Recipient institutions
| Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health and the Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada 10-year annual National Prize for Mental Health Research Year 3: Awarded to Dr. Benjamin Goldstein, Sunnybrook, University of Toronto |
$100,000 |
| Carleton University Mach-Gaensslen Foundation Scholarship in Health Sciences Endowment Fund Year 3 of 3-year pledge of $100,000 Health sciences program for students in cardiology, oncology, psychiatry |
$33,333 |
| Carleton University Endowment of graduate prize in neuroscience: $5,000 annually |
$62,500 |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland | $25,000 |
| Université Laval | $25,000 |
| Université de Montréal | $25,000 |
| McGill University | $25,000 |
| University of Ottawa | $25,000 |
| Queen’s University | $25,000 |
| University of Toronto | $25,000 |
| McMaster University | $20,000 |
| University of Western Ontario | $25,000 |
| University of Saskatchewan | $20,000 |
| University of Alberta | deferred |
| University of Calgary | $25,000 |
| University of British Columbia | $25,000 |
Student recipients
Memorial University of Newfoundland
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor(s) |
| Zachary Anstey | Pathalogical examination of the thickness of melanoma diagnosis in Newfoundland and Labrador | Dr. Wayne Gulliver |
| Jordan Bartlett | The identification of protein interactions involving transcriptional repressor MIERI and chromatin modulator PYGO2 in breast cancer pathogenesis | Dr. Laura Gillespie |
| Daniel Evans | Functionally deleterious germline GALNT12 variants in population-based cohort of incident colorectal cancer cases | Dr. Michael Woods |
| Andrew Fenwick | Diagnostic yield of CT urography in the evaluation of patients with hematuria – a retrospective analysis | Dr. Eric Sala |
| Liban Mohamed | Assessing the clinical effectiveness of partnering with parents intervention targeting pediatric patients with psychiatric disorders | Dr. Weldon Bonnell |
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Université Laval
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Étienne Bourdages-Pageau | Lobectomy surgery complications | Dr. Marie Arsenault |
| Raphaelle Brière | Caracteristiques clinico-pathologiques et pronostiques des patients avec adenocarcinomes pulmonaires multiples synchrones | Dr. Philippe Joubert |
| Florence Levesque | Suivi des recidives du cancer du skin au CMS | Dr. Julie Lemieux |
| Nicolas Melancon | Dimosphisme sexuel dans la réponse hypertrophique du coeur a une surcharge chez le rat | Dr. Jacques Couet |
| Olivier Pothier-Piccinin | Videos didactiques en chirugle cardiaque | Dr. Francois Dagenais |
| Emile Voisine | Histoire naturelle de l’insuffisance mitrale chez les patients subissant un remplacement valvulaire aortique pour stenose aortique sevère | Dr. Marie Arsenault |
| Fayçal Zine-Eddine | Maximize the overexpression of somatostatin receptor to improve the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors by peptide receptor radionuclide therapy | Dr. Jean-Mathieu Beauregard |
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Université de Montréal
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Jean Issa | Analysis of smoothelin expression in the heart of mice | Dr. Gregor Andelfinger |
| Alexandre Jolicoeur | Plasticity of the neurochemical phenotype of dopamine neurons during development | Dr. Louis-Eric Trudeau |
| Gabriel Page | Identification des CPA qui supportent la proliferation homeostatique des lymphocytes T | Dr. Martin Guimond |
| Pascale Sabeh | Ameliorer le devenir neurologique des nourrissons avec cardiophathies congenitales | Dr. Ala Birca |
| Aurelie Sonea | Le losarten previent l’influence nefaste de l’hyperoxie neonatale sur la structure cardiaque, le système renine-angiotensine et les defenses antioxydantes chez le rat | Dr. Anne Monique Nuyt |
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McGill University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Rayhaan Bassawon | PDPN expression by glioblastoma multiforme and a potential tumor-platelet interaction` | Dr. Janusz Rak |
| Lia Bertrand | Sleep, anxiety and rward sensitivity as predictors of suicidality in bipolar disorder | Dr. Outi Mantere |
