BIOCHEMISTRY STUDENT NAMED GSA AMBASSADOR!
(From: UToday, April 26th "Representing the Best of University of Calgary") 
In what is expected to become a yearly tradition, the Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) has named five students as ambassadors for the best and brightest the University of Calgary has to offer.
“All of our inaugural ambassadors have an impressive list of academic performance and volunteer and extra-curricular experience,” GSA vice-president (student life) Joey Windsor says. “They have a good story to tell of why they're here, what this university means to them, and the ability to translate the knowledge gained from their research back to non-specialists.”
Third-year biochemistry and molecular biology PhD candidate Pavneet Singh arrived from India in January 2010 and emphasized the importance of voluntary extra-curricular and leadership activities for overall personal development. “This recognition is a true representation of the multiculturalism in Canada as deserving people from diverse backgrounds were named graduate ambassadors,” he says. Click here for complete story.
LIMS PROGRAM DIRECTOR, DR. PAUL BECK, WINS TWO PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS!
By Todd O’Keefe 
March has been a rewarding month for director of the University of Calgary’s Leader in Medicine program and Snyder Institute member, Dr. Paul Beck, MD, PhD. He recently received the Faculty of Medicine’s Watanabe Award for Overall Excellence and is also the recipient of the 2012 American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute Council Immunology, Microbiology & IBD Section Research Mentor Award. These awards follow Dr. Beck being awarded the 2010 Outstanding Physician of the Year at the Foothills Hospital. Click here for more...
WELCOME NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS!
(Click here) for Dr. van der Hoorn's presentation to new students)
The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary offers 9 outstanding graduate programs that integrate high quality education and mentorship with cutting-edge research in areas and disciplines ranging from basic biomedical research to translational research and patient and population research. Our programs are home to over 490 students in course-based and thesis based degree programs. The Faculty of Medicine is also home to 200 postdoctoral fellows.
Research in the Faculty of Medicine is organized in Institutes and Departments that I encourage you to explore. Your supervisor will be a member of an Institute, which provides support, seminar series, journal clubs, etc.
In addition, our graduate programs have student-run executives -Departmental Graduate Associations- that have built a strong home for their students, a community spirit, and provide great leadership opportunities.
Importantly, the Faculty of Medicine provides a top-notch comprehensive graduate experience to you, with attention to research, academic success, professional and career skills development, support in obtaining funding, and student experience.
We look forward to helping you make your graduate studies in the Faculty of Medicine an amazing experience!
Frans A. van der Hoorn, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Graduate Science Education)
Our Graduate Students
The Faculty of Graduate Studies recently announced the winners of the Governor General and Chancellors Awards. Three Graduate Science Education students were among the winners:
- Dustin Anderson (Neuroscience) - Governor General's Gold Medal at the Doctoral level. Click here for more details.
- Tracy Flach (Immunology) - Governor General's Gold Medal at the Master's level
- Stephen Wilton (Community Health Sciences) - Chancellor's Graduate Medal at the Master's level
Winning these prestigious awards is a credit to both the student, and the graduate program they are enrolled in. These medals will be awarded at the November 10, 2011 Convocation Ceremony.
