Recipient institutions
| Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Dr Lynn Megeney) | $115,000 |
| Dalhousie University | $30,000 |
| Université Laval | $30,000 |
| McGill University | $21,875 |
| Queen’s University | $15,000 |
| University of Saskatchewan | $25,000 |
| University of Western Ontario | $30,000 |
Student recipients
Dalhousie University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Ronak Kapadia | Schizophrenia | – |
| Debbie Li | The European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation (EuroSCORE) is not appropriate for withholding surgical treatment in high-risk patients | – |
| Aisling Porter | Oxygen to palliate breathlessness in patients with advanced cancer | – |
Université Laval
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Goulet-McCarthy Léa | Légumineuses et santé cardio-vasculaire | Sylvie Dodin |
| Gaudreault-Tremblay Marie-Michèle | Rôle et biologie des gènes de pusion MLL dans les lecémies humaines | Frédéric Barabé |
| Côté Julie | Prédire et prévenir les événements cardiaques et cérébraux aigus avec l’imagerie par résonance magnétique | Éric Larose |
| Amireault Carl | Déterminer l’incidence de métastases du cuir chevelu chez les femmes avec cancer du sein qui utilisent l’hypothermie du cuir chevelu pour réduire la perte du cheveux | Julie Lemieux |
| Boulanger-Gobeil Cindy | Évaluation de l’utilité de l’angioplastie coronarienne percutanée chez des patiens souffrant d’angor stable et suivant un programme de conditionnement physique: Projet Pilote ESCAPE (Exercice Seul ou Combiné à l’Angioplastie coronarienne Percutanée dans le traitement de patients souffrant d’angor stable) | Jean-Pierre Déry |
| Fournier Francis | Potentialisation de la chimiothérapie par les inhibiteurs de la PARD contre le cancer carcinoïde | Girish Shah |
| Grenier Julie | Rôle des canaux sodiques de type neuronaux dans la fonction cardiaque | Robert Duhaime Mohamed Chahine |
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McGill University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Pierre-Olivier Fiset | NRF2 and CUL3 are potential biomarkers for the evaluation of chemoresistant breast cancer | Dr. Gerald Batist |
| Yin Ge | Myocardial regenerative therapy: dose–response study – results and implications | Dr. Dominique Shum-Tim |
| Eric Lis | Bordeline personality and suicide: a four-year follow-up study | Dr. Brian Greenfield |
| Eric Mikhail | Effect of neonatal hypoxia in the rat on the levels and location of GiA-3 and hypoxia-inducible-factor of the adult heart | Dr. Charles Rohlicek |
| Zihyu Pang | USP 19, a debilitating enzyme, can induce decrease of muscle mass in mouse soleus | Dr. Simon Wing |
| Bin Xu | Receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase sigma regulates axonal projection and sprouting in normal and epileptic brains | Dr. T.E. Kennedy |
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Queen’s University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Christopher Barnes | Time to adjuvant chemotherapy in colon cancer | Dr. Jim Biagi Dr. Chris O’Callaghan |
| Tze Luck Chia | The implementation of IMRT for breast cancer treatment at CCSEO | Dr. A.T. Kerr Dr. C. de Metz |
| Jennifer Chung | ECMO as a bridge to heart transplantation in adults | – |
| Tess Hammett | Do patients undergo prostate exam while having a lower gastrointestinal endoscopy? | – |
| Ahmed Kayssi | Modulating vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype by RNA interference: validating survivin as a therapeutic target | – |
| Ramin Kholdebarin | Introduction to clinical trials in cancer medicine | Dr. Wendy Parulekar |
| Brendan Miles | Use of neoadjuvant cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy in stage II or stage III transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder: referral and utilization patterns pertaining to clinical practice guidelines | – |
| Miriam Mottiar | A descriptive case series and narrative literature review of the presentation of the congenital long QT syndrome and catecholaminergic and polymorphic ventrical tachycardia in children | Dr. Robert Gow |
| Adam Tunis | Retrospective comparison of fine-needle aspiration and core needle biopsy of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients | – |
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University of Saskatchewan
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Rita Chibbar | Comparison of gynecological tumor staging with image analysis and clinico-pathologic outcomes | – |
| David Ehmann | Timeline tracking from diagnosis to treatment completion in breast cancer patients – analysis of a community-based university-affiliated general surgery group practice | Dr. J.W. Carter |
| Peter Escanlar | A study of mood variability during the menstrual cycle | Dr. Marilyn Baetz Dr. Rudy Bowen |
| Caroline Hart | Clinical outcomes of complex myocardial revascularization | Dr. Ahmad Moustapha |
| Sarika Amelia Mann | An evaluation of outcomes after esophageal resection for cancer | Dr. A. Casson |
| Andrew Wassef | A study of dementia-related referrals to a neurologist | Dr. D. Morgan Dr. A. Kirk |
| Edwin Zhang | Registration of fertility and offspring in survivors of pediatric cancer | – |
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University of Western Ontario
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Allison Bahm | Diversity and Homelessness: Minorities and Psychiatric Survivors | Dr. Cheryl Forchuck |
| Ryan Dobbs | Does Brain Plasticity Correlate with Brain Tumor Grade? – A Study of Patients with Malignant Brain Tumors using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) | Dr. Joseph Megyesi |
| Shashank Garg | A Phase II Study of Oxandrolone in Patients Receiving Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer | Dr. John Yoo |
| Steven Gryn | Meta-Analyses of Hormonal Therapy for Prostate Cancer | Dr. Eric Winquist |
| Matt Lanktree | Identifying genomic risk factors for cardiovascular disease | Dr. Rob Hegele |
| John Lenehan | Is cervix cancer part of the hereditary breast/ovarian cancer phenotype? | Dr. Peter Ainsworth |
| Amy Lin | Image-guided Robotic Percutaneous Therapies for Lung Cancer | Dr. Richard Malthaner |
| Raghav Rajgopal | Quantitative Intravital Imaging of Angiogenesis and Metasteses of Primary Bladder Cancers | Dr. Jonathan Izawa |
| Mila Smithies | Impact of Contact Intervention in Women Undergoing Treatment for Breast Cancer | Dr. Muriel Brackstone |
| Ilja Tchakov | Evaluation of Retention and Kinetics in IN-111 oxine in Tissues for Potential Brachytherapy Applications in Cancer | Dr. Pamela Zabel |
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