Dr. Kaarina Kowalec, Group Leader

Photo credit: Erin Brown

Tenured Associate Professor,
College of Pharmacy, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, ​University of Manitoba, Canada

orcid.org/0000-0003-3928-9879

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Dr. Kowalec also holds the current positions:

• Affiliated Researcher, Department of Medical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden​​
• PI and Outreach and public relations co-lead, Manitoba Multiple Sclerosis Research Centre

​Past positions:

• ​Past National Co-Chair, Association of Canadian Early Career Health Researchers (ACECHR)
• Past Chair, International Women in MS (iWiMS) Global Epidemiology Conference

Training

• Women In Higher Education Leadership, Harvard University, USA
• Banting Fellow and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions European Fellow, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden with Professor Patrick Sullivan
• Ph.D., Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of British Columbia, Canada with Professor Helen Tremlett
• M.Sc., Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Canada with Dr. Carla Osiowy
• B.Sc. (Hons), Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Canada

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Dr. Kowalec has been recognized by the US DOD Multiple Sclerosis Research Program, National Institutes of Health, European Commission (Horizon 2020), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), including the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions European Fellowship and the Government of Canada Banting Fellowship (Application ranked #3 Nationwide; $140K CAD) with over 20 awards during Dr. Kowalec's PhD training alone, totalling over $960K in personal salary awards, and $2.5M in peer-reviewed operating and team grants during her time at University of Manitoba.