| Karine Gou | Use of actograms in measurement of rest: activity rhythm in bipolar disorder and eating disorder | Dr. Kai-Florian Storch |
| Yubaihe Shen | Isolation of atherosclerotic plaque macrophages with laser-capture microdissection for gene expression analysis | Dr. Stella Styliani Daskalopoulou |
| Duncan Sibthorpe | Rest: activity rhythm and eating behaviour | Dr. Outi Mantere |
| Allister Smith | Markers of survival in resected lung adenocarcinoma | Dr. Anne Gonzalez |
| Aidan Steinmetz-Wood | The relationship between the eccentricity of bicuspid aortic valve openings and ascending aortic dilation | Dr. Judith Therrien |
| Hossein Taheri | Systematic review and meta analysis of plaque regression with hypolipidemic agents | Dr. Mark Eisenberg |
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University of Ottawa
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Ryan Gotfrit | Preoperative determination of isocitrate dehydrogenase mutation in gliomas using magnetic resonance spectroscopy, diffusion weighted and perfusion weighted imaging | Dr. Thanh Binh Nguyen |
| Michael Gulak | EBUS vs. mediastinoscopy for mediastinal staging of NSCLC patients: a retrospectie study | Dr. Donna Maziak |
| Garvin Leung | Scoping review of preclinical design and reporting in oncolytic virus therapy | Dr. Dean Fergusson |
| William Phillips | A comparison of clinical factors with coronary calcium to identify cancer patients at risk of cardiovascular disease | Dr. Gary Small |
| Matthew Tsang | Novel mechanisms of genomic instability in cutaneous T-cell lymphomas | Dr. Ivan Litvinov |
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Queen’s University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Saam Azargive | Analgesic drug safety and pain optimization through pharmacogenetic testing | Dr. Hance Clarke |
| Stephanie Chan | Maternal cardiovascular health – improving post-partum follow up | Dr. Graeme Smith |
| Elisabeth Merner | Identifying risk factors that affect resilience in First Nations youth from Northern Ontario | Dr. Khalid-Khan |
| Helene Morakis | A retrospective chart review of management of asymptomatic hypertension in the emergency department | Dr. Robert Brison |
| Sherwin Wong | Anti-Coagulation in high-risk patients after anterior myocardial infarction | Dr. Raveen Pal |
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University of Toronto
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Jaime Cazes | Assessing physiological fluctuations in white matter and cerebral blood flow with relation to polygenic risk scores in adolescents with bipolar disorder | Dr. Benjamin Goldstein |
| Janis Chang | Identifying genetic and clinical predictors for disorders of normal development | Dr. Anne Bassett |
| Sophia Duong | Maternal-placental serotonin metabolism in pregnancy as a risk factor for child psychopathy | Dr. Robert Levitan |
| Eric Huang | The interplay of germline and somatic events in predicting relapse of localized prostate cancer | Dr. Paul Boutros |
| Sophia Liu | Lifestyle behaviours in Canadian cancer survivors | Dr. Geoffrey Liu |
| Sohee Park | Identifying predictors of adaptive functioning in children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders | Dr. Meng Chuan Lai |
| Stefan Perara | Evaluation of an integrated medical-psychiatry program – new paradigm of practice | Dr. Terry Maniate |
| Shima Shakory | The association between inflammation (neuro and peripheral) and schizophrenia | Dr. Romina Mizrahi |
| Annie Zhu | Challenges in integrated mental health care research: understanding primary care providers’ participation in the PARTNERS study | Dr. Nadiya Sunderji |
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McMaster University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Jasneet Kaur Dhaliwal | Desvenlafaxine succinate in major depressive disorder in midlife men and women | Dr. Benicio Frey |
| Sheiry(Gagandeep) Dhillon | By the parent for the parent – a novel approach to empower parents of children exposed to substances in pregnancy | Dr. Tim O’Shea |
| Nikhita Singhal | Exploring polysubstance use in patients with opioid use disorder receiving treatment: a prospective cohort study | Dr. Zainab Samaan |
