Department of Medicine | St. Michael's Hospital (Unity Health Toronto)

Please see below for the following updates:

Dept of Medicine Project CIHR Fall 2025 Project Grant Recipients
Danni Diestro named Associate Editor for the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery (JNIS)
Ieta Shams and Michelle Sholzberg Publish in Annals of Internal Medicine
REMINDER | Resident Doctor Appreciation Week - February 9 – 13, 2026
Virtual City-Wide Medical Grand Rounds: Miriam Rossi Lectureship in Black Health: Dr. Nazik Hammad

Congratulations to those Department of Medicine members who received CIHR project grants in the fall 2025 competition:

Lauren King, with Thomas Appleton, Martin England, Ida Kristin Haugen, Gillian Hawker, Tuhina Neogi, Jos Runhaar

Project title: Establishing classification criteria for early-stage symptomatic knee osteoarthritis

Amount: $877,455

Term: 5 years

Darrell Tan, with Daniel Grace, Patrick O’Byrne, Kevin Woodward

Project title: Preparing for the use of long-acting antiretrovirals in HIV post-exposure prophylaxis

Amount: $256,276

Term: 2 years

Darren Yuen, with Eno Hysi, Michael Kolios

Project title: Imaging of transplant kidney fibrosis and inflammation using quantitative and nanobubble enhanced ultrasound

Amount: $857,565

Term: 5 years

Anne Stephenson, with Sanja Stanojevic, Simone Vigod

Project title: Mental health and addiction service use in cystic fibrosis

Amount: $401,625

Term: 3 years

Anne Stephenson, with E. Bakkeheim, P.G. Middleton, A. Orenti, K.J. Ramos

Project title: Survival and transplantation: a global experience in cystic fibrosis

Amount: $100,000

Term: 1 year

We are pleased to share that Dr. Danni Diestro has been appointed as an Associate Editor for the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery (JNIS).

In this role, Danni oversees manuscript peer review and leads a dedicated portfolio in media, including moderating the journal’s public online journal club and spearheading related outreach initiatives. This appointment highlights Danni’s expertise and commitment to advancing the field of neurointerventional surgery.

Ieta Shams and Michelle Sholzberg, have published, “Hemoglobin Concentration in Early Pregnancy and Severe Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality: Population-Based Cohort Study” in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Sending a courtesy reminder that Resident Doctor Appreciation Week (RDAW) will be from February 9 – 13, 2026. Thank you for all the wonderful events and recognition you have offered in past years for our residents and clinical fellows during RDAW.

The Professional Association of Residents of Ontario (PARO) General Council have also organized a Thank You E-Card initiative to celebrate RDAW. Please consider sending an e-card to a Toronto resident(s) to recognize their hard work or thank them for being a great physician, colleague, or friend.

Sign up here to select your card and write your "Thank You" message. A Thank You card will then be sent by PARO on your behalf during the week of February 9 – 13. The deadline to submit a note is February 6, 2026.

PARO welcomes any and all expressions of support for residents and would be pleased to provide suggestions for recognition at [email protected].

Sincerely,

MEREDITH GIULIANI (She/Her/Hers) MBBS, MEd, PhD, FRCPC, DRCPSC

Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education

Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology

Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Please Join us on February 18, 2026 – 12:00pm – 1:00pm for the University of Toronto, Department of Medicine Virtual City-Wide Medical Grand Rounds.

Miriam Rossi Lectureship in Black Health: Dr. Nazik Hammad

To register please visit: https://deptmedicine.utoronto.ca/CWMGR-2026-02-18

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