Grant that was awarded to Dr. Paul Villeneuve of Carleton University. The five-year grant entitled “Patterns of mortality and cancer incidence among adults who live near Canadian nuclear power plants: A population-based longitudinal study of CanCHEC participants between 1991 and…
Congratulations to Dr. Lin Yang who has received a grant from the Canadian Cancer Society for her study entitled: “Participating in Tai Chi to Reduce Anxiety and Keep up Physical Function: Implementing a Prehabilitation Intervention for Radical Prostatectomy”. Her grant was ranked #1 in this competition that was focused on implementation grants in the area…
Congratulations to Liam Sutherland who successfully defended his thesis “Development and internal validation of a risk prediction model for high-risk adenomas among average risk colorectal cancer screening participants”. He provided a very clear presentation and did an excellent job at answering the questions from his examiners. In particular, he really nailed some challenging statistical questions,…
Congratulations to Devon Boyne who passed his doctoral defense for his thesis project entitled: Predicting adjuvant chemotherapy discontinuation and its impact on survival among stage Ill colon cancer patients. Devon has been enrolled in the Department of Community Health Sciences for the past four years and has distinguished himself during this time through his excellence…
Congratulations to Renee Kokts-Porietis who successfully defended her MSc Epidemiology thesis entitled “A Prospective Cohort Study of Metabolic Syndrome and Endometrial Cancer Survival”. Her oral defense went very smoothly and her thesis was accepted without revisions which is a rare occurrence. The examiners were unanimously positive and complimented Renee on her thesis which has also…
Congratulations to Dr. Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia and her research team members (Drs Sara McKillop, Colleen Cuthbert, Winson Cheung) on being awarded a one year grant from the Alberta Cancer Foundation in their recent competition for projects in sarcoma and pancreatic cancer. Miranda’s team project is entitled “Symptom burdens and trajectories among adolescent and young adult sarcoma…
Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl Peters and her colleagues who were awarded a CIHR Rapid Response COVID-19 project grant entitled: “The Anatomy, Determinants and Impacts of the Cargill COVID-19 Outbreak Among Newcomers and their Families in Canada”. This one-year grant is led by Dr Gabriel Fabreau and includes a large team of investigators from Alberta Health,…
Congratulations to Monica Ghebrial on completing her B.H.Sc. Degree in April from the University of Calgary and for being accepted into the Medical College at the University of Manitoba, starting her M.D. program this summer. Monica worked as a summer student in 2018 with Dr. Nigel Brockton and was supervised by Nigel and Karen for…
Congratulations to Dr. Karen Kopciuk who is this year’s recipient of the Statistical Society of Canada’s Distinguished Service Award. This award is given annually to someone who has played an important and substantial role in fostering the growth and success of the Canadian Statistical Sciences community through leadership in the SSC.
Congratulations to Dr. Lin Yang on being accepted as a Fellow for the Transdisciplinary Research in Energetics and Cancer Workshop that will be held (virtually this year) from June 21-26, 2020. This annual workshop is an intensive training experience in research on energy balance, physical activity, sedentary behavior and cancer incidence, rehabilitation and survival outcomes.