| Kevin Um | Pretreatment for electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation | Dr. Jeff Healey |
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University of Western Ontario
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Adam Beswick | Profiles of emergency department use among youth with first episode psychosis | Dr. Kelly Anderson |
| Claire Browne | Cyclic peptides targeting RHAMM as cancer therapeutics | Dr. Len Luyt |
| Chloe Gui | Optimizing image guidance techniques for the resection of brain tumours | Dr. Joseph Megyesi |
| Victor Pope | Analysis of outcomes in esophageal cancer patients treated within vs outside a clinical trial | Dr. Richard Malthaner |
| Michelle Quaye | Building family capacity to support the recovery of people with serious mental illness in low-income settings: adapting, implementing and evaluating creates psychosocial rehabilitation toolkit for use by family caregivers | Dr. Ariene MacDougall |
| Daniel Schep | Characterization of stem cells in colon cancer | Dr. Samuel Asfaha |
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University of Saskatchewan
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Caitlyn Davidson | Tracing the journey of hospital patients who later die of suicide | Dr. Lloyd Balbuena |
| Nuo Li | The relationship between attachment, treatment compliance, treatment outcome, depression and anxiety in patients with obstructive sleep apnea | Dr. Camelia Adams |
| Jasmine McGuin | A 10-year retrospective review of fetal ECHO vs. postnatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease in Saskatchewan | Dr. Timothy Bradley |
| Emmanuel Oduntan | Learning to Forgive: long term impacts of foregiveness training on recidivism | Dr. Mansfield Mela |
| Spencer Zwarcyh | Social and emotional experience of adolescents with bone anchored hearing aids | Dr. Nael Shoman |
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University of Calgary
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Sarah Ames | Referral barriers and knowledge translation in rural Guyana | Dr. Debra Isaac |
| Kristen Barton | Development of a parallel patient and surgeon focussed questionnaire in surgical decision making for metastatic disease management | Dr. Michael Monument |
| Lindsay Burrowes | The Reservoir Wave Approach to Pulmonary Hypertension | Dr. John V. Tyberg |
| Bryan J. Heard | Oncology and Orthopaedics | Dr. Michael Monument |
| Isabelle Vallerand | The association between acne and major depressive disorder – a population based cohort study | Dr. Scott Patten |
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University of British Columbia
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Tsz Man Phoebe Cheng | A qualitative study comparing cut matrix fentanyl patches with intact patches for pain relief in cancer patients | Dr. Philippa Hawley |
| Rouzbeh Ghandiry-Tavi | Association between objectively measured physical activity and heart function in children with congenital heart disease | Dr. Kevin Harris |
| Wayne Leung | Iron deficiency and sensitivity to psychotropic medications in children and adolescents. Literature review and qualitative interviews | Dr. Osman Ipsiroglu |
| Kevin Nguyen | Implantable cardioverter defribrillator lead location and all-cause mortality | Dr. Matthew Bennett |
| Hirmand Nouraei | Assessment of optimal heart rate correction for QT interval from cardiac electrophysiology studies | Dr. Nathaliel Hawkins |
| Caleb Roda | Antipsychotics and the immune system | Dr. Clare Beasley |
| Chris Shamatutu | Effects of exercise interventions on cardiovascular health of individuals with chronic spinal cord injury | Dr. Ross Davidson |
| Jordan Stewart | Accelerated diagnostic protocol for rapid rule out of acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department | Dr. Sophia Wong |
| Derek van Pei | Development of novel systems to model and prevent glioma invasion in 3D | Dr. Christian Naus |
| Fan Yang | Globlastoma multiforme (a high grade tumor) Internet information: an evaluation of the usage of Internet resources by patients with gioblastoma multiforme and the quality of information available on the Internet | Dr. Paris-Ann Ingledew |
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