GSRD 2016 ‑ Presentation Winners
Congratulations to the following students who won a presentation prize at Graduate Student Research Day 2016. Students are judged (in groups of approximately 6 students), based on year of study and program.
Master’s Students
First Place – Posters
Student |
Supervisor |
Dept/School/ College |
Abstract Title |
Research Area |
de Champlain, Rebecca |
Margot Latimer |
Nursing |
Examining the Relationship Between Cognitive and Affective Components of Empathy to Compassion Fatigue, Burnout and Compassion Satisfaction in Pediatric Nurses |
Quality of Life |
Legere, Stephanie |
Jean Marshall |
Microbiology & Immunology |
Mast cells are regulators in the development of cardiac fibrosis: in vivo and in vitro perspectives |
Infection, immunity, inflammation |
Parent, Marianne |
Jong Sung Kim |
Community Health & Epidemiology |
Biomonitoring for assessing human exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in matched adults, children and companion animals: Evaluating VOCs biological markers in household pets |
toxicology, environmental epidemiology |
Philpott, Holly |
Jason McDougall |
Pharmacology |
Elucidating the analgesic properties of the endocannabinoid breakdown inhibitor JZL184 in rat models of arthritis |
arthritis, chronic pain, cannabinoids |
Slaine, Patrick |
Craig McCormick |
Microbiology & Immunology |
Discovery and Development of New Host-Targeted Antiviral Drugs |
Infection, immunity, inflammation |
Tram, Cynthia |
Jun Wang |
Microbiology & Immunology |
A vital control of intracellular Chlamydia muridarum infection requires interleukin-17 receptor-mediated signaling |
Infection, immunity, inflammation |
First Place – Platforms
Student |
Supervisor |
Dept/School/ College |
Abstract Title |
Research Area |
Disher, Timothy |
Marsha Campbell-Yeo |
Nursing |
Reducing noise in critical care: Considerations for interventions and evaluation |
neonatal stress |
Fiander, Maximillian |
George Robertson |
Pharmacology |
Comparative analyses of methods to assess motor disability in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis |
neuroscience |
Keller, Kaitlyn |
Susan Howlett |
Pharmacology |
Influence of ACE inhibitors on frailty and cardiac function in middle-aged female C57BL/6 mice |
cardiovascular |
PhD Students
First Place – Posters
Student |
Supervisor |
Dept/School/ College |
Abstract Title |
Research Area |
D'Souza, Kenneth |
Petra Kienesberger |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Regulation of the Adipokine Autotaxin (ATX) by Glucose and Insulin |
obesity, insulin resistance |
Hall, Shannon |
Kazue Semba |
Medical Neuroscience |
Chronic Sleep Restriction Increases Microglial Iba1 immunoreactivity in the Rat Brain |
neuroscience |
First Place - Platforms
Student |
Supervisor |
Dept/School/ College |
Abstract Title |
Research Area |
Lawrence, Logan |
Janet Curran |
Health |
Operationalizing integrated knowledge translation with public health decision makers: A scoping review |
knowledge translation |
Pietrangelo, Antonietta |
Neale Ridgway |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Oxysterol-binding protein-related protein 4 (ORP4) is required for maintenance of TGN morphology |
cell biology, lipid transport |
Gebremeskel, Simon |
Brent Johnston |
Microbiology & Immunology |
Combining natural killer T cell immunotherapy with chemotherapy to target breast cancer metastasis |
cancer |
Ayaz, Mohammad Omar |
Susan Howlett |
Pharmacology |
Chronic testosterone withdrawal modifies cardiac contraction and calcium homeostasis in ventricular myocytes isolated from gonadectomised C57BL/6 male mice |
cardiovascular |