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 2014 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 2014 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 2014 report [PDF] |
$30,000 |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland | $25,000 |
| Université Laval | $25,000 |
| Université de Montréal | $25,000 |
| McGill University | $21,875 |
| University of Ottawa | $25,000 |
| Queen’s University | $25,000 |
| University of Toronto | $25,000 |
| mcmaster University | $10,000 |
| University of Western Ontario | $25,000 |
| University of Saskatchewan | $25,000 |
| University of Alberta | $25,000 |
| University of British Columbia | $25,000 |
Student recipients
Memorial University of Newfoundland
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Gina Colbourne | Radiological imaging appearance of the reconstructed breast; studying DCIS imaging as a precursor for invasive ductal carcinoma | Dr. Connie Hapgood |
| Matt Eagles | The effect of MIER1-a on DNA methylation in MCF7 breast cancer cells | Dr. Gary Paterno |
| Chris Hough | Assessment of variable temperature fixation on breast biomarker expression | Dr. Ken Kao Dr. Beverly Carter |
| Catherine Nicholson | Retrospective review of outcomes with active surveillance in early prostate cancer at Dr. H.B. Murphy Cancer Centre | Dr. Jinka Sathya |
| Andrew O’Connell | Aortic Morphology in Rat Offspring of Mothers on Controlled Sodium Diets During Pregnancy | Dr. Bruce Van Vliet |
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Université Laval
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Rosalie Broche | Role of GAS1 in the response of breast cancer cells to doxorubicin | Dr. Stephane Gobies |
| Alexandre Can-Mars | Risk factors/mortality and retrospective review study of VSD post AMI | Dr. Mario Seneschal |
| Goran Rima | Post percutaneous coronary intervention fractional flow reserve clinical outcomes: a meta-analysis | Dr. Olivier Bertrand |
| Olivier Royer | Study of the miral valvular remodeling in aortic regurgitation and its role in the prevention of mitral insufficiency | Dr. Jonathan Beaudoin |
| Julie St-Hilaire | Effet de l’antagoniste des recepteurs GTA sur la calcification vasculaire chez les rats insuffisants renale | Dr. Richard Lariviere |
| David Turgeon | Impact of kidney transplantation on aortic stiffness | Dr. Mohsen Agharazii |
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Université de Montréal
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Josée Anne Boucher | Caracterisation des mecanismes d’incorporation d’ARN et de proteines dans les vesicules extracellulaires | Dr. Eric Lecuyer |
| Sebastien Dang | TCF19 and ZNF367 in cell cycle and proliferation | Dr. Sylvie Mader |
| Mélanie Girard | Immersion and interaction in genomics and personalized medicine | Dr. Marie-Pierre Dubé |
| Sarah Leclaire | Relation entre les pensées spontanées et le stress physiologique chez des adultes en santé | Dr. Sonia Lupien |
| Marie-Christine Roy | Characterization of the role of PHACRT1 in the endothelium | Dr. Guillaume Lettre |
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McGill University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Marie-Pier Bastrash | Von Willebrand factor variations in premature acute coronary syndrome: the contribution of sex, gender and clinical factors | Dr. Louise Pilote |
| Lee Harel-Sterling | Pharmacological options for stroke prevention among patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) | Dr. Mark Eisenberg |
| Erin Luxenberg | Family history and relationship styles in patients with mood disorders | Dr. Nancy Low |
| Vanessa Masson | Predictive value of arterial stiffness in the development of pre-eclampsia (REVEAL) | Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou |
| Andrew Rabinovitch | Identification of the unstable carotid atherosclerotic plaque: from bench to clinical practice | Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou |
| Hiromi Tissera | Cancer risk: breast, ovarian, endometrial, and cervical cancers in young women with SLE | Dr. Sasha Bernatsky |
| Christina Weisstock | Understanding the role of the immune response after chemotherapy | Dr. Nathalie Johnson |
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University of Ottawa
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Richard Gagnon | Molecular profiling to impact the management of pre-B-All: a pilot study | Dr. Sarah Sawyer |
| Justin Godbout | Innovative use of AED by RNs and RTs during in-hospital cardiac arrest | Dr. Christian Vaillancourt |
| Miso Gostimir | An evaluation of pulmonary hypertension in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction | Dr. Lisa Mielniczuk |
| Tyler James | Can supplementation with moringa capsules reduce cholesterol and cardiovascular risk | Dr. Hugues Loemba |
| Houman Rashidian | Prospective validation of the postoperative atrial fibrillation prediction score for patients undergoing cardiac survery | Dr. Diem T.T. Tran |
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Queen’s University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Cassandra Graham | PTEN expression in follicular lymphoma | Dr. David LeBrun |
| Atul Juidka | Cardiology case-based iBook | Dr. Johri |
| Annie Langley | Dermatologist density and melanoma survival | Dr. Linda Levesque |
| Jessica Lax-Vanek | Vitamin D supplementation for adolescent depression | Dr. S. Khalid-Khan Dr. D. Groll |
