Medical Student Award
The City of Thunder Bay Medical Student Award recognizes and rewards local students who are studying medicine in Canada and who plan to train as family physicians and return to Thunder Bay to practice upon the completion of their training.
2009 Applications Invited
For 2009 there will be four awards of $5000. Applications must be received in full by June 15, 2009.
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The Thunder Bay Family Medicine Awards recognize and reward local students who are studying to become family physicians and plan to return to Thunder Bay to practice upon the completion of their training. The 2008 awards were presented in December to four outstanding medical students that will contribute to the success of our community in the Health Care sector.
Meagan Doyle
After graduating from Fort William Collegiate Institute, Meagan earned an Honours Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Health Studies. While at the University of Waterloo she was awarded the Marion J Todd Memorial Award for excellence in health related research and the Applied Health Sciences Upper Year Scholarship for academic excellence.
Meagan’s varied work experiences include Clinical Research Assistant at Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre. She is currently a student representative for the Undergraduate Medical Education Committee at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.
Sheryl Wark
Sheryl is pursuing her childhood dream of becoming a physician. Sheryl attended Hammarskjold High School before graduating from Lakehead University with two degrees – a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and an Honours Bachelor of Kinesiology. She then went on to the Michener Institute at the University of Toronto where she graduated with a diploma in Nuclear Medicine with First Class Standing and a Bachelor of Science in Radiation Sciences.
Prior to attending the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sheryl worked as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist at Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Centre and the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg. This past summer, Sheryl was selected for a hospital exchange program in Innsbruck, Austria for the month of July where she represented Canada the Northern Ontario School of Medicine in the neurology department.
Marc Ruppenstein
Marc is a graduate of Hammarskjold High School and completed a Bachelor of Medical Sciences degree from the University of Western Ontario with the highest average in his program.
Marc has worked as a research assistant at the Regional Cancer Care centre and as a volunteer in the renal unit at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, a soccer coach for the Ontario Special Olympics and Hammarskjold Junior Girls team.
Marc speaks fluent German, French and was awarded the Modern Languages Award from his high school has since acquired a working knowledge of Spanish. Marc is currently in his first year of medicine at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Carolyn Murray
Carolyn attended Sir Winston Churchill Collegiate and Vocational Institute. Her interest in science led her to obtain a DNA certificate from the Paleo DNA laboratory. She then graduated from Lakehead University with an Honours Bachelor of Science (First Class Standing) and a Master of Science, both majoring in Biology. Carolyn is currently attending medical school at the University of Ottawa.
Carolyn has volunteered with the Shad Valley Science and Technology summer program, the Refugee Health Initiative and the Medical Students for Mental Health Awareness.
As a researcher, Carolyn has presented at various conferences and received numerous awards including those for academic excellence from the University of Guelph and Lakehead University, the Pynn Family Award for achievement in forensic science and a National Science and Engineering Research Council Research Capacity Development Award.
Community Services| Address: |
Victoriaville Civic Centre 111 Syndicate Ave South Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6S4 |
| Tel: | (807) 625-3155 |
| Email: | noda@thunderbay.ca |
Norine Oda
Family Physician Recruiter
