Student Research Day 2023 was held on November 17th, 2023 at McIntyre Medical Building.
You can find the following booklet including the abstracts of the students who participated in Summer 2023 research bursary program.
Booklet_Student Research Day 2023
Also, we are pleased to announce Best Research Report (Faculty's Fall 2022, Winter 2023 and Summer 2023 research bursary programs) prizes and Best Poster presentation prizes.
Congratulations go out to the following award recipients:
Best Report Awards
Best Fall 2022 Research Report
Sir Edward W. Beatty Memorial Award
Value: $500
Student/Program: Alice Tao Ran Guo (Medicine)
Project: Healthcare Providers’ Perception of High Unit Activity and its Impact on Patient Care for Extremely Preterm Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Quebec Survey Study
Supervisor: Dr. Marc Beltempo, Montreal Children's Hospital (Glen)
Best Winter 2023 Research Report
Sir Edward W. Beatty Memorial Award
Value: $500
Student/Program: Gabriela Regalado (Medicine)
Project: The effect of arsenic exposure on mouse nephrogenesis
Supervisor: Dr. Indra Gupta, Research Institute of the MUHC
Best Summer 2023 Research Report
1st Place
William and Laura Victor Memorial Award
Value: $1,000
Student/Program: Shreya Udupa (Medicine)
Project: Identification of Prognostic Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer
Supervisor: Dr. Jacques Lapointe, Research Institute of the MUHC (Glen)
2nd Place
Sir Edward W. Beatty Memorial Award
Value: $500
Student/Program: Shuang Wang (Medicine)
Project: Uncovering a Novel Central Pathway Regulating Body Weight
Supervisor: Dr. Paul Sabatini, Research Institute of the MUHC (Glen)
3rd Place
Sir Edward W. Beatty Memorial Award
Value: $250
Student/Program: Cédric Gravel (Medicine)
Project: Total functional workspace volume in youth with spinal muscular atrophy: a pilot study
Supervisor: Dr. Maryam Oskoui, Research Institute of the MUHC (Glen)
Sir Edward W. Beatty Memorial Award
Value: $250
Student/Program: Rania Mishal Khan (Physical Therapy)
Project: Investigating the relationship between NRAS mutations and Lnk in melanoma
Supervisor: Dr. April Rose, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (JGH)
Ettie Israel Bennett Award
Value: $250
Student/Program: Alex Cai (Medicine)
Project: iPSC-derived cardiac organoids enable personalized disease modelling
Supervisor: Dr. Terry Hébert, McIntyre Medical Science Building
Best Poster Presentation
1st Place
Sir Edward W. Beatty Memorial Award
Value: $500
Student/Program: Sarah Petrecca (Medicine)
Project: Characterization of the Inflammatory Response to Silicone Particles in Breast Implant Capsular Contracture
Supervisor: Dr. Joshua Vorstenbosch, Montreal General Hospital (Glen)
2nd Place
Sir Edward W. Beatty Memorial Award
Value: $250
Student/Program: Peter Mounsef (Medecine)
Project: Differentiating Human Bone Marrow and Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Towards Ligamentogenic Lineage Using Physiological Oxygen Tensions For Tissue Engineering Applications
Supervisor: Dr. Rahul Gawri, Research Institute of the MUHC
3rd Place
Sir Edward W. Beatty Memorial Award
Value: $150
Student/Program: Taylor Morganstein (Medecine)
Project: Comparison of outcomes between vNOTES vs. laparoscopy approaches to uterosacral ligament suspension for pelvic organ prolapse
Supervisor: Dr. Maryse Larouche, St. Mary's Hospital