Recipient institutions
| Royal Ottawa Hospital – Research Chair in Suicide Prevention | $100,000 |
| Royal Ottawa Hospital – Prize for Mental Health Research | $100,000 |
| Carleton University – Health Science Scholarship | $10,000 |
| Compassionate Ottawa – Healthy End of Life Program (HELP) | $224,360 |
| Queen’s University – Mental Health Research | $247,040 |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland | $25,000 |
| Dalhousie University | $25,000 |
| Université Laval | $25,000 |
| Université de Sherbrooke | $25,000 |
| Université de Montréal | $24,620 |
| McGill University | $22,400 |
| 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 | $23,800 |
| University of Saskatchewan | $25,000 |
| University of Alberta | $25,000 |
| University of Calgary | $25,000 |
| University of British Columbia | $25,000 |
Student recipients
Memorial University of Newfoundland
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Damilola R. Adekunle | Characterization of subpopulation of melanin concentrating hormone | Dr. Michiru Hirasawa |
| Zoe Breen | Needs assessment and feasibility of a heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) program for ovarian cancer care in Newfoundland and Labrador | Dr. Patti Power |
| Julie Croucher | Exploring relapse in first-episode psychosis via Scale for Early Psychosis Relapse Risk Assessment (SEPRRA) | Dr. Kellie LeDrew |
| Samarth Fageria | Utility of FDG PET in the assessment of recurrent lung cancer post-radiation therapy | Dr. Jeff Flemming |
| Christina Major | Covid’s impact on breast cancer diagnosis and staging: a local experience | Dr. Connie Hapgood |
For further information on the papers from Memorial University
Dalhousie University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor(s) |
| Nicole Edwards | DNA methylation on N6-adenosine of line-1 transposons in lung cancer | Dr. Alison Wallace |
| Sarah Galley | Clinical, pathological and treatment characteristics of neuroendocrine tumors in patients with carcinoid heart disease | Dr. Daniel Rayson |
| Prathiksha Nalan | Psychiatry residents’ experience in Balint groups | Dr. Alexandra Manning |
| Andrew Trasolini | Imaging of paediatric low grade gliomas with KIAA1549:BRAF fusion, BRAF V600E and negative for BRAF V600E and KIAA1549 origins in patients without neurofibromatosis-1 | Dr. Craig Erker |
| Fanshu Xu | IL-17 R deletion as a prognostic marker for cancer | Dr. Jun Wang |
For further information on the papers from Dalhousie
Université Laval
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Leila Adam | Evaluating a selective CT head scanning approach in anticoagulated head-injured emergency department patients: a prospective cohort study | Dr. Eric Mercier |
| Karolanne Demers | The study of neuropsychiatric prognosis after traumatic brain injury | Dr. Alexis Turgeon |
| Charles-Eric Noel Laflamme | Determine the impact of social stress on stress susceptibility | Dr. Benoit Labonté |
| Kevin Lessard | Detection of delirium using physiological parameters and monitoring of hypovigilance: a cohort study observational delerium in intensive care | Dr. Patrick Archambault |
| Charles Massé | Besoins en décision partagée concernant la question de cesser ou poursuivre les antipsychotiques après 18 mois | Dr. Caroline Rheaume |
| Sandrine Noel | La serotonine et la maladie de Parkinson | Dr. Martin Parent |
| Fei Wu | Susceptibilité vs résilience des circuits dopaminergiques face à l’exposome | Dr. Martin Levesque Dr. Paul De Koninck |
For further information on the papers from Université Laval
Université de Sherbrooke
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Sarrra Blagui | Immunological markers of prognosis in resectable lung cancer | Dr. Sonia Brabriela Cheng Oviedo |
| Louis Carrier | Compariason de la dégenerescence structurelle valvulaire prosthétique chez les patients avec stenose aortique sevère ayant subit un remplacement valvulaire chirurgical et percutanée | Dr. Marianne Coutu |
| Anna Nuguleanu | L’engainement perinerveux comme marquer prognostic pour les carcinomes mammares | Dr. Sameh Geha |
| Victor Guilhe La Combe de Villers | Updating CKCIS (Canadian Kidney Cancer Information System) database and retrospective study on partial nephrectomies | Dr. Patrick Richard |
