Awards and Achievements

Faculty

American Society for Nutrition Awards

 

Danone Institute Mentorship Award

• Harvey Anderson, 2011

Osborne and Mendel Award for Outstanding Basic Research in Nutrition

• Ronald Ball, 2002
• Paul Pencharz, 2002
  

Conrad Elvehjem Award for Public Service in Nutrition

• George Beaton, 1993

E.V. McCollum Award

• Khursheed Jeejeebhoy, 1982

American Academy of Paediatrics Nutrition Awards

Samuel J. Fomon Nutrition Award

• Stan Zlotkin, 2009

Canadian Society for Nutrition Awards

Khush Jeejeebhoy Award for Best Application of Clinical Nutrition Research
Findings to Clinical Practice

• Paul Pencharz, 2011

Centrum Foundation New Scientist Award for Outstanding Research

• Mary L'Abbé, 2001
• Stephen Cunnane, 1995
• Ron Ball, 1994
• Paul Pencharz, 1987
• David Jenkins, 1983
• Harvey Anderson, 1978
• Khush Jeejeebhoy, 1975
• George Beaton, 1968

Earle Willard McHenry Award for Distinguished Service in Nutrition

• Mary L'Abbé, 2010
• Ron Ball, 2008
• Stanley Zlotkin, 2005
• Paul Pencharz, 2004
• David Jenkins, 1999
• Harvey Anderson, 1989
• George Beaton, 1984

Other Awards

 

Future Leaders Award - International Life Sciences Institute North America

• Richard Bazinet, 2011
• Wendy Ward, 2005
• Young-In Kim, 1997

Early Researcher Award - Ministry of Research Innovation, Government of Ontario

• Richard Bazinet, 2011

Early Career Excellence Graduate Teaching Award - Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

• Richard Bazinet, 2011

Distinguished Nutrition Leadership Award – Danone Institute

• Stan Zlotkin, 2010

Charles H. Best Award - CIHR

• Vladimir Vuksan, 2010

Officer of the Order of Canada

• George Beaton, 2009

University Professor

• David Jenkins, 2009

William Goldie Award for a Contribution to the Advancement of Knowledge in Internal Medicine

• Young-In Kim, 2004

Ferring International Gastroenterology Research Award in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• Young-In Kim, 2001

Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Young Investigator Award

• Young-In Kim, 2003

Students

PhD Dissertation Awards

• Julia Wong, 2010
• Nick Bellissimo, 2008

University of Toronto Awards of Excellence

Adel Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award

• Jovana Kaludjerovic, 2010

Departmental Awards

 

Lillian Thompson Award

• Leah Cahill, 2010
• Jas Saggar, 2009

Michael Archer Award

• Leah Cahill, 2010
• Kafi Ealey, 2009

Barbara McLaren Award

• Melanie Byland, 2010

Danielle Haasz Award

• Vanessa Nagy, 2010

Heather Milne Neilson Award

• Melanie Byland, 2010
• Marcia Dawes, 2010

Grace Weymark Morgan Award

• Anjali Patel, 2010
• Honda Soltani, 2010

Oral Presentation Awards

• Heather Hanwell, 2010

Poster Presentation Awards

• Heather Hanwell, 2010

Travel Awards

• Tupur Rahman, 2010 (Greenwood lab) - won a trip to Switzerland through Lindt chocolate and will have the opportunity to meet with the infamous Roger Federer.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Vanier

• Julie Mason, 2010

CIHR – Charles & Best Award

• Yaseer Shakur, 2010 (PhD student,
• Jovana Kaludjerovic, 2010 (PhD student, Ward lab)
• Jocelyn Sacco, 2010 (PhD student, Tarasuk lab)
• Rachel Masters, 2010 (PhD student, Tarasuk lab)
• Sheena Kayaniyil, 2009 (PhD student, Hanley lab)
• Sylvia Ley, 2009 (PhD student, Hanley lab)
• Dennis Wagner, 2009 (PhD student, Vieth lab)

CIHR – Canada Graduate Scholarship

• Mavra Ahmed, 2010 (MSc student,
• Shaidah Deghan Manshadi, 2010 (MSc student,
• Arash Mir-Rahimi, 2010 (MSc student, Jenkins lab)
• Amanda Carleton, 2009 (MSc student, Jenkins lab)
• Laura Da Costa, 2009 (MSc student, El-Sohemy lab)
• Tracy Moreira, 2009 (MSc student, Wolever lab)
• Dawn Snyder, 2009 (MSc student, Rao lab)
• Korbua Srichaikul, 2009 (MSc student, Jenkins lab)

CIHR – Strategic Planning Program in Public Health

• Alyssa Schermel, 2009 (MSc student, L'Abbé lab)

NSERC – Canada Graduate Scholarship

• Andre Dias, 2010 (MSc student, El-Sohemy lab)
• Tupur Rahman, 2010 (MSc student, O’Connor lab)
• Natasha Singh, 2010 (MSc student, Comelli lab)
• Christopher Smith, 2010 (MSc student, Comelli lab)
• Chuck Chen, 2010  (PhD student, Bazinet lab)
• Francesca Garofalo, 2009 (MSc student, El-Sohemy lab)
• Shannan Grant, 2009 (PhD student, Wolever lab)
• Sarah Orr, 2009 (PhD student, Bazinet lab)
• Shirin Panahi, 2009 (PhD student, Anderson lab)

SSERC

• Carly Cheng

Ontario Graduate Scholarship

• Laura Da Costa, 2010 (MSc student, El-Sohemy lab)
• Xiaomiao Lan-Pidhainy, 2010
• Tracy Moreira, 2010
• Sandra Sacco, 2010 (PhD student, Ward lab)  
• Katherine Southgate, 2010
• Christine Asik, 2009 (MSc student, El-Sohemy lab)
• Jovana Kaludjerovic, 2009 (PhD student, Ward lab)
• Waqas Khan, 2009 (MSc student, Zlotkin lab)
• Natasha Singh, 2009 (MSc student, Comelli lab)

Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Scholarship

• Shaidah Deghan Manshadi, 2010

FELLOWSHIPS

McNeil Nutrition Fellowship – American Society for Nutrition

• Sylvia Ley, 2011