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The Ed Whitlock Fellowship Award
The Ed Whitlock Fellowship Award is a $5,000 annual scholarship granted to a graduate student (MSc, MA, or PhD) at Concordia who is a member of the School of Health. The recipient’s research must be focused on enhancing seniors' well-being through active living. The fellowship will be awarded each year during the annual School of Health Research Conference.
2024 award winner
Berkley Petersen, 4th year PhD candidate in the department of Psychology at Concordia University. Her doctoral research aims to investigate if a home-based online cognitive training intervention can improve older adults’ cognition, mobility, and multitasking abilities. This 6-week attention training program might help offset declining motor and cognitive systems and enable older adults to continue their everyday activities and leisure pursuits more safely and with less effort. Another part of her dissertation is dedicated to qualitative research to gain insights into the lived experiences of older adults who encounter a combination of sensory, motor, and cognitive challenges.
Ed Whitlock Award
Emma Hsiaowen Chen, master's student in the Department of Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology. A former pre-professional dancer, she is interested in how dance can be used to improve the fitness and balance of older adults. Through her work she has received master’s training scholarships from both the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé and the Canadian Institute for Health Research, and she will be continuing to a PhD fellowship at Concordia.
2022 award winner
Emily Carrese-Chacra, PhD student in Clinical Psychology at Concordia University. As a member of the Stress, Interpersonal Relationships, and Health Laboratory, Emily's doctoral research aims to identify interpersonal processes that influence health behavior change in younger as well as older adults. This research will inform couples-based interventions for health behavior initiation and maintenance by highlighting key interpersonal processes clinicians need to target in their couple interventions.
Graduate Student Awards
The Graduate Student Awards recognize outstanding research and academic achievement among their School members and students. The awards highlight students' strong research impact and community service within the health field.
2025 award winners
- Lyne Al-Nabelsi, MSc, Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
- Dimitrios Avramidis, CSBN, MA, Psychology
- Courtney Blamey, TAG, PhD, Communication Studies
- Annabelle Brault, CAHD, PhD, INDI, SGS-FoFA
- Mary Brooks, engAGE, MA, Psychology
- Mahgol Darvishmolla, CSBN, PhD, Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
- Brock Dishart, TAG, PhD, HUMA-FoFA
- Nathan Ferguson, CSS, MA, Sociology and Anthropology
- Xiaowei Gong, CRDH, PhD, Psychology
- Mohammadreza Niknam Hamidabad, CERMM, PhD, Physics
- Mehri Hajiaghayi, PhD, Biology
- Sofia Iuliano, PhD, Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
- Lynn Karam, CASB, PhD, Biology
- Radina Koleva, CeNSR, MSc, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Tori Langmuir, CCRH, MA, Psychology
- lako’tsi:rareh Amanda Lickers, IFRC, MA, INDI, SGS - FoFA
- Curtis John Logan, CASB, PhD, Biology
- Sofia Marinou, CRDH, MA, Psychology
- Liam McMahon, CSLP, PhD, Education
- Mahsa Mehranfar, CSFG, PhD, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Chanelle Montpetit, PhD, Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
- Samira Norouzi, CERMM, PhD, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Daniela Presta, engAGE, PhD, Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
- Alexander Pizzo, CCRH, PhD, Psychology
- Vanessa Racine, IFRC, MA, INDI, SGS - FoFA
- Niloufar Rahbari, CSFG, PhD, Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Brent Rosenstein, PhD, Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
- Thomas Seibel, CSS, PhD, Religions and Cultures
- Sarah Taylor, CeNSR, MSc, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Kathryn Urbaniak, CAHD, PhD, Education
- Clare Walker, MA, Sociology and Anthropology
Student Poster Presentation Awards
2025
Brain Vision Award ($500)
- Winner: Vanessa Pereira
Presentation title: Genetic network rewiring between distantly related eukaryotic species
Corporation des thérapeutes du sport du Québec (CTSQ) Award ($500)
- Winner: Owen Soontjens
Presentation title: From Takeoff to Touchdown: Achilles Tendon Stiffness and Its Links to Leg Preference, Athletic Performance, Range of Motion, and Injury in University Basketball
engAGE Award ($500)
- Winner: Ali Rezaei
Presentation title: Alterations in normal-appearing white matter microstructure of watershed zones in coronary artery disease and their link to cognition
