Good day,

Dr. Peter Nicerkson, Dean and Vice Provost, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, welcomes opinions from all faculty members and students regarding the individuals listed below who have applied for tenure or tenure plus promotion in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. You are invited to comment on the applicant’s accomplishments in scholarship, teaching and leadership, and contributions to their college, the faculty, the university and the community.

 

Please send your comments to RFHS Academic Affairs (Rfhsacademicaffairs@umanitoba.ca) by Friday, August 7, 2026.

 

Tenure for 2026-2027

College

Department

Proposed Rank

Vanessa Hunzinger

Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry

Restorative Dentistry

N/A

Rene Zahedi

Max Rady College of Medicine

Internal Medicine

N/A

John McGavock

Max Rady College of Medicine

Pediatrics

N/A

Jennifer Kornelsen

Max Rady College of Medicine

Radiology

N/A

 

 

 

 

Tenure plus Promotion

 

 

 

Vanessa Van Bewer               

College of Nursing

Associate Professor

Inna Rabinovich-Nikitin

Max Rady College of Medicine

Physiology

Associate Professor

 

 

Hoeward Dela Cruz (He/Him)

Executive Assistant to the Vice-Dean, Academic Affairs

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

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P121 Pathology Building,

770 Bannatyne Avenue

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Hoeward.delacruz@umanitoba.ca