Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Research Day 2019
Madison Wallace
Our 2019 Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Research Day was held on March 28, 2019. This event is a celebration of our achievements in basic and clinical research, and an opportunity to promote inter/intra-departmental and cross-pillar collaborations.
Dr. Subrata Chakrabarti, Chair/Chief, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, delivered the opening remarks, in which he highlighted our research achievements of the past year. He congratulated all the presenters and thanked their mentors and supervisors. Dr. Chakrabarti’s opening remarks were followed by the keynote address. We were fortunate to have Dr. Anthony Magliocco visit us and deliver the keynote address. Dr. Magliocco is a Senior Member in the Department of Anatomic Pathology at Moffitt Cancer Center as well as Executive Director of Esoteric Laboratory Services and the Morsani Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, and Scientific Director of the Moffitt Tissue Core. Dr. Magliocco shared his vision for Pathology in a precision oncology world. He encouraged our young trainees to seek and learn emerging diagnostic and research trends, including big data and high throughput immunohistochemistry.
Dr. Subrata Chakrabarti and Dr. Anthony Magliocco
We had an excellent turnout with 80 presentations. It was great to see the wide-ranging research activities in our department. The day concluded with our annual Awards Ceremony at Windermere Manor (please see all the award recipients below).
Planning committee:
Special thanks to Tracey Koning, Kathilyn Allewell, Cheryl Campbell, Kayla Anderson, Susan Underhill, Jina Kum, Vy Ngo, and Drs. Nancy Chan, Martin Duennwald, Manal Gabril, Zia Khan, Chris Tran.
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Judges:
Drs. Edith Arany, Lisa Cameron, Chandan Chakraborty, Nancy Chan, Mark Darling, Johan Delport, Fred Dick, Francis Feng, Stephanie Frisbee, Manal Gabril, Zia Khan, Patti Kiser, Joan Knoll, Matt Kubica, Carolyn McLean, Francisco Olea-Popelka, Sunil Parapuram, Nikhil Sangle, Bret Wehrli, Qi Zhang, Zhuxu Zhang, Xiufeng Zheng.
Award Winners
Front Row (L to R): Alice Shin, Jina JY Kum, Hayley Good, Rebecca Sullivan. Second Row: Dr. Christopher Tran, Sarah Gitto, Sophie Heinlein, Dr. Lauren Solomon, Vy Ngo, Janice Gomes. Back Row: Dr. Matthew Cecchini, Casey Dion, Dr. Paul Plantinga, Sonja DiGregorio, Saumik Biswas, Ryan Gillies.
Platform Presentation Awards
Chair's Award for the Best Presentation by a Resident
This award recognizes a Pathology Resident’s excellence in research design and performance as well as the presentation of the research topic.
Dr. Anthony Magliocco and Dr. Paul Plantinga
2019 Awardee: Dr. Paul Plantinga
Title of the Presentation: Urine Cytology-Histology Correlation Before and After Implementation of The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology
Dr. M. Daria Haust Award for the Best Basic Science Presentation
This award recognizes a graduate student’s excellence in research design and performance as well as the presentation of the research topic. This award is given in recognition of Dr. M. Daria Haust’s many achievements in the Department of Pathology at the University of Western Ontario and London Health Sciences Centre.
Dr. Anthony Magliocco and Vy Ngo
2019 Awardee: Vy Ngo
Title of the Presentation: Oxidative Stress-Induced Aggregation of Keap1 Impairs Keap1-Dependent Nrf2 Regulation
Poster Presentation Awards
Best Clinical Science Poster Presentation Award
This award recognizes a Pathology Resident’s excellence in research design and performance as well as the presentation of the poster.
Dr. Christopher Tran and Dr. Aaron Haig
2019 Awardee: Dr. Christopher Tran
Title of the Presentation: Evaluation of Two HER2 Antibodies and a Concurrent Scoring Method in the Evaluation of Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma.
Best Basic Science Poster Presentation Award
This award recognizes a Graduate Student’s excellence in research design and performance as well as the presentation of the poster.
Sonja DiGregorio and Dr. Chandan Chakraborty
2019 Awardee: Sonja DiGregorio
Title of the Presentation: RGNEF Protein Misfolding and Toxicity in ALS.
Best Basic/Clinical Science Collaborative Poster Presentation
This award recognizes excellence in research design and performance as well as the presentation of a research poster. This award is given to a Graduate Student or a Pathology Resident to recognize collaborative basic and clinical science research.
Jina JY Kum and Dr. Chandan Chakraborty
2019 Awardee: Jina JY Kum
Title of the Presentation: Glucose Modulates Transforming Growth Factor-β Signalling in Bone Marrow-derived Progenitor Cells to Enhance Adipogenic Differentiation
Best Poster Presentation by a Pathologists’ Assistant Graduate Student
This award recognizes the best poster presentation by a Graduate Student in the Master of Clinical Science Pathologists’ Assistant Program.
Sophie Heinlein, Dr. Nancy Chan and Casey Dion
2019 Awardee(s): Sophie Heinlein and Casey Dion
Title of the Presentation (Heinlein): The Impact of Intraoperative Consultation on Patient Management at London Health Sciences Centre.
Title of the Presentation (Dion): Comparison of Surgical Pathology Quality Assurance Measures at Five Ontario Hospitals.
Best Presentation by a Postdoctoral Fellow/Scholar
This award recognizes excellence in research design and performance as well as presentation of a research poster by a postdoctoral fellow or scholar in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
Dr. Lisa Cameron and Dr. Lauren Solomon
2019 Awardee: Dr. Lauren Solomon
Title of the Presentation: Estrogen Effects on Th2 Cell Phenotype: Key to Severe Asthma in Women?
Best Undergraduate Basic Science Poster Presentation
This award recognizes excellence in research design and performance as well as presentation of a research poster by an undergraduate student in Pathology modules of the Bachelor of Medical Science program.
Ryan Gillies and Dr. Lisa Cameron
2019 Awardee: Ryan Gillies
Title of the Presentation: In-utero Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol Exposure Alters Pancreatic Development in Female Offspring and Impairs Glucose Tolerance in Adulthood.
Congratulations to all, from the PaLM Research Day Committee!
