How Yin and Wai Hung (Elsie) Leung Award in Geriatric Medicine

Award descriptionAwards totalling $7,400 have been made available through an endowment established by How Yin Leung (M.SC. 1970) and his wife Wai Hung (Elsie) for outstanding M.D. students pursuing electives in geriatric medicine. Preference will be given to students who demonstrate financial need. According to the 2022 Landmark Study Navigating the Path Forward for Dementia in Canada, "there were 597,000 individuals living with dementia in Canada, and by 2030 we can expect this number will reach close to 1 million", and by that time one in four Canadians will be seniors. Understanding that there is a critical shortage of geriatricians across Canada, and recognizing the importance of attracting trainees to the study of geriatric medicine to address this shortage, How Yin and Elsie are passionate about encouraging M.D. students to take geriatric electives in the hope that they will choose geriatrics as their specialization. The awards are made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Medicine.