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Awards structure for London Health Research Day 2026 

  • 4 first prize oral presentation awards, $500 each
  • up to 40 poster prizes, $150 each
  • ~$8,000 in awards will be given out

 

2026 Poster Winners

First Name Last Name Degree Supervisor(s) Title of presentation (poster)
Azhar Alanazi Resident/Clinical Fellow Dr. Courtney Casserly Real-World Association Between Serum Neurofilament Light Chain and MRI-Defined Disease Activity in Multiple Sclerosis
Yara Azzawi MSc Student Dr. Donglin Bai Heterotypic Docking and Gap Junction Formation of Cx30.3 with other Skin Keratinocyte Connexins
Nicoletta Basilone PhD Student Dr. Gary Shaw Exploring Activation of Parkin through Alternate Ubiquitin-like Protein Mechanisms
Alaya Bhimani MPH Student Dr. Cheryl Currie Epigenetic Alterations Following Neonatal Intensive Care Admission: A Rapid Review
Cory Byrne Medical student Dr. Prager Sodium intake in the Critical Care Trauma Centre: preliminary results from a quality improvement project
Karli Chalmers MSc Student Dr. Jacobi Elliott; Dr. Shannon Sibbald Compounding Complexity: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Clinical Needs and System Navigation of New Long-Term Care Residents
Loredana Cirillo MSc Student Dr. Qingping Feng The Impact of Maternal Diabetes-Like Conditions on Planar Cell Polarity and Cardiogenesis in Mouse Gastruloids
Elizabeth Cui PhD Student Dr Richard Kim Multivariate analysis of predictors of 5-fluorouracil exposure in cancer patients to improve treatment tolerability
Diksha Diksha PhD Student Dr. Michael Kovacs Radiolabelling bacteriophages with [89Zr]Zr-DFO for PET Imaging
Courtney Elgie MSc Student Dr. Steven Kerfoot Mechanisms of T cell-induced B cell non-cognate antigen presentation
Andris Evans PhD Student Dr. Joe Mymryk Human papillomavirus E7 disarms IL-18 inflammatory signaling in head and neck cancer.
Mojan Forootan Dental Student Dr. Selma Saadaldin; Dr. Peter McDermott Single-unit crown pre-cementation errors and contributing clinical factors
Andrei Glogov PhD Student Dr. John Di Guglielmo Targeting TGFβ
Camdyn Holmes MSc Student Dr. Tallulah Andrews Systematic Transcriptomic Biases Distinguish Single-Cell and Single-Nucleus RNA Sequencing
Amani Jaafar MSc Student Dr David Edgell Targeted Microbiota Modulation via Minicell-Mediated Delivery of CRISPR-nucleases
Chenfan (Christina) Ji PhD Student Dr. Cheryle Séguin The role of TRPV4 in regulating age-related intervertebral disc degeneration is mediated by biological sex
Rayyan Kamal PhD Student Dr. Alison Allan & Dr. Jaqueline Torti Defining Person-Centred Care in Oncology Through Patient and Caregiver Perspectives: A Convergent Parallel Mixed Methods Study
Shiuli Khanna MSc Student Dr Brian Corneil Investigating the Role of the Visual Cortex in the Express Visuomotor Response
Adam Klotz Undergrad Dr. Pavel Roshanov Large Language Model-Assisted Patient Prescreening for Nephrology Clinical Trails
Claudia L MSc Student Dr. Mansour Haeryfar Pathogenic, protective or therapeutic: The Role of MAIT cells in sepsis-induced cognitive decline
Victoria Labuda MSc Student Dr. Aleks Leligdowicz and Dr. Tallulah Andrews Gene expression analysis of the host immune response to ex vivo endotoxins in early critical illness
Zoya Lehman PhD Student Dr. Peter Stathopulos S-Nitrosylation enhances MCU-NTD stability and suppresses calcium uptake through a Cys97-dominant mechanism.
Stephanie Leighton PhD Student Dr. Silvia Penuela and Dr. Dale Laird Pannexin 1 Interacts with Cell Adhesion Molecules to Promote Melanoma Tumorigenesis
Yanwen Li PhD Student Dr. Qingping Feng Luminal Cys49Tyr mutation destabilizes STIM1 and increases store-operated Ca2+ entry
Ashley Micuda PhD Student Hanif Ladak; Sumit Agrawal Automatic Segmentation of Multi-Modality Pre-Operative Scans for Cochlear Implants
Patricia Nistor PhD Student Dr. Shehzad Ali and Dr. Osvaldo Espin-Garcia Risk stratification algorithms to predict dementia: A systematic review of development and evaluation studies.
Nevaeh Piroski MSc Student Dr. Gürkan Ünsal The Identification of Accessory Canals of the Canalis Sinuosus in Human Cadavers: A Comparative Study of CBCT Imaging and Anatomical Dissection
Reshika Rohan MSc Student Dr. David Litchfield Rescuing Kinase Signalling in CK2-linked Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Sukhmeet Sachal Resident/Clinical Fellow Dr. Caitlin Symonette Bridging Gaps in Burn Care: Understanding Outcomes in Survivors of Domestic Violence
Angela Schincaglia PhD Student Dr Mansour Haeryfar Mucosa-associated Invariant T cells serve as a Potential Therapeutic Target for Bladder Cancer Immunotherapy
Kayla Sliskovic NPM Fellow + Clinician Investigator Program Trainee Dr. Soume Bhattacharya Successful use of Intratracheal Acetylcysteine for Persistent Right Upper Lobe Lung Collapse in a Neonate with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Luz Victoria Stam Viruega MSc Student Dr. Stephen Barr Selective control of tRNA export as an Antiviral Defense
Dan Stefan MSc Student Dr. Silvia Penuela Novel PANX1 N-glycosylation and its implications in melanoma
Frances Sutherland MSc Student Dr. Geoffrey Pickering & Dr. Mark Chandy Endothelial Dysfunction in Loeys-Dietz Syndrome: Insights from Patient Tissue and development of a hiPSC-derived Microfluidic Model
Maegan Taylor Undergrad Drs. Jennifer Guthrie and Idowu Olawoye Rapid Molecular Detection of Mycoplasma Genitalium and Antimicrobial Resistance to inform Targeted Therapy
Cherisse Tan Medical Student Dr. George Kim Developing a rural admissions pathway for the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Ranya Treesh MSc Student Shokoufeh Modanloo and Ashley McKeown Advancing Epistemic Justice Through Inclusive Case-Based Learning in Health Professional Education: A Qualitative Descriptive Review
Alexandra Troitskaya PhD Student Drs. Sean Gill and Ruud Veldhuizen Aging and biological sex shape transcriptional divergence in the lung during early septic responses in mice
Alejandra Varela MSc Student Dr. Lina Dagnino Kindlin-1 modulation of Cytoskeletal Organization and Nuclear Mechanotransduction in Squamous Carcinoma Cells
Ashima Verma PhD Student Dr. Tara Mantler; Cara Davidson Understanding the Needs of Breast Cancer Patients Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence: Implications for Trauma- and Violence-Informed Care
John Wang MSc Student Dr. Lakshman Gunaratnam The role of KIM-1 ectodomain cleavage in acute kidney injury
Steven Wang Medical student Dr. Debra Bartley Early Surgical Exposure in Pre-Clerkship Medical Education: A Scoping Review of Effects on Surgical Interest, Clinical Competence, and Match Outcomes
Mikael Wardak MSc Student Constance Mackenzie MD, MSc, FRCPC Improving Sustainable Inhaler Practices: Inpatient Inhaler Prescribing Patterns and Duplicate Device Dispensing at London Health Sciences Centre
Maathumai Yogarajah MSc Student Glorieuse Uwizeye Exploring the Lived Experiences of Environmental Perinatal Maternal Stress Among South Asian Immigrants in Canada: An Interpretive Phenomenological Study

