Pathology Day 2025 Awards

The Michael Noble Family Award in Laboratory Quality

Elsire Boulanger Laborit (Resident), Abbey Sugars-Keen (Graduate Student), Amit Sharma (Undergraduate)

Poster Presentation Awards

PhD Poster: Craig Ivany (1st), Jennifer Cooper (2nd), Mohammad Ghodsi (3rd)

MSc Poster: Julliet Zama (1st), Amir Parham Pirhadi Rad (2nd), Isabella DiBerardino (3rd)

PDF Poster: Alexandre Aubert

Resident Poster: Michael Minkley (1st), Abdulrahman Almodahka (2nd), Elsire Boulanger Laborit (3rd)

Oral Presentation Awards

Graduate: Asha Subramaniam (1st), Jenny Zhao (2nd), Fang Fang Li (3rd)

Resident: Emma Finlayson-Trick (1st), Anthony Speranza (2nd), Brenden Joseph (3rd)

Graduate Program Awards

Jenny Zhao (PATH 501 Gross to Nano Histology), Fabian Frontzek (PATH 502 MVP), Alexandra Witt (Pritchard Award for Best Graduate Student Seminar)

BMLSc Awards

BJ Twaites Prize: Avah Zamani Farahani

Donald M. McLean Prize, Reid Memorial Prize, William J. Godolphin Prize, and C.F.A. Culling Prize: Willie Wu

Outstanding Performance in Pathology 405: Avah Zamani Farahani

Teaching Excellence: Jennifer Xenakis, Dr. Morgan Alford, Dr. Sophia Park

Philip E Reid Memorial Cup: Jenny Tai

Other Awards

PDF Grant Application Practicum: Yasir Mohamud (1st)

Graduate Student Grant Application Practicum: Lanlan Fang (2nd)

Outstanding Instructors: Dr. Jacqueline Quandt (PATH 501), Dr. Ramon Klein-Geltink (PATH 502), Dr. Leandro Venturutti (PATH 535/635)

2025 Departmental Award Winners

Excellence in Education: Ramon Klein Geltink (Undergraduate), Christopher Lowe & Kate Chipperfield (Resident/Fellow)

Excellence in Research & Discovery: Catherine Hogan

Excellence in Clinical Service: Tony Ng (Academic/University Hospitals)

David Hardwick Lifetime Achievement: Sylvie Champagne

Staff Service: Yuko Ikegami Lee (Admin), Vinci Au & Andrew Agbay (Tech)

Trainee: Kidus Achalu (MSc), Katlyn Richardson (PhD), Spencer Martin (Post-Doc/Resident)

Mentorship: Sophie Stukas

Community Engagement & Philanthropy: Tetiana Povshedna

Dana Devine Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Sophia Park

Don Brooks MVP: Suzanne Vercauteren