Finalists and videos

uOGRADflix Hall of Fame

First Place

Maria Ibrahim, Faculty of Health Sciences, MSC Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Maria is invested in making mental health services more accessible when they're needed most, studying Ottawa's new mobile mental health response. Her findings will help improve crisis care.

Second Place

Julie Gagnon, Faculty of Health Sciences, PhD Nursing

Julie aims to co-create the first mobile wound care application with the next generation of nurses, providing a support tool to improve the quality of care.

Third Place

Ikram Uddin Khan, Faculty of Medicine, MSc Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Ikram studies our cells' capability to adapt to harsh conditions, including chemotherapy. His research will help make existing therapeutics more effective.

People’s Choice Award

Tamanna Islam, Faculty of Social Sciences, PhD Psychology

Tamanna's research addresses cognitive fatigability, studying related factors to help people with Multiple Sclerosis maintain cognitive performance.

Name	Program	Video
Abiel Algravez Velarde	PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering	AI-Driven Skills Assessment Framework
Ali Sabouhi Tasouji	MSc Digital Transformation and Innovation	AI-Driven Mobile Application for Habit Formation Support Systems in Lower Back Pain Management
Andrea Burneo Vigo	MA Criminology	A Critical Analysis of the Portrayal of Femicide in Peruvian Media
Aws Almir Ahmad	MSc Biochemistry	We Might Be Twins, But We Are Different! Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Automatically Assign Isoform "Job" IDs
Camilia Thieba	PhD Population Health	Breaking Barriers: Access to Pain Care in Canada
Catherine Potter	PhD Counselling and Spirituality	What Do Parents Have to Do With It? Parents' Impact on Teen Mental Health
Cesar Bardomiano Martinez	PhD Mathematics and Statistics	Higher Categories
Eleni Dubé-Zinatelli	PhD Experimental Psychology	Neurobiological Mechanisms Linking PCOS to Depression
Ikram Uddin Khan	MSc Cellular and Molecular Medicine	Studying Protein Interactors in a Novel Nuclear Stress Pathway
Jaime Dubé	MSc Geography	Assessing the Supraglacial Hydrology of Surging Glaciers in the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon
Jean Clarck Marc Charles	PhD International Development	Regards croisés sur la vulnérabilité des personnes handicapées en Haïti
Julie Gagnon	PhD Nursing	Une application mobile en soins de plaies pour la relève infirmière
Konul Karimova	MA Communication	"What Is Worth More? Art or Life?": An Analysis of Just Stop Oil Action on Sunflowers Artwork Through Aura
Léa Desbiens	MSc Microbiology and Immunology	CAR-NK Cell Therapy: A New Hope for Glioblastoma Treatment
Maria Ibrahim	MSc Interdisciplinary Health Sciences	Crisis Care Reimagined: A Study of Ottawa's New Mobile Mental Health Response
Marie-Anne Perreault	PhD Social Innovation	Élaboration de partenariats public-communs, acteurs, processus et modèles de transformation sociale
Mostafa Bigdeli	PhD Civil Engineering	Physical and Numerical Modeling of Microplastics Transport and Deposition
Naoko Sakata	PhD Rehabilitation Sciences	Managing Music Performance Anxiety
Oswaldo Ortiz	Executive Master of Health Administration	Waiting in Pain
Priscilla Twum	MA Public Administration	Beyond the Paper: Examining the True Independence of Ghana's Public Service
Siriram Ramalingam	PhD Education	Combler l'écart : Exploration des disparités de performance entre les étudiants francophones et anglophones dans les laboratoires de biologie de l'Université d'Ottawa
Sri Lakshmi Aparna Gunturi	MASc Anatomical Sciences Education	Integrated Histology Modules for Medical Education
Steffie Dmello	PhD Education	Impact of Human-Animal Interaction During Zoo-Based Educational Programs on the Attitudes, Knowledge and Behavior of K-12 Students Towards Conservation: A Scoping Review
Tamanna Islam	PhD Psychology	A Behavioural Intervention for Multiple-Sclerosis Related Cognitive Fatigability
Vaibhav Kulkarni	MSc Biology	Elucidating Global Viral Biodiversity

First Place

Nicolas Brodeur, Faculty of Science

Nicolas Brodeur, a PhD in Physics student, won the first place in the third edition of the uOGRADflix Competition. His research explores the "Cosmos to clinic: how physics can elucidate the origin of life".

