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Awards

Awards and Honors received by trainees of the lab


CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship

Dr. Babatounde Moctard Oloulade, Western University, May 2025  


Graduate Student Merit Award (GSMA), Health Sciences Graduate Students' Association

PhD student M Wasif Khan, University of Manitoba, April 2025 


DSI Doctoral Student Fellowship, University of Toronto

PhD student Yu Shi, University of Toronto, April 2025.  


PhD Qualifying Exam -  Passed with Distinction

Sugitha Janarthanan, Western University, April, 2025  


Chair’s Travel Award, Department of Biochemistry 

Sugitha Janarthanan, Western University, April, 2025  


CIHR Travel Award, CIHR

Yu Shi, University of Toronto, March 2025


Western USRI Award

Erin Lou, Medical science undergraduate student at Schulich, February 2025


T-CAIREM (Temerty Centre for AI in Medicine) Trainee Rounds presentation 

Yuxi Long was  selected to give T-CAIREM Trainee Rounds presentation at the University of Toronto. February 2025.


Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Awards

Zisen Shan, School of Mathematical Sciences, NanKai University, January 2025.


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AI4PH Trainee Scholarship, Artificial Intelligence for Public Health (AI4PH) Health Research Training Platform (HRTP), CIHR

Yu Shi, University of Toronto, August 2024


Translational Breast Cancer Research Traineeship, Breast Cancer Canada

PhD student Lianghong Chen in the Department of Computer Science, Western University, July 2024


Mindel Rady Olenick Fellowship in Human Genetics 

PhD student M Wasif Khan, University of Manitoba, June 2024


Manitoba Medical Services Foundation Award

PhD student M Wasif Khan, University of Manitoba, June 2024


Dr. Ed Kroeger Travel Award

PhD student M Wasif Khan, University of Manitoba, June 2024


Ontario Graduate Scholarship

MSc student, Zihuai Huang, Department of Biochemistry, Western University, June 2024


1st Prize in the Case Study Two Competition at the SSC Annual Meeting

The graduate student team directed by Dr. Hu, University of Toronto, June 2024 


1st Prize in Poster Competition at Canada Statistics Student Conference

MSc student Yutong Lu, Division of Biostatistics, University of Toronto, June 2024 


University of Manitoba Distinguished Dissertation Award 

PhD student  Qian Liu, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, May 2024.  


Machine Learning for Drug Discovery Summer School

PhD students Yan Sun, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, May 2024

PhD student Lianghong Chen, Department of Computer Science, Western University, May 2024 


Research Manitoba PhD Studentship

PhD student Leann Lac, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, May 2024


Ontario Graduate Scholarship

PhD student, Morgan He, Department of Computer Science, Western University, May 2024


Poster Competition 2nd Prize at the BMG Research Day
PhD student M Wasif Khan, University of Manitoba, May 2024​


CANSTAT (Canadian Network for Statistical Training in Trials) Fellowship

MSc student Yutong Lu, Division of Biostatistics, University of Toronto, May 2024 


Deep Learning + Reinforcement Learning (DLRL) Summer School  

PhD student Sugitha Janarthanan and MSc student Zihuai Huang, Department of Biochemistry

MSc student Lianghong Chen, Department of Computer Science

CIFAR and the Vector Institute in Toronto, April 2024


Poster Competition Gold Award in ICAM (International Congress on Academic Medicine)

PhD student Mohd Wasif Khan in the Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, UM.. April 2024.


NSERC USRA Award

Erin Lou, Medical science undergraduate student at Schulich, March 2024


T-CAIREM (Temerty Centre for AI in Medicine) Trainee Rounds presentation 

Lianghong Chen was  selected to give T-CAIREM Trainee Rounds presentation at the University of Toronto. February 2024.


Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Awards

Yuemin Yu, Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong, January 2024  

Vedant Gawande, Applied Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi, January 2024  


Translational Breast Cancer Research Traineeship, Breast Cancer Canada

MSc student Zi Huai Huang in the Department of Biochemistry, Western University, July 2023


Mitacs Globalink Graduate Fellowship Award 

MSc student Chutong (Alana) Deng in the Department of Computer Science, Western University, July 2023


CIHR Travel Award for attending the 2023 AI4PH Summer Institute

Leann Lac, PhD student in Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, July 2023


Vector Institute Scholarships in Artificial Intelligence
Lianghong Chen, MSc student in the Department of Computer Science, Western University.. May 2023.



Health Sciences Graduate Student's Association Award 

PhD student M Wasif Khan in the Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, June 2023..


Dr. Ed Kroeger Travel Award

PhD student M Wasif Khan in the Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, June 2023..


Prairie Cancer Research Consortium (PR2C) Travel Award
Leann Lac, PhD student in the Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, June 2023. 


NSF-CBMS (The Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences) Travel Award
Leann Lac, PhD student in the Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, March 2023. 

Yan Sun, PhD student  in the Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, March 2023. 


