Honouring Temerty Medicine’s 2024 University of Toronto Student Leadership Award Recipients
Students, Alumni
Congratulations to the 18 Temerty Faculty of Medicine learners who were recently announced as recipients of the 2023 University of Toronto Student Leadership Award (UTSLA).
The awards recognize students in their final year of study from across the university for their outstanding student leadership, volunteer service and commitment to U of T. This year, 18 of the recipients are Temerty Medicine learners (and soon-to-be alumni) representing a wide range of departments, divisions and disciplines.
The 2024 Temerty Medicine UTSLA recipients are:
Jerusha Alvares Department of Speech-Language Pathology
Wenfu Bao Rehabilitation Sciences Institute
Yuri Chaban Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Catherine Chi Department of Immunology
Sierra Codeluppi Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Praniya Elangainesan MD Program
George Elzawy MD Program
Nairy Khodabakhshian Institute of Medical Science
Nathan Kuehne MD Program
Emma Laishram Department of Speech-Language Pathology
Neha Malhotra MD Program
Julianah Oguntala MD Program
Sufyan Shaikh Institute of Medical Science
Harjot Kaur Shoker Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
Abitha Suthakaran Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Zoe Thompson MD Program
Alison Wong MD Program
Sabrina Zhu Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
For a complete list of all recipients across the university, visit the UTSLA website.
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