平特五不中

Seminar Series Awards

平特五不中

The winning student presentations from 2022-2023 joint听Experimental Surgery & IRR Seminar Series鈥

1st Place Winner 2nd Place Winner

Rayan Ben听Letaifa鈥
"Development of an Inorganic听Polyphosphate Releasing Smart Hydrogel听for Enhanced Fracture Healing鈥溾, MSc Thesis program鈥

笔耻箩补听笔补肠丑肠丑颈驳补谤听鈥
"Continuous Assessment of听Instrument Tracking in an Ex Vivo Calf听Brain Epilepsy Simulation Model"鈥

Tarek听Klaylat鈥
"Continuous Stretching of Patient-derived Cruciate Ligament Cells for听Ligament Tissue Engineering"鈥

The winning student presentations from 2021-2022 joint Surgical and Interventional Sciences & IRR Seminar Series

1st Place Winner 2nd Place Winner 3rd Place Winner
PhD Student

Ida Derish
"Preliminary Study of Patient-Specific Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes and Differences in Their Responses to Hypoxic Injury: The Heart in a Dish Study"

Recai Yilmaz
"Development and Validation of an Intelligent Surgical Technical Skills Continuous Monitoring and Assessment System"

Kyla Vanessa Bourque
"Single-cell Profiling of Signalling Networks in Primary Neonatal and iPSC-derived Cardiomyocytes"

MSc Thesis Student

Oliver Wu Martinez
"Synergistic Effects of Senolytic Combination Reduces Intervertebral Disc Degeneration"

Sean Jeffries
"A Novel Bariatric-Specific Laparoscopic Simulator"

Eleane Hamburger
"Targeting Senescent Cancer Cells Using Senolytic Drugs To Prevent Breast-To-Bone Metastasis"

Francisco Javier Reyna Sepulveda
"Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Surgical Skills Acquisition and Retention"

2020-2021 Surgical and Interventional Sciences & IRR Seminar Series Student Presentation Awards

We are pleased to announce the winning student presentations from last year鈥檚 joint Surgical and Interventional Sciences & IRR Seminar Series. The winners are as follows:

1st Place Winner 2nd Place Winner 3rd Place Winner
PhD Student


Matthew Mannarino
鈥淭oll-Like Receptor 2 Induced Senescence in Intervertebral Disc Cells of Patients with Back Pain can be Attenuated by o-Vanillin鈥


Xuan Li
鈥淏iomechanically Instructive Hydrogels for Nucleus Pulposus (NP) Repair and Regeneration鈥

Atma Adoungotchodo
鈥淐hitosan-Based Hydrogels Supplemented with Gelatin and Link N for Intervertebral Disc Repair鈥
MSc Thesis Student
Yazan Honjol
鈥淎cute Compartment Syndrome: In Vivo Models Using a Novel Pressure Sensor鈥

Charbel El-Kefraoui
鈥淥pioid versus opioid-free analgesia after surgical discharge: A systematic review and meta-analysis鈥

Ida Derish
鈥淪ecretome Derived from Amniotic Mesenchymal Stem Cell Spheroids Boosts Angiogenesis for Cardiovascular Repair鈥
MSc Non-Thesis Student
Mackenzie Gold
鈥淭he Role of Periostin in Osteoarthritis鈥

Mostafa Siddiqui
鈥淯nderstanding Force Applications at the Tumor - White Matter Interface鈥

Dheeksha Reddy
鈥淚nclusion of Residential school trauma (RST)during mental health assessments to study the impacts on current generation among First Nation communities鈥

We also wish to recognize听Ovi Ciobanu听and听Ida Derish听for their outstanding questions and engagement with the students鈥 talks. All those recognized will be awarded for their efforts this past year.

We also extend our gratitude to the faculty judges, who are听Dr. Julio Fiore, Dr. Rahul Gawri, Dr. Fackson Mwale,听and听Dr. Joshua Vorstenbosch, as well as coordinators听Micha Huynh听and听Adriana Sgambetterra听for organizing the judging process.

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