Recipient institutions
Royal Ottawa Hospital – Research Chair in Suicide Prevention | $100,000 |
Royal Ottawa Hospital – Prize for Mental Health Research. Year 6 winner: Dr. Nicholas Carleton, University of Regina | $100,000 |
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario – BRAVA project | $75,000 |
Compassionate Ottawa – Healthy End of Life Program (HELP) | $213,675 |
Queen’s University – Mental Health Research | $230,179 |
Memorial University of Newfoundland | $25,000 |
Dalhousie University | $25,000 |
Université Laval | $25,000 |
Université de Sherbrooke | $22,000 |
Université de Montréal | $25,000 |
McGill University | $15,625 |
University of Ottawa | $25,000 |
Queen’s University | $25,000 |
University of Toronto | $24,750 |
McMaster University | $25,000 |
University of Western Ontario | $25,000 |
Northern Ontario School of Medicine | $22,600 |
University of Saskatchewan | $25,000 |
University of Alberta | $3000 |
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) |
Leah Burrows | Prognostic value of coronary artery calcification on low-dose CT when performing myocardial perfusion imaging | Dr. Jeffrey Flemming |
Sydney London | Prostate cancer risk in transwomen | Dr. Holly Etchegary Dr. Ken Kao |
Melissa Loyzer | Functional characterization of a variant of uncertain significance in the IQGAP2 tumor suppressor | Dr. Darren O’Rielly Dr. Terry-Lynn Young Dr. Lesa Dawson |
Hamza Shogan | Blood flow redistribution during hyperinsulinemia in type 2 diabetes | Dr. Graham Fraser |
Lauren Winsor | Hematology/oncology patients’ perceptions of quality of care in an outpatient ambulatory care unit | Dr. Debra Bergstrom |
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Dalhousie University
Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor(s) |
Adrienne Borrie | The role of NK cell-based immunotherapy for ovarian cancer | Dr. Jeanette Boudreau |
Cody Harper | Developing a standardized pan-Canadian patient education guidance document for radiation treatment programs | Dr. Amanda Caissue |
David Hodgson | Bioprosthetic valve deterioration in aortic position | Dr. Aliter Hashem Dr. Osama Elkhateeb |
Mark O’Reilly | Enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery: a pilot observational study | Dr. Hashem Aliter Dr. Edgar Chedrawy |
Meng-Chiao (Angela) Tsai | Distribution of patients with melanoma in Nova Scotia, 2015-2020 | Dr. Peter Hull |
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Université Laval
Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
Jonathan Bouchard | Effects of chronic stress on neurovascular health: implication for post-stroke depression | Dr. Caroline Rhéaume |
Jessie Clairoux | Efficiency of interval training with restriction of blood flow in endurance adults | Dr. François Billaut |
Valérie Deschênes | Étude du rôle de la sérotonine dans la génèse de l’insuffisance mitrale fonctionnelle | Dr. Caroline Rhéaume |
Gaelle Gloaguen | Profile liés à l’âge dans l’expérience de la neuropathie périphérique chimio-induite | Dr. Lynn Gauthier |
Anthony Labrecque-Binet | Evaluation of a new assessment protocol for retrosternal pain at the emergency department | Dr. Caroline Rhéaume |
Rosalie Robert | Biomarqueurs et paramètres prédictifs de succès lors d’une procédure MitraClip | Dr. Jean-Michel Paradis |
Audrey-Anne Roy | Exploration of the link between cognition and extrapyramidal symptoms induced by antipsychotics among persons with a psychotic disorder: a brake on everyday functioning? | Dr. Marc-André Roy |
Hong Hao Xu | Studying risk factors and striving to increase the efficacy of prevention programs for cutaneous melanoma in Canada | Dr. Martin Gilbert |
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Université de Sherbrooke
Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
Élyse Brunelle-Menard | Formation continue novatrice en cardiologie : exploration des changements dans la pratique chez les participants | Dr. Catherine Bertholet |
Éloïse Cadotte | Développement de nouveaux biomarqueurs pour la détection précoce du cancer dans la salive et/ou dans l’urine des patients | Dr. Martin Bisaillon |
Sabrina D’Amour | L’importance de la fonction visuo-spatiale ainsi que ses corrélats anatomo-fonctionnels sur la qualité de vie | Dr. David Fortin |
Béatrice Émond | Cohorte GESTE : suivi longitudinal des enfants et leurs parents (800 familles) – étude sur la grossesse, enfants en santé et l’environnement | Dr. Larissa Takser |
Eloik Guay | Mise à jour de la banque de données du Canadian Kidney Cancer Information System (CKCis) et étude rétrospective sur les néphrectomies au CIUSSSE-CHUS | Dr. Patrick Richard |
Andrei Lucien Ionescu | Détermination de l’efficacité d’action in vivo de nouveaux ligands biaisés du système apélinergique | Dr. Mannix Auger-Messier |
Mohammed Iqbal Messihad | Imagerie du cancer prostatique par les inhibiteurs de la protéine d’activation du fibroblaste (64Cu-FAPI) : une solution à la polyclonalité | Dr. Étienne Rousseau |
Gabriel Ledoux | Impact du suivi rapproché chez les patients avec insufficance cardiaque | Dr. Serge Lepage |
Esther Marineau | Utilisation du cannabis et criminalité | Dr. Pierre Gagné |
Kevin Rego | Stage en recherche clinique et épidémiologie clinique | Dr. Frédéric Dallaire |
Zhi Shuo Zhang | Impact du suivi rapproché chez les patients avec insuffisance cardiaque | Dr. Serge Lepage |
