Departmental Awards
Thomas Arnason Pathology Prize
4th year Undergraduate students
This prize is for an undergraduate student in their 4th year to recognize the achievement of a Dalhousie medical student in the field of pathology and laboratory medicine during the four-year undergraduate MD program. Award is presented at Spring Convocation.
2023 | Chris Liwski |
2022 | Rumana Rafiq |
2021 | Carley Bekkers |
2020 | Aleksandara Kajetanowicz |
2019 | Duncan MacGillivray |
“Path Forward” Collaboration Award
Clinical and Research collaboration
Recognizes high impact research collaborations between our clinical and fundamental research faculty, and between departments in the Faculty of Medicine and the research hospitals. Award is presented at Research Day in spring.
2025 | Dr. Tom Arnason |
2024 | Victor Martinez |
2023 | Lauren Westhaver & Dr. Boris Gala-Lopez |
2022 | Dr. Dan Gaston & Sam Cutler |
Resident Teaching Award
Residents (2 per year)
This award acknowledges the role of resident teachers and recognizes the excellent teaching activities among residents and fellows in the Department of Pathology. Two per year. The winners will be from two different programs unless all nominees are within a single program. Awards are presented at Research Day in spring.
2025 | Dr. Ibrahim Elsharawi & Dr. Aleksandra (Ola) Kajetanowicz |
2024 | Rumana Rafiq & Nafisa Shandi |
Best Paper Award
Clinical and Research Faculty (2 per year)
The goal of these awards is to recognize, celebrate and promote high impact publications from our faculty. Two awards are given per year, one for Clinical and one for Fundamental Research as appropriate. Awards are presented at each Research Day in spring.
2025 | Fundamental | Dr. Ibrahim Elsarawi |
2025 | Clinical | Dr. Amy Lou |
2024 | Fundamental | Sabateeshan Mathavarajah |
2024 | Clinical | Yu Chen |
2023 | Fundamental | Lauren Westhaver |
2023 | Clinical | Dr. Jason LeBlanc |
David Janigan Teaching Award
Faculty (2 per year)
Honouring two faculty members in Pathology who contribute significantly to undergraduate, resident, postgraduate, and continuing medical education. All members of the Department, whether full-time, cross, or jointly- appointed, are eligible for these awards. Awards are presented at the Pathology Spring Retreat.
2024 | Dr. Heleen Arts and Dr. Cheng Wang |
2023 | Dr. Tish O'Reilly and Dr. Karen Bedard |
2022 | Dr. Jeanette Boudreau & Dr. Manal Elnenaei |
2021 | Dr. Ashley Stueck & Dr. Erica Schollenberg |
2020 | Dr. Sashi Gujar & Dr. Saul Offman |
2019 | Dr. David Conrad & Dr. Marnie Wood |
2018 | Dr. David Hoskin & Dr. Andrea Thoni |
2017 | Dr. Ross Davidson |
Award for Excellence in Clinical Service
Medical Staff
Recognizes the contributions to clinical service. All medical staff in the Department of Pathology, whether full-time, part-time, or jointly appointed, are eligible to be nominated for an award every year. However, after winning this award, they are not eligible to be nominated again.
2023-2024 | Dr. Manal Elnenaei |
2022-2023 | Dr. David Conrad |
2021-2022 | Dr. Jason LeBlanc |
Award for Lifetime Achievement
Faculty and Staff
Recognizes exceptional contributions to the Department of Pathology mission in clinical service, education, research, and administration. All faculty and staff in the Department of Pathology, whether full-time, part-time, or jointly appointed, are eligible to be nominated for this award.
2023-2024 | Dr. Robert Fraser |
2022-2023 | Dr. Bassam Nassar & Dr. David Haldane |
2021-2022 | Dr. Noreen Walsh |
Dr. Wenda Greer Prize for Research Excellence
2025 | Sabateeshan Mathavarajah |
2024 | Marie Claire Wasson |
2023 | Namit Holay |
2022 | Sam Cutler |
2021 | Meg Dahn |
2020 | Alyson Zwicker |
2019 | Wasundara Fernando |
ATOM Award
Award for Teaching, Outreach, and Mentoring (ATOM) is awarded annually to a graduate student.
2025 | Dr. Raj Pranap Arun |
2024 | Dr. Jayme Salsman |
2023 | Dr. Jaganthan Ventatesh |
2022 | Dr. Wasandara Fernando |
Post-Doc Fellow Travel Award
2025 | Dr. Raj Pranap Arun |
2024 | Marie Claire Wasson |
2023 | Dr. Jaganthan Ventatesh |
Research Day Awards and Prizes
Presented at Pathology Research Day in Spring of each year based on abstracts submitted. The 2025 winners are:
Best talk by a Pathology Graduate Student | Peter Robertson |
Best talk by a Pathology Resident |
Dr. Mahtab Khudadad |
Best talk by an External Participant |
Dr. Raj Pranap Arun |
Best poster by a Pathology Graduate Student | Vishnupriyan Kumar |
Best poster by a Pathology Resident |
Dr. Alexander Rudiuk |
Best poster by an External Participant |
Dr. Zoey Simon |
Best poster Judges Choice | Bakhmala Khan |
Gupta Travel Award | Dr. Alexander Rudiuk and Dr. Caroline Guinard |