| Alicia Rodrigues | Exercise an as adjunctive treatment for adolescent anxiety disorders | Dr. Siros Khalid-Khan |
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University of Toronto
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Mathew Anaka | Analysis of chromosomal translocations in Ewing’s sarcoma using next-generation sequencing | Dr. David Malkin |
| Rhandi Christensen | Age-related changes in prefrontal brain regions | Dr. Nicole Anderson |
| David Croitoru | Pre-clinical and biomarker development of novel mitotic kinase inhibitors for prostate cancer | Dr. David Casey Dr. Tak Mak |
| Ali Fatehi | Induction of oncogenic miRNA by neoadjuvant therapy in esophageal adenocarcinoma | Dr. Gail Darling |
| Samantha Hershenfeld | Discovery of hidden clinical metabolic genetic syndromes in neuropsychiatric patients | Dr. Joyce So |
| Aled Iaboni | Cytomegalovirus reactivation after autologous stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma | Dr. Coleman Rotstein |
| Keith Lee | Understanding the mechanisms of how statin medications may inhibit prostate cancer development and growth | Dr. Robert Hamilton |
| Michael Tjong | Is there an abscopal effect in early stage lung cancer treated with sterotactic body radiotherapy? | Dr. Stephanie Wan |
| Chechan (David) Wang | The invluence of genetic variation on the association between chemopreventive medication use and prostate cancer risk | Dr. Rob Hamilton |
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McMaster University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Kathleen gabriel | Validation of microvesicular tumor suppressor PTEN as a novel biomarker for prostate cancer | Dr. Khalid Al-Nedali |
| Randa Stringer | The role of epigenetics in long-term programming of CVD and NCD risk following prenatal nutritional exposures | Dr. Guillaume Paré |
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University of Western Ontario
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Ernest Chan | Enhancing suicide risk assessment and management attitudes, knowledge and skills of rural chinicians | Dr. Paul Links |
| Jeremy Chitpin | Palliative care on the heart failure team | Dr. Lorelei Lingard |
| Keegan Guidolin | HypodeXRIONrws One-treatment Pre-operative Efficiency (HOPE) Study | Dr. Michael Lock |
| Rochelle Johnstone | Secular trends in the survival and treatment of oral cavity carcinoma | Dr. Danielle MacNeil |
| Yuan Qi | Economic evaluation of fluid replacement therapy in patients undergoing cardiac surgery | Dr. Ava John-Baptiste |
| Pei Jun Zhao | Clinical application of next generation DNA sequencing in the outpatient clinic setting | Dr. Robert A. Hegele |
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University of Saskatchewan
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Dongning Donna Fan | Retrospective study to evaluate the outcome of stem cell transplant in high risk acute myeloid leukemia | Dr. Mohamed Elemary |
| Prateek Kundapur | Efficacy of colonoscopy screening in standard clinical practice – a practice evaluation study in the Saskatoon Health Region | Dr. Jennifer Jones |
| Tingting Li | The impact of ethnicity on breast cancer presentations and treatment in Saskatchewan | Dr. Gary Groot |
| Evyn Peters | Irritability and mood instability in depression | Dr. Rudy Bowen |
| Matthew Smith | Discourses of influence and autonomy in physicians’ accounts of treatment decision making for early stage breast cancer | Dr. Gary Groot |
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University of Alberta
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Mathieu Belayed | Barriers to accessing health services for residents of the Métis settlements | Dr. Lorraine Breault |
| Maria Madalena Dearden | Métis perceptions of required health services | Dr. Lorraine Breault |
| Sean Goos | Individual perceptions of depression among the Métis population living on settlements in northern Alberta | Dr. Lorraine Breault |
| Nolan Morley | The attitudes and beliefs of medical students toward treating LGBTQ population | Dr. Lorraine Breault |
| Roxanne Pinson | An external review of pediatric mental health at the undergraduate level for the English-speaking medical schools across Canada | Dr. Lorraine Breault |
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University of British Columbia
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Khashayar Golbaz | Role of DISC-1 in axonal transport of mitochondria in individuals with bipolar disorder | Dr. Clare Beasley |
| Elaine Hao | Optical coherence tomography identifies coronary artery changes in pediatric transplant recipients | Dr. Kevin Haris |
| Jamil Javer | Ethnic differences in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) management and health behaviours | Dr. Nadia Khan |
| Michael Jew | Mitochondrial dysfunction in a mouse model of Barth syndrome | Dr. Martin Hosking |
| Davis Sam | Efficacy and clinical use of vemurafenib and ipilimumab in a population-based cohort of metastatic melanoma patients | Dr. Winson Cheung |
| Lauren Sawatzky | Manual segmentation of hippocampal volumes in chronic schizophrenia pre and post exercise | Dr. Donna Lang |
| Harmandeep (Harman) Sidhu | The prevalence and incidence of perinatal anxiety, related disorders and new mothers’ thoughts of infant harm | Dr. Nichole Fairbrother |
| Gigi Tuet | Understanding persistent antipsychotic polypharmacy (AP): a prevalent practice without evidence | Dr. Rick Procyshyn |
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