Watch his video (French only)

Second Place

Rocksane Forget, Saint Paul University

Rocksane Forget, a graduate student in the MA Counselling and Spirituality at Saint Paul University, won the second place of the uOGRADflix Competition. Her research explores the links between the perception of climate change, eco-anxiety, and the expression of the imagination.

Watch her video (French only)

Third Place

Fatène Bader, Saint Paul University

Fatène Bader, a graduate student in the MA Counselling and Spirituality program at Saint Paul University, won the third place of the uOGRADflix Competition. Her research delves into examining emotional and adaptive responses to climate change.

Watch her video (French only)

People’s Choice Award

Serim Dogac Saya, Faculty of Engineering

Serim Dogac Saya is a student in the PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering program. He won the people’s choice award of the uOGRADflix Competition. His research focuses on Eco-friendly coastal structures.

Watch his video

Name	Program	Video title
Abdullah El-Nahrawy	MEng Electrical and Computer Engineering	ZAJEL, a small autonomous vehicle-based delivery and logistics solution
Baharin Aliashrafi Jodat	PhD Computer Science	It Does Really Matter What Questions You Ask
Catherine Potter	PhD Counselling and Spirituality	Do Parents Matter That Much? The Impact of a Parenting Program on Youth Mental Health
Christiana Sagay	PhD Law	Enhancing transnational labour mobility? A TWAIL assessment of gender-responsive bilateral labour agreements in Africa.
Corina Lacombe	PhD Clinical Psychology	Can social anxiety influence emotion recognition?"
Edgar Jaramillo	Med Concentration in Health Professions Education	The Science of Trauma
Fatène Bader	MA Counselling and Spirituality	Réponses émotionnelles et adaptatives face aux changements climatiques.
Lucia Eyzaguirre	MA Religious Studies	Believing Better: Pre-Colonial Religions and What They Can Teach Us.
Majid Ghosian Moghaddam	PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering	Device-free human activity recognition
Mariève Vandervoort	PhD in Clinical Psychology	Sexual Arousal Occurring in Victims During Sexual Assault
Maryame Ichiba	PhD in Communication	Concevoir des messages de santé numériques sur l’hésitation vaccinale avec et pour les Francophones de l’Ontario
Marylin Whelan	PhD Biochemistry	Overcoming AIDS using the Hepatitis D virus
Narges Bayat	PhD Rehabilitation Sciences	Do you know the effects of singing?
Nicolas Brodeur	PhD Physics	Du cosmos à la clinique: comment la physique peut élucider l'origine de la vie.
Rocksane Forget	MA Counselling and Spirituality: Couple and Family Counselling	Exploration des liens entre la perception des changements climatique, l’écoanxiété et l’expression de l’imaginaire
Sajad Salehi	PhD Civil Enginering	Revolutionizing Climate Action: Innovative Building Inspection with Drones and Thermal Cameras
Sanjana Anwar	MA Anthropology	Mapping Climate Migration from Kiribati in Current Multilateral Agreements
Sarah Abubaker	MSc Nutrition and Food Biosciences	Role of the gut microbiota in the production and regulation of serotonin biosynthesis in the gastrointestinal tract
Sean Stilwell	M. Computer Science	Explaining the Behaviour of AI Systems
Serim Dogac Sayar	PhD Civil Enginering	Eco-friendly Coastal Structures
Shayan Saeidi	PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering	On-chip lasers for biosensing
Stephanie Platero	MA Communication	Feeding (each) other: Cultural Identity Formation and Communicative Codes in Food Insecurity as an experience for racialized people in Canada
Yameogo Daouda	PhD Law	La souveraineté alimentaire ou comment limiter les impacts des changements climatiques pour les populations vulnérables.

