Students of the Summer Research Bursary Program are given the opportunity to showcase their work at Student Research Day. Among faculty members, judges and students present their summer research findings via interactive poster presentations.
This year, the separate events were taking place on November 1st at Campus Outaouais and on November 8th at Campus Montreal. This allows students at Campus Outaouais to showcase their research to their colleagues and faculty members, potentially increasing interest.
Also, we are pleased to announce Best Research Report (Fall 2023, Winter 2024 and Summer 2024 Research Bursary Programs) prizes and Best Poster presentation prizes.
We would like to extend our gratitude to all members of Student Review Committee and poster judges for their time and commitment.
Congratulations go out to the following award recipients:
Best Poster Presentation
1st Place - Campus Outaouais
Sir Edward W. Beatty Memorial Award
Value: $500
Student/Program: Sharmin Zahin (Medicine)
Project: Priming and differentiating Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells towards Ligamentogenic lineage under near-physiological oxygen tensions for Tissue Engineering Applications
Supervisor: Dr. Rahul Gawri, Montreal General Hospital (Glen)
1st Place - Campus Montreal
Sir Edward W. Beatty Memorial Award
Value: $500
Student/Program: Adam Mouncef (Medicine)
Project: Optimization of Combination of Treatments to Control Refractory Metastatic Melanoma
Supervisor: Dr. Danuta Radzioch, Research Institute of the MUHC
2nd Place - Campus Montreal
Sir Edward W. Beatty Memorial Award
Value: $250
Student/Program: Adelina Dobromir Angheluta (Medecine)
Project: Argatroban in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Supervisor: Dr. Mark Eisenberg, Research Institute of the MUHC
3rd Place - Campus Montreal
Sir Edward W. Beatty Memorial Award
Value: $150
Student/Program: Matthew Homa (Medecine)
Project: Comparison of Nerve Growth Factor and Pro-Nerve Growth Factor Secretion by Cells of the Male Bladder and Prostate in the Context of Hyperglycemia
Supervisor: Dr. Lysanne Campeau, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (JGH)
Best Report Awards
Best Fall 2023 Research Report
Sir Edward W. Beatty Memorial Award
Value: $500
Student (Program): Dorsa Sohaei (Medicine)
Project: Comparison of outcomes between two native tissue pelvic organ prolapse apical suspension techniques
Supervisor: Dr. Maryse Larouche, St. Mary’s Research Center
Best Winter 2024 Research Report
Sir Edward W. Beatty Memorial Award
Value: $500
Student/Program: Alex Cai (Medicine)
Project: Refining patient-derived cardiac organoids for dilated cardiomyopathy modelling
Supervisor: Dr. Terry Hébert, McIntyre Medical Science Building
Best Summer 2024 Research Report
1st Place
William and Laura Victor Memorial Award
Value: $1,000
Student/Program: Francesca del Giorgio (MD-PhD)
Project: Trends in autism spectrum disorder diagnosis in Ontario, Canada: A population-based retrospective birth cohort study
Supervisor: Dr. Seungmi Yang, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
2nd Place
Sir Edward W. Beatty Memorial Award
Value: $500
Student/Program: Casey Cohen (Medicine)
Project: Using High-Pressure and Temperature Autoclaving to Improve Desensitization to Peanut in Allergic Individuals
Supervisor: Dr. Bruce Mazer, Research Institute of the MUHC (Glen)
3rd Place
Sir Edward W. Beatty Memorial Award
Value: $250
Student/Program: Nadia Linxi Feng (Medicine)
Project: Understanding the role of proline rich proteins (PRPs) in the progression of premalignant to invasive cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC)
Supervisor: Dr. Philippe Lefrançois, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (JGH)
Sir Edward W. Beatty Memorial Award
Value: $250
Student/Program: Reale Alyssa (Physical Therapy)
Project: Healthcare-Seeking Behaviour as a Potential Confounder in the Study of Analgesic Use and Ovarian Cancer Risk
Supervisor: Dr. Anita Koushik, St. Mary's Research Centre
Ettie Israel Bennett Award
Value: $250
Student/Program: Sara Hamel (Medicine)
Project: The extent of surround suppression in amblyopia
Supervisor: Dr. Alexandre Reynaud, Montreal General Hospital
You can find the following booklet including the abstracts of the students who participated in Summer 2024 research bursary program: 
Booklet_Student Research Day 2024
For questions regarding the Student Research Day, please contact the Trainee Awards Coordinator at rbursary.med [at] mcgill.ca.