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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
Jean-Francois Legaré

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
Scott Halperin

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

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Chronic testosterone withdrawal modifies cardiac contraction and calcium homeostasis in ventricular myocytes isolated from gonadectomised C57BL/6 male mice

cardiovascular