Beardmore-CommiSur student Amanda Bianco received McGill’s Grad Excellence Award
September 3, 2026 Amanda Bianco, MD-PhD, of the Beardmore-CommiSur Lab received McGill University’s Graduate Excellence Award.
Read moreSuganthi Rajasegaran of the Beardmore-CommiSur lab has received the RSN Travel Award for her presentation, as a student working in digital health.
September 18, 2026 The Beardmore-CommiSur’s post doctorate fellow, Suganthi Rajasegaran, received a Travel award from the Réseau santé numérique: RSN, as a student working in digital health, for her project titled “Mapping Developmental Transitions in Child-/Parent-Proxy-Reported Quality of Life Across…
Read moreBeardmore-CommiSur Lab’s Carmel Daskalo received McGill’s SSP Travel Award
August 27, 2026 Beardmore-CommiSur Lab’s PhD Student, Carmel Daskalo, received a $1,000 prize through McGill’s Surgical Scientist Program (SSP) Travel Awards Program.
Read moreDr. Dan Poenaru, Katya Loban, JMLF Justina Seyi-Olajide and team received a CIHR grant of $596,701 and approval for neonatal screening in Nigeria.
July 22, 2026 The Canadian Institute of Health Research has approved funding of $596,701 to Drs. Dan Poenaru and Katya Loban, JMLF Justina Seyi-Olajide and other co-applicants for their project entitled “Reducing mortality from surgically correctable neonatal conditions in Nigeria:…
Read moreNatasha Purba received the Artificial Intelligence Research Award at the 16th Annual H.B Williams Day Conference
Natasha Purba received the Artificial Intelligence Award for her presentation on Exploring the Application of Artificial Intelligence for Pediatric Pain Assessment: A Systematic Review at the 16th Annual H.B. Williams Pediatric Surgical Research Day held on Thursday, June 11th, 2026.
Read moreNatalia Ayodele received the Patient-Centered Research Award at the 16th Annual H.B Williams Day Conference
Natalia Ayodele received the Patient-Centered Research Award for her presentation on Developing a Pediatric Digital Companion: A Three-Phase Co-Design and Quality Improvement Study of Children’s Journey, at the 16th Annual H.B. Williams Pediatric Surgical Research Day held on Thursday, June 11th,…
Read moreThe Beardmore-CommiSur Lab’s PhD students Ayla Gerk and Brigitte Durieux received the CIHR Doctorate Award (CGS D)
April 30, 2026 PhD students Ayla Gerk and Brigitte Durieux, supervised by Drs. Dan Poenaru and Justin Sanders, received the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Canada Graduate Research Scholarship Doctorate Award (CGS D).
Read moreSean Jeffries, Brigitte Durieux, Dunya Moghul and Shreenik Kundu of the Beardmore-CommiSur lab have received the FRQS award
April 30, 2026 The Beardmore-CommiSur Lab’s Sean Jeffries, Brigitte Durieux, Dunya Moghul and Shreenik Kundu received the Fonds de recherche du Québec Scholarship (FRQS) award of $100,000 for Doctoral Research Scholarships.
Read moreDunya Moghul of the Beardmore-CommiSur Lab received the Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA)
March 19, 2026 Dunya Moghul, JMLF of the Beardmore-CommiSur Lab, supervised by Drs. Dan Poenaru and Dhruva Ghosh, received the Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) supporting research collaborations between Canada and eligible countries and regions through internships.
Read moreThe Beardmore-CommiSur Lab’s Natalia Ayodele and Lixing Kingsley Wang receive CIHR (CGS-M) Awards
April 1, 2026 Beardmore-CommiSur Lab students Natalia Ayodele and Lixing Kingsley Wang received the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s (CGS-M) Award.
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