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Nalder), and MITACS (Dr.
Vessela Stamenova).
Baycrest Donor
Fellowships
Baycrest donors generously
supported research trainees
through various
endowments. This year,
twenty - four trainees
received student fellowships,
totaling $69,600, from t hese
endowments including:
Jack & Rita Catherall
Travel Fund: John
Anderson, Jessica
Arsenault, Buddhika
Bellana, Sarah
Carpentier, Ayan Dey,
Nick Diamond, Zainab
Fatima, Stefanie Hutka,
Joan Ngo, Cristina
Saverino, Deborah
Schwartz, Angelita Wong
Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council (NSERC)
Fellowship recipient: Melissa
Hebscher
Trainee Awards & Recognitions
Trainee
Profile :
Baycrest is an academic
health sciences centre fully
affiliated with the University
of Toronto. In 2014 - 2015,
the Rotman Research
Instit ute (RRI) had a
complement of 22 scientists,
14 adjunct scientists, 1
scientific associat e, and 2
clinician associates, the
majority of whom mentored
trainees.
Within this world - class
academic environment, 11 6
trainees received training
and mentorship in the past
year.
33
Post - doctoral F ellows
44
Graduate Students
25
Summer Students
14
Undergraduate/
Co - op Students
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Baycrest and the Rotman
Research Institute (RRI)
attract top talent from
around the world. In 2014 -
2015, 32 Baycrest trainees
were awarded scholarships,
fellowships or awards in
recognition of their
academic and research
excellence.
National Fellowships
Four trainees were awarded
a total of $219,500 by
national funding agencies to
support their research
endeavours.
Th ese included prestigious
fellowships from the
Canadian Institutes of
Health Research (Dr. Emily
Nalder), Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research
Council (Melissa
Hebscher), Heart & Stroke
Foundation (Brandon
Vasquez), Canadian
Partnership in Stroke
Recov ery (Dr. Emily
Jack & Rita Catherall Travel Fund
recipient: Ayan Dey
