Recipient institutions
| Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Dr. Wendy Spettigue) Examining the effectiveness of an online parent psychoeducation intervention for the management of child and adolescent eating disorders: an Ontario multi-site initiative 2013 report [PDF] |
$30,000 |
| Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Dr. Allison Kennedy) Development and evaluation of a brief group intervention for youth presenting to the ED with mild to moderate suicidal ideation 2013 report [PDF] |
$30,000 |
| Peer Support Accreditation and Certification (Canada) (Stéphane Grenier) Elevation of the practice of mental health peer support to a formally recognized and nationally accepted method of mental health care that is complementary to clinical care methods and established employee assistance programs 2013 report [PDF] |
$30,000 |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland | $30,000 |
| Université Laval | $30,000 |
| Université de Montréal | $35,000 |
| McGill University | $21,875 |
| University of Ottawa | $35,000 |
| Queen’s University | $15,000 |
| University of Toronto | $35,000 |
| McMaster University | $15,000 |
| University of Western Ontario | $30,000 |
| University of Saskatchewan | $25,000 |
| University of Alberta | $30,000 |
| University of British Columbia | $35,000 |
Student recipients
Memorial University of Newfoundland
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Amy Burton | Regulation of expression of hPygo2 in epithelial ovarian carcinoma | Dr. Catherine Popadiuk |
| Daniel Duggan | Mechanisms of relaxation in the internal thoracic artery | Dr. Reza Tabrizchi |
| Heather Hoddinott | The effects of changing culture on an acute care child/adolescent | Dr. Weldon Bonnell |
| Robyn Kenny | HER2 overexprerssion and amplification in diffuse gastric cancer in Newfoundland | Dr. A. Taher |
| Andre Le | Biomarker of treatment response in prostate cancer | Dr. John Thoms |
| Angella C. Woodman | Nonsyndromic familial brain tumors in two siblings | Dr. Falah Maroun |
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Université Laval
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Alexandre Cinq-Mars | Risk factors of mortality after surgical correction of ventricular septal defect following myocardial infarction | Dr. Mario Senechal |
| Marc-Olivier Dion | La méthode CISH pour l’évaluation du statut HER2 dans les carcionomes gastriques | Dr. Caroline Diorio |
| Gabrielle Dumas | Évaluation d’un questionnaire cognitif bref concu pour les patients atteints du cancer | Dr. Bruno Gagnon |
| Xiaoshuang Kou | Study of the structure of Gas1 required for its anti-metastatic activity | Dr. Carole Carbonneau |
| Carolanne Ruel | Validity study of the prostatic specific antigen as a marker for progression in metastatic castration-resistant and chemotherapy-resistant prostate cancer | Dr. Federic Pouliot |
| Evelyne Leblanc | Éffet de la dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) vs. placebo dans le traitement de l’hypertension arterielle pulmonaire – étude pilote | Dr. Sebastien Bonnet |
| Marc-Antoine Tardiff | Éffet de l’alimentation dans les 24 heures précédant le déclenchement de l’infarctus aigu du myocarde | Dr. Olivier Bertrand |
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Université de Montréal
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Francois Bourdeau | Non-coding RNA TERRA and their role in regulating telomerase activity | Dr. Pascal Chartrand |
| Melany Delgado-Contreras | Fine study of the interaction OCS1-p53 in the STATS5 induced senescence context | Dr. Gerardo Ferbeyre |
| Ariane Drouin | Composite arterial and venous grafting strategy versus conventional | Dr. Louis-Mathieu Stevens |
| Marie-Anne Goyette | Role of receptor tyrosine kinase AXL in metastic progression of HER-2 positive breast cancer | Dr. Jean-Francois Cote |
| Catherine Gravel | Clonal exhaustion after transplantation of umbilical cord blook: development of a protocol for detection of transcription factors T-bet and Blimp-1 | Dr. Hugo Soudeyns |
| Rachel Morin | Signalisation du cancer du sein | Dr. Sylvie Mader |
| Assya Trofimov | Discover better targets for imunotherapy of cancer | Dr. Claude Perreault |
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McGill University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Achuthan Aruljothy | Identification of the unstable carotid atherosclerotic plaque: from bench to clinical practice | Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou |
