Institutional Strategic Initiatives / en Jade Nixon and kara lynch recognized by Black Research Network /celebrates/jade-nixon-and-kara-lynch-recognized-black-research-network <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Jade Nixon and kara lynch recognized by Black Research Network</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-07-26T10:48:44-04:00" title="Friday, July 26, 2024 - 10:48" class="datetime">Fri, 07/26/2024 - 10:48</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/students" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/black-research-network" hreflang="en">Black Research Network</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/indigenous" hreflang="en">Indigenous</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/institutional-strategic-initiatives" hreflang="en">Institutional Strategic Initiatives</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2024-07/nixon-lynch.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>L-R: Jade Nixon and kara lynch (supplied image, Melissa Lukenbaugh)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://wgsi.utoronto.ca/person/jade-nixon/"><strong>Jade Nixon</strong></a>, a PhD candidate at the ÖŘżÚζSM’s Women and Gender Studies Institute, and <a href="https://www.hampshire.edu/academics/faculty/kara-lynch"><strong>kara lynch</strong></a>&nbsp;(spelled in lower-case),&nbsp;a New York-based artist and associate professor emerita of video and critical studies at Hampshire College, have been named inaugural <a href="https://brn.utoronto.ca/black-research-network-introduces-its-inaugural-black-indigenous-waterways-recipients/">Black Indigenous Waterways post-doctoral fellow and artist-in-residence</a>, respectively.</p> <p>The Black Indigenous Waterways research opportunity was developed by U of T's Black Research Network and led alongside the Indigenous Research Network, a U of T <a href="https://isi.utoronto.ca/">institutional strategic initiative</a>. It aims to explore the relationships forged between Black and Indigenous peoples through historical encounters across the Americas, focusing on avenues such as place, identity, and environmental justice.</p> <p>Nixon’s doctoral research aims to centre Black women’s theories of gathering, place-making, and their relations with the Atlantic Ocean. For her research, she will travel to Martinique, an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, to learn more about the histories of the Arawak Caribs. “What excites me the most is to be able to commune with these lands and waters and talk with people who have in-depth knowledge of the Indigenous history of Martinique,” Nixon said. “I will be able to turn to the people who have lived and place-based expertise that I can learn from and who have the desire to share what they know with me.”</p> <p>For lynch, the artist-in-residence role offers an opportunity to consider how to push boundaries and broaden resources to maximize learning potential. “After seeing what gets unearthed when students are open to approaching material in an interdisciplinary way, our proposal to students is to consider how to visualize data and information,” lynch says. “That shift is what is necessary in a liberation curriculum.”&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="https://brn.utoronto.ca/black-research-network-introduces-its-inaugural-black-indigenous-waterways-recipients/">Read the Black Research Network story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">BRN</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:48:44 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 308602 at Maya Ahia receives Kyriakos (Ken) Alexopoulos Memorial Award for Student Mental Health Research /celebrates/maya-ahia-receives-kyriakos-ken-alexopoulos-memorial-award-student-mental-health <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Maya Ahia receives Kyriakos (Ken) Alexopoulos Memorial Award for Student Mental Health Research</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-05-29T10:15:25-04:00" title="Wednesday, May 29, 2024 - 10:15" class="datetime">Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:15</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/students" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/inlight-student-mental-health-research-initiative" hreflang="en">Inlight Student Mental Health Research Initiative</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/institutional-strategic-initiatives" hreflang="en">Institutional Strategic Initiatives</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/lawrence-s-bloomberg-faculty-nursing" hreflang="en">Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-scarborough" hreflang="en">U of T Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2024-05/MayaAhia-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>Maya Ahia (supplied image)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>ÖŘżÚζSM Scarborough student <strong>Maya Ahia</strong> is the inaugural recipient of the <a href="https://smhr.utoronto.ca/maya-ahia-receives-kyriakos-ken-alexopoulos-memorial-award-for-student-mental-health-research/">Kyriakos (Ken) Alexopoulos Memorial Award for Student Mental Health Research</a>.</p> <p>The award supports research carried out as part of the <a href="https://smhr.utoronto.ca">Inlight Student Mental Health Research Initiative</a>, a U of T <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=institutional+strategic+initiative&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">institutional strategic initiative</a> that aims to support and foster improvements in student mental health and wellness. It was created to honour the legacy of <strong>Ken Alexopoulos</strong>, a compassionate person who believed strongly in helping others –&nbsp;especially those dealing with mental health struggles.</p> <p>Ahia, a 2023-2024 Inlight Research Fellowship recipient, is being recognized for her master’s research that examines access to accessibility support services for post-secondary students with a mental health-related disability.</p> <p>“Receiving this funding allows me to dedicate my time and energy to this research and enables me to ensure a hands-on and collaborative process with students and faculty,” says Ahia. “The goal of my projects is to see more accessible accommodations created for students.”