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 Researcher, Department of Medical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
• National Chair, Association of Canadian Early Career Health Researchers (ACECHR)​
• PI and Outreach and public relations co-lead, Manitoba Multiple Sclerosis Research Centre
  
• ​Past Chair, International Women in MS (iWiMS) Global Epidemiology Conference
  

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 US 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 (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 of which over $1M has been awarded to Dr. Kowalec during her time as an Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba.