Community Congrats: November 2024 | The Quad

Athletics

• Martin Fenger-Andersen, head coach, Golden Bears Soccer — 2024 U SPORTS Coach of the Year
• Sean Tschigerl, student-athlete, Golden Bears Hockey — Western Hockey League Graduate of the Month

College of Health Sciences

• Stephane Bourque (associate professor), Bo (Cloud) Cao (associate professor), Qiumin Tan (associate professor), Anne Hicks (associate professor), Anastassia Voronova (associate professor) and Meghan Riddell (assistant professor) — New/renewed Canada Research Chairs
• Grant Bruno, professor — Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence Grant, The Azrieli Foundation
• Ava Chow, associate professor — The Vargo Teaching Chair
• Sherry Dahlke, professor emeritus — Excellence in Nursing Education, Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing
• Narmin Kassam, professor and chair of the department of medicine — 2024 American College of Physicians Distinguished Member Excellence Award
• Colleen Norris, professor and associate dean, research — CASN – Nursing Research Excellence Award
• David Olson, professor — The University Cup
• Elizabeth Rosolowsky (associate professor), Dalton E. Sholter (clinical professor) and Laura Stovel (professor and assistant dean) — Canadian Association for Medical Education Certificate of Merit
• Joanne Ryan, general surgery resident — Certificate of Excellence, The Canadian Association for Medical Education Rising Star
• David Stuart, professor — McCalla Professorship

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

• Vic Adamowicz, distinguished university professor emeritus — Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Association (CREEA) Fellow
• Andu Berha, graduate student — Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) 2024-25 Doctoral Fellow
• Charlene Green, Anusher Khumorikov, Sadik Mahmud and Dipa Sultana, students — IFAMA 2024 Venture Building Challenge
• Russell Greiner, professor — NSERC 2024 Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering
• U of A iGEM Team, student team — Gold Medal, International Genetically Engineered Machines competition
• David Wishart, distinguished university professor — NSERC 2024 Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

• Jordan Abel, associate professor — Governor General Literary Award (fiction category), for his book, Empty Spaces.

Office of the Vice-President (University Services, Operations and Finance)

• Organizational Development and Talent Management team, employee unit — Excellence Awardee for the 2024 Queen’s University IRC Award for Best Learning & Development Strategy

The above list of awards, accolades and accomplishments is not exclusive. This series relies on community submissions. If you know a U of A colleague who has recently won an award or received an honour, and you would like to see their achievement celebrated in the next edition of Community Congrats, please send their info to [email protected].