Congratulations to the winners of the SRI Summer Student Poster Competition
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