First Place

Anushka Sajani Karunaweera, Faculty of Education

Anushka Sajani Karunaweera, an education Master’s student, won the first place in the second edition of uOGRADflix. Her study explores cognitive load in higher-education teachers, highlighting the complexities faced everyday when using online assessments in the age of Covid-19.

Watch her video

Second Place

Sarah McAllister, Faculty of Health Sciences

Sarah McAllister, a second-year Master of human kinetics student, took second place. Her research examines the impact of integrating a yoga component into a positive education course on undergraduate students’ mental health.

Watch her video

Third Place

Lucie Péléja, Telfer School of Management

Lucie Péléja, a second-year Master of health systems student, took third place. Her research investigates social media’s content to better evaluate public trust in Government health organizations post COVID-19.

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People’s Choice Award

Marielle Lucie Mercier, Faculty of Social Sciences

Marielle Lucie Mercier, completed recently her Master of Arts in criminology. She won the people’s choice award. Her research focuses on understanding how students who are sexually assaulted come forward with their experiences.

Watch her video (French only)

Name	Program	Video title
Anushka Sajani Karunaweera	MA Education	Using Online Assessment in the Age of COVID-19: An Exploratory Study of Cognitive Load
Sarah McAllister	MASc Human Kinetics	A Vital Mind in a Vital Body: Integrating Yoga Practice into an Undergraduate Positive Education Course
Lucie Péléja	MSc Health Systems	Social Media Analysis of Trust in Government Public Health Organizations Post-COVID-19***
Marielle Mercier	MA Criminology	Le dévoilement d’une agression sexuelle
Scarlett Kelly	PhD Digital Transformation and Innovation	Change Management Success in Technology Adoption
Ioanna Maria Kantartzi	PhD Human Kinetics	A Comprehensive Analysis of Corporate Social Advocacy (CSA) Within the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the National Basketball Association (NBA)
Yvon Muya Cimanga**	PhD Conflict Studies	Ethno-nationalisme et violence : étude de cas en République démocratique du Congo
Ahmed Youssef	MSc Chemistry	Organic Chemistry’s Language: is Fluency the Key to Success?
Mary Valdes	PhD Management	Let's Shine a Light on Management Control Systems (MCS)
Rachel Thelen	MSc Health Sciences	Physical Health Care for Mental Health Team Patients with Severe Mental Illness
Carolanne Tomsine	MA Human Sciences	A Look at the Understanding and Detection of Sexual Assault Within African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) Communities and the Role of Internalized Biases
Samhita Kuili	PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering	OpenWiFi Service Quality Optimization
Dana Tawil	PhD Civil Engineering	Canada's Investments in Public Infrastructure
Valentina Promissi	PhD Digital Transformation and Innovation	Accessible and Inclusive Air Travel Experiences
Ahmed Omara	PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering	Resiliency in Smart Grids
Stuart Germain	MA Social Innovation	Sharing and its Potential for Social Transformation
Sydney Graper	MA Human Kinetics	#GGNation: A Case Study Employing Design Thinking to Collect Empathetic Insights Into U Sports Athletes' Daily Realities
Rana Addelhalim	M.Sc. Neurosciences	How Involved is the Primary Motor Cortex in Motor Learning?
Danielle Cruise	MSc Health Systems	The Role of Management in Health Information Technology Decision-Making
Bigitha Bennychen	PhD Microbiology and Immunology	Designing a Better Search Algorithm to Find New Cancer-Killing NanoCARs
Namrata Bagaria	PhD Digital Transformation & Innovation	Recreation Prescription for Social Isolation
Kehinde Akintola	PhD Interdisciplinary Research on Contemporary Social Issues	Indigenous People's Environmental Justice
Kasim Abdulaziz	PhD Epidemiology	Identification of Patients at High Risk of Carotid Artery Blockage for Neck Imaging

First Place

Galyna Vakulenko, Faculty of Science

Galyna Vakulenko, a biology master’s student, won the first edition of uOGRADflix. She is studying an algae that survives in the harsh conditions of Antarctica’s Lake Bonney, to better understand the effects of climate change on this region.  

