Select Awards & Recognitions

2023: CIHR PDF fellowship ($45,000x3yrs), ranked in top 5.6% within the application pool (25/447). Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research

2021: Michael G. DeGroote Fellowship Award in Basic Biomedical Science ($50,000). Funder: McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

2019: The 2018-2019 Hollenberg Competition, ranked second in "Category 3 Mechanistic Studies" ($500). University Health Network/Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON

2017: Travel award to participate in the international immunology workshop, Immuno-Ethiopia-2017 (~$3000). Funder: International Union of Immunological Societies/Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

2017: University of Toronto Most Understandable Scientist Competition, ranked 1st ($1000). University of Toronto, ON.

2015-18. Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship ($50,000x3yrs). Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research

2008. Beveridge scholarship award in science ($3,000). Funder: Acadia University, NS

2006. The Bolashak scholarship for studying abroad, ($90,000). Funder: Government of Kazakhstan