Congratulations to the 2014 student research awards recipients

Congratulations to the Schulich Medicine & Dentistry 2014 student research awards recipients. These award programs in medicine and dentistry aim to foster research excellence and encourage students to incorporate research activities into their future career plans.

Summer Research Training Program (SRTP) Award Recipients

The SRTP enables first and second year medical students in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry to work under the supervision of a faculty member on a research project during the summer months, for two years.  

Yousif Atwan,
 Supervisor: Dr. James Howard, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Jasmyne Carnivale
 Supervisor: Dr. Jacob McGee, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Ernest Chan
 Supervisor: Dr. Paul Links, Department of Psychiatry

Jeremy Chitpin
 Supervisor:  Dr. Lorelei Lingard, Department of Medicine and Centre for Education Research & Innovation (CERI)

Nicholas Cormier
 Supervisor: Dr. Anthony Nichols, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Justin Cottrell
 Supervisors: Dr. Carole Creuzenet (Primary supervisor), Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Medicine, and Paul Adams (Co-supervisor), Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology

Mark Dawidek
 Supervisor: Dr. Tim Wilson, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology

Omer Dost
 Supervisor: Dr. Inas Makar, Department of Ophthalmology and Department of Paediatrics

Keegan Guidolin
 Supervisor: Dr. Michael Lock, Department of Oncology

Kristin Hinton
 Supervisor: Dr. Louise Moist, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Olgun Isleam
 Supervisor: Dr. David Spence, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences and Department of Medicine

Rochelle Johnstone
 Supervisor: Dr. Danielle MacNeil, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

Radha Joseph
 Supervisor: Dr. Laura Diachun, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine

Michael Summin Kim
 Supervisor: Dr. Peter B. Stathopulos, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology

Ryan Kope
 Supervisors: Dr. Louis Ferreira (Primary supervisor) and Dr. Marie-Eve LeBel (Co-supervisor), Department of Surgery

Alexander Levit
 Supervisor: Dr. Shawn Whitehead, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology and Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences

Jacob Matusivec
 Supervisors: Dr. Maria Drangova (Primary supervisor) and Dr. Ravi Menon (Co-supervisor), Robarts Research Institute and Department of Medical Biophysics

Dayna Noltie
 Supervisor: Dr. Sandrine de Ribaupierre, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences

Craig Olmstead
 Supervisor: Dr. Charles Mckenzie, Department of Medical Biophysics

Nicole Perrier
 Supervisor: Dr. Chris Watling, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences

Yuan Qi
 Supervisor: Dr. Ava John-Baptiste, Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine

Arthur Shuster
 Supervisor: Dr. Douglas Hamilton (Primary supervisor), Dentistry, Division of Oral Biology, and Dr. Thomas Forbes (Co-supervisor), Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery

Wan (Wendy) Wang
 Supervisor: Dr. Cindy Hutnik, Department of Ophthalmology and Department of Pathology

Wei Wang
 Supervisor:  Dr. David Keast, Department of Family Medicine

Yongjung (George) Wang
 Supervisor: Dr. Brian G. Feagan, Department of Medicine

Pei Jun Zhao
 Supervisor: Dr. Robert A. Hegele, Robarts Research Institute – Vascular Biology Research Group

*all Medicine Class of 2017

Schulich Research Opportunities Program (SROP) Award Recipients

The SROP provides funding for undergraduate students to undertake a research project under the supervision of a Schulich Medicine & Dentistry faculty member. Awards range from $1,000 to $5,000 in and, in most cases, are 18 months in duration.

Babak Aberumand, Meds 2016
 Supervisor: Dr. Janet Pope, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology

Konstantinos (Dino) Alexopoulos, Meds 2016
 Supervisor: Dr. Craig James Railton, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine

Saad Ansari, Meds 2016
 Supervisor: Dr. Leigh Sowerby, Department of Otolaryngology

Paul Atkins, Meds 2016 (Global Research Opportunities in Health (GROH) award recipient)
 Supervisor: Dr. David Spence, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences

Allyson Cowie, Meds 2017
 Supervisor: Dr. Naveen Poonai, Department of Paediatrics

