Killam scholars celebrated

The Killam Fund for Advanced Studies Program at the University of Calgary has been running for 44 years and the achievements of this year’s Killam scholars and award winners were celebrated on Tuesday Oct. 4.

At the annual dinner, all award recipients were recognized and pre-doctoral students had an opportunity to present their posters. Ian Hargreaves from the psychology department was among the presenters. He explained his examination of electrophysiological recordings of brain activity while participants read single words in order to distinguish the unique contributions of different cortical areas to our experience of word meaning.

Killam Pre-Doctoral Scholarships are awarded to doctoral students of outstanding caliber, with many Killam scholars also holding significant awards at the national and provincial level. The awards have a full value of $36,000 annually for two years.

A Killam Post-Doctoral Fellowship enables an exceptional new scholar to work at the university to consolidate his or her research training, develop and initiate original research in the discipline, and participate in and contribute to the activities of the host department or unit.

This year, the University of Calgary was proud to have 26 pre-doctoral and two post-doctoral recipients of these prestigious awards. Since 1967, over $5,500,000 has been awarded to University of Calgary students from the Killam Trusts.

Killam Pre-Doctoral Scholars

First Year Scholar
Khaled Abdel Rahman - Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences
Shang Gao - Computer Science
Brett Hamilton - Geoscience
Tanya Schaap - English
Joshua Slater - Physics and Astronomy
Gregory Lowan - Education
Victoria Smith - Psychology
Jonathan Stea - Clinical Psychology
Richard (Glen) Uhrig - Biological Sciences
Kristin Atwood - Sociology
Robin Walker - Community Health Sciences
Franz Zemp - Medical Science

Second Year Scholar
Dustin Anderson - Neuroscience
Ian Hargreaves - Psychology
Johanna Hung - Neuroscience
Gregory Lowan - Education
Rhiannon MacDonnell - Haskayne School of Business
Leanne Mortimer - Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Joanna Moser - Medical Sciences
Roxanne Sterniczuk - Psychology
Patricia Thille - Sociology
Elizabeth Whitsitt - Law
Joshua Bourdage - Psychology
Cecilia Gossen - Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
Jodie Murphy-Oikenen - Social Work
Richard Hydomako - Physics and Astronomy

Killam Post-Doctoral Fellowship

First Year Fellow
Dr. Yuen-ying Carpenter - Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary

Second Year Fellow
Dr. Campbell Rolian - Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Calgary

The Killam Scholarship and Prize Programs were established in memory of Izaak Walton Killam through the will of his wife, Dorothy Johnston Killam, and through gifts made during her lifetime. Their primary purpose is to support advanced education and research at five Canadian universities including the University of Calgary.