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Faculty of Health Gold and Silver Medals

Each year, the Faculty of Health honours their graduating students with the following  prestigious medals:

Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Outstanding Leadership

Awarded to a graduating undergraduate student in the Faculty of Health who has demonstrated academic excellence and outstanding contributions to undergraduate student life at York University.

Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership

Awarded to a graduating undergraduate student in the Faculty of Health who has demonstrated outstanding leadership skills and potential through involvement and initiative in Faculty of Health organizations and activities.

Silver Medal for Academic Merit 

Awarded to a graduating undergraduate student in the Faculty of Health for outstanding academic achievement. The medal is presented to the student with the highest cumulative grade point average in the graduating class.

Eligibility: Students convocating in October 2024, February 2025 and June 2025 

Students are nominated by their School or Department. Each School/Department will prepare the nomination file(s) to be reviewed by the Committee on Examinations and Academic Standards.

Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Outstanding Leadership
Nathaniel Yochanan Goldstein – Department of Psychology
Abhi Pathak – School of Kinesiology of Health Science

Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership
Chimdinma Ukabiala – School of Kinesiology of Health Science
Nicole Dimitrova – Department of Psychology

Silver Medal for Academic Merit
Isma Akram – Department of Psychology
Parker Grant – Department of Psychology
Shyamaly Vasuthevan – Department of Psychology

Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Outstanding Leadership
Essete Tesfaye - School of Global Health
Victoria Cassar - School of Global Health
Mohamed Elghobashy - School of Kinesiology & Health Science

Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership
Asma Adam - School of Global Health
Parmin Rahimpoor-Marnani - School of Kinesiology & Health Science
Kaye Trishia Canoy - Department of Psychology

Silver Medal for Academic Merit
Ali Samani - Department of Psychology

Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Outstanding Leadership
Dorsa Shakeri - School of Kinesiology & Health Science

Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership
Alessia Scanga - School of Global Health

Silver Medal for Academic Merit
Julia Sebastien - Department of Psychology
Hening Sun - School of Kinesiology & Health Science

Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Outstanding Leadership
Ryan Cortez - School of Kinesiology and Health Science
Rumia Owaisi - School of Global Health

Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership
Yasmin Dini - School of Global Health
Nida Hashimi - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Silver Medal for Academic Merit
Amirarsalan Rahimian - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Outstanding Leadership
Aly Fawzy - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership
Baithat Adeyinka - School of Kinesiology and Health Science
Angelina Batac - School of Nursing

Silver Medal for Academic Merit
Aly Fawzy - School of Kinesiology and Health Science
Ehsan Yavari - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Outstanding Leadership
David Herman - Department of Psychology

Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership
Shalyn Issacs - Department of Psychology
Ilia Azari - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Silver Medal for Academic Merit
David Herman - Department of Psychology

Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Leadership
Syed Omair Ali - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership
Anisha Akhtar - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Silver Medal for Academic Merit
Maryam Samani - Department of Psychology

Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Leadership
Alessandro Volpe - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership
Crystal Yasmin Heidari - Department of Psychology

Silver Medal for Academic Merit
Ron Burdo - Department of Psychology
Mohabat Tarkeshian - Department of Psychology
Alessandro Volpe - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Leadership
Colm Vance - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership
Mahshad Kolahdouzan - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Silver Medal for Academic Merit
Persia Judge - Department of Psychology

Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Leadership
Michael Elfassy - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership
Prakash Amarasooriya - Department of Psychology

Silver Medal for Academic Merit
Ali Helmi - School of Kinesiology and Health Science
Shevaugn Andrea Johnson - Department of Psychology
Giulia Maria Rinaldi - Department of Psychology

Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Leadership
Elizabeth Anne Fung - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership
Ana Golubovici - School of Nursing

Silver Medal for Academic Merit
Robert Caratun - Department of Psychology

Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Leadership
Adam Seth Fogel - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership
Julia Marie Salzmann - School of Health Policy and Management

Silver Medal for Academic Merit
Jennifer Ann Hunter - Department of Psychology

Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Leadership
Corinne Stephanie Babiolakis - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership
Mariam Paul - School of Health Policy and Management, School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Silver Medal for Academic Merit
Andrei-Alexandru Szigiato - Department of Psychology, School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Leadership
Boris Alexander Li - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership
Dhanshri Kakade - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Silver Medal for Academic Merit
Kayla Sara Goldrich - School of Health Policy and Management

Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Leadership
Sabrina Grodzinski - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership
Michelle Cindy Yee - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Silver Medal for Academic Merit
Amanda Esther Goldberg - Department of Psychology

Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Leadership
Simina Roxana Luca - Department of Psychology

Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership
Shaidah Dehghan Manshadi - School of Kinesiology and Health Science

Silver Medal for Academic Merit
Natalie Levine - Department of Psychology

Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Leadership
Robert Joshua Goldberg - Department of Psychology

Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership
Jenna Madeleine Evans - School of Health Policy and Management

Silver Medal for Academic Merit
Ashley Nicole Danguecan - Department of Psychology