The Arthritis Research Centre is pleased to announce that members of our research team have been awarded prestigious Senior Graduate Studentships from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. These awards are given to highly qualified candidates in recognition of the integral contribution they make towards their affliated health research programs.

Eric Sayre MSc, PhD Candidate
Research Statistical Analyst

Funding Agency: Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
Award: Senior Graduate Studentship
Project: Cluster analysis for high-dimensionality population health data

Funding Agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Award: Postgraduate Scholarship PGS-Doctoral

Antonio Aviña-Zubieta, MD MSc, PhD Candidate
Research Associate

Funding Agency: Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
Award: Senior Graduate Studentship
Project: Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality associated with the use of corticosteroids in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a population based study.

Charles R Ratzlaff  BSc (PT), FCAMT
PhD Candidate

Funding Agency: Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
Award: Junior Graduate Studentship
Project: The effect of biomechanical factors and lifetime physical activity on hip and knee osteoarthritis

Funding Agency: Canadian Arthritis Network
Award: Graduate Student Award