Meritas Ceremony: a record $495,000 awarded to the student and postdoctoral community

On June 19, the second edition of the Meritas Ceremony, organized by CRCHUM Student and postdoctoral affairs, was held in the CHUM Research Centre Amphitheatre and Agora Courtois. This event celebrates and distinguishes CRCHUM students, fellows and residents for their academic excellence and dedication, rewarding them for their hard work and exceptional discoveries.

A record amount

This year, 52 students and postdoctoral fellows received scholarships, totalling a record $495,500. This incredible sum was awarded thanks to the partnership of the CRCHUM and the CHUM Foundation.

The full list of the second edition Meritas Ceremony scholarship recipients can be found below:

Research Training Scholarships - Master's Degree, offered by the CHUM Foundation

• Arman Sarshoghi, supervised by Moishe Liberman (Cancer): $2,500
• Moncef Berkache, supervised by Georgs Durr (Health Innovation and Evaluation Hub): $2,500
• Malik Zennadi, supervised by Laura Drudi (Health Innovation and Evaluation Hub): $2,500
• Noémie Labonté, supervised by Emmanuelle Brochiero (Immunopathology): $2,500
• Kellie Elkrief, supervised by Nicolas Garel (Neuroscience): $2,500
• Helia Motamedi, supervised by Greg Fitzharris (Immunopathology): $2,500
• Carolane Charest, supervised by Martine Tétreault (Neuroscience): $2,500
• Maya Nehme, supervised by Nadine Taleb (axe Cardiométabolique): $2,500
• Bryce Rampal, supervised by Éric Samarut (Neuroscience): $2,500
• Élie Daoust, supervised by Sophie Lerouge (Imaging and Engineering): $2,500
• Alexandre Bernèche, ssupervised by Thomas Gervais (Cancer): $2,500
• Bibata Ouédraogo, supervised by Nicole Leclerc Neuroscience): $2,500
• Selim Abou-Rahal, supervised by Didier Jutras-Aswad (Neuroscience): $2,500
• Thibault Maumy, supervised by Manuela Santos (Cancer): $2,500
• Eleanore Stohner, supervised by Sophie Petropoulos (Immunopathology): $2,500
• Chloé Nassar, supervised by Dominic Roy (Cancer): $2,500
• Alyssia Woolley, supervised by Nathalie Abour (Neuroscience): $2,500

Research Training Scholarships - PhD, offered by the CHUM Foundation

• Mandana Bidgeli-Kheibari, supervised by Francis Rodier (Cancer): $3,000
• Mélissa Viens, supervised by Marie-Claude Bourgeois-Daigneault (Cancer): $3,000
• Saad Menggad, supervised by Gerardo Ferbeyre (Cancer): $3,000
• Sajad Ghazavi Khorasgani, supervised by Guy Cloutier (Imaging and Engineering): $3,000
• Fanny Nobilleau, supervised by Éric Samarut (Neuroscience): $3,000
• Olivier Chenette-Steward, supervised by Julie L. Lavoie (Cardiometabolic): $3,000
• Fazaneh Vakili, sous la direction de Sarah Larney (Health Innovation and Evaluation Hub): $3,000
• Nicolas Pouderous, supervised by Gerardo Ferbeyre (Cancer): $3,000
• Thibaut Dagand, supervised by Nicolas Chomont (Immunopathology): $3,000
• Lisa Bellemare, supervised by Nadia Sourial (Health Innovation and Evaluation Hub): $3,000
• Wenxia Yang, supervised by Shao-Ling Zhang (Cardiometabolic): $3,000
• Saiyet Baez-Lovio, supervised by Martine Tétreault (Neuroscience): $3,000
• Arthur Caron, supervised by Nicolas Chomont (Immunopathology): $3,000
• Samar Naili-Douaouda, supervised by Stéphanie Fulton (Cardiometabolic): $3,000

Research Training Scholarships – Postdoctorate, offered by the CHUM Foundation

• Daphné Citherlet, supervised by Mark Keezer (Neuroscience): $5,000
• Kenan Aloss, ssupervised by Saima Hassan (Cancer): $5,000
• Tom Voisin,  supervised byEmmanuelle Brochiero (Immunopathology): $5,000

Excellence in the Recruitment of Postdoctoral Fellows Scholarships, offered by the CHUM Foundation

• Susannah Waxman, supervised by Adriana Di Polo (Neuroscience): $45,000/2 years
• Ralph Saber, supervised by Éli Bou Assi (Neuroscience): $45,000/2 years
• Charles-Étienne White-Gosselin, supervised by Isabelle Doré (Immunopathology): $45000/2years
• Vranda Garg, supervised by Éric Samarut (Neuroscience): $45l000/2 years

IMAGING 2D Scholarship – Postdoctorate, offered by the CHUM Foundation

• Kishan Shamjibhai Italiya, ssupervised by François Yu (Imaging and Engineering): $70,000

Research Excellence Scholarships - Master's Degree, offered by the CRCHUM

• Anthony Caron, supervised by Cynthia Ménard (Imaging and Engineering): $2,500
• Camille Poliquin, supervised by Nicolas Chomont (Immunopathology): $2,500

Research Excellence Scholarships - PhD, offered by the CRCHUM

• Medhi Benlardi, supervised by Andrés Finzi (Immunopathology): $3,000
• Sara Badr, supervised by Ali Ahmadi (Imaging and Engineering): $3,000
• Catherine Côté, supervised by Gabrielle Pagé (Health Innovation and Evaluation Hub): $3,000
• Julie Masse, supervised by Gabrielle Pagé (Health Innovation and Evaluation Hub): $3,000
• Rodin Chermat, supervised by Thomas Gervais (Cancer): $3,000
• Harika Dasari, supervised by Sarah Larney (Health Innovation and Evaluation Hub): $3,000
• Diala El Masri, supervised by Nathalie Arbour (Neuroscience): $3,000
• Alexia Piché, supervised byIsabelle Doré (Health Innovation and Evaluation Hub): $3,000

Ovarian Cancer Scholarship in Memory of Cécile Hryhorczuk – PhD, offered by the CRCHUM

• Mondana Bidgeli-Kheibari, supervised by Francis Rodier (Cancer): $5,000

Centre d’expertise pour les victimes de brûlures graves de l’ouest du Québec Scholarship, offered by the CRCHUM

• Carla Herman, ssupervised by Johnny Ionut Efanov (Imaging and Engineering): $10,000

Research Contribution Award – Pavel Hamet, offered by the CRCHUM

• Norio Tomita, supervised by Nathalie Bureau (Imaging and Engineering): $1,000
• Priscila Carapeto, supervised by Guy Rutter (Cardiometabolic): $1,000

Congratulations to all recipients!

Thank you to the CHUM Foundation and the CRCHUM for their support.