Award/Grant – CommiSurLab

Ayla Gerk, JMLF, Beardmore-CommiSur PhD’s CHHD Trainee received a Travel Award

Child Health and Human Development (CHHD) trainees, including Beardmore-CommiSur’s Ayla Gerk, received a Travel Award from the Surgeon-Scientist Program in recognition of her presentation at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in Chicago. https://rimuhc.ca/-/chhd-trainees-honoured-for-advancing-research-in-child-and-developmental-health

Dr. Dan Poenaru of the Beardmore-CommiSur Lab received Dialogue McGill Funding for Digital Health Research

Dr. Dan Poenaru received a $100,000 grant from Dialogue McGill’s Digital Health Research Funding for the project “Reinventing real-time patient-reported outcome measures in clinical practice: Realizing the potential of artificial intelligence to improve communication between patients and clinicians.” Co-Investigators on…

CommiSur Lab PhD student Shreenik Kundu has been awarded the SSP Travel Award

Shreenik has been awarded the SSP Travel Award by the Surgeon-Scientist Program (SSP) in the Department of Surgery, in recognition of his presentation at the 2025 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in Chicago.

CommiSur Lab PhD student Ayla Gerk has been awarded the SSP Travel Award

Ayla has been awarded the SSP Travel Award by the Surgeon-Scientist Program (SSP) in the Department of Surgery, in recognition of her presentation at the 2025 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in Chicago.

CommiSur lab PhD student Justina Seyi-Olajide has received the FRQS Studentship Grant

Justina has received the FRQS Studentship Grant for her project titled “Reducing mortality from surgically correctable neonatal conditions in Nigeria: Identifying gaps, developing and implementing interventions”.

CommiSur lab postdoctoral fellow Suganthi Rajasegaran has received the FRQS Studentship Grant.

Suganthi received the FRQS Studentship Grant for her project titled “Longitudinal patient-reported outcomes (PROs), patient-reported experiences (PREs), social determinants of health (SDoH) and health services utilization following major neonatal surgery”.

CommiSur Lab Awarded GHP-MI4 Steinberg Seed Fund Grant

We’re excited to share that the Commisur Lab’s collaboration with Vivian Ukah has been selected as one of only four projects to receive the GHP-MI4 Steinberg Seed Fund Grant, with Co-PI Dr. Poenaru, awarded $25,000 to support this interdisciplinary research…

CommiSur lab PhD student Sacha Williams received the ENRICH Doctoral award for Black Scholars

This award supports innovative, equity-focused research in child and perinatal health across Canada.

CommiSur lab’s PhD students and JML fellows, Sacha Williams and Ayla Gerk have been awarded the EDI in health care research award in academic excellence.

This award from the RI-MUHC highlights their commitment to advancing inclusive and impactful academic work.Link: https://rimuhc.ca/-/awards-for-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-in-health-care-research

CommiSur lab postdoctoral fellow Suganthi Rajasegaran has been awarded the entrance PBEEE scholarship.

The competitive PBEEE award (Quebec Merit Scholarship for Foreign Students), offered by the FRQNT, supports exceptional international researchers conducting postdoctoral studies in Quebec.