2024 Faculty of Science Honours & Awards Ceremony
This event is by invitation only.
Our Honours & Awards Ceremony recognizes and celebrates our students who received awards and scholarships in 2022 – 2023. We are also announcing our Faculty of Science Excellence in Teaching & Learning Award recipients and Research Award recipients.
The evening includes keynote speaker Dr. Naz Chaudary, a York University alumna (PhD ’04) and cancer research scientist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.
DATE: Tuesday, February 6, 2024
TIME: 6:00pm Registration & Hors d’Oeuvres, 7:00pm Ceremony begins
LOCATION: Second Student Center Convention Center
Please note: only students who RSVP’d that they are attending will be recognized at the Ceremony.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Naz Chaudary is a York University alumna (PhD ‘04) and currently a cancer research scientist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Manager of the STTARR (Spatio-Temporal Targeting and Amplification of Radiation Response) Innovation core facility at the University Health Network. After receiving her PhD in cardiovascular biology/hypoxia microenvironment haudary’s research is focused on understanding how tumour cells thrive in a radiation resistant environment and why only a specific subset of some cancer cells respond well to treatment, the role of the immune cells in the tumor microenvironment, and clinically relevant models for image guided radiotherapy. As the manager of STARR Innovation Core, she oversees preclinical imaging and histopathology cores and leads a multi-disciplinary research platform with preclinical researchers and industry collaborators.
Dr. Chaudary received the Exceptional Research Award in 2019/2020 in the Radiation Medicine Program at Princess Margaret, and she has been a speaker at various scientific conferences, receiving an Abstract Distinction recognition at the American Society of Radiation Oncology. She has also authored more than 50 scientific research papers over her career and is a mentor in the “Girls in STEM” program at the University of Toronto Department of Mathematics.
