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RTC Annual Report 2015 - 2016
Trainee Awards & Recognitions
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
The OGS program is a merit based scholarship program joint ly funded by the Province of
Ontario and participating Ontario universities. The program encourages excellence in
graduate studies at the master's and doctoral levels across all disciplines of academic
study. This past year, Jessica Arsenault, a RRI PhD ca ndidate, was awarded an OGS
scholarship totaling $15,000.
Trainees were also recognized with a diverse range of awards from various external
organizations including:
Other Trainee Recognitions
Jessica Arsenault – Albert S . Bregman Student Prize in
Psychological Acoustics, Can adian Acoustical Association,
$ 500
Jessica Arsenault – Hal Rogers Endowment Fund, Kin
Canada , $ 1,000
Lisa Engel – Best PhD Poster Award, Rehabilitation Sciences
Institute Research Showcase, University of Toronto
Dr. Leon French – Best Poster Award, 2015 World Congress
in Psychiatric Genetics Conference
Dr. John Griffiths – Hon o rary Associate, School of Physics,
University of Sydney
Dr. Amanda Lash – CIHR Travel Award , CIHR Institute of
Aging, $1 , 000
Dr. Rachel Newsome – Cognitive N europsychology Student
Travel Prize for travel to the Cognitive Neuroscie nce
Society Conference (NYC), $ 750 USD
Dr. Valorie Salimpoor – Reg & Molly Buck Award, Society
for Education, Music, and Psychology Research (SEMPRE),
£2,500
Awa rdrecipient:LisaEngel
Awardrecipient:Dr.LeonFrench
