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 1: Awarded to Dr. Jean Martin Beaulieu, Laval University |
$100,000 |
| The Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health and the Mach Gaensslen Foundation of Canada 10-year annual pledge of $100,000 for a named Chair in Suicide Prevention Research |
$100,000 |
| Carleton University Mach Gaensslen Foundation Scholarship in Health Sciences Endowment Fund Health sciences program for students in cardiology, oncology, psychiatry |
$33,333 |
| 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 | $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 |
| Amanda Cranford | The impact of a founder mutation on the incidence of Lynch Syndrome and associated gynecological malignancies in Newfoundland | Dr. Keri Kao |
| Erica Fitzgerald | BCRA mutations in Newfoundland | Dr. Lesa Dawson |
| Joy Hollahan | The developmental programming effect of parental sodium intake on rat offspring heart | Dr. Bruce Van Vliet |
| Ryan Colby Normore | Saline and distilled water as local adjuvants for giant cell tumor of bone | Dr. Frank O’Dea |
| Cecily Stockley | The effectiveness of parenting young children (PYC) and parenting your adosescent (PYA) programs on children and adolescents | Dr. Weldon Bonnell |
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Université Laval
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Samual Adant | Potentiation of peptide radionuclide receptor therapy by inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase for neuroendocrine neoplasm | Dr. Jean-Mathieu Beauregard |
| François Coulombe | Determinants of atherosclerosis | Dr. Eric Larose |
| Marie-Pier Desjardins | Impact du profil des cyrokines inflammatoires sur la rigidité aortique de patients en insuffisance rénale chronique terminale | Dr. Richard Lariviere |
| Gabrielle Giardetti | Visceral obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome as prognostic factors in pulmonary hypertension: an imaging study | Dr. Sebastien Bonnet |
| Gabriel Lauziere | Pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension | Dr. Steeve Provencher |
| Emma Roy | Le cancer pulmonaire opéré et la MPOC – l’expérience de l’Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec | Dr. François Maltais |
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Université de Montréal
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Etienne Boucher | Monitoring cerebral and extra-cerebral haemodynamic changes during physical exercise with time-resolved near infrared spectroscopy | Dr. Mathieu Dehaes |
| Zhongyi Chen | In vivo coronary artery plaque assessment with computed tomography angiography – is there an impact of iterative reconstruction on plaque volume and attenuation metrics? | Dr. Carl Chatrand-Lefebvre |
| Gabrielle Gascon | Effet d’un regime obésogène sur le métabolisme des rats exposés à un milieu hyperoxique en période néonatale | Dr. Anne Monique Nuyt |
| Feliz Lombard-Vadnais | Phénotypage et optimisation des conditions de culture des cellules T CD4-CD8- | Dr. Amal Abdel-Baki |
| Laurence Ledoux | Impact de l’ajout de l’EQIIP SOL | Dr. Amal Abdel-Baki |
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McGill University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Ella Benzaquen | Comparative morbidity of HIPEC using oxaliplatin versus mitomycin C in treating peritoneal carconomatosis with colorectal or appendiceal origins: a retrospective study | Dr. Tsafrir Vanounou |
| Wenyu Chen | Thyroid cancer in SLE: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Dr. Sasha Bernatsky |
| Massimo DiIorio | Assessing MRE11A as a breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene in the French Canadian population | Dr. William Foulkes |
| Catherine Ouellet | Exploring psychosis, urbanicity and social factors: can we rely on medico-administrative diagnoses? | Dr. François Bourque |
| Jimmy Tat | Identification of the unstable carotid atherosclerotic plaque: from bench to clinical practice | Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou |
| Lahoud Touma | Edoxaban and the risk of bleeding | Dr. Mark Eisenberg |
| Luhe (Lotus) Yang | Characterization of vascular calcification in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia | Dr. Jacques Genest |
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University of Ottawa
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Ryma Ihaddadene | Rubidium positron emission tomography – an alternative radiopharmaceutical for myocardial imaging | Dr. Rob Beanlands |
| Tyler James | Timing of ticagrelor discontinuation and influence on clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes requiring bypass surgery: insights from the Capital Registry | Dr. Derek So |
| Juliana Andrea Barrera Ramirez | Mesenchymal stromal cells from bone marrow in acute myeloid leukemia | Dr. David Allan |
| Mohammed Rashid | Safety and efficacy of parmaco-invasive strategy in STEMI patients | Dr. Michel LeMay |
| Ashley Yu | Neoadjuvent treatment of malignant melanoma. A systematic review of the literature and evaluation of future prospects | Dr. Michael Ong |
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Queen’s University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Bryce Alexander | The IAB-TAUI study | Dr. Adrian Baranchuck |