Upper Bound Talent Bursary Award- North America
Leann Lac, PhD student in the Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, February 2023. 


CGEn HostSeq/CIHR Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship 

Qian Liu, Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biochemistry, Western University,  December 2022


Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Awards

Abhimanyu Mandal, Undergraduate Student from  Indian Institute of Technology.  

Ziyang Xu, Undergraduate Student from Lanzhou University, China, December 2022. 


Robert Eby Graduate Student Scholarship in Computer Science 

University of Manitoba

Judah Zammit, MSc in the Department of Computer Science, November 2022


Master’s Studentship Award
Research Manitoba-CancerCare Manitoba Foundation,
Judah Zammit, MSc in Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, August 2022


VADA NSERC CREATE Award
Mohd Wasif Khan, PhD student in BMG, and Saqib Al Islam, MSc student in Computer Science, July 2022 


CIHR Travel Award for attending the 2022 AI4PH Summer Institute

Qian Liu, PhD student in Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, June 2022


Emil and Lynette Hain Scholarship for Excellence in Oncology
Qian Liu, Ph.D. student in the Departments of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Computer Science and Statistics, June 2022


MMSF Ph.D. Basic Health Science Award
Qian Liu, Ph.D. student in the Departments of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Computer Science and Statistics, June 2022


​Martha Donovan Women’s Leadership Development Award
Qian Liu, PhD student in the Departments of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Computer Science and Statistics, Feb 2022


Second Place Undergraduate Research Poster Competition Award
2021 University of Manitoba Undergraduate Research Poster Competition, December 2021
Madison Reed, Genetics, Undergraduate Student, University of Manitoba 


Reviewers' Choice Poster award
2021 American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Virtual Meeting
Qian Liu, PhD student in Departments of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Computer Science and Statistics


CANSSI Ontario STAGE HostSeq Fellowship
CANSSI Ontario STAGE (Strategic Training for Advanced Genetic Epidemiology)
Qian Liu, PhD student in Departments of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics and Computer Science, Sep 2021
 

MICCAI 2021 Student Participation Award
24Th International Conference on Medical Image Computing & Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), France
Hafsa Moontari Ali, MSc student in Departments of Computer Science​​​


Best (1st Place) Research Presentation Award
CancerCare Manitoba Research (CCMR)
Judah Zammit, Computer Science Undergraduate Student, University of Manitoba, August 2021 


Caroline A. Cope Award for Excellence in Oncology Research
University of Manitoba
Qian Liu, Ph.D. student in IIS program (Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Computer Science and Statistics), June 2021

Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral (CGS D) 
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 
Leann Lac, Ph.D. student in IIS program (Computer Science and Statistics), June 2021


Master’s Studentship Award
Research Manitoba-CancerCare Manitoba Foundation,
Daryl Fung, MSc in Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, June 2021


Ph.D. Studentship Award
Research Manitoba-CancerCare Manitoba Foundation,
Qian Liu, Ph.D. student in IIS program (Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Computer Science and Statistics), June 2021


University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship (UMGF) – Ph.D. Level 
University of Manitoba
Leann Lac, Ph.D. student in IIS program (Computer Science -Primary, and Statistics), May 2021


VADA NSERC CREATE Award
University of Manitoba

Leann Lac, Ph.D. student in IIS program (Computer Science and Statistics), May 2021


2021 Undergraduate Summer Studentship Award
Katerina (Christiana) Cholakis received the award from Centre for Healthcare Innovation, April 2021


2021 Undergraduate Summer Studentship Award
Judah Zammit received the award from Research Institute in Oncology and Hematology (RIOH), April 2021


Finalist of Most Promising Bioscience Student award 
Bioscience Association of Manitoba
Yong Won Jin, MSc student in Departments of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, March 2021


2021 Women’s Health Research Foundation of Canada Graduate Scholarship
University of Manitoba
Qian Liu, Ph.D. student in Departments of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics and Computer Science


2020 President’s Graduate Scholarship in Human Genetics
University of Manitoba
Yong Won Jin, MSc student in Departments of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics


2020 VADA Summer School Best Presentation Award
Visual and Automated Disease Analytics Graduate Training Program, University of Manitoba and University of Victoria
Qian Liu, PhD student in Departments of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Computer Science and Statistics


2020 Undergraduate Summer Studentship Award
Yolanda Ding received the award from Centre for Healthcare Innovation


2020 Undergraduate Summer Studentship Award
Yun Xu received the award from Research Institute in Oncology and Hematology (RIOH)


Mindel Rady Olenick Fellowship in Human Genetics
University of Manitoba
Qian Liu, PhD student in Departments of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics and Computer Science, February 2020


Faculty of Health Sciences “Dean’s Travel Award"
PhD student Qian Liu received a travel award supported by Faculty of Health Sciences “Dean’s Travel Fund", November 2019


Best Basic Research Presentation Award
CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute
Peiran Jiang won the Best Basic Research Presentation at 2019 CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute Summer Student Symposium, Aug 2019


Master’s Studentship Award
Research Manitoba,
Yong Won Jin received Research Manitoba Master's Studentship Award, June 2019



International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship (IGSES)
University of Manitoba, May 2019
Qian Liu received IGSES award.