 

Oral Presentation Winners

First Name Last Name Degree Supervisor Title of Oral Presentation
Tahani Jaafar MSc Student Dr. Bogumil Karas Conjugation-mediated DNA delivery to the filamentous fungus Ustilago maydis
Megan Lave PhD Student Dr. Stephen Renaud Loss Of Osteopontin Improves Uterine Vascular Function In Hypertensive Pregnancy
Tallulah Nyland MSc Student Dr. Saptharishi Lalgudi Ganesan Auditory Paradigm for Detection of Covert Consciousness in Children Unresponsive after Acquired Brain Injury
Laura Orofiamma Postdoctoral Fellow/Associate Dr. Silvia Penuela Metabolic regulation of Pannexin-1 as a therapeutic vulnerability in melanoma

 

Honorable Mentions (Research Staff or other)

First Name Last Name Degree Supervisor/Collaboration Title of Presentation
Ben Duong Research Associate/Staff Dr. Wataru Inoue The CRH^PVN Efferent Map in Mice
Eric Patterson Research Associate/Staff Drs. Douglas D. Fraser, Gediminas Cepinskas Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation in an Experimental Model of Systemic Inflammation: Modulation by CO-Releasing Molecules
Michelle Smart Staff/Associated Scientist LHSCRI Micheal Lukacs PhD Health Disciplines Manager LHSC; Dr. Mark Goldszmidt Mark Goldszmidt, MD, MHPE, PhD, FRCPC Director, Centre for Education Research & Innovation Team Leader, CTU team 1, LHSC, UH Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine The Process Is the Project: Evaluating a Peer-Mentored Collaborative Framework to Build Quality Improvement and Research Capacity in Physiotherapy Practice
Jessica Wilson Research Staff N/A From Metabolism to Malformation: NADSYN1 Deficiency in VACTERL Association