Ethica CRO Award ($500)
- Winner: Jasmine Manan
Presentation title: Pain Management Knowledge and Training Needs in Canadian Oncologists
Fédération des kinésiologues du Québec (FKQ) Award ($500)
- Winner: Daniela Presta
Presentation title: Evaluating Changes in Peak Oxygen Consumption During a 30-Second Sit-to-Stand Test Following 5 Weeks of Blood Flow Restriction Training in Older Adults
Patricia Dudar Award ($500)
- Winner: Cecilia Brancheriau
Presentation title: Ratiometric chromatin sensing determines the mechanisms regulating cytokinesis - Winner: Annabelle Brault
Presentation title: Exploring Post-Secondary Students' Perceptions of Digital Well-Being Through Group Musicking: An Arts-Based Inquiry - Winner: Laurence Corriveau
Presentation title: I Shall Do No Wrong: The Moderating Role of Fear of Guilt in the Impact of Beliefs About Losing Control on Urge to Act in Association with OCD - Winner: Elizabeth F. Rye
Presentation title: Effect of Medial Orbitofrontal Inactivation on Sensory-Specific Satiety During Economic Choice
Réseau de recherche en santé cardiométabolique, diabète et obésité (CMDO) Award ($500)
- Winner: Zacharie Potvin-Jutras
Poster presentation: Reduced cerebrovascular reactivity in youth with congenital heart disease: links with cognition - Winner: Prerna Singh
Poster presentation: Influence of Growth Media on Collateral Sensitivity and Resistance in E. coli - Winner: Kathryn Urbaniak
Poster presentation: Listening to Autistic Students: Insights on Wellbeing, Support, and Systemic Gaps in Postsecondary Education
2024
Brain Vision Award ($250)
- Winner: Claire Dyment
Presentation title: Exploring the Interaction of Age and Presence of Insomnia on Sleep Spindle Density in Females - Winner: Vanessa Raspa
Presentation title: Corticomuscular Representation in Motor Sequence Learning
engAGE Award ($500)
- Winner: Julia Bissessar
Presentation title: The Use of Rhythmic Speech Cuing® and Vocal Intonation Therapy® for Speech Intelligibility in Parkinson's Disease: A Case Study
Fédération des kinésiologues du Québec (FKQ) Award ($250)
- Winner: Chanelle Montpetit
Presentation title: Making Waves: Exploring The Effects of Aquatic Therapy on Muscle Strength in Chronic Low Back Pain
Patricia Dudar Award ($250)
- Winner: Vanessa Pereira
Presentation title: Genetic Network Rewiring Between Distantly Related Eukaryotic Species - Winner: John Neufeld
Presentation title: Narrative Futurity in Later Life: Rethinking life story work to address loneliness - Winner: Malcolm Dunson-Todd
Presentation title: Towards standard testing to evaluate exoskeleton efficacy for construction workers - Winner: Jullie Coupal
Presentation title: Feasibility of a Fully Virtual Graded Exertion Test in Children with Concussion
Réseau de recherche en santé cardiométabolique, diabète et obésité (CMDO) Award ($500)
- Winner: Anjalee I. Wanasinghe
Poster presentation: Effects of animal vs plant-based protein in a hypocaloric ketogenic diet on regional subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) T cells in individuals with obesity. - Winner: Lyne Al-Nabelsi
Poster presentation: The relationship of dietary protein to energy metabolism, body composition, and muscle function in individuals undergoing bariatric surgery
2023
Patricia Dudar Award ($500)
- Winner: Mathieu Johnson
Presentation title: Behavioural impact of connectome-wide differences in white matter myelination - Winner: Paria Asadi
Presentation title: Vitamin B5, a coenzyme A precursor, rescues TANGO2 deficiency disease-associated defects in Drosophila and human cells
Réseau de recherche en santé cardiométabolique, diabète et obésité (CMDO) Award ($500)
- Winner: Brandon Kosik
Poster presentation: Implications of Actovegin on aerobic exercise performance and cardiac mitochondrial respiration in trained and untrained mice - Winner: Emma Hsiaowen Chen
Poster presentation: Online dance classes as fall prevention programming for women aged 65+
2022
Patricia Dudar Award ($500)
- Winner: Christiane Meyer
Presentation title: Environmental desynchrony affects voluntary alcohol intake and emotionality during alcohol withdrawal in female rats - Winner: Stefanie A. Tremblay
Presentation title: Accounting for covariance in studies of multimodal microstructure — a model for multivariate quantification in health and disease
Réseau de recherche en santé cardiométabolique, diabète et obésité (CMDO) Award ($500)
- Winner: Emily Marcotte
Poster presentation: Evaluation of motor functioning after Bmal1 Habenular knockout - Winner: Hanieh Mohammadi
Poster presentation: The Effect of Antihypertensive Treatment on Cerebral Pulsatility in Older Adults with Cardiovascular Risk Factors - Winner: Pascale Doherty-Haigh
Poster presentation: Impact of Bmal1 Knockout in the Nucleus Accumbens on Alcohol Drinking Behaviour
