Join us for the Summer Student Research Program Poster Day on Thursday, July 27 as we celebrate the accomplishments of our summer students and the positive impact of their research.

This moderated poster session provides the Research Institute with an opportunity to showcase the outstanding work undertaken by summer students, and to recognize their significant contributions to the research endeavours at BC Children's Hospital and beyond. 

Congratulations to the 2023 Summer Student Research Program Poster Day Best Poster Recipients

  • Session #1: Venessa Thorsen, Supervisor - Kevin Harris. Knowledge to Action: Developing a Knowledge Translation Strategy to Improve Management of Familial Hypercholesterolemia in British Columbia
     
  • Session #2: Madeleine Kruth, Supervisor - Shahrzad Joharifard. Perspectives of surgical care providers in Liberia regarding ethical challenges in global surgery collaborations
     
  • Session #3: Sarah Zhang, Supervisor - Bruce Verchere. Immune response to lipid nanoparticle delivered therapies in type 1 diabetes
     
  • Session #4: Naomi Choong, Supervisor - Jaime Guzman; Rheumatology Research Team. The Relationship of Fatigue, Pain Interference and Physical Disability in Children Newly Diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Results from the CAPRI Registry
     
  • Session #5: Rita Jin, Supervisor - Todd S. Woodward. Characterization of a Novel Task-Based fMRI Functional Brain Network: Auditory
     
  • Session #6: Samantha Pang, Supervisors - Randa Ridgway & Matthias Görges. Ambulatory adductor canal catheter program: reducing opioid requirements after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery in adolescents
     
  • Session #7: Jenicia Zhen, Supervisor - Bruce Verchere. Peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase is involved in islet cilia formation and hormone secretion
     
  • Session #8: Sirui Li, Supervisor - Pascal Lavoie. Post-Covid Outcomes Among Education Workers in the Vancouver, Richmond, and Delta School Districts: A Cross-Sectional Study
     
  • Session #9: Zoe Kortje, Supervisor - Donna Lang. Assessing cardiovascular health via retinal imaging in chronically treated schizophrenia patients

Agenda | Thursday, July 27

2023 Abstract Booklet   

Virtual Presentations - Session #1: 10:00 - 11:30 am

Watch Virtually | Posters

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89611465577 | Meeting ID: 896 1146 5577

Each presenter will have 5 minutes to discuss their poster and up to 5 minutes for questions from attendees. 

Maisa Samiee, Supervisor: Simon Massey. Monitoring Antagonism of Neuromuscular Blockade: BCWH Current Practice Compared to the American Society of Anesthesiologists 2023 Practice Guideline: a retrospective clinical audit

Natasha Kaprelova, Supervisor: Chinten James Lim. Investigating MYC Amplification in IL-6/JAK/STAT3-Mediated Treatment Resistance in Group 3 Medulloblastoma

Ariel Qi, Supervisor: S. Evelyn Stewart. Exploring Family Factors in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Psychiatric Outpatient Controls

Emily Simpson, Supervisor: Christine Voss. Sleep quality in children and youth with type 1 diabetes: a validation study utilizing commercial activity trackers

Venessa Thorsen, Supervisor: Kevin Harris. Knowledge to Action: Developing a Knowledge Translation Strategy to Improve Management of Familial Hypercholesterolemia in British Columbia

Rory Trevorrow, Supervisor: Lise Leveille. Perioperative Management of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) in Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction

Amrith Vincent, Supevisor: Linlea Armstrong. Path to Progress: Managing Leukemia Predisposition in Pediatric Patients

Thumri Waliwitiya, Supervisor: Tim Oberlander. Game Based Intervention for Improving Executive Function in Children with Congenital/Acquired Heart Disease

In-Person Presentations - Session #2: 10:00 - 11:30 am | Chieng Family Atrium, BCCHR

Each presenter will have 5 minutes to discuss their poster and up to 5 minutes for questions from attendees. 