Dan Gillett, Meds 2016
 Supervisor: Dr. Junaid Yousuf, Department of Oncology

Matt Guttman, Meds 2016
 Supervisor: Dr. Christopher Schlachta (Primary supervisor), Department of Surgery and Dr. Ana Luisa Trejos (Co-supervisor), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Hussein Hirjee, Meds 2016
 Supervisor: Dr. Akshya Vasudev, Department of Psychiatry

Haris Jafri, Meds 2016
 Supervisor: Dr.  Alp Sener, Department of Surgery and Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Sanja Knezevic, Meds 2016
 Supervisor: Dr. Jerry Tan, Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology

Jason Ko, Meds 2017
 Supervisor: Dr.  Jorge Mazza (Primary supervisor) and Dr. David Huang (Co-supervisor), Department of Medicine

Nicholas Lant, Meds 2017
 Supervisor: Dr. Adrian Owen, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology and Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology

Abdullah Nasser, Meds 2017
 Supervisor: Dr. Swati Kulkarni, Department of Oncology

Camilla Stepniak, Meds 2016
 Supervisor: Dr. Kevin Fung, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

Omar Zghal, Meds 2017
 Supervisor: Dr. Khalid Hirmiz, Department of Oncology

Nanxi Zha Beng, Meds 2017
 Supervisor: Dr. Grace Parraga, Department of Medical Biophysics

Schulich-UWindsor Opportunities for Research Excellence Program (SWORP) Award Recipients

SWORP provides funding for Windsor Program medical undergraduate students to undertake a research project under the supervision of a University of Windsor faculty member. Each award is $5,000 and, in most cases, 18 months in duration.

Sabrina Botsford, Meds 2017
Relevance of the Tuberin/Cyclin B1 interaction in regulating cell size
 Supervisor: Dr. Lisa Porter, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor

Matthew Galati, Meds 2016
Exploring the effect of exercise on ADHD symptoms in children
 Supervisors:
 Dr. Maher M. El-Masri, Professor, Department of Nursing, University of Windsor
 Dr. Sharon Burey, Adjunct Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University (co-supervisor)

Christopher Langley, Meds 2017
Review of Emergency Room Visits for Hematology Patients in the Windsor-Essex County Region
 Supervisor: Dr. Caroline Hamm, Adjunct Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Windsor, and Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University

Danielle Mackenzie, Meds 2017
Evaluating the long-term effectiveness of the GOALS program in the promotion of physical activity among girls in Windsor-Essex County
 Supervisor: Dr. Sarah Woodruff, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Windsor

Kristin Mayrand, Meds 2017
Effects of isometric resistance exercise on ambulatory blood pressure in hypertension
 Supervisor: Dr. Cheri McGowan, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Windsor

Jasmin Nari, Meds 2017
Characterization of endosomal subtypes for determination of functional regulation of MTMR2 in vesicular trafficking and neuromuscular disease
 Supervisor: Dr. Panayiotis (Otis) Vacratsis, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Windsor

Shihan Rajasingham. Meds 2017
The effect of exercise intensity on memory consolidation in men and women
 Supervisor: Dr. Kevin Milne, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Windsor

Summer Student Research Program in Dentistry Award Recipients

The Summer Student Research Program supports select first, second and third year dentistry students over a 12-week period, giving them an opportunity to work under faculty supervisors and participate in a variety of research projects.

Jennifer Archibald, DDS 2017
 Supervisor: Dr. G. Hunter

Christopher Chan, DDS 2016
 Supervisor: Dr. A. Rizkalla

Mohammad Garshasb, DDS 2016
 Supervisor: Dr. J. Santos

Joel Keshwah, DDS 2015
 Supervisor: Dr. D. Hamilton

Vida Lam, DDS 2017
 Supervisor: Dr. H. Goldberg

Carol Lui, DDS 2016
 Supervisor: Dr. L. Kalman

Greg Luvison, DDS 2017
 Supervisor: Dr. A. Rizkalla

Bilal Paracha, DDS 2016
 Supervisor: Dr. L. Kalman

Michael Tiedemann, DDS 2017
 Supervisor: Dr. D. Hamilton

Kimberly Williams, DDS 2017
 Supervisor: Dr. A. Leask