In addition to winning a cash prize of $1,000.

Watch her video

Second Place and People’s Choice Award

Sitara Sharma, Faculty of Health Sciences

Sitara Sharma, a second-year Master of human kinetics student, took second place as well as the peoples’ choice award. Her research examines the role of physical activity in reducing cancer-related cognitive impairment and subsequently improving young survivors’ quality of life.

Sitara Sharma received two cash prizes, one of $750 and the other of $500.

Watch her video

Third Place

Catherine Potter, Saint Paul University

Catherine Potter, a Saint Paul University counselling and spirituality master’s student, took third place. Her research studied the DREAM program, an eight-week summer camp, to determine whether the children’s experience helped improve their resilience and mitigate the deterioration of their mental health during the pandemic.

She won a cash prize of $500.

Watch her video

Name	Program	YouTube
Vakulenko Galyna	Master of Science Biology	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE3fbOvGdww&t=14s
Sharma Sitara	Master of Arts Human Kinetics	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DSp2R_u87E
Potter Catherine	Master of Arts Counselling and Spirituality	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTZ4fEZ_mLY
Al-Faesly Zaineb	Master of Applied Science Civil Engineering	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vr5qBjmk88&t=5s
Barnes Mathieu	Master of Health Sciences Occupational Therapy	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvxzGLH8tuE
Basiratzadeh Shahin	PhD in Management	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b8sFKDpk1M
Braham Justine	PhD in Clinical Psychology	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGG9V-HEsT0&t=2s
Brooks Kaylee C. L.	PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh5luROAXO4
Charest Mélitza	PhD Lettres française	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOKqetIokcc
Elgendy Salma	Master of Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl5tl9-CBCY
Ervin Vanessa	Master of Arts Women's Studies	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhdbwbXihtA
Gu Siwei	PhD Chemical Engineering	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2M4K1dsJjc
Haghighatpasand Mohsen	PhD in Education	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orajCDKkY4Q
Kirby Katelyn	PhD in Environmental Engineering	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLCNdVsXgXs
Kristufek Leah	PhD in Civil Engineering	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqNjYqz_m1Y
Kuksal Nidhi	PhD in Biochemistry	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIZ7prC_dII
Leclair Isa-Bella	Master of Applied Science Civil Engineering	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz5VA__L0FE&t=15s
Maisonneuve Justin	Master of Arts Music	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQKohG8cvqU
McAllister Sarah	Master of Arts Human Kinetics	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ojGe9IxSSg&t=1s
Molina Ane	PhD in Feminist and Gender Studies	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IhqXLOEqTs&t=5s
Nygard Dallas	PhD in Biochemistry	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-_jskN4XQo
Shankland Mylène	PhD in Feminist and Gender Studies	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeXvNXf7tbc&t=7s
Teare Georgia	PhD in Human Kinetics	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA8QAP6SMXw
Whelan Marilyn	PhD in Biochesmistry	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXOo2QO2vUA
Zeghal Manel	PhD in Microbiology and Immunology	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggnCu5m_MDE

Testimonials

2021 Second Place ($750)

“I’m thrilled to be among the inaugural uOGRADflix winners! I believe that research is as impactful as one’s ability to communicate it, especially to non-specialist audiences; uOGRADflix is a really...”

Sitara Sharma

— Master of Arts Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences

2021 Third Place ($500)

“As a first-time researcher, the work of writing and researching can often feel mundane and as though you are working in a silo (especially due to the online nature created due to the pandemic)....”

Catherine Potter

— Master of Arts Counselling and Spirituality, Saint Paul University

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