Trainee: Dr. Eric Armstrong, University Health Network Supervisor: Dr. Bryan Coburn Project: Development of an RCT of anaerobe-sparing vs anti-anaerobic antibiotics
Awards
2026 Embil Trainee Award: Dr. Akhil Garg
Trainee: Dr. Akhil Garg, McGill University Supervisor: Dr. Nadine Kronfli Project: Best practice guidelines for viral hepatitis service delivery in prisons
2026 Embil Mentorship Award: Dr. Shariq Haider
Dr. Shariq Haider is a Royal College–certified specialist in Infectious Diseases whose career has been dedicated to improving care for immunocompromised patients, particularly in the field of transplant infectious diseases and HIV. For more than two decades, Dr. Haider has been recognized as a national leader in this area. Based at the Juravinski Hospital and […]
2026 NCCID – CFID Infectious Diseases Knowledge Translation Award – Dr. Emily Wiesenthal
Emily Wiesenthal is a third-year resident in UBC’s Obstetrics and Gynaecology program. She has a BA (Hons)in Women’s and Gender Studies from the University of Victoria. Her research interests are grounded in community-driven health advocacy work, and include reproductive justice, gender equity in medical education, infectious disease and harm reduction. Her project is titled “Improving […]
2026 – CFID Postgraduate Travel Award – Dr. Emma Finlayson-Trick
Trainee: Dr. Emma Finlayson-Trick, University of British Columbia Supervisor: Dr. Shaqil Peermohamed Project: A retrospective review of pharmacy dispensing data will be conducted to examine broad-spectrum antibiotic initiation and discontinuation (defined below) between December 16, 2023 and January 6, 2025 at four hospitals in British Columbia