Mergelas Family Award - Updated
Alumni Research Award
The Alumni Research Award provides a financial award to junior clinical faculty in the department as a stimulus to initiate and carry out a research project. The nature and scope of the research must be relevant to medical imaging, including clinical imaging, imaging education, basic science, physics and applied technology relevant to medical imaging (either radiology or nuclear medicine). The project should be completed within a time frame of one to two years.
For more information see the Award Guidelines.
To apply for the Award please download the Application Form.
Past Winners
| Year | Recipient | Site | Project Title |
| 2020 | Dr. Gauri Rani Karur | JDMI | Cardiac MRI evaluation of myocardial and aortic remodeling in Loeys-Dietz Syndrome |
| 2019 | Dr. Sebastian Mafeld | JDMI | Determinants of operator intracranial radiation dose during fluoroscopic guided procedures |
| 2018 | Dr. Arash Jaberi | JDMI | Use of cost effective 3D printing technology to facilitate VIR simulation of basic skills for radiology trainees. |
| 2017 | Dr. Kate Hanneman | JDMI |
Noninvasive Hematocrit Assessment for Cardiac MRI Extracellular Volume Quantification Using a Point of Care Device. |
| 2016 | Dr. Ravi Mohan | JDMI | Quantitative Metrics for Real Time Evaluation of Competency |
| 2015 | Dr. Pejman Maralani | Sunnybrook |
Developing and evaluating the performance of an automated computer-aided detection Software for the follow-up of metastatic brain tumours |
| 2014 | Dr. Sapna Rawal | JDMI |
The impact of angiographic and perfusion imaging utilization on clinical outcome in subarachnoid hemorrhage |
| 2013 | Dr. Mia Skarpathiotakis | Sunnybrook | Evaluating the role of DBT in improving the specificity of screening MRI in high risk patients for breast cancer |
| 2012 | Dr. Laura Jiménez-Juan | Sunnybrook | Ultra-low dose CT pulmonary angiography |
| 2011 | Dr. Sebastian Ley | UHN | Comprehensive MRI in patients presenting with acute chest pain |
**Deadline for Applications: TBD**
Updated - Mergelas Family Graduate Student Award
The Mergelas Family Graduate Student Award was established by Dr. James Mergelas and Family and is an endowed scholarship in the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Imaging. The candidate must be a full time registered graduate student(s) who is supervised by a University of Toronto Faculty Member appointed in the Department of Medical Imaging. Selection will be based on financial need and academic merit. The award will be given to students who are pursuing a career in medical imaging; research, education or practice.
Past winners
2018 - Dr. Helen Cheung & Navneet Singh
2017 - Dr. Alexandre Boutet (PGY3)
2016 - Dr. Alexandre Boutet (PGY3)
2014 - Dr. Navneet Singh (PGY3)
2013 - Dr. Helen Cheung (PGY3)
2012 - Dr. Michael Da Rosa (PGY3)
