Twenty McGill postdoctoral and doctoral students have received important funding from the Government of Canada. Four have received Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships, including one from the FMHS, while sixteen have earned Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships 鈥� nine from the the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS). The Banting program is worth up to $70,000 annually for two years. The Vanier program awards doctoral students up to $50,000 per year for three years.听听
鈥淚鈥檓 delighted to congratulate this year鈥檚 Vanier and Banting winners on this very well-deserved recognition of their leadership, achievements and great potential for research excellence,鈥� said Josephine Nalbantoglu, Associate Provost (Graduate Education) & Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.听
鈥淭his year鈥檚 cohort of winners is a testament to the quality of scholarship that we support and cultivate at McGill. I look forward to following the careers of these outstanding researchers and seeing all the contributions they will make to their fields, their communities, and McGill.鈥澨�
鈥楢dvancing knowledge for the benefit of all鈥�听
Across Canada, 166 doctoral students received Vanier scholarships and 70 researchers received Banting fellowships.听
The programs are funded by the Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.听
鈥淐ongratulations to the 2024 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships and Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships recipients,鈥� said Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, in announcing the winners May 28. 鈥淭heir dedication to advancing knowledge for the benefit of all is truly impressive and their hard work will help find solutions that have the potential to make the world a better place and drive Canadian prosperity.鈥澨�
鈥淐anada is a world-leader in research and innovation, and the individuals we are recognizing today are a testament to that,鈥� said Mark Holland, Minister of Health. 鈥淭heir research holds tremendous promise for making our lives better and healthier in a variety of ways.鈥澨�
FMHS Banting Postdoctoral Fellow and research topic:听
Mary LaPierre,鈥疦euroscience
A neural basis for the co-ordinated control of thermal and osmotic homeostasis听
McGill鈥檚 Banting Postdoctoral Fellows and their research topics:听
Jessica Quinton,鈥疎nvironmental Studies
Social sustainability and equity of mixed-use development in Canadian cities听
Pedro Guillermo Ramon Celis,鈥疉nthropology
Community-collaborative Zapotec archaeology: Investigating commoner roles in Guiengola鈥檚 late Postclassic urban landscape听
Monica Shank Lauwo,鈥疎ducation
Stories of lives and literacies: Imagining futures, identities and decolonial educational possibilities with Tanzanian girls听
Get more information about McGill鈥檚 2024 Banting Fellows.听
FMHS Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship recipients and their research topics:听
Aline Atallah,鈥疎xperimental Medicine
The functional complexities of macrophage ontogeny in glioblastoma outcomes听
Jae Hyun Byun,鈥疎xperimental Medicine
Identifying the role of sex hormones in carotid atherosclerotic plaque instability听
Nour Chahine,鈥疦euroscience
Circuit-behaviour analysis of Fragile X ASD/ID rat model through the head-direction system听
Judy Chen,鈥疦euroscience
Towards lifespan approaches for epilepsy biomarker discovery and validation听
Jamie Magrill,鈥疕uman Genetics
Identification of biomarkers using single-cell technology that inform on targeted and immune therapy treatment in melanoma听
Omotayo Olaoye,鈥疎pidemiology, Biostatistics, & Occupational Health
The use and safety of Central Nervous System (CNS) depressants in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)听
Tarek Taifour,鈥疎xperimental Medicine
Investigating the role of Chi3l1 in non-small cell lung cancer progression and resistance to immunotherapies听
Sripadh Guptha Yedire,鈥疊iological and Biomedical Engineering
An integrated epi-fluidic wearable platform for non-invasive multianalyte sensing in skin-derived biofluids via Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy听
Raffles Xingqi Zhu,鈥疦euroscience
Investigating the internal spatial noise in normal and amblyopic vision using an equivalent noise paradigm听
McGill鈥檚 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship recipients and their research topics:听
Mohan Agrawal,鈥疨hysics
Development of a new radio telescope to obtain the world鈥檚 first high-resolution maps of the low-frequency radio sky and probe the cosmic dark ages听
Christy Au-Yeung,鈥疨sychology
Understanding and treating negative symptoms in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A cognitive lens听
Rasel Babu,鈥疎ducational and Counselling Psychology
Pedagogues鈥� readiness to integrate educational technology for teaching language and mathematics in Bangladeshi secondary school classrooms听
Champ Darabundit,鈥疢usic Technology
Estimation of woodwind playing parameters using hybrid physics-machine learning models听
Homa Fathi,鈥疍ental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences
Towards structural competency in health care: How Iranian-heritage health-care professionals in Canada have changed their perspectives following the Woman-Life-Freedom movement听
Daniel Romm,鈥疓eography
Sustainable and equitable transportation outside the city: Using micromobility to connect to regional transit in small population centres听
Hugo Sch茅rer,鈥疨hysics
Cosmological and astrophysical searches for dark matter through in-medium effects听