| Lan Deng | Predicting the failure of R-CHOP chemotherapy for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma based on protein expression – a progress report | Dr. David LeBrun |
| Alessia Dolcetti | Transesophageal echocardiography: patient comfort, informed consent and side effects | Dr. Raveen Pal |
| Jennifer Fu | Drp-1 receptor proteins, MiD49 and MiD51, regulate mitrochondrial fission and cell proliferation in pulmonary arterial hypertension: therapeutic implications | Dr. Stephen Archer |
| Kristen Reipas | Dr. Susan Phillips |
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University of Toronto
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Marian Chen | Referral pattern and treatment of lung cancer patients across Canada | Dr. Sunil Verma |
| Adrian I. Cozma | Discovery of hidden clinical and metabolic genetic syncromes in neuropsychiatric patients | Dr. Joyce So |
| Matthew Da Silva | Neutrophil: lymphocyte ratio to predict post-op outcomes in patients with rectal cancer | Dr. Quereshy |
| Alexander Koven | Quantitative ultrasound for prediction of breast cancer therapy outcomes | Dr. Gregory Czarnota |
| Christine Tong Li | Translating generic research findings for major developmental conditions into clinical practice | Dr. Benjamin Goldstein |
| Katie Mattina | Investigating neurochemical markers of oxidative stress in cigarette smokers | Dr. Doris Payer |
| Jennifer Yun Peng | Improving survivorship for testicular cancer patients at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre | Dr. Robert Hamilton |
| Sandra Toutounji | Improving anti-emetics in chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting | Dr. Katherine Enright |
| Robert Vanner | Integrated genomic analysis of B-ALL metastasis | Dr. John Dick |
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McMaster University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Rebecca Rodin | Emotional flexibility and post-traumatic stress disorder among combat war veterans | Dr. Jeremy Wojtowicz Dr. Adam Brown |
| Tea Rosic | The impact of comorbid psychiatric disorders on opioid addiction treatment outsomes | Dr. Zainab Samaan |
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University of Western Ontario
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Joel Bierer | QUINTETT | Dr. Richard Malthaner |
| Suzanne Kosteniuk | Improving image guidance techniques for the resection of brain tumours | Dr. Joseph Megyesi |
| Annie Li | Poverty and social inclusion (Community-University Research Alliance Project) | Dr. Cheryl Forchuk |
| Joanne Ryan | Epigenetic mechanisms affecting pancreatic development and disease | Dr. Christopher Pin |
| Feng Xu | Impaired bonding in postpartem mood disorders: prevalence and risk factors | Dr. Verinder Sharma |
| Jake Yeoman | Screening for colorectal cancer. Do providers believe the guidelines when it is time for their own screening? | Dr. Julie Ann Van Koughnett |
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University of Saskatchewan
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Alyssa Antoya | Nature and nurture: a biophysical explanation of the relationship between childhood trauma, adult attachment and severity of depression and social anxiety in Saskatchewan | Dr. Carmelia Adams |
| Justine Greer | Can alzheimer-related pathology be triggered by antidepressant use | Dr. Darrell Mousseau |
| Racheal Head | Transformational research in adolescent mental health | Dr. Caroline Tait |
| Jihane Henni | Patient and staff safety concerns on an adolescent inpatient treatment unit: an assessment of code white reports | Dr. Senthil Damodharan |
| Kimberley Higgins | Child and youth mental health services in the digital age. Gauging the climate for online therapy | Dr. Senthil Damodharan |
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University of Alberta
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Madalena Dearden | Community health assessment of the Métis settlements of Alberta: Section on Mental Health and Addictions | Dr. Lorraine Breault |
| Mustafa Ghani | Community health assessment of the Métis settlements of Alberta: Section on Mental Health and Addictions | Dr. Lorraine Breault |
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University of British Columbia
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Arun Agha | Team-based therapy: can participation in team sport enhance the effectiveness of group therapy for mood and addictions? | Dr. Alan Bates |
| Talveen Gill | New mothers’ thoughts of harm: prevalence and relation to OCD and child harm | Dr. Nichole Fairbrother |
| Hang (Kelly) Li | Exploring the rates of long-term cardiotoxicity associated with targeted or biologic cancer therapy | Dr. Danielle Renouf |
| Megan Lucey | Neurocognitive function and work productivity in clinical depression | Dr. Raymond Lam |
| Gabrielle Rabu | Single-cell analysis of epigenetic regulators in primitive normal and leukemic blood cell precursors | Dr. Connie Eavies |
| Sonja Rummell | Trends in discussions and enrollment of elderly individuals in oncology clinical trials | Dr. Winson Cheung |
| Adrienne Stedford | Impact of knowledge translation regarding radiotherapy prescribing practices on actual prescribing practices | Dr. Robert Olson |
| Alexander Wong | Reelin and netrin-1 as key players in the development of sunitinib resistance in renal cell carcinoma | Dr. Alan So |
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