Congratulations to the winners of the SRI Summer Student Poster Competition

September 1, 2022

At the end of August, students in Sunnybrook Research Institute’s summer student program participated in the annual poster competition, showcasing their work over the past few months.

Congratulations to the winning projects:

Physical Sciences

Awardee: Mohammad Yaseen Abbas
Supervisor: Dr. Kullervo Hynynen
Project: Ultrasound-Sensitive Nanodroplets for Drug Delivery: Impacts of Lipid Shell Design

Honorable mention: Grace Farbin
Supervisor: Dr. Meaghan O'Reilly
Project: An Ex-Vivo Experimental Demonstration of Passive Acoustic Mapping Through the Human Spinal Column

Biological Sciences

Awardee: Kathleen Wu
Supervisor: Dr. Isabelle Aubert
Project: Reasons to Choose AAV2-HBKO over AAV9 in Gene Therapies Delivered to the Brain with Focused Ultrasound

Honorable mention: Hannah Smith
Supervisor: Dr. Joanne McLaurin
Project: Utilizing machine-learning based image analysis to increase efficiency and throughput of cell counting; a study of direct neuronal reprogramming in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease.

Evaluative Clinical Sciences

Awardee: Oswin Chang
Supervisor: Dr. Anthony Levitt
Project: The Prevalence and Predictors of Mental Health and Addiction Concerns during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada

Awardee: Shania Sheth
Supervisor: Dr. Stephanie Zhou
Project: Health Equity Passport for Medical Resident Training

Honorable mention: Harsukh Benipal
Supervisor: Dr. Julie Hallet
Project: Role of intraoperative processes of care during major upper GI oncologic resection on post-operative outcomes: A scoping review