| Olivier Guillemette | Investigation du résultat thérapeutique chez des patients porteurs d’un carcinome ipidermoide de l’orpharynx et chez des patients porteurs d’un adenocarcinome du rectum traites par radiothérapie et chimiothérapie | Dr. Chang Shu Wang Dr. Laurence Masson-Cote |
| Samuel Farag | Étude retrospective sur les complications urinaires a moyen et long terme chez les patients avec cancer de la prostate traité par radiothérapie et/ou prostatectomie radicale | Dr. Le Mai Tu |
| Zacharie Lavergne | Mise à jour de la banque de données du Canadian Kidney Cancer Information System (CKCis) | Dr. Patrick Richard |
| Eve Peraldi | Portrait de la prévalence des troubles psychiatriques chez les patients consultant au CHUS selon qu’ils sont nés à l’étranger ou au Canada | Dr. William Semaan |
| Vincent Picher | Portrait comparatif de la prévalence des troubles psychiatriques chez les patients consult au CHUS selon qu’ils sont nés à l’étranger ou au Canada | Dr. William Semaan |
| Gabriel Pratte | Utilisation du cannabis et criminalité | Dr. Nathalie Rivard |
| Behraz Rezaie | Toxicity assessment of single-franction stereotactic body radiation therapy for non-small-cell lung cancer peripheral lesions | Dr. Mynam Bouchard |
| Alexia Roy | Étude retrospective sur les complications urinaires à moyen et long terme chez les patients avec cancer de la prostate traité par radiotherapie et/ou prostatectomie radicale | Dr. Tu Le Mai |
| Lina Sedraoui | Comparison du traitement chirurgical et non chirurgical du syndrome aortique des valves bicuspides: une étude retrospective | Dr. Mohamed Abdel Halim |
For further information on the papers from Université de Sherbrooke
Université de Montréal
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Leonardo Lamanuzz | CBD effect on cognition in cocaine use disorder patients | Dr. Didier Jutras-Aswad |
| Sebastien Leclerc | Pharmaco-optimisation pour améliorer le pouvoie thérapeutique des cellules souches pour traiter la defaillance cardiaque : vers la nouvelle génération d’étude clinique | Dr. Nicolas Noiseau |
| Megane Masse | Identification de nouveaux régulateurs du stress replicatif cause par les UV | Dr. Hugo Wurtele |
| Marc-Alain Raymond | Utility of actionable pharmacogenes in the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia | Dr. Maja Krajinovic |
| Luis Santiago Ribeiro | Mécanismes de division cellulaire | Dr. Gilles Hickson |
| Romina Lopez Urbina | Characterization of the role of p75NTR in the connectivity of PV cells from the prefrontal cortex | Dr. Graziella Di Cristo |
For further information on the papers from Université de Montréal
McGill University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Alicia Belaiche | Evaluating the role of TGF-beta receptor signaling in mediating MAPK inhibitor resistance in NRAS mutant melanoma | Dr. April Rose |
| George Gerardis | Role of mannose in atherosclerotic plaque formation and inflammation | Dr. Stephanie Lehoux |
| Carla Herman | Identification of prognostic biomarkers in prostate cancer | Dr. Jacques Lapointe |
| (Michael) Yi Zhen Luo | Mechanisms of immune evasion in IDH-wildtype glioblastoma | Dr. Kevin Petrecca |
| Thalia Nguyen | Tired brain, distracted mind – dissociative symptoms | Dr. Serge Beaulieu |
| Alicia Shen | Genetic risk scores and cardiovascular disease in the CARTAGENE cohort | Dr. George Thanassoulis |
| Jenny Wang | Lipoprotein(a) in cardiovascular disease – effect modification by LDL-C and apoB | Dr. George Thanassoulis |
For further information on the papers from McGill University
University of Ottawa
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Bita Azad | The use of transthoracic echocardiograms in hospitalized adult patients with acute pulmonary embolism | Dr. Deborah Siegal |
| Zhuo Qian (George) Cao | Can natural language processing standardize and increase the predictive capability of the HEART score? | Dr. Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy |
| Yuchen Dai | Sympathetic denervation as a potential substrate promoting atrial fibrillation | Dr. Rob Beanlands |
| Emma Sypes | Evidence for overuse of cardiovascular health care services around the world: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Dr. Derek Roberts |
| Sarah Yeo | Repeatability of 99mTc pyrophosphate (PYP) imaging for evaluation of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis | Dr. Terrence Ruddy |
For further information on the papers from University of Ottawa
