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Congratulations to the winners of the SRI Summer Student Poster Competition

September 1, 2023


Every year the Sunnybrook Research Institute Summer Student Program hosts a poster competition, where students have the opportunity to showcase their months of hard work and learning.

Congratulations to the following winners:

Physical Sciences

1st Place
Awardee: Yin Hau (Wallace) Lee
Supervisor: Dr. Kullervo Hynynen
Presentation title: Deep Learning Segmentation for MRI guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery of Uterine Fibroids

2nd Place
Awardee: Yumna Khan
Supervisor: Dr. Simon Graham
Presentation title: Camera Calibration for Head Motion Tracking in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Honourable Mention
Awardee: Sahir Dallah 
Supervisor: Dr. Anne Martel
Presentation title: Transfer Learning as a Viable Training Mechanism for Identifying Colorectal Cancer from Whole Slide Images

Biological Sciences

1st Place
Awardee: Minhal Ahmed
Supervisor: Dr. JoAnne McLaurin
Presentation title: Cafeteria Diet Increases Somatosensory Cortex Myelination in TgF344-AD Rat

Honourable Mention
Awardee: Shuruthi Sivadas
Supervisor: Dr. Isabelle Aubert
Presentation title: (Cisterna) Magna cum laude: the key to achieving widespread gene delivery 

Evaluative Clinical Sciences

1st Place
Awardee: Emily Li
Supervisor: Amy Yu
Presentation title: Outcomes After Leaving the ED Without Being Seen: 2014/15-2020/21 vs. 2022/23

2nd Place
Awardee: Mariam Ahmer 
Supervisor: Dr. Sander Hitzig
Presentation title: A Qualitative Study on the Delivery of Virtual Emergency Department Care to Patients from Equity-Deserving Groups

3rd Place
Awardee: Alisha Ahmed 
Supervisor: Dr. Rosalie Steinberg and Dr. Sander Hitzig
Presentation title: Feasibility of a Psychosocial Transitional Group to Improve Adaptation, Coping, and Mental Health Outcomes