Sixteen graduate students and medical residents doing research in the field of health have received this year’s Friedman Award for Scholars in Health. Winners range from a variety of programs, including Electrical and Computer Engineering, Experimental Medicine and Kinesiology.
The Friedman Award for Scholars in Health supports learning and research opportunities for graduate students or medical residents working in the broad area of health, to bring new perspectives to their education and further their career.
The award is named after two of the earliest faculty members in the UBC Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Sydney Friedman and his wife Dr. Constance Livingstone-Friedman believed that well-rounded and transformative education includes learning from different perspectives and cultures, and they wished to support such learning among UBC graduate students and medical residents.
Friedman Scholars receive funding for six or more months of study outside western Canada. Destinations for this year’s award winners include Harvard University, Stanford University, Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), and Maxima Medical Center, Eindhoven, among others.
| Name | TOpic | Status/Department | host institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ameen Amanian |
Application of Artificial Intelligence in the Surgical Management of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma |
Medical resident in Surgery |
John Hopkins University |
| Jeremiah (Jem) Arnold |
Developing Assessment Methods for Athletes with Iliac Artery Blood Flow Limitation |
Doctoral student in Kinesiology |
Maxima Medical Center, Eindhoven |
| Emily Bliven |
Computational modeling of femoral augmentation to prevent hip fracture in a sideways fall |
Doctoral student in Biomedical Engineering |
ETH Zurich |
| Hannah Caldwell |
Novel ketone and exercise therapy to improve blood flow and insulin sensitivity in type-2 diabetes |
Doctoral student in Kinesiology |
University of Copenhagen |
| Daljeet Chahal |
Transplant Hepatology Fellowship, Mount Sinai Division of Liver Diseases |
Medical resident in Gastroenterology |
Mount Sinai Hospital |
| Abhinav Kumar Checkervarty |
Understanding the effect of vaccination in newborns |
Doctoral student in Experimental Medicine |
Boston Children's Hospital |
| Johnahon Gorman |
Combined Stroke Neurology and Thrombosis Hematology Fellowship |
Medical resident in Neurology |
McMaster University |
| Megha Kalia |
An Ideal-Observer Model for Multi-Modal Information Fusion for Medical Augmented Reality |
Doctoral student in Electrical and Computer Engineeing |
New York University |
| Cidnee Luu |
Development of a low-cost, high quality wearable system for measuring brain activity |
Master's student in Biomedical Engineering |
Stanford University |
| Luke MacLean |
Deformable Guidance of Spinal Surgery Bone Cutting using Ultrasound-Augmented Tools |
MDPhD |
John Hopkins University |
| Nassr Nama |
Infants most at risk for a serious diagnosis explaining a brief resolved unexplained event |
Medical resident in Pediatrics |
University of Washington |
| Michelle Olding |
Optimizing the implementation of overdose prevention in supportive housing settings |
Doctoral student in Interdisciplinary Studies |
University of California - San Francisco |
| Virginia Pichler |
Unpacking the molecular determinants of non-tuberculous mycobacteria infections |
Doctoral student in Microbiology and Immunology |
Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM) |
| Cristina Rubino |
Machine learning and eye-tracking combined with brain imaging to improve recovery after stroke |
Doctoral student in Rehabilitation Sciences |
Cornell University |
| Jacob Stubbs |
Lesion and atrophy network mapping of traumatic brain injury and neuropsychiatric symptoms |
Doctoral student in Experimental Medicine |
Harvard University |
| Erica Tsang |
Delving into HR-Deficient Pancreatic Cancer: Navigating a Panel vs. Whole Genome Approach |
Medical resident in Clinician Investigator Program |
University of California - San Francisco |