| Mathilde Gaudreau-Simard | The impact of maternal stress during pregnancy on IQ in children with ADHD | Dr. Natalie Grizenko |
| Yu Qing (Jenny) Huang | Familial environmental risk factors in mood disorders | Dr. Nancy Low |
| Emilie Xiao Hang Ma | The role of traditional and emerging risk factors on angiographic profile of men and women with premature acute coronary syndrome | Dr. Louise Pilote |
| Michelle Roseman | Depression screening and mental health outcomes in children and adolescents: treatment efficacy | Dr. Brett Thombs |
| David St-Pierre | Predictive value of arterial stiffness in the development of pre-eclampsia (REVEAL) | Dr. Stella Daskalapoulou |
| Pascal Theriault-Lauzier | Multi-slice computed tomography assessment of the mitral valvular apparatus for trans-catheter valve replacement in patients with mitral regurgitation | Dr. Nicolo Piazza |
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University of Ottawa
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Alina Beliavsky | The use of Parenteral Anticoagulants in Acute Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation | Dr. Dar Dowlatshahi |
| Kathryn Bezzina | In Vivo Imaging of angiogenesis in gliomas: A Comparison Between MRI’s and Histology | Dr. Thanh Binh Nguyen |
| Andrea Lee Cervi | The role of innate immunity in the oncolytic properties of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) | Dr. Harold Atkins |
| Loretta Cheung | Mitral valve repair vs. replacement in rheumatic valve disease | Dr. Vincent Chan |
| Joshua Hefler | Does oncolytic virus treatment of matastatic lung cancer cause lung injury? | Dr. P. James Villeneuve |
| Cong Thanh Nguyen | Diacylglycerol kinase as a novel target for anti-metastatic cancer therapy through RhoC interactions | Dr. Stephen Gee |
| Bhavika J. Patel | Enhancing the health of children with complex heart problems experiencing psycosocial stress | Dr. Patricia Longmuir |
For further information on the papers from University of Ottawa
Queen’s University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Shivani Felicia Chandrakumar | Risk profile development for borderline personality disorder in adolescence | Dr. Saresh Khalid-Khan |
| Amanda Murdoch | Exercise as alternative therapy for adolescent anxiety disorders | Dr. Saresh Khalid-Khan |
| Jennifer Yin Yee Kwan | Determining the educational and survivorship needs of lung cancer patients and caregivers | Dr. Meredity Giuliani |
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University of Toronto
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Marcus Ede Allan | Genetics on suicide attempts in people with schizophrenia | Dr. Vincenzo DeLuca |
| Alexa Bramall | Determination of the role of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection in gliomagenesis and the evaluation of an oncolytic virus for the treatment of primary brain tumors | Dr. James T. Rutka |
| Eric Coomes | Skin cancer screening after organ transplantation | Dr. An-Wen Chan |
| Charles Hu | Discovery of new non-invasive biomarkers to identify men with “spuriously” elevated PSA due to prostate inflammation | Dr. Keith Jarvi |
| Davis Holmes | Analysis of candidate genes in bupropion remission | Dr. James Kennedy |
| Saurabhy Kalra | Validation of the sour seven questionnaire for detecting delirium in older adults | Dr. Richard Shulman |
| Anthony Mak | Investigating the role of membrane glycoprotein CD133 in melanoma | Dr. Jason Moffat |
| Vanda McNiven | Discovery of hidden clinical and metabolic genetic syndromes in neuropsychiatric patients | Dr. Joyce So |
| Cam Tu (Janet) Nguyen | Exploring peer leaders’ personal experiences and impresions of their community regarding breast and cervical cnncer screening and education | Dr. Sheila Dunn |
| Alex Raben | Intracerbroventricular insulin administration for prevention of antipsychotic-induced adiposity | Dr. Margaret K. Hahn |
| David Smith | DNA injury from ionizing radiation used in the performance of interventional radiology procedures | Dr. Bairbre Connolly |
| Lily Van | Pharmacogenetic response to antipsychiatric treatment in a genetic form of schizophrenia, ZZq11.2 deletion syndrome | Dr. Anne Bassett |
| Oren Zarnett | The role of radiation and chemotherapy in the treatment of elderly patients with glioblastoma | Dr. Sunit Das |
For further information on the papers from University of Toronto
McMaster University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Derek Chan | Investigating the role of MSi2 in T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia | Dr. Kristen Hope |
