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Support Staff Awards of Excellence Winners - 2019

In the spirit of recognizing the outstanding achievements of our dedicated support staff, the Faculty of Medicine is pleased to bestow Support Staff Awards of Excellence annually.

Congratulations to the winners!
Danielle Caron

Staff Service Excellence Awards – Individual

Danielle Caron - Officer, Faculty Payroll Services and HR Systems

Over the last year, Danielle has taken on extra responsibilities for a prolonged period of time to fill pressing needs in her office. Highly organized and dependable, with a warm and patient demeanour, she is always keen to learn new skills and looks for ways to bring positive changes to her team.

Lynn Prud’homme

Staff Service Excellence Awards – Individual

Lynn Prud’homme - Fellowships and Visa Programs Coordinator, Postgraduate Medical Education

Lynn works diligently to ensure that all foreign trainees arrive with their requirements in place and ready to start – something for which countless trainees have expressed gratitude! The conscientious, professional, and polite service she provides helps create excellent relationships and build trust between the trainee, their sponsor, and the Faculty of Medicine. With her vast experience and deep knowledge, Lynn is a resource among her Ontario peers for answers to complex cases.

Charlene Clow

Staff Innovation Award – Individual

Charlene Clow - Senior Research Advisor, Research and Innovation

Charlene plays a critical role for the Faculty of Medicine by coordinating and writing team and infrastructure grants and is at the center of the development of the Faculty’s new research pillar, Artificial Intelligence (AI).

She has aided our professors in securing funding from all the major funding agencies despite the highly competitive environment.

Team Awards

Service Excellence – Team Award

Francophone Affairs Virginie Albert, Ali Alaoui Benhachem, Wassim Boudjatat, Isabelle Briand-Turpin, Geneviève Côté, Luc Diarra, Dr. Salomon Fotsing, Daniel Hubert, Zaki Khouani, Martine Trudeau

Francophonie keeps improving at the Faculty of Medicine and we owe this to the small but hard-working Francophone Affairs team who works tirelessly toward a common goal. The team delivers a wide variety of services and activities for the benefit of students, teachers and researchers at Roger Guindon Hall and its affiliated institutions.

Francophone Affairs Team
Francophone Affairs Team

Service Excellence – Team Award

Research and Innovation – Julie Carrière, Charlene Clow, Gillian Lord, Dr. Charis Putinski, Mélanie Rioux

Beginning in 2009 with little to no established processes, staff, or historical resources in place, the FoM Research and Innovation Team has become highly professional, dynamic, dedicated, and accomplished. The team members demonstrate tireless effort, commitment to service excellence, and outstanding support for their Faculty, affiliated institutes and for the University.

Research and Innovation Team
Research and Innovation Team

Innovation – Team Award

Cell Biology and Image Acquisition (CBIA) Core Facility – Skye Green and Dr. Chloë van Oostende-Triplet

Over the last few years, Dr. Chloë van Oostende-Triplet and Skye Green have expanded the capabilities of the CBIA core, established new techniques on existing core equipment, and have had the foresight to capitalize on opportunities to expand our core imaging infrastructure. The doubling of the core user base over the last 3 years reflects the success of their efforts with nearly 500 users now benefiting from our services.

Cell Biology and Image Acquisition (CBIA) Core Facility
Cell Biology and Image Acquisition (CBIA) Core Facility Team