The CCHSA Founding Chairs Fellowship Competition Committee has announced the results of the 2017-18 competition awarding the following individuals and research projects:
|
Category |
Name |
Project Title |
| Post Doc/Clinical | Dr. Amanda Florentina do Nascimento | Allergic lung inflammation in offspring of pregnant mice exposed to organic dust |
| Dr. Marcus Yung | Investigating the effects of whole body vibration on human performance | |
| Dr. Amanda Froehlich Chow | Supporting rural dementia patients and their caregivers: Identification of rural team-based primary health care approaches for dementia | |
| Dr. Behzad Bashiri | Investigating whole-body vibration impacts on farm machinery egress performance | |
| Dr. Oluwafemi Oluwole | Asthma phenotypes and severity among children in Saskatchewan | |
| PhD | Ulfat Ara Khanam | Predicting and validating asthma among rural and urban children |
| Upkardeep Pandher | Unraveling the inflammatory nature of endotoxin and glyphosate inhalation exposure to agricultural workers by the use of animal model | |
| Adriana Angarita Fonseca | Physical activity and chronic back disorders in Canadian adults: a comparison between rural and urban dwellers | |
| Maurice M’bang’ombe | Assessment of the source of cholera outbreak at Lake Chilwa in Malawi | |
| MSc. | Robyn Reist. | Ergo-Vet: Ergonomic assessment and prevention of musculoskeletal disorders among large animal veterinarians |
The CCHSA Founding Chairs Fellowship awardees with members of the competition committee. From left to right: Dr. Donna Rennie (committee member), Adriana Angarita Fonseca, Dr. Amanda Froehlich Chow, Robyn Reist, Dr. Oluwafemi Oluwole, Dr. George Katselis (committee chair), Dr. Marcus Yung, Dr. Behzad Bashiri, Dr. Amanda Florentina Do Nascimento, Upkardeep Pandher and Dr. Julie Kosteniuk (committee member) (Absent from the photo: Ulfat Khanam, awardee; Maurice M’bang’ombe, awardee; and Dr. Catherine Trask, committee member)