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Dr. Lionel E. McLeod Health Research Scholarship—program closed

We are no longer accepting applications for the Dr. Lionel E. McLeod Health Research Scholarship. Since its inception in 1994, this prestigious scholarship established in memory of Dr. McLeod has been successful in enabling academically superior graduate students to undertake full-time research training in a discipline relevant to health research. The following is historical information about the Scholarship:

  1. Description
  2. Eligibility
  3. Term of Award
  4. Supervisor
  5. Stipend
  6. Applications

  1. Description

    This scholarship was established in memory of Dr. Lionel E. McLeod, who was founding President of AHFMR from 1981 - 1990. The award enables academically superior graduate students to undertake full-time training in medical or health research. The Scholarship is tenable through the Faculty of Medicine in any area related to health including:

    • Medicine
    • Health services research
    • Social and behavioural sciences
      • Sociology
      • Anthropology
      • Psychology
      • Economics
      • Political science
    • Quantitative and population sciences
      • Epidemiology and biostatistics
      • Operations research
      • Decision sciences
      • Computer sciences
    • The humanities
      • Philosophy
      • History
      • Theology

  2. Eligibility

    Candidates must be students at the University of Alberta, the University of Calgary, or the University of British Columbia and sponsored by the Faculty of Medicine.

  3. Term of Award

    1 year; non-renewable.

  4. Supervisor

    A faculty supervisor possessing both a record of productive health-oriented research and sufficient resources to ensure the satisfactory conduct of the research must sponsor the candidate.

  5. Stipend and Allowances

    The Dr. Lionel E. McLeod Scholarship award will consist of a stipend only. The value of this stipend for 2006 is estimated at $21,500.

    If the award is terminated prematurely, unused funds must be returned to AHFMR.

  6. Applications

    There is no formal application process for this award. Rather, candidate nominations will be solicited from the Faculty of Medicine at the eligible institutions on a rotating basis. In 2006, the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta has been asked to nominate candidates for this award. The selected candidate will be announced in Fall 2006.

Previous McLeod Scholarship Winners:

2010

  • Patrick Stemkowski, University of Alberta
  • Braedon McDonald, University of Calgary
  • Heidi Boyda, University of British Columbia

2009

  • Julien Olivier, University of Alberta
  • Michael Galic, University of Calgary
  • Johanna Schuetz, University of British Columbia

2008

  • Pierre Mattar, University of Calgary
  • Karl Iremonger, University of Calgary

2007

  • Shaheed Merani, University of Alberta

2005-2006

  • Calvin Yip, University of British Columbia

2004-2005

  • Matthew Hicks, University of Calgary

2003-2004

  • Talib Rajwani, University of Alberta

2002-2003

  • Brett Abrahams, University of British Columbia

2001-2002

  • Jacob Jaremko, University of Calgary

2000-2001

  • Elaine Corbett, University of Alberta

1999-2000

  • Candace Hoffman, University of British Columbia

1998-1999

  • Karen Dymond, University of Calgary

1997-1998

  • Rachel Szilard, University of Alberta

1996-1997

  • David Dozois, University of Calgary

1995-1996

  • Bryce Pasqualotto, University of British Columbia

1994-1995

  • Reuben Harris, University of Alberta