Selected awards, fellowships, & recognitions
This page lists selected awards, fellowships, grants, recognitions, scholarships, and professional distinctions across academic, research, policy, data-science, and community-based work.
Recent recognitions & professional awards
| Award / Recognition | Institution / Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Wiley Top Cited Article Award Certificate | Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling | 2025 |
| Finalist team, BC Premier’s Award in Evidence-Based Design for the Children and Youth Mental Health Integrated Data Project | BC Ministry of Citizens’ Services, Victoria, BC | 2019 |
| Honourable Mention, Brief Policy Pitch for Indigenous Reconciliation | Institute of Public Administration, Victoria, BC | 2018 |
| Certificate of Distinction, Summer Institute for Evidence-Based STEM Teaching | The CIRTL Network, online | 2018 |
| General Motors Women in Science and Mathematics Award | University of Toronto, Toronto, ON | April 2008 |
Fellowships, grants, & research awards
| Award / Recognition | Institution / Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian Mitacs Science Policy Fellowship | University of Victoria / BC Ministry of Health, Victoria, BC | 2019–2020 |
| Canadian Mitacs Science Policy Fellowship | University of Victoria / BC Ministry of Citizens’ Services, Victoria, BC | 2018–2019 |
| Mitacs Accelerate Postdoctoral Fellowship Award | University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC | 2015–2018 |
| Rare Genomics Institute BeHEARD Technology Prize, in partnership with Addgene | University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC | 2017–2018 |
| Amazon Web Services Cloud Research Grant | University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC | 2016–2017 |
| Science Teaching Fellowship | American Society for Microbiology, online | 2014–2015 |
| Siebel Stem Cell Postdoctoral Fellowship | University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA | 2012–2013 |
| Graduate Student Research Award | University of Toronto, Toronto, ON | July 2010 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) CGS | University of Toronto, Toronto, ON | 2009–2012 |
Hackathon, innovation, & entrepreneurship awards
| Award / Recognition | Institution / Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Third place for designing prosthetic hand tools at the Health and Regenerative Medicine Hackathon; award donated to Victoria Hand Project | University of Victoria, Victoria, BC | 2019 |
| People’s Choice Leadership Award, Victoria Code.Hack Health Hackathon | Island Health, Victoria, BC | 2019 |
| Health and Regenerative Medicine Hackathon in-kind mentorship Award | University of Victoria, Victoria, BC | 2018 |
| Entrepreneurship@UBC Venture Building, Phase 1 | University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC | March–May 2018 |
| Mini-MBA Award, in partnership with the Graduate Management Consulting Association | University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC | 2018 |
Travel awards, scholarships, & early academic awards
| Award / Recognition | Institution / Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Travel award to participate in and lead an analytics team at the Hackseq Hackathon | University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC | 2018–2019 |
| Travel award to participate in UBC’s career panel on postdoctoral roles in industry | University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC | 2018 |
| Travel award to attend the American Association for Cancer Research Conference | Washington, DC, USA | 2017 |
| Travel award, 15th Canadian Connective Tissue Conference | Calgary, AB | July 2009 |
| Ontario Textbook and Technology Grant | University of Toronto, Toronto, ON | December 2008 |
| Travel award, 14th Canadian Connective Tissue Conference | McGill University, Montreal, QC | June 2008 |
| Travel award, 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology | San Diego, CA, USA | December 2007 |
| Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top Tuition Scholarship | University of Toronto, Toronto, ON | September 2001 |