One of our residents, Dr. Christina Blagojevic, was one of the three recipients of the Junior Investigator Award for the most outstanding presentation by a junior faculty member or trainee at The 13th Biennial International 22q11.2 Conference in Óbidos, Portugal, in July, 2024. Our former graduate student, Ania Fiksinski, and our research analyst, Tracy Heung, received the same award in 2016 and 2018, respectively.
Christina gave two presentations at the 2024 conference: Mortality and Age at Molecular Diagnosis in Adults with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Christina Blagojevic, Tracy Heung, Sarah L. Malecki, Sabrina Cancelliere, Maria Corral, Anne S. Bassett
Global Burden of Clinical Conditions in 405 Canadian Adults with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Christina Blagojevic, Tracy Heung, Sarah L. Malecki, Sabrina Cancelliere, Vikita Mehta, Brigid Conroy, Anne S. Bassett
Congratulations, Christina!
From left to right: Beata Nowakowska (22q11.2 Society Trustee); 2024 award recipients Christina Blagojevic, Daniella Miller, and Jente Verbesselt; and 2022 recipient Daniel McGinn
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