Ally Baaske, Supervisor - Edmond Chan. Soluble protein content and sublingual penetration rate of commercially available food powders versus glycerinated extracts for the treatment of food allergy

Sanya Grover, Supervisor - Matthew Carwana. Perspectives of Trauma-Informed Care in Pediatric Populations: A Scoping Review

Caroline Kim, Supervisor - Steven P. Miller. Effects of Chronic Lung Disease and Postnatal Infection on Brain Development and Long-term Outcomes in Preterm Newborns

Madeleine Kruth, Supervisor - Shahrzad Joharifard. Perspectives of surgical care providers in Liberia regarding ethical challenges in global surgery collaborations

Tyrone Ly, Supervisor - Todd S. Woodward. Task-based Working Memory Functional Brain Networks Detectable by fMRI

Kudrat Mundi, Supervisor - Marie Wright. Use of long term ventilation for preterm infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia in British Columbia

Iqbal Sarai, Supervisor - Mor Cohen-Eilig. The role of Baclofen in the treatment of Pediatric Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Scoping Review

Rene Tandun, Supervisor - Catherine Biggs. Beyond infections: Immune dysregulation in patients with Inborn Errors of Immunity

Zixin Grace Yang, Supervisor - Linlea Armstrong. Understanding the Care Provided to Patients With a Pediatric Cancer Predisposition Syndrome Across British Columbia

Layan Bashi, Supervisor - Sharon Dell. Variability of Ventilation Outcome Measures using Hyperpolarized 129 Xenon MRI in Children with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

In-Person Presentations - Session #3: 10:00 - 11:30 am | Chieng Family Atrium, BCCHR

Each presenter will have 5 minutes to discuss their poster and up to 5 minutes for questions from attendees. 

Pamela Bai, Supervisor - Stefan Taubert. Investigating the role of efk-1/eEF2K in translation regulation in the C. elegans starvation response

Viviana Li, Supervisor - Dan Goldowitz. The Role of Mab21l1 in Cerebellar and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Heather Lu, Supervisor - Clare Beasley. Effects of Exercise and the Antipsychotic Drug Olanzapine on Microglia in the Hippocampus of Rats

Solana Redway-Ziola, Supervisor - Todd Woodward. How important are task diagrams for interpreting HDR shapes?

Samuel Salitra, Supervisor - Gregor Reid. Long-term Co-Culture as a Model of B-ALL Leukomogenesis

Liam Stanley, Supervisors - Heather Denroche & Bruce Verchere. Antigen presentation and T cell responses to multicargo lipid nanoparticles in type 1 diabetes

Selina Sun, Supervisor - Wyeth Wasserman. Identifying Enriched Terms in PubMed Abstracts for Distinct Transcription Factors using Advanced Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning Techniques

Sarah Zhang, Supervisor - Bruce Verchere. Immune response to lipid nanoparticle delivered therapies in type 1 diabetes

Zurui Zhu, Supervisor - Jonathan Bush. Development of Rhabdoid Tumor Patient-Derived Xenografts Using the Chorioallantoic Membrane System

In-Person Presentations - Session #4: 10:00 - 11:30 am | Chieng Family Atrium, BCCHR

Each presenter will have 5 minutes to discuss their poster and up to 5 minutes for questions from attendees. 

Farah Tabassum Azim, Supervisor - Tim Bhatnagar. A Novel Use of Motion Capture to Quantify Kinematic Changes Following myoActivation® Therapy

Rachel Bates, Supervisor - Gillian Lauder. The effect of intravenous lidocaine infusion on intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in adolescents during surgery for idiopathic scoliosis correction; a retrospective study

Kate Borgert, Supervisor - William T. Gibson. Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in SETD1B-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder

Naomi Choong, Supervisor - Jaime Guzman; Rheumatology Research Team. The Relationship of Fatigue, Pain Interference and Physical Disability in Children Newly Diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Results from the CAPRI Registry

Jasleen Grewal, Supervisor - Suzanne Vercauteren. Electronic vs. Paper: Participant Satisfaction with Informed Consent for Biobanking

Setareh Setayesh, Supervisor - Anamaria Richardson. Graphic Arts-based Thematic Analysis: A Novel Methodology to Promote Equity in Exams Under Anesthesia

Jack Pearce Wong, Supervisor - Jennifer Retallack. Exploring an Accessible Instant Video Telemedicine Tool to Support Pediatric Critical Care Triage and Transport During the 2022/2023 Pediatric Respiratory Surge

Cindy Zhang, Supervisor - Julie Robillard. How Does Social Media Impact Parent-Adolescent Communication? Exploring Cultural Perspectives

Virtual Presentations - Session #5: 1:30 - 3:00 pm

Watch Virtually | Posters

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89611465577 | Meeting ID: 896 1146 5577

Each presenter will have 5 minutes to discuss their poster and up to 5 minutes for questions from attendees. 