| Nicholas Holzapfel | Investigating the role of MSi2 in AML progression | Dr. Kristen Hope |
| Branavan Manoranjan | The role of WNT signaling in human medulloblastoma brain tumour initiating cells | Dr. Sheila K. Singh |
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University of Western Ontario
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Ben Beech | Is personalized radiobilogically guided radiotherapy for liver leasions better than standard card? | Dr. Michael Lock |
| Jeffrey Law | Quality of life in neoadjuvant vs. adjuvant therapy of esophageal cancer treatment (QUINTETT) | Dr. Richard Malthaner |
| Jooho Lee | Applying human genomic data to clinical evaluation | Dr. Rob Hegelevv |
| Matthew McNevin | Poverty and social inclusion (Community-University Research Alliance Project) | Dr. Cheryl Forchuk |
| Safi Sayeed | Prevelance of bipolar disorder among in-patients with treatment resistant depression | Dr. Verinder Sharma |
| Colin Sue-Chue-Lam | Mapping palliative care on the heart failure team | Dr. Valerie Schulz |
| Michael Yan | Developing a targeted anti-cancer drug delivery system | Dr. Alison Allan |
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University of Saskatchewan
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Angeliki Barlas | Assessment of bleeding risk in patients on triple therapy with newer anti-platelet agents | Dr. Colin Pearce |
| Raman Chawla | Age-dependent changes in monoamine-related genes in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease | Dr. Darrell Mousseau |
| Tristan Pagan | Cognitive symptoms in a developmental model of maternal immune activation and psychiatric illness | Dr. John Howland |
| Evyn Peters | Implications of impulsivity | Dr. Rudy Bowen |
| Brian Wong | Validating scoring tool to preduct acute renal failure (PRF) post-cardian surgery in patients presenting to Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region | Dr. Bhanu Prasad |
For further information on the papers from University of Saskatchewan
University of Alberta
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Hoorsheed Heydarimanesh | Child and youth mental health on Metis settlements in Alberta | Dr. Lorraine Breault |
| Dave Hogarth | Child and youth mental health on Metis settlements in Alberta | Dr. Lorraine Breault |
| Michelle Huie | Child and youth mental health on Metis settlements in Alberta | Dr. Lorraine Breault |
| Nanki Longowal | Child and youth mental health on Metis settlements in Alberta | Dr. Lorraine Breault |
| Lucy Ma | Child and youth mental health on Metis settlements in Alberta | Dr. Lorraine Breault |
| Sheila Wang | Child and youth mental health on Metis settlements in Alberta | Dr. Lorraine Breault |
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University of British Columbia
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Khatereh Aminoltejari | Establishment of a standard measure for success of deep brain stimulation surgery in patients with treatment-resistant Parkinson’s disease | Dr. Christopher Honey |
| Dalijeet Chahal | Surgical resection of metastatic brain tumors as a singular curative intervention | Dr. Brian Toyota |
| Lu Chu | Minimally invasive palliative procedures in onclogy: a review of a multidisciplinary collaboration | Dr. Pippa Hawley |
| Connor Forbes | Isolation of circulating tumor cells from patients with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer: microfluidics vs. Cellsearch | Dr. Peter Black |
| Amanzo (Ang Chien) Ho | A longitudinal comparison of aripiprazole vs. quetiapine on adiposity using MRI | Dr. Alasdair Barr |
| Kurt Hoskin | Outcomes analysis of breast reconstruction in the southern interior of British Columbia | Dr. Christopher Baliski |
| Ian Pitcher | Examination of the prevalence and plaque morphology of coronary artery disease in asymptomatic South Asians versus non-South Asians | Dr. Carolyn Taylor |
| Gigi Tuet | Understanding persistent antipsychotic polyparmacy: a prevalent practice without evidence | Dr. Ric Procyshyn |
| Aaron Van Slyke | Patient-centred outcomes following flap reconstruction of sternal wound infection defects: a systematic review | Dr. Daniel Wong |
| Raymond Hon Leung Yip | Barriers to diagnosis in myeloproliferative neoplasms | Dr. Lynda Foltz |
| Irene Yu | Ovarian cancer internet information: an evaluation of the usage of internet resources by patients with ovarian cancer and the quality of information available on the internet | Dr. Paris-Ann Ingledew |
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