2024 SHARE Recipients
Hosted by the Office of Social Accountability, the Social Impact Program, SHARE stream offers Faculty of Medicine learners the chance to enhance the social impact of their research activities. Students were invited to submit proposals focused on building or strengthening partnerships with communities or other stakeholders and mobilizing knowledge to benefit those most affected by the research, providing them an opportunity to gain skills in the research grant process. An adjudication committee of faculty, learners, and community members evaluated the projects. This summer, we awarded nine Faculty of Medicine students who demonstrated a strong commitment to this "bench to society" research approach. Recipients came from diverse programs, including UGME, CMM, PGME, Biochemistry, Epidemiology, and Microbiology and Immunology, reflecting a wide range of disciplines committed to driving social impact through collaborative research. Congratulations to all the recipients and thank you to everyone who applied!
The final projects will be showcased at the end of the SHARE cycle in Fall 2025 and are anticipated to deliver meaningful community impact.
| Learner | Program | Project Title |
| Aisha Saleh | PhD, Cellular and Molecular Medicine | Evaluating patient concerns and experience with concomitant medications in managing cancer and associated cachexia |
| Marina Guirguis | UGME, Medicine | An Assessment of the Impact of Inuktitut-Translated Patient Handouts of Common Dermatoses on Knowledge and Perceptions Among Inuit Patients |
| Lisa Boucher | PGME/ Resident / Clinical Fellow, Medicine | Observing, understanding, and telling stories at end of life for people with opioid use disorder (OUTLOUD) – Qualitative Phase |
| Megan Verma | Masters, Biochemistry | BrainIER: Brain Imaging Education and Research |
| Heidi Eccles | PhD, Epidemiology | The epidemiology of mental illness in transgender and gender diverse youth |
| Victoria Gilchrist and Marilyn Whelan | PhD, Microbiology and Immunology | H.O.P.E: Healing, Oncology, and Patient Education through Coloring |
| Sara Siddiqi | PhD, Epidemiology | Integrating mental disorders into cardiovascular disease prognostic models: Model development and utilization |
| Rena Seeger | UGME, Medicine | Exploring decisional needs of patients considering first line treatment of Advanced EGFR+ lung cancer: An interpretive descriptive study proposal |
2024 MSSRP – Social Accountability Priority Area Recipients
The Social Impact Funding Program – Medical Summer Student Research Program (MSSRP) stream is a continued collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine’s Research Office, offering two ways of student engagement in research for the program’s social accountability priority area: faculty-initiated and community-led. This year, we matched 7 students to projects. All participating students were invited to attend knowledge and progress sharing sessions throughout the summer to enhance overall student experience.
Community-led:
| Learner | Project Title | Supervisor |
| Julia Fagen | Environmental scan of Ottawa-based organizations supporting Crisis Response and Wraparound Services for Mental Health and Substance Us | Liz Wigfull and Sahada Alolo, Ottawa Guiding Council for Mental Health and Addictions Secretariat |
| Solène Martin | Mental Wellbeing Response Team (MWRT) | Logan Martin, Ottawa Paramedic Service |
| Sayed Mohammed Behbehani | Racialized Youth Mental Health Resilience/Youth Mental Health | Reuben Nashali, Social Planning Council of Ottawa |
| Sierra Land and Jordyn Linders | Ottawa Regional Profiles Literature Review | Kady Carr, Ottawa Neighbourhood Study team, Faculty of Medicine |
Faculty-led:
| Learner | Project Title | Supervisor |
| Paul Loudovski | Empowering older adults from linguistic and ethno-cultural minority groups to co-design recommendations for improvements to care and service delivery in the Montfort Hospital Emergency Department and surrounding community. | Dr. Jonathan Gravel |
| Jessica Brown | Evaluating participatory approach to social justice in research | Dr. Vivian Welch |
| Laila Fazal | Validating clinical indicators for a safe early hospital discharge at less than 24 hours for healthy, term newborns and reviewing health complications of newborns discharged in the Montfort Postnatal Care at Home Program. | Dr. Julie Nault |
CityStudio Ottawa Virtual Launch
As of November 7th, 2022, we became the 15th CityStudio in the world.
Our Launch was an opportunity to celebrate new partnerships, showcase innovative projects, and establish new networks between students, faculty, city staff and community members.