Graduate Support Initiative (GSI) Awards Recipients

Congratulations to the UBC Dentistry graduate students who have received this year’s Graduate Support Initiative (GSI) awards! The GSI program provides funding for graduate students through entrance scholarships, multi-year funding packages, tuition awards, and scholarship top-ups.

We are proud to have 21 recipients this year from our PhD and Masters programs, a record-breaking number!

Masters

  • Kevin Amaniampong (MSc, Dip Peds Year 3)
  • Sharmila Arjunan (MSc, Dip Ortho Year 3)
  • Anahita Bakhshaei (MSc Year 2)
  • Mengxuan Chen (MSc Year 2)
  • Maher Dadoush (MSc, Dip Perio Year 3)
  • Shayan Darvish (MSc Year 2)
  • Anne Ejiegbu (MSc Year 2)
  • Radhika Gautam (MSc Year 2)
  • Natyra Haxhiavdija (MSc Year 2)
  • Kiavash Hossini (MSc, Dip Endo Year 3)
  • Smita Kumar (MSc, Dip Peds Year 3)
  • Kristie Nguyen (MSc Year 3)
  • Visalakshi Shivaraman (MSc, Dip Pros Year 3)
  • Aneesha Taneja (MSc, Dip Perio Year 3)
  • Elham Vakili (MSc, Dip Pros Year 3)

Doctoral

  • Abdalgader Alhozgi (PhD Year 2)
  • Isra Ibrahim (PhD Year 2)
  • Iris Lin (PhD Year 3)
  • Tala Maragha (PhD Year 1)
  • Mohamed Amhmed (PhD, Pros Year 3)
  • Farhad Tabatabaian (PhD Year 1)