By Tiffany Barnes-Huggins
Marketing and Communications Officer
The 4th annual Faculty of Medicine Research Day was held this year on September 23, 2022.
The event presented the opportunity for learners to showcase their outstanding research projects, hone their presentation skills and network with classmates, colleagues and professors. A scientific committee of evaluators, comprised of faculty members, reviewed all abstracts and oral presentations to select the winners.
Congratulations to this year’s winners in the following categories:
Best Poster
Master student
Janelle Nordin
“Investigating PRMT6 Protein Interactions that Influence the Stress Response Pathway in Breast Cancer Cells”
Resident
Rosetta Mazzola
“Association between Objectively-Measured Lung Function and Sleep Disorder Symptoms in a Community-Based Cohort Study”
MD/PhD Student
Patricia Burhunduli
“Examining Resting State Functional Connectivity in Suicidal Ideation and Attempts”
PhD Student
Annabelle Pfeifle
“DNA lipid nanoparticle vaccine targeting OspC of B. burgdorferi affords protection against Lyme disease in mice”
Postdoc
Arya Rahgozar
“eConsult service: Automatic clustering of patient taxonomies”
Undergraduate Student
Tania Dafer
“Virtual Reality simulation of a MRI scan for young children to screen candidates for scanning without general anesthesia”
TMM Student
Abigail Cherinet
“The Role of Age and Sex on Extracellular Free Water Volume in Treatment-Resistant Major Depressive Disorder”
Francophone Poster
Marjorie Lapierre
“Perceptions et expériences des gestionnaires de l’entretien ménager hospitalier lors de la COVID-19, volet qualitatif d’un projet pilote”
Best Oral Presentation
Research Symposium A
Sarah Fu
“Interventions for Intimate Partner Violence During the Perinatal Period: A Scoping Review”
Research Symposium B
Rebecca Lau
“Comparing the safety and effectiveness of different surgical approaches in thymectomy: subxiphoid, lateral VATS, open”
Research Symposium C
Chloe Smith
”Patient directed strategies to prevent post-operative atrial fibrillation”
