Honors & Awards

Best Paper & Presentation Awards

  • (2025) Best Paper Award (3rd place), @MICCAI EMERGE Workshop
  • (2024) Runner-Up, Women in MICCAI (WiM) Best Oral Presentation Award, @MICCAI 2024
  • (2024) Winner, Women in MICCAI (WiM) Best Health Equity Paper Award, @MICCAI 2024
  • (2024) Shortlisted for MICCAI Best Paper Award and MICCAI Young Scientist, @MICCAI 2024
  • (2023) Best Paper Award, 8th ISIC Workshop @MICCAI 2023
  • (2022) Best Paper Award, 7th ISIC Workshop @MICCAI 2022 (ECCV)
  • (2016) Best Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration
  • (2013) Best Poster Award, 1st Place, Undergraduate Research Conference on Applied Computing, Zayed University, UAE
  • (2013) Best Prototype Award, 2nd Place, Engineering Student Renewable Energy Competition, UAE University, UAE

Fellowships & Major Scholarships

  • (2024) Borealis AI Fellowship, RBC Borealis
  • (2022–25) Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, NSERC Canada
  • (2022–26) Four Year Fellowship (4YF) for PhD Studies, UBC, Canada
  • (2020–25) Scholarship Award, PhD Studies, The University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada
  • (2013–15) Scholarship Award, Master Studies, Khalifa University, UAE
  • (2009–13) Scholarship Award, Bachelor Studies, Khalifa University, UAE

PhD & Graduate Awards (UBC)

  • (2020–22) International Student Award, UBC, Canada
  • (2021) Dr. and Mrs. Brandwajn Graduate Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UBC, Canada
  • (2021) Faculty of Applied Science Graduate Award, UBC, Canada
  • (2021) President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award, UBC, Canada
  • (2021) Travel Award, MICCAI Student Travel Grant
  • (2024) Society Registration Grant, @MICCAI 2024

Undergraduate & Early Career (UAE)

  • (2013) Leadership Award, Best Student Category, Khalifa University, UAE
  • (2009–13) President Award, College of Engineering, Khalifa University, UAE