Recipient institutions
| Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Dr Lynn Megeney) | $115,000 |
| University of Toronto Jack Clark Chair for Parkinson’s Research Centre | $25,000 |
| Dalhousie University | $40,000 |
| Université Laval | $25,800 |
| McGill University | $16,800 |
| University of Ottawa | $20,000 |
| Queen’s University | $30,000 |
| University of Saskatchewan | $24,600 |
| University of Western Ontario | $20,500 |
Student recipients
Dalhousie University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Tarek Ezzat | Comparison of the outcomes of patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection treated with open or endovascular repair | – |
| Hélène Mik | Extrapyramidal symptoms and clinical outcome in first episode psychosis | K. Good |
| Nicolas Peter Petropolis | Do daily fluctuations in brain metabolite concentrations contribute to the variability of brain spectroscopic measurements? | Dr. Benjamin Rusak |
| Jaime Snowdon | Oral tolerance induction in rat cardiac allografts and characterization of the graft infiltrating cells | Dr. Camille Hancock Friesen |
Université Laval
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Catherine Boivin | Analyse du champ des services aux familles don’t un parent a un trouble grave de santé mentale: éléments pour l’intégration des services | Dr. Monique Carrière |
| Anne-Marie Bureau-Blouin | Evaluation de gènes candidats à la susceptibilité au cancer du sein chez des familles présentant de nombreux cas de cancer du sein et/ou de l’ovaire | Dr. Francine Durocher |
| Jean-David Gaudreau | Médicaments psycho-actifs et évolution du delirium en oncologie | Dr. Pierre Gagnon |
| Stéfanie Grenier | Evaluation de l’utilité de l’angioplastie coronarienne percutanée chez des patients 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 souffrants d’angor stable) | Dr. Jean-Pierre Déry |
| Mélanie Lavallée | Obésité chez des parients schizophrènes et bipolaires traités aux antipsychotiques | Dr. Yvon Chagnon |
| Catherine Paillé | Prévalence de l’hypertension artérielle et caractérisation du syndrome métabolique chez les patients atteints d’une maladie pulmonaire obstructive chronique | Dr. Paul Poirier |
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McGill University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Ali Andalib | Loss of function in class D L-type calcium channel: a potential leading cause for atrial fibrillation | Dr. Stanley Nattel Dr. Flavien Charpentier |
| Noah Benjamin Sands | The contribution of matrix metalloproteinases and caspases to notochordal cell loss in the bovine species | Dr. Fackson Mwale |
| Stephane Leung Wai Sang | Studies on the inotropic effects of insulin and glucose: a new diet for the ischemic heart? | Dr. George Carvalho |
| John Yannis Trakadis | Repeated administration of phencyclidine (PCP) – enduring cognitive deficits analogous to those observed in schizophrenia. | Dr. R. Palmour Dr. F. Ervin |
| Chenjie Xia | I feel down: ventromedial frontal lobe lesions alter everyday life affect | Dr. Lesley Fellows |
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University of Ottawa
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Andy Pan | The 3-minute walk test: an investigation into its use as a clinical decision tool for patients presenting with CHF, COPD, or stable chest pain in the emergency department | Dr. Ian Stiell |
| Marie-Pierre Paquet | Client-focused evaluation of a newly developed youth psychiatric program | Dr. Robert Milin |
| Sudit Ranade | Data validation and adjudication for the Ottawa birth cohort | – |
| Aikta Verma | Effectiveness of dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation | Mr. C. Vaillancourt Dr. Ian Stiell |
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Queen’s University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Angela Chan | Ten year retrospective analysis of BOP (bleomycin, vincristine, predinisone) – a novel non-myelosuppressive chemotherapy regimen for treatment of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | Dr. Tara Baetz |
| David Dawe | The burden of ICD therapy prescribed for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death | F. James Brennan |
| Lara Hugel | Evaluation of new technologies relating to improvement of care in radiation oncology | Dr. de Metz |
| Zoe Piggott | Effect of an emergency department bypass protocol on time to primary PCI in acute STEMI patients | – |
| Ashwyn Rajagopalan | – | – |
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University of Saskatchewan
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Lakshmi Balakrishnan Luke Hnenny |
ICD registry, peripheral vascular disease, Aboriginal cardiovascular health, cardiovascular surgery and stroke risk protocol | Dr. Akhtar Dr. Pylypchuk Dr. Wells Dr. Dalshaug |
| Monica Cavanagh-Pope | Religion/spirituality, mood variability and suicidal ideation | – |
| Sachin Shoh | Role of high molecular weight calmodulin (HMWCam) in cardiac muscle | Dr. Sharma |
| Anil Sharma | N-myristoyltransferase activity and expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma | A. Shrivastav R.K. Sharma |
| Vishnu Singh | Comparison of pulse oximetry oxygen saturation (SpO2) vs arterial oxygen partial pressure (PaO2) in post-operative coronary artery bypass grant (CABG) patients and evaluation of modifying factors | – |
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University of Western Ontario
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Stephen Chihrin | Bradycardia cependent QT prolongation | Dr. Andrew Krahn |
| Alex Ferguson | Cardiomyopathy and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in transgenic mice over-expressing the PRKAG2 gene | Dr. D.L. Jones |
| Susie Kim | Assessment of patients in a collaborative mental health care service: application of the WHODAS II | Dr. David Haslam |
| Julie Leal | The impact of metallothionein protein expression on survival outcomes in renal cell carcinoma | Dr. J. Izawa |
| Johathan Rhee | Angiogenesis in benign and malignant brain tumors | Dr. Joseph Megyesi |
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