Queen’s University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Chantal Burnett | Spirituality, community belonging, and mental health outcomes of Indigenous people in Kingston, Ontario, during the COVID-19 pandemic | Dr. Bayoumi Imaan |
| Adrienn N. Goczi | Accelerated diagnostic assessment program for suspected malignancy: retrospective analysis of 140 patients in Kingston, Ontario | Dr. James Biagi |
| Edward Cui | Histological validation of a novel 3D ultrasound approach to detecting vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque | Dr. Amer Johri |
| Kiera Liblik | Do increased depression and anxiety scores (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale >7) at baseline (within 72 hours of AMI) correlate with 6-month outcomes (major adverse cardiovascular events: quality of life indicators) in women impacted by psychosocial and/or cardiovascular risk factors? | Dr. Amer Johri |
| Meagan Wiederman | Spinal cord injury mental health functional outcomes improved by mindfulness | Dr. Karen Smith |
For further information on the papers from Queen’s University
University of Toronto
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Shinthujah Arulanantham | Patterns of recurrence after tri-modality treatment for muscle invasive bladder | Dr. Srinivas Raman |
| David Buchan | Evaluation of conformal radiation therapy in the treatment of gastric cancer | Dr. Jelena Lukovic |
| Yue (Jennifer) Du | Symptom burden and emergency department use in head and neck cancer patients: an exploratory study | Dr. Antoine Eskander |
| Omar Gaballa | MRI biomarkers for colorectal cancer liver metastases | Dr. Helen Cheung |
| Nathan Kuehne | Understanding outcomes following adjuvant immunotherapy in the treatment of stage III melanoma | Dr. Marcus Butler |
| Michel Kiflen | Statins and ezetimibe for the 10 prevention of CVD events in older adults with diabetes | Dr. Michael Farkouh |
| Jae Yun Lee | Canadian rate molecular alteration basket-umbrella real-world observational study (CARMA-BROS) natural history analysis | Dr. Geoffrey Liu |
| Alyssa Li | Brain metastases in the setting of oligometastatic disease | Dr. Sunit Das |
| Mansur M. Naeem | Functional characterization of the variants of uncertain significance in patients undergoing cancer genomic testing | Dr. Clifford Librach Dr. Mahmoud Aarabi |
For further information on the papers from University of Toronto
McMaster University
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Takhliq Amir | Intraoperative blood pressure management and postoperative outcomes in cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Dr. Jessica Spence |
| Hanu Chaudhari | Feasibility study for training diverse providers to perform resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) in a clinical simulation program | Dr. Power |
| Arjun Pandey | Clinical risk scores for post-operative atrial fibrillation | Dr. Richard Whitlock |
| Shawn Varghese | The use of artificial intelligence to predict suicidality among youth: a machine learning approach | Dr. Flavio Kapczzinski |
| Jie Wei (Jenny) Zhu | Sex differences in study flow of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) clinical trials | Dr. Harriette Van Spall |
For further information on the papers from McMaster University
University of Western Ontario
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Hassan Faisol Abdallah | Predicting treatability of multi-lesion lung cancer with radiation | Dr. Pencilla Lang |
| Jin Chun | Alpha thyroid: developing an automated AI thyroid cancer detection system | Dr. Jaron Chong |
| Braden Kralt | No fixed address – youth | Dr. Cheryl Forchuk |
| Kimya Manouchehri | Cartilage ossification imaging patterns in advanced laryngeal cancer | Dr. Danielle MacNeil |
| Ashaka Patel | The use of a wireless handheld tactile sensing system (TSS) to detect occult lung tumours during video assisted thoracic surgery: a phase 1 clinical trial | Dr. Richard Malthaner |
| Cameron Patterson | Cardiac rehabilitation sustainability | Dr. Anthony Tang |
For further information on the papers from University of Western Ontario
Northern Ontario School of Medicine
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Imran Bagha | Evaluating a novel method for enhancing cardiopulmary resuscitation | Dr. Samuel Peters |
| Dana Bartolucci | Case control study in Northeastern Ontario breast cancer patients undergoing third-generation chemotherapy (FEC-D or DD-ACT): examining factors correlated with the development of PICC-related DVTs | Dr. Lacey Pitre |