</p> <h3><a href="https://smhr.utoronto.ca/maya-ahia-receives-kyriakos-ken-alexopoulos-memorial-award-for-student-mental-health-research/">Read more about Maya Ahia’s research and the Inlight initiative</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Nursing</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-new-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add new tags</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/inlight-student-mental-health-research-initiative" hreflang="en">Inlight Student Mental Health Research Initiative</a></div> </div> </div> Wed, 29 May 2024 14:15:25 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 307957 at Seven U of T graduate students awarded 2023-2024 Inlight Research Fellowships in support of mental health research /celebrates/seven-u-t-graduate-students-awarded-2023-2024-inlight-research-fellowships-support <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Seven U of T graduate students awarded 2023-2024 Inlight Research Fellowships in support of mental health research</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-04-01T15:26:40-04:00" title="Monday, April 1, 2024 - 15:26" class="datetime">Mon, 04/01/2024 - 15:26</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/students" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/scarborough" hreflang="en">Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-computer-science" hreflang="en">Department of Computer Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/factor-inwentash-faculty-social-work" hreflang="en">Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-kinesiology-physical-education" hreflang="en">Faculty of Kinesiology &amp; Physical Education</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/graduate-students" hreflang="en">Graduate Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/institutional-strategic-initiatives" hreflang="en">Institutional Strategic Initiatives</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/oise" hreflang="en">OISE</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-mississauga" hreflang="en">U of T Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-scarborough" hreflang="en">U of T Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2024-04/inlight-2024.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>Clockwise from top left: Melissa deJonge, Egag Egag,&nbsp;Asma Shamim, Maya Ahia, Danika Quesnel, JesusMiracle Chiadika and Ananya Bhattacharjee (supplied images)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Seven students from across the ÖŘżÚζSM are recipients of the <a href="https://smhr.utoronto.ca/the-2023-2024-inlight-research-fellowships-support-student-mental-health-research/">2023-2024 Inlight Research Fellowships</a>&nbsp;awarded by <a href="https://smhr.utoronto.ca/">Inlight Student Mental Health Research</a>, a U of T <a href="https://isi.utoronto.ca/">institutional strategic initiative</a>&nbsp;committed to improving student mental health and wellness outcomes.</p> <p>The $10,000 fellowships support graduate scholars who are leading research projects that aim to improve student mental health and well-being on campus and recognize the importance of student-led and co-designed research solutions.&nbsp;</p> <p>“The Inlight Research Fellowship Program is dedicated to promoting the development of leaders in post-secondary student mental health research,” said <strong>Julius Haag</strong>, Inlight’s associate director, education and training and an assistant professor, teaching stream in the department of sociology at U of T Mississauga.</p> <p>“We are actively supporting impactful research that will grow the perspectives and capacity needed to advance student mental health and wellness, as well as centring research that focuses on engaging the experiences and perspectives of our diverse student community.”</p> <p>Here is the full list of Inlight’s 2023-2024 research fellowship award recipients:</p> <p><strong>Maya Ahia</strong>&nbsp;– master’s student in clinical psychology, U of T Scarborough</p> <p><strong>Ananya Bhattacharjee</strong> – PhD candidate in computer science, Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</p> <p><strong>JesusMiracle Chiadika</strong> – PhD student in higher education, comparative, international &amp; development education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education</p> <p><strong>Melissa deJonge</strong> – PhD student, Faculty of Kinesiology &amp; Physical Education</p> <p><strong>Egag Egag</strong>&nbsp;– PhD student, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work</p> <p><strong>Danika Quesnel </strong>–<strong>&nbsp;</strong>PhD student in clinical psychology, U of T Scarborough</p> <p><strong>Asma Shamim</strong> – PhD student in developmental psychology and education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education</p> <h3><a href="https://smhr.utoronto.ca/the-2023-2024-inlight-research-fellowships-support-student-mental-health-research/">Read more about the fellowship recipients at Inlight</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 01 Apr 2024 19:26:40 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 307167 at Hannah Kozlowski awarded Future Leaders Prize from the Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium /celebrates/hannah-kozlowski-awarded-future-leaders-prize-emerging-and-pandemic-infections <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Hannah Kozlowski awarded Future Leaders Prize from the Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-08-18T13:10:54-04:00" title="Friday, August 18, 2023 - 13:10" class="datetime">Fri, 08/18/2023 - 13:10</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/students" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2023-08/Kozlowski-Celebrates.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Hannah Kozlowski leans against a window, capturing her reflection."> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>(photo supplied)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Hannah Kozlowski</strong>, an MD/PhD student at the ÖŘżÚζSM, is the inaugural recipient of <a href="https://epic.utoronto.ca/opportunities/future-leaders-prize/">the Future Leaders Prize </a>from the <a href="https://epic.utoronto.ca">Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium</a> (EPIC), a U of T <a href="https://isi.utoronto.ca/">Institutional Strategic Initiative</a>.</p> <p>The prize, to be awarded annually, recognizes outstanding PhD graduates who have completed an excellent infectious disease-focused thesis and demonstrated leadership beyond their studies.</p> <p>Working with <strong>Warren Chan</strong>, a professor in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Kozlowski was part of a team that developed a portable smartphone device that could diagnose COVID-19 and other infections in less than one hour. She then started a new research project with <strong>Shaun Morris</strong>, a clinician-scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children and assistant professor of paediatrics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, to improve public health surveillance for dengue.</p> <p>Supported by <a href="https://epic.utoronto.ca/research/funded-initiatives/results-of-the-2023-researcher-mobility-awards/">an EPIC Researcher Mobility Award</a>, Kozlowski is in Thailand working this summer with researchers at the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit to co-develop a protocol using Nanopore sequencing, a type of genome sequencing, to diagnose dengue infections in patient blood samples.</p> <p>“The power of an MD/PhD is that you understand these two different worlds and you can help close that gap between them,” Kozlowski says. “It’s quite powerful to be able to do that.”</p> <p>Kozlowski has been highly involved in the MD/PhD program, helping to create an innovative competency-based curriculum and serving as her class president and on the Temerty Faculty of Medicine Strategic Plan Working Group.</p> <h4><a href="https://epic.utoronto.ca/md-phd-student-hannah-kozlowski-receives-inaugural-future-leaders-prize/">Read the EPIC story</a></h4> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-new-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add new tags</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/institutional-strategic-initiatives" hreflang="en">Institutional Strategic Initiatives</a></div> </div> </div> Fri, 18 Aug 2023 17:10:54 +0000 lanthierj 302676 at