Dr. Kaarina Kowalec, Group Leader

Photo credit: Erin Brown

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor,
College of Pharmacy, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, ​University of Manitoba, Canada

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Dr. Kowalec also holds the current positions:

• Affiliated, Department of Medical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
• Co-Chair, Knowledge Translation and Capacity Building Committee, CAN-AIM ​

Training

• 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 European Commission (Horizon 2020), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), including the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions European Fellowship (Application evaluation score = 96.6%; 180,000 EUR) 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 $1.85M in peer-reviewed operating and team grants.