| Allison Chwon | 5-aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride (5-ALA)-guided surgical resection in newly diagnosed high grade gliomas | Dr. Amparo Wolf |
| Dayton Kelly | Examining causal relationships between post-traumatic stress disorder and onset of cardiovascular diseases of the heart: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Dr. James Crispo |
| Mathieu Rheault-Henry | Aortic valve replacement using sutureless valves | Dr. Roni Atoui |
For further information on the papers from Northern Ontario School of Medicine
University of Saskatchewan
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Zakhar Kanyuka | Reptrospective analysis of bladder cancer patient outcomes when neoadjuvant chemotherapy is delayed | Dr. Osama Souied |
| Shayan Shirazi | Evaluation of psychotropic medication algorithm for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder | Dr. Mansfield Mela |
| Sarah Valentine | Coverage rates and barriers pertaining to receiving human papilomavirus immunization in Canada: a national project to eliminate cervical cancer | Dr. Cory Neudorf |
| Armaghan Wasim | Understanding the experiences of individuals with FASD who visit the emergency department | Dr. Mansfield Mela |
| Emma Yanko | Outcomes of patients with small intestine adenocardinoma in Saskatchewan: a retrospective population-based cohort study | Dr. Shahid Ahmed |
For further information on the papers from University of Saskatchewan
University of Alberta
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Prabhpaul Dhami | Risk factors for conversion of MCI to dementia | Dr. Kanna Alagiakrishan |
| Danae Keddie | CT angiography – what the vascular surgeon and intervention radiologist want to know | Dr. Derek Emery Dr. Gillian Shiau |
| Ibrahim Sadiq | Patterns of obstruction and collapse in obese and non-obese children on DISE | Dr. Hamdy El-Hakim |
| Abeline Watkins | Immune analysis of full-size tissueengineered bioprosthetic heart valves after recellularization | Dr. Jeevan Nagendran |
| Rami Zibdawi | Immune analysis of tissue-engineered bovine pericardium after decellularization and alpha-galactose cleavage | Dr. Nicole Kosturic |
For further information on the papers from University of Alberta
University of Calgary
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Catharine Bowman | The psychosocial implications of cancer-related leg lymphedema: a qualitative analysis | Dr. Linda Carlson |
| Mobina Motamedi | Assessing the relationship between paced heart rate and cerebral blood flow velocity | Dr. Satish Raj |
| Jennifer Mracek | Factors associated with timing of access to specialist palliative care in CNS cancer | Dr. Ayn Sinnarajah |
| Kyle Murdy | Comparison of definitive chemoradiotherapy versus trimodality therapy for esophageal adenocarcinoma | Dr. Aynharan Sinnarajah |
| James Petropoulos | Ototoxicity profile of young children following salvage therapy or relapse medulloblastoma | Dr. Lucie Lafay-Cousin |
For further information on the papers from University of Calgary
University of British Columbia
| Student | Title of research project | Faculty advisor |
| Alexander Benny | Impact of quality assurance and feedback on radiotherapy prescribing practices: a randomized controlled trial | Dr. Robert Olsen |
| Simrin Dhillon | Associations between anemia and clinical outcomes among patients with cardiac amyloidosis | Dr. Margot Davis |
| Iman Lahouaoula | Enhanced measurement-based care (eMBC) for major depressive disorder | Dr. Raymond Lam |
| Emily Leung | Treatment patterns and outcomes of patients with locally advanced vulvar or vaginal cancer in British Columbia | Dr. Jenny Ko |
| Larissa Rogowsky | Prevalence of chronic pain in post-mastectomy and alloplastic breast reconstruction patients in British Columbia | Dr. Kathryn Isaac |
| Xim Wei | Identification of novel protein biomarkers to distinguish mucinous carcinoma of the endometrium from benign mimickers | Dr. Lien Hoang |
| Bianca Zaidel | Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: care processes and reasons for withholding resuscitative efforts | Dr. Brian Grunau |
| Rebecca Zhuang | Non-malignant airway microbiome in pre-lung cancer development | Dr. Wan Lam |
For further information on the papers from University of British Columbia