International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship (IGSES)
University of Manitoba
Mohammed Wasif Khan, MSc student in Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics


VADA NSEARC CREATE Award
University of Manitoba
Qian Liu, PhD student in Departments of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics and Computer 

Science


Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) Travel Award
University of Manitoba
Qian Liu, MSc student in Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics


Best Oral Presentation Award
2019 IEEE 7th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Conference
Qian Liu received the Best Oral Presentation Award, March 2019


Best Presentation Award
11th International Conference on Machine Learning and Computing
Xinyu Hou received the Best Presentation Award, February 2019


Globalink Research Internship Award
Mitacs, Canada
Zexuan Sun. Undergraduate Student in Mathematics and Statistics in Wuhan University, China


Globalink Research Internship Award
Mitacs, Canada
Peiran Jiang. Undergraduate Student in Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China  

    

BSc Med Summer Studentship
College of Medicine,  University of Manitoba
Lourens Jacobs


International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship (IGSES)
University of Manitoba, May 2018
Shuo Jia received IGSES award.


Undergraduate Summer Studentship Award
The Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba, April 2018
 Liam Grenier. University of Manitoba


Globalink Research Internship Award
Mitacs, Canada, January 2018
Xinyu Hou. Undergraduate Student in Automation in Beijing Institute of Technology, China


International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship (IGSES)
University of Manitoba, September 2017
Nikta Feizi received IGSES award.


VADA NSEARC CREATE Award
University of Manitoba
Rayhan Shikder, MSc student in Department of Computer Science


International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship (IGSES)
University of Manitoba, September 2017
Rayhan Shikder received IGSES award.


2016-2017 BGEN Seminar Winner
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, July 2017
Chen Chi was awarded 2016-2017 BGEN Seminar Winner (3rd place).


Poster of Distinction at Digestive Disease Week (DDW)
Svetlana won the “Poster of Distinction” award at American Gastroenterological Association’s (AGA) Digestive Disease Week (May 6-, 2017), Chicago for her research "Rare copy number variations associated with inflammatory bowel disease". This poster was rated in the top 10% of all AGA abstracts selected for poster presentation at DDW.


International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship (IGSES)
University of Manitoba, May 2017
Qian Liu received IGSES award.


Nancie J. Mauro Graduate Scholarship in Oncology Research
Chen Chi received Nancie J. Mauro Graduate Scholarship in Oncology Research, January 2017


GAW20 Travel Award
Genetic Analysis Workshop 20, San Diego, CA, USA, January 2017 
Ye Tian received a travel award to attend and present results in GAW20.


CIHR Travel Award
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, October  2016
Chen Chi received CIHR Travel Award.


Phyllis J. McAlpine Graduate Fellowship
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, September  2016
Chen Chi received Phyllis J. McAlpine Graduate Fellowship.

2015-2016 BGEN Seminar Winner
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, September 2016
Chen Chi was awarded 2015-2016 BGEN Seminar Winner.


Manitoba Graduate Scholarship
The Government of Manitoba, September 2016
Md. Mohaiminul Islam received 2016 Manitoba Graduate Scholarship


International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship (IGSES)
University of Manitoba, September 2016
Jiaying You received IGSES award.


2016 Charles J. Epstein Trainee Award for Excellence in Human Genetics Research – Semifinalist
Chen Chi was ranked into seminfinalist (60 of 490 international applicants) of 2016 Charles J. Epstein Trainee Award from The American Society of Human Genetics.

The 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics Travel Award
Chen Chi received a Travel Award from the 66th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics.

Mindel and Tom Olenick Research Studentship in Medicine
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, May 2016
Chen Chi received Mindel and Tom Olenick Research Studentship in Medicine.


Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) Travel Award
Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba, May 2016
Chen Chi received Faculty of Graduate Studies travel award.


Presentation on Edge of Science and Medicine
Kaiqiong was selected as one of the four student speakers at Edge of Science and Medicine Seminar Series at Faculty of Health Sciences.


Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Award
Mitacs, December 2015
Linfan Zhang. Undergraduate Student in Statistics, Zheiiang University, China.


International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship (IGSES)
University of Manitoba, September 2015
Rasif Ajwad received IGSES award.


Computational Biology Undergraduate Summer Student Health Research Award
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), March 2015
Jessica Bondoc, Statistics and Computer Science, University of Manitoba


Globalink Research  Internship Award
Mitacs, December 2014
Masami Ando Kuri, Genome Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM


Globalink Research  Internship Award
Mitacs, December 2014
Xiaohui Ding, Mathematics and Statistics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology


International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship (IGSES)
University of Manitoba, September 2014
Kaiqiong Zhao received IGSES award.

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