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Université de Montréal
Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
Anton Volniansky | Patrons de restenose des endoprothèses biorésorbables à court, long et très long terme (PR-BVS) | Dr. Jean-François Tanguay |
Soraya Benhaddou | NK cells engineering as a new targeted immunotherapy against rhabdomyosarcoma | Dr. Elie Haddad |
Veronica Iammateo | La suicidalité chez le patient schizophrène : une étude IRMf | Dr. Stephane Potvin |
Agata Anna Krupinska | Humanized tumor model to better study immune cell interaction in mice | Dr. Christian Beauséjour |
Nour Sandli | Régulation du métabolisme énergétique cardiaque par les récepteurs PPARs | Dr. André Tremblay |
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McGill University
Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
Victoria Hayman | CT-based quadriceps muscle thickness: a practical biomarker for frailty | Dr. Jonathan Afilalo |
Sarah Maritan | Defining molecular mediators of tumor intrinsic invasive growth in brain metastases | Dr. Peter Siegel |
Emilie Pichette | Predictive value of arterial stiffness in the development of pre-eclampsia (REVEAL) | Dr. Stella Styliani Daskalopoulou |
Joan Miguel Romero | Investigating the effects of chemotherapy and other factors on chemokine-mediated T cell migration in pancreatic cancer | Dr. George Zogopoulos |
Kevin Zhao | Identification of prognostic biomarkers in prostate cancer | Dr. Jacques Lapointe |
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University of Ottawa
Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
Michael Aw | End of life care of patients with hematologic malignancy treated at the Ottawa Hospital | Dr. Grace Christou |
Francesco Fazzari | Comparing regimens for systemic therapy of recurrent glioblastoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Dr. Terry Ng |
Nacera Hanzal | Emergency department visits among pediatric patients with comorbid substance misuse and mood disorders | Dr. Mona Jabbour |
James-Jules Linton | Management of wide complex tachychardia in the emergency department | Dr. Ian Stiell |
Lindsey Symons | Retrospective comparison between idarubicin and daunorubicin as induction agents for acute myeloid leukemia | Dr. Mitchell Sabloff |
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Queen’s University
Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
Aquila Akingbade | Electromagnetic catheter tracking and reconstruction in breast brachytherapy | Dr. Conrad Falkson |
Sydney Flatt | The impact of the KGH Maternal Health Clinic on subsequent pregnancy outcomes including gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy | Dr. Graeme Smith |
Gillian Forster | Understanding the care experience for persons with intellectual, sensory and physical disabilities visiting the emergency department | Dr. Susan Bartels and Dr. Melanie Walker |
Kiera Liblik | Do differences in socioeconomic status, marital status, race, history of smoking, history of drug use, history of alcohol use, indigenous status, and/or living situation alter the likelihood that women will develop depression and anxiety post-acute myocardial infarction? | Dr. Amer Johri |
Mehras Motamed | The effects of siPKM2 in a rodent model of group 2 pulmonary hypertension | Dr. Stephen Archer |
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University of Toronto
Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
Lauren Clarfield | Sentinel lymph node biopsy versus complete lymphadenectomy in high-grade endometrial cancer: a systematic review | Dr. Sarah Ferguson |
Yue (Jennifer) Du | Linking symptom burden with emergency room use and unplanned hospitalization in patients with head and neck cancer | Dr. Antoine Eskander |
Andrea Ianni | Catching cancers early? How well do Ontario’s organized screening programs perform for First Nations and Métis persons? | Dr. Jill Tinmouth |
Hao-Yue Helena Lan | Electronic patient-reported outcome measures to guide systematic symptom and distress management among kidney transplant recipients | Dr. Istvan Mucsi |
Danielle Lilly Nicholls | Using patient-reported outcome data as an innovative strategy to assess the success of randomization in randomized clinical trials | Dr. Geoffrey Liu Dr. Wei Xu |
Amir-Arsalan Sabouhanian | Association of EGFR status and lung metastasis in patients with NSCLC | Dr. Geoffrey Liu |
Kieran Sharmav | Mechanisms of primary and acquired resistance to immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer and renal cell carcinoma | Dr. Adrian Sacher |
Matthew Tersigni | Evaluating the implementation of mental health quality standards using quality improvement science and human centred design | Dr. Nadiya Sunderji |
Kanwalpreet Walia | Rare molecular subtypes of non-small cell lung cancer: patterns of care and outcomes in the CARMA BROS Trial | Dr. Geoffrey Liu |
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McMaster University
Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
Meghan Glibbery | A comprehensive fitness and physical activity assessment in pediatric survivors of central nervous system tumors | Dr. Joyce Obeid |
Hannah Kearney | Identifying patient-important outcomes in medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder patients: a systematic review | Dr. Zena Samaan |
Sawayra Owais | Online 1-day cognitive behavioural therapy-based workshops for portpartum depression | Dr. Ryan J. Van Lieshout |