Maggie Chan, Supervisor - Danielle Decker. The Patient Facing Roadmap as a Tool for Overcoming Language Barriers in New Cancer Diagnosis Education

Hannah Chang, Supervisor - Mor Cohen-Eilig. The role of intersectionality in identity formation of young adults with ASD

Mahnoor Faisal, Supervisor - Hal Siden. Optimizing the Management of Pain and Irritability in Children with Severe Neurological Impairment

Rita Jin, Supervisor - Todd S. Woodward. Characterization of a Novel Task-Based fMRI Functional Brain Network: Auditory

Caroline Ruus, Supervisor - Rebecca Deyell. Whole Abdominal Radiotherapy in Children and Adults with Sarcoma: A CanSaRCC Study

Simran Gill, Supervisor - Christine Voss. Physical activity behaviours and determinants thereof in children with type 1 diabetes in the Interior of BC: a mixed methods feasibility study

Chen Yu (Daisy) Sun, Supervisor - Tamara Cohen. Comparing health outcomes of children and adolescents with obesity who attend an in-person vs. virtual multidisciplinary family-based behavioural lifestyle intervention 

Erica Zeng, Supervisor - Todd Woodward. Profiling the fMRI derived Language-Based Network for pre- and post-surgical monitoring

Serena Zhang, Supervisor - Kevin C. Harris. READYorNotTM Feasibility Trial: Assessing the Efficacy of an App-Based Transition Intervention in Adolescents with Congenital Heart Disease

Athena Li, Supervisor - Vilte Barakauskas. Review of Quality Indicators in Pediatric Lab and Future Steps Towards Better Pediatric Care

In-Person Presentations - Session #6: 1:30 - 3:00 pm | Chieng Family Atrium, BCCHR

Each presenter will have 5 minutes to discuss their poster and up to 5 minutes for questions from attendees.

​​​​​Mackenzie Campbell, Supervisor - Wendy Robinson. Reconsidering the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium threshold in genetic data quality control

Jessica Chan, Supervisor - Bruce Verchere. Using Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (IAPP) as a Biomarker for Type 1 Diabetes

Makenna Clement-Ranney, Supervisor - Angela Devlin. The impact of riboflavin deficiency and folic acid supplementation on individual and transgenerational metabolic health

Beatrice Gonzales, Supervisor - Tim Bhatnagar. Enhancing Muscle Activity Measurement in the Motion Laboratory

Kaitlin Law, Supervisor - Clare Beasley. Plasma-Derived Exosomes as a Biomarker of Traumatic Brain Injury and Predictor of Long-term Psychiatric Symptoms

Jennifer Law, Supervisor - Sylvia Cheng. Impact and Use of Patient-Reported Outcomes to measure Quality of Life in Pediatric Neuro-oncology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Care in British Columbia

Abby McCluskey, Supervisor - Chinten James Lim. Investigating the role of integrin activation in CD47-mediated cell death in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Samantha Pang, Supervisors - Randa Ridgway & Matthias Görges. Ambulatory adductor canal catheter program: reducing opioid requirements after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery in adolescents

Aimee Xinxo, Supervisors - Gabriella Horvath & Aamina Shah. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: A Versatile Tool for Disease Modelling and Drug Discovery with a Focus on Neuronal Progenitor Cell Differentiation    
 

In-Person Presentations - Session #7: 1:30 - 3:00 pm | Chieng Family Atrium, BCCHR

Each presenter will have 5 minutes to discuss their poster and up to 5 minutes for questions from attendees.

Hadil Alfares, Supervisor - Kevin Harris. The SEARCH study: Study Evaluating Adolescents for Risk factors associated with Cardiovascular Health

Laura Cunningham, Supervisors - Michelle Bauer & Ian Pike. Exploring emergency room doctors’ occupational experiences with patient recovery and their child safety, injury, and play perspectives

Anya Fineman, Supervisor: Michael Kobor. Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition Phenotype in a Model of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Kevin Jeong, Supervisor - Christopher Maxwell. Analyzing the loss of binucleate cells during fluorescence activated cell sorting

T. Mitchell Mazza, Supervisor - Clare Beasley. The Complement System in Schizophrenia: The effect of antipsychotic drug administration on inflammatory activity in the brain

Hana Miller, Supervisor - Ash Singhal. Remoteness of Residence and Pediatric Surgical Outcomes in British Columbia

Abigail Netanya Ngan, Supervisor - Catherine Biggs. Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency in British Columbia

Rachel Wang, Supervisor - Laura Sly. Targeting IL-13 to treat Crohn’s disease-associated intestinal fibrosis

Jenicia Zhen, Supervisor - Bruce Verchere. Peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase is involved in islet cilia formation and hormone secretion
 

In-Person Presentations - Session #8: 1:30 - 3:00 pm | Chieng Family Atrium, BCCHR

Each presenter will have 5 minutes to discuss their poster and up to 5 minutes for questions from attendees.

