Congratulations 2023 Canada Graduate Scholarship Master’s and Indigenous Scholars Award winners!

Congratulations to the all of the Canada Graduate Scholarship Master’s, and Indigenous Scholars Award winners for 2023-24! We are very excited for you to start or continue your research in the WACH program.


Geneviève Allaire-Stacey
CIHR CGS-M
eSenseCancer: Feasibility and Usability of an Online Sex Therapy Program for Ovarian Cancer Survivors
Supervisor: Lori Brotto

 


Coralie Bergeron
CIHR CGS-M
Characterizing the Role of Riboflavin in Adipose Tissue Metabolism
Supervisor: Angela Devlin

 

 

Claudia Cargnelli
CIHR CGS-M
Primary Maternity Care Providers’ Knowledge and Management Strategies of Postpartum Thoughts of Infant-Related Harm
Supervisor: Nichole Fairbrother

 

Avonae Gentles
CIHR CGS-M
Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) as a Predictive Tool in Determining Pain Outcomes following Endometriosis Surgery
Supervisor: Paul Yong

 


Samantha Martin-Ferris
SSHRC Indigenous Scholar Award
Intersectional Barriers to Indigenous Youth Accessing Family Planning
Supervisor: Sarah Munro

 

Courtney Ostromecki
CIHR CGS-M
Targeting pro-inflammatory effector functions of islet macrophages using lipid nanoparticles to prevent diabetes
Supervisor: Bruce Verchere

 


Piper Scott-Fiddler
SSHRC CGS-M
Kaykway Aen Nistwayr? (What is the story?): Métis Storytelling to improve access to Family Planning Services
Supervisor: Sarah Munro

 

       Prabhreet Sekhon
       CIHR CGS-M
       Targeting IL33 to treat Crohn’s disease-associated fibrosis
       Supervisor: Laura Sly

 

 


Abigail Shore
CIHR CGS-M
Levonorgestrel Intrauterine Device and Risk of Ovarian and Breast Cancers
Supervisor: Gillian Hanley

 

Venessa Thorsen
CIHR CGS-M
Knowledge to Action: Developing a Knowledge Translation Strategy to Improve Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Familial Hypercholesterolemia in British Columbia Based on the New 2022 Canadian Pediatric Lipid Guidelines
Supervisor: Kevin Harris

 

Rachel Woima
CIHR CGS-M
The Utility and Acceptability of the Progesterone Challenge Test to Identify Individuals at Risk for Endometrial Cancer
Supervisor: Aline Talhouk

 

Sahar Zandi Nia
CIHR CGS-M
External validation and updating of prognostic models to identify hospitalized children at highest risk of in-hospital mortality in low-resource settings
Supervisor: Matthew Wiens

 

Incoming and first year MSc students are encouraged to apply for the CGS-M competition in the fall. View detailed eligibility here, and stayed tuned for updates and reminders from @ubcWACH.