Maaz Shanjer | Management of acute ischemic stroke in cancer patients | Dr. Deborah Siegal |
Namita Sharma | Machine learning applied to brain metastasis and glioblastomas | Dr. Fateme Salehi |
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University of Western Ontario
Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
Tajdeep Brar | Language as the software for cerebral processing: is psychosis a software problem? | Dr. Lena Palaniyappan |
Fjalal Fakim | AI-assisted plaque volume measurement in 3D carotid ultrasound and clinical applications | Dr. Elvis Chen |
Justin Kim | The utility of circulating tumour cells in surgical and radiation treatments for patients with colorectal liver metastases | Dr. Michael Lock |
Jami Kronick | Assessment of treatment response in biologically defined schizophrenia subgroups using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) | Dr. Amer Burhan |
Hecham Omar | Evaluation of ECG changes in patients with heart failure | Dr. Anthony Tang |
Dalton Ruel | Improving care for patients with hypertension: optimizing the information technology platform | Dr. George Dresser |
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Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
Christina Anthes | Management and outcomes of endocarditis among people who inject drugs | Dr. Yoko Schreiber |
Caitlin Dmitriew | Barriers and facilitators affecting implementation of a decision tool for the diagnosis of acute aortic syndrome | Dr. Robert Ohie |
Miranda Mellerup | A systematic review of the mental health screening tools used in correctional institutions | Dr. Maryane Kravtsenyuk |
Brooke Moncrief | WE Can: investigating the risk of acquiring or developing breast cancer associated lymphedema from participating in a 10-week exercise program | Dr. Ian Newhouse |
Daseul (Dee) Shin | Contemporary outcomes of aortic dissection in Northern Ontario | Dr. Rony Atoui |
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University of Saskatchewan
Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
Samintha Andrahennadi | Real world evidence of efficacy of fulvestrant in hormone refractory metastatic breast cancer: a retrospective cohort | Dr. Shahid Ahmed |
Emre Mehrab Islam | Evaluation of brief ‘caring telephone contact’ suicide prevention program of suicidal children and adolescents post-discharge from emergency department and/or adolescent psychiatric unit, Regina | Dr. Senthil Damodharan |
Maa Quartey | The alzheimer disease-related B-amyloid peptide interacts directly with monoamine oxidase | Dr. Darrell D. Mousseau |
Jaskaran Singh | Evaluation of deep learning based needle detection in high dose rate prostate brachy-therapy | Dr. Derek Liu |
Brandon Spink | The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of patients, health care providers and the general public | Dr. Yanbo Zhang |
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University of Alberta
Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
Prayash Katlariwala | Inter-reader and intra-reader reliability of the D-RADS Risk Stratification and Management System amongst less experienced radiologists practicing in a North American institution | Dr. Gavin Low |
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University of Calgary
Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
Alison Darnley | Enhancing cultural competency at psychiatry residents: an evaluation of a novel educational intervention | Dr. Rachel Grimminck |
Sophie Hu | Modelling associations between neuropsychiatric symptoms and cognition using advanced data visualization systems | Dr. Zahinoor Ismail |
Daniel Meyers | Characterizing the impact of antiobiotics on survival outcomes in patients with cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors | Dr. Aliyah Pabani |
Igor Stukalin | Developing a prognostic model for patients with solid tumours treated with checkpoint immunotherapy | Dr. Aliyah Pabani |
Allen Vorobeichik | Pharmacogenetics of antidepressant-induced disinhibition in children | Dr. Paul Arnold |
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University of British Columbia
Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
Stephanie Alexis | Multimodal prehabilitation for people with pancreatic cancer before surgical resection at Vancouver General Hospital | Dr. Peter Kim |
Charles (Chansoo) Choi | Bipolar bridges | Dr. Erin Michalak |
Christian Farrell | Exploring staff-supported community outings in a forensic psychiatric sample | Dr. Tonia Nicholls |
Darren Guenther | Wait time: resectable adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and GEJ | Dr. Delia Sauciuc |
Lana (Ran Ha) Hong | Enhanced measurement-based care (eMBC) for major depressive disorder | Dr. Raymond Lam |
Melissa Kong | Clinical outcomes and quality of life following pediatric heart transplantation in BC | Dr. Kathryn Armstrong |
Kaveh Rayani | Splice variants in heritable arrhythmias and cardiomyopathies | Dr. Andrew Krahn |
Jillian Rodger | Multimodal sibling function in pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder | Dr. Evelyn Stewart |
Shailee Siddhpuria | The SUPPORT Study: phase 2 | Dr. Lori Brotto |
Jeffrey Toy | Evaluating late effects in long-term survivors of childhood leukemia | Dr. Karen Goddard |
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