2017 Travel awards

This year, in addition to the awards given by CAN-ACN, IBRO will be giving travel awards to international trainees working in Canada, and Canadian trainees working abroad.

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 travel awards.

Finally CAN has also awarded advocacy travel awards to trainees nominated by their SfN Chapters. These award winners are great neuroscience advocates from across the country.

CAN-ACN Advocacy Travel awards

Trainee award winnerAffiliation
Crystal AcostaUniversity of Manitoba
Mirela AmbeskovicUniversity of Lethbridge
Nicole BurmaUniversity of Calgary
Allan ChampagneQueen’s University
Caroline Dallaire-ThérouxUniversité Laval
Ornela KljakicWestern University
Wendie MarksUniversity of Saskatchewan

 

CAN-ACN Travel awards

Trainee award winnerSupervisorAffiliation
Alexandra ChatzikalymniouFrances SkinnerDepartment of Medicine (Neurology), University of Toronto
Allison DyckTammy IvancoUniversity of Manitoba
Anett SchumacherRutsuko ItoUniversity of Toronto Scarborough
Anusha KameshAlastair FergusonQueen’s University, Centre for Neuroscience Studies
Benoit MailhotSteve LacroixLaval University
Claire ChanLoren MartinUniversity of Toronto
Danielle Brewer-DeluceAdrian M OwenBrain and Mind Institute, Dept of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario
Darren FernandesJason LerchUniversity of Toronto, Mouse Imaging Center
Debra BercoviciStan FlorescoUniversity of British Columbia
Elizabeth Perez GuzmanPremsyl BercikMcMaster University, Farncombe Institute
Ivana KiroskiMinh Dang NguyenUniversity of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute
Julia SunstrumWataru InoueThe University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Karlaina OsmonJagdeep WaliaQueen’s University, Centre for Neuroscience Studies
Louis-Philippe BernierBrian MacVicarUniversity of British Columbia
Madeline ParkerJohn HowlandUniversity of Saskatchewan, Neuroscience Research Cluster
Mariya CherkasovaCatharine A. WinstanleyUniversity of British Columbia, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
Marjan GharagozlooDenis GrisDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Sherbrooke
Mathilde S. HenryMarie-Ève Tremblay , Guy DroletCentre de recherche du CHU de Québec, Université Laval
Mavis KusiMartin ParéQueen’s University, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
Michael LynnJean-Claude BéïqueUniversity of Ottawa, Brain and Mind Research Institute
Michael MartinTod ThieleUniversity
Myung-chul NohPeter A SmithUniversity of Alberta
Neil MerovitchAlan FineUniversity of Dalhousie
Rachel LackieMarco PradoWestern University
Renee TammingNathalie BerubeWestern University, Children’s Health Research Institute
Samantha GoodmanQi YuanMemorial University of Newfoundland
Sascha AllesTerrance SnutchThe University of British Columbia
Seung Gee LeeWoo Jae KimDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa.
Timal KannangaraDiane LagaceUniversity of Ottawa

IBRO Travel award winners

Trainee travel award winnerSupervisorLaboratory location
Mohamad-Reza AghanooriPaul FernyhoughSt. Boniface Research Center and Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Manitoba
Rafaella Araujo Goncalves da SilvaDouglas P. MunozCentre For Neuroscience Studies, Queen’s University
Marie BlanchetteRichard DanemanUniversity of California, San Diego, Departments of Pharmacology and Neuroscience
Katherine BonnycastleMichael CousinUniversity of Edinburgh, Centre for Integrative Physiology
Manel DahmeneAbid OueslatiLaval University
Camila de Avila Dal’BoElena TimofeevaLaval University, Centre de Recherche Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec
Jelena DordevicBenedict AlbensiUniversity of Manitoba
Kelvin HuiMotomasa TanakaRIKEN Brain Science Institute
Javad KarimiMajid MohajeraniUniversity of Lethbridge, Canadian Centre for Behavioral Neuroscience
Feiya LiHong-Shuo SunUniversity of Toronto
Shuai LiuStephanie BorglandUniversity of Calgary
Jimena Perez SanchezYves De KoninckCRIUSMQ, Université Laval
Martina PintoDenis SouletUniversité Laval
Olga ShevtsovaJ. M. WojtowiczUniversity of Toronto, Department of Physiology
Surjeet SinghRobert J SutherlandUniversity of Lethbridge, Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience
Jillian StobartBruno WeberUniversity of Zurich
Ping SuFang LiuCentre for Addiction and Mental Health
Shubhamsingh TanwarMichael F. JacksonUniversity of Manitoba
Christina TremblayBoris BurleAix-Marseille University, CNRS
Haley VecchiarelliMatthew HillUniversity of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute