Alexopolous Award Recipients
The Kyriakos (Ken) Alexopoulos Memorial Award for Student Mental Health Research was created in 2022 to honour the legacy of Ken Alexopoulos, a compassionate individual who believed strongly in helping others, especially those who were struggling with their mental health. By supporting research that fosters student mental health, the award will help young people to become resilient, creative, compassionate, and strong individuals.
Each year, the award is given to one of the fellows to assist with their projects.
Alexopolous Award Recipients
2025
Sarah Kuburi
PhD Student, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
During her PhD, Kuburi is researching student stress and coping mechanisms, including self-injury. Her research examines the stressors most strongly linked to self-injury, identifies which students are most affected, and engages a diverse team of student co-collaborators throughout the process. The findings from this study will help post-secondary institutions in developing targeted strategies to support student mental health and reduce self-injury.
2024
Maya Ahia
Masters Student, University of Toronto Scarbrough
Ahia’s research sets out to examine access to accessibility support services for post-secondary students. She has surveyed students across the three campuses, focusing on students with mental-health related disabilities and their experiences accessing support. Using a strengths-based approach, she is also assessing how accessibility resources meet the range of diverse needs and lived experiences of post-secondary students.
The Inlight Research Fellowship program is an annual funding program to support exceptional graduate scholars at the University of Toronto. This program is open to graduate applicants currently leading student mental health research at the University of Toronto.
To learn more about our current and upcoming funding programs, please visit our Opportunities page.