Awards & Recognitions

  1. Dr. Elahi has recently secured a 5-year CIHR grant (2024-2029) to investigate the mechanisms of tumor progression and metastasis in breast cancer.

  2. Dr. Elahi has also been honored with an innovation grant from the Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology to explore mechanisms underlying HIV natural immunity during 2024-2025.

  3. Congratulations to Shima for receiving a CIHR-REDI Early Career Transition Award.

  4. Congratulations to Amir for receiving a travel award from the Canadian Society for Immunology to attend the annual meeting in Banff, Alberta, scheduled for April 2024.

  5. Congratulations to Amir once again for receiving the Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology Impact award for his publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37006235/

  6. Congratulations to Maryam for receiving the Medical Sciences Graduate Program Scholarship (MSGPS). 

  7. Dr. Elahi was awarded the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry 2024 Tier II Basic Science Award for Excellence in Mentoring.

  8. Dr. Elahi has received an Innovation grant from the Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology to investigate sex-specific immune and hormonal dysregulation in long COVID with ME/CFS (2025-2026).

  9. Congratulations to Amir for receiving the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry Dean’s Doctoral Award, the Li Ka Shing Doctoral Student Award, and the John & Rose McAllister Graduate Scholarship.

  10. Congratulation to Gopesh for receiving the Outstanding Communication in the Poster Category Award at the festival of undergraduate research and creative activities (FURCA), University of Alberta, March 2025.