Scholarships and awards

The Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology offers a number of awards given to the top students.

We celebrate some of these awards at our Annual Celebration of Excellence, usually held in June.

Departmental awards

The Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology offers a number of awards given to the top students. All students will be considered for the Gornall and 3rd Year Prizes: no application is required.

Allan Gornall Testimonal Prize

The Gornall Prize is awarded annually to the graduating student with the highest cumulative GPA.  

Past winners include:

  • Kevork Danayan (2023)
  • Theodore Ngo, Christina Wong and JiaYi (Jessy) Zhu (2022)
  • Juliette Lee and Amanda Mao (2021)
  • Michael Kyung Ik Lee (2020) 
  • Frederick Zhang and Zixuan Xiao (2019)
  • Yuki Leung (2018)
  • Yizhuo Gao (2017)
  • Charles Lee (2016)

3rd year prize

This award is given annually to the student with the highest overall averaged percent grade in LMP310H1, LMP320H1 and LMP330H1

Past winners include:

  • Kangni Zou (2023)
  • Sapna Humar and He (Angela) Ying (2022)
  • Aaron Yuxiang Dou (2021)
  • Juliette Lee (2020) 
  • Elizabeth Yan (2019)
  • Christina Ji (2018)
  • Yuki Leung (2017)
  • Khalid Fahoum (2016)

Temerty Faculty of Medicine Graduate and Life Science Education Leadership Awards

The Office of the Vice Dean, Research and Health Science Education (OVDRHSE) Undergraduate Student Leadership Award in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine will award up to three annual Undergraduate Student Leadership Awards in Life Sciences.

The purpose of these awards is to provide opportunities for our undergraduate students in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Arts and Science Programs to be recognized for their leadership and scholarship.

GLSE is recognizing these students for their outstanding contributions to academic and student life at the University of Toronto.

The award carries a value of $500 each.

How to apply

Eligibility extends to all undergraduate students who hold full time enrollment in a third or fourth year specialist and/or major program in a Basic Science department and in Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.

Candidates for these awards must be nominated by the undergraduate coordinator through their departmental undergraduate program office.

Past winners from our department include:

  • Adam Bai and Britney Feng (2023)
  • Karen Mao (2021)
  • Michael Lee and Laura Tang (2020)
  • Christina Ji and Abdullah Malik (2019)
  • Linwen Huang (2018)
  • Sudarshan Bala and Kahlid Fahoum (2017)

    University of Toronto Student Leadership Award (formerly Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award)

    The student experience at the University of Toronto is about more than classes and books. It’s about engaging in campus life and getting involved, either at the divisional level or across the university more broadly.

    The University of Toronto Student Leadership Awards recognize graduating students for their exemplary contributions and significant impact on U of T and on the university experience of their peers. 

    Past winners from our department include:

    • Nathaniel Vo and Fiona Cui (2021 - 2022)
    • Michael Lee (2019 - 2020)

    Faculty of Arts and Science scholarships and awards

    The Faculty of Arts and Science offers a number of undergraduate student scholarships and in-course scholarships.

    In addition, each UofT college offers awards based on leadership, merit and other criteria.

    See the Faculty of Arts and Science Scholarship website for full details of criteria, value, and application instructions and deadlines.

    University of Toronto maintains a full list of available scholarships.

    Rita Kandel, Kangni Zou and Jeff Lee

    Kangni Zou

    Recipient of the 2023 Third-year Specialist Pathobiology Award.

    Rita Kandel, Kevork Danayan and Jeff Lee

    Kevork Danayan

    Recipient of the 2023 Allan Gornall Testimonial Prize.

    Adam Bai and Britney Feng receive the Office of the Vice Dean, Research and Health Science Education (OVDRHSE) Undergraduate Student Leadership Award 2023.

    Nathaniel Vo and Fiona Cui received the 2022 University of Toronto Student Leadership Award!

    We are delighted that Karen Mao, Co-President of the LMP Student Union (LMPSU) has received the GLSE Undergraduate Leadership Award 2021.