Adjudication Committees

PGME Research Awards

Summary of PGME Research Awards – Applicants and Funding

• Total number of applicants: 97
• Total funds available: $238,569.24
• Total awarded: $231,318.43
• Awards per trainee: $4,167.54 to $10,783.23
• 33 out of 97 applicants successful: 34%

PGME Research Awards – Funding Sources and Amounts

• Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund – $115,290.39
• Edward Christie Stevens Fellowship – $57,337.43
• Chisholm Memorial Fellowship – $28,418.49
• William S. Fenwick Research Fellowship – $14,417.09
• Edie Steinberg Scholarship Fund – $4,523.00
• Ellen Epstein Rykov Memorial Prize – $5,945.15
• Miriam Neveren Memorial Award – $5,294.01
• William Cron & Jean Harris Memorial Fund – $1,305.66
• Elizabeth Arbuthnot Dyson Fellowship – $2,796.68
• Javenthey Soobiah Scholarship – $1,493.96
• Heidi Sternbach Scholarship – $1,064.02
• Nellie L. Farthing Fellowship – $445.71
• Timeposters Fellowship – $237.65
• Starr Medals – Gold Medals Only

2019 PGME Research Award Winners

Other PGME Awards

CSCI/CIHR Resident Research Award (awarded October 2019)

• Value of award: $1,000
• Winner: Amine Mazine, PGY4, Cardiac Surgery

PARO Resident Teaching Awards (awarded February 2020)

• Value of award: $1,000
• Winners: Rebecca Cherniak, PGY5, Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Massimo Tarulli, PGY5, Diagnostic Radiology

Sarita Verma Award (awarded April 2020)

• Value of award: $500
• Winner: Sharon Straus, Geriatric Medicine

PG Excellence Awards (awarded April 2020)
Development and Innovation:

• Value of Award: $ 1,000
• Winners: Rafa Alonso-Gonzalez, Adult Cardiology; Shirley Tse, Paediatric Rheumatology

Teaching Performance/Mentorship/Advocacy:

• Value of Award: $ 1,000
• Winners: Ian Johnson, Public Health & Preventive Medicine; Scott Walsh, Dermatology

Trainee Leadership Awards (awarded August 2020)

• Value of award: $500
• Winners: Omar Albassam, PGY6, Adult Cardiology; Danielle Buell, PGY4, Internal Medicine; Melany Gaetani, PGY6, Paediatric Critical Care;  Marie-Pier Lirette and Tyler Groves (shared), PGY4, Paediatrics; Siobhán Neville, Clinical Fellow, Paediatric Medicine; Sarah Smith, PGY6, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Charles Mickle Award (awarded December 2019)

• Awarded to a member of the profession anywhere in the world who has contributed greatly to medicine during the past 10 years
• Value of award: $6,500
• Winner: Richard Reznick

PGME Social Responsibility Award (awarded March 2020)

• Value of award: $500
• Winner Faculty Award: Tony Barozzino, Anesthesia and Alpna Munshi, Psychiatry
• Winner Resident Award: Vivian Tam, PGY1, Family Medicine

Robert Sheppard Award (awarded March 2020)

• Value of award: $500
• Winner Faculty Award: Katherine Rouleau, Family Medicine
• Winner Resident Award: Christopher Noel, PGY3, Otolaryngology