Sabine Bonnor, Supervisor - Jessica Dennis. Depression and Anxiety Trajectories in Older Adult Canadians: An Analysis of Genetic and Non-Genetic Factors

Serena Chan, Supervisor - Tom Blydt-Hansen. Clinical Utility of Routine MAG-3 Scan for Surveillance of Kidney Allograft Injury at 48h Post-Kidney Transplant

Ethan Fong, Supervisor - Matthew Carwana. Understanding Pediatrician Knowledge and Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators to Social Prescribing: An Exploratory Study

Katarina Krivokapic, Supervisor - Anita Datta. Significance of Frontal Intermittent Rhythmic Delta Activity (FIRDA) on EEG in the Pediatric Population

Sirui Li, Supervisor - Pascal Lavoie. Post-Covid Outcomes Among Education Workers in the Vancouver, Richmond, and Delta School Districts: A Cross-Sectional Study

Jessica Luo, Supervisor - Zoë Brown. A facilitated peer discussion program for improving anesthesia resident wellness: a preliminary analysis of benefits and suggested improvements

Jessica Moh, Supervisor - Lori B. Tucker. Fatigue in Children and Teens with Systemic Auto-inflammatory Diseases

Jenna Ramji, Supervisor - Matthias Görges. Bubble Blowing as an Effective Method for Distraction during Pediatric IV Insertion: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Laura Seyler, Supervisor - Kirk Schultz. Impact of Puberty on the Biology and Development of Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease after Stem Cell Transplantation
 

In-Person Presentations - Session #9: 1:30 - 3:00 pm | Chieng Family Atrium, BCCHR

Each presenter will have 5 minutes to discuss their poster and up to 5 minutes for questions from attendees.

Eduardo Sutherland, Supervisor - Anton Chau. Duration of Urinary Catheterization After Cesarean Deliveries – A Retrospective Cohort Study

Zoe Kore, Supervisor - Sally Hynes. Child Life for Children with Burns: Impact on Patient Experience

Marta Karpinski, Supervisor - Jugpal Arneja. Quality of Life after Surgery for Adolescent Gynecomastia: Preliminary Results

Rachel Lai, Supervisor - Faizal Haji. Creating a Database to track the Natural History and Surgical Outcomes of Pediatric Patients with Spinal Dysraphism Followed in the British Columbia Children's Hospital's Spinal Cord Clinic

Valerie Swanston, Supervisor - Jonathan Rayment. Assessing the safety and efficacy of home-collected airway microbiological samples in children with cystic fibrosis at BC Children’s Hospital

Ty Sideroff, Supervisor - Christine Voss. A Longitudinal Study of Physical Activity and Quality of Life in Children and Youth with Diabetes in the BC Interior

Alexander Stolz, Supervisor - Heng Gan. Modification of Automated Cardiac Function Prediction Algorithms from ‘Non-Expert’ Echocardiographers in Pediatric Patients

Zoe Kortje, Supervisor - Donna Lang. Assessing cardiovascular health via retinal imaging in chronically treated schizophrenia patients

Kyle Ma, Supervisor - Jehannine Austin. Does the Provision of Improved Information Mitigate Negative Reactions to Receiving Direct-To-Consumer Polygenic Risk Scores

Awards Ceremony - 3:30 - 3:45 pm

Watch Virtually OR In-Person, Chan Centre for Family Health Education

https://ubc.zoom.us/j/66276480323?pwd=YXl0N3hxUy9PcW44TisreHVkbDdYdz09 
Meeting ID: 662 7648 0323 | Passcode: 720029

Showcasing the outstanding work of the 2023 Summer Student Research Program recipients. The awards ceremony will feature the best poster presentation winners of each session.

For questions or concerns contact reseduc@bcchr.ca.