BOTG Edition #18: Highlights

• The College of Pharmacy and Nutrition presented the 2026 Research Excellence Award to clinician-researcher Dr. Allison Cammer in recognition of research that spans the continuum of care, from prevention and primary care to long-term care and end-of-life settings.

• Dr. Shelley Kirychuk, our very own director, was named Administrator of the Year at the Department of Medicine’s Annual Awards Banquet!

• Dr. Angelica Lang, with support from CCRAH and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, has secured $385,000 in funding to enhance the Shoulder Health and Ergonomics Research (SHER) Lab. Dr. Lang's team will expand research in injury prevention, rehabilitation, and human movement using cutting-edge motion-capture technology.

• Dr. Huiqing Guo, a collaborator and Member of CCRAH, received the CSABE-SCGAB 2025–26 Fellow Award from the Canadian Society for Bioengineering (CSABE-SCGAB). The Grade of Fellow is an honorary designation recognizing members with outstanding and extraordinary qualifications and experience in agricultural, food, and/or biological engineering.

• Congratulations to Sara Sagen and Denise Balogh for their 1st place student oral and poster presentations at SHARP 2026!

• Jeshua Suresh Devanesan Jacob received an NSERC USRA Award and Biomedical Summer Project award for his summer research project entitled “Characterization of Protein-Protein Interactions between Platelet and Complement System Proteins through Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics”.

• Atharv Govardhan received a Biomedical Summer Project Award for his summer research project entitled “Blood Proteomics to Evaluate the Impact of Whole-Body Vibration on Cognitive Impairment Using a Rat Model”.

• Congratulations to Dr. Angelica Lang for being identified as an Outstanding Reviewer for the CIHR Project Grant reviews!

 

• Two MD students joined the SHER Lab to complete summer Dean’s Projects: Mehrnaz Javadian and Erika Whyte

• Welcome to Brianna Coffman and Martin Ugwu, two new MSc students working with Dr. Angelica Lang in the SHER Lab.

• Welcome to Dr. Rachel Guerra, a professional research associate under the supervision of Dr. Shelley Kirychuk and Dr. George Katselis in CCRAH’s Mass Spectrometry Laboratory for Omics Research. Rachel has a PhD in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology from Harvard University and was previously a Staff Scientist at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

• Atharv Govardhan and Jeshua Suresh Devanesan Jacob are undergraduate summer students who worked with Dr. George Katselis in CCRAH’s Mass Spectrometry Laboratory for Omics Research. 

• Maiia Sizo is an undergraduate summer student who worked under the supervision of Dr. Shelley Kirychuk.

• Vera Gorgees is an Edwards School of Business undergraduate summer student, who worked with Dr. Shelley Kirychuk.

• Welcome to Whitney Harder, a registered nurse working with the Rural and Remote Memory Clinic.

• Welcome to Kristin Ottenbreit, BScKin, a research assistant for the Rural Dementia Action Research Team (RaDAR). In her role as the RaDAR Outreach and Research Coordinator, she provides assistance to the RaDAR team at the Rural Primary Health Care Memory Clinics across Saskatchewan.

• Welcome to Hailey Walkeden, RD, BSc Nutr, the Registered Dietitian at the Rural and Remote Memory Clinic. Her goal is to support patients and their caregivers with the complexities of nutrition throughout the diagnosis and progression of dementia.

 

We would like to wish the best to Sara Sagen and Kenzie Friesen, as they conclude their time with the SHER lab and begin their studies in Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy this fall!