Seminars will consist of short student presentations on their summer research project. This is an excellent opportunity to practice speaking in front of colleagues and will facilitate the sharing of data and research results. 

Each week, students will receive an email bulletin about upcoming events and their available formats. Attendance will be recorded during each session. 

For questions, please contact reseduc@bcchr.ca. 

Schedule

Thursday, July 2 | 3:00 – 4:00pm

Session Formats: In-Person | Virtual | On-Demand
Location: Room 2108, BCCHR

  1. Lucy Peng, UBC Undergraduate Student, Broemling Research Team. Project Title: Understanding parental experience of the Magic Glove (a hypno-anaesthetic technique) as an extra modality to reduce pain and anxiety during preoperative IV insertion: A Qualitative Study
  2. Julia Bohnen, University of Western Ontario Undergraduate Student, Pollard Research Team. Project Title: Mainstream Next Generation Sequencing for Pediatric Cancers at BC Children's Hospital
  3. Ahmber Bains, UBC Undergraduate Student, Brussoni Research Team. Project Title: Outdoor Learning as Developmental Fit: Parents’ Perceptions of Outdoor Learning Supporting Self-Regulation and Attention in School-Aged Children
  4. Raj Saini, SFU Undergraduate Student, Görges Research Team. Project Title: Developing a Tool to Assess Sample Representativeness in Health Research: A Pediatric Pilot for Generalizability and AI Fairness
  5. Alexandra Hawkins, University of Toronto Undergraduate Student, Pediatric Respiratory Research Team under Dr. Rachel Eddy & Dr. Jon Rayment. Project Title: Longitudinal Analysis on the Characterization of Pulmonary Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease in Chest CTs of Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Patients
  6. Harsimran Dhillon, UBC Undergraduate Student, Hayden Research Team. Project Title: The influence of loss of interruption variants on astrocyte reactivity in Huntington disease
  7. Sean Ly, UBC Undergraduate Student, Wang Research Team. Project Title: Evolution of peanut component resolved diagnostic (CRD) results from childhood to adulthood
  8. Nadia Ulanowska, UBC Undergraduate Student, Mishaal Research Team. Project Title: Faces of CP: A new guide to understanding the GMFCS- using the F-Words through children’s eyes
  9. Naveen Ramalingam, UBC Undergraduate Student, Wee Research Team. Project Title: Functional lung imaging using hyperpolarized xenon-129 MRI in pediatric patients with juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies associated interstitial lung disease (JIIM Xe MRI)
  10. Mason Poitras, University of Calgary Undergraduate Student, Turvey Research Team. Project Title: STAT6 Gain of Function Disease: Investigating New Variants
  11. Artemis Douglas, University of Northern British Columbia Undergraduate Student, Boerner Research Team. Project Title: Understanding chronic pain and eating disorders in youth athletes: A scoping review and conceptual framework
  12. Zoe Chen, UBC Undergraduate Student, Robillard Research Team. Project Title: Social Robots for Pediatric Care

Moderator: Dr. Yasaman Maaref, Postdoctoral Fellow, Prondzynski Research Team

Thursday, July 9 | 3:00 – 4:00pm

Session Formats: In-Person | Virtual | On-Demand
Location: Room 2108, BCCHR

  1. Omar Jamal, McMaster University Undergraduate Student, Joseph Research Team. Project Title: Cerebral palsy among twins and infants with congenital anomalies: Quantifying the etiologic effect and impact of maternal diseases and pregnancy complications
  2. Sid Das, UBC Undergraduate Student, Brown Research Team. Project Title: Perioperative Experiences of Children with Autism: A Narrative Study (PECANS)
  3. Katie Burrows, UBC Undergraduate Student, Lim Research Team. Project Title: Investigating the Role of the T-cell receptor in CD47-mediated cell death in T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
  4. Yaohan Jin, McMaster University Undergraduate Student, Goldowitz Research Team. Project Title: Investigate the lineage tracing of granule cell population across multiple mouse embryo stages for the potential therapeutics for medulloblastoma
  5. Omar Harb, UBC Undergraduate Student, Kobor Research Team. Project Title: Genetics or the environment: what shapes our DNA methylation?
  6. Jordan Jia, Queen's University Undergraduate Student, Stewart Research Team. Project Title: Characterizing Child-Parent Discordance in the Perception of OCD Severity in a Pediatric Clinical Population
  7. Kendra Wang, Queen's University Undergraduate Student, Mak Research Team. Project Title: Sublingual Immunotherapy: A Second-Chance Pathway After Failed Oral Immunotherapy
  8. Yucheng Liu, UBC Undergraduate Student, Taubert Research Team. Project Title: On the role of transcription factor ifbp-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans aging
  9. Klara Nevrtalova, SFU Undergraduate Student, Bjornson & Freibauer Research Teams. Project Title: Use of Advanced EEG biomarkers in Stereoencephalography to better characterize the Epileptogenic zone
  10. Julliana Zarah Gabiane, UBC Undergraduate Student, Horvath Research Team. Project Title: Restoring Calcium Homeostasis in ALS: Evaluating the Efficacy of Pridopidine on Modulating Calcium Signalling in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs)
  11. Natalie Ma, McGill University Undergraduate Student, Boerner Research Team. Project Title: Translating Care: Centering Lived Experiences in Knowledge Dissemination for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth Living with Chronic Pain
  12. Ella Wang, McMaster University Undergraduate Student, Joharifard Research Team. Project Title: Development and Evaluation of a Picture Book to Educate and Support Families of Children with Anorectal Malformations
  13. Emily Pan, University of Toronto Undergraduate Student, Hayden Research Team. Project Title: Investigating Trans-acting Genetic Modifier Variants’ Association with Loss of Interruption (LOI) Variants and Impacts on Age of Onset in Relation to Canonical Alleles in Huntington’s Disease
  14. Mysha Shariff, McGill University Undergraduate Student, Amed Research Team. Project Title: Integrating AI-Generated Risk Flags into Diabetes Care: Physician Perceptions of Usefulness, Interpretability, and Actionability

Moderator: Dr. Hannah Wood, Postdoctoral Fellow, Vallance Research Team

Tuesday, July 14 | 3:00 – 4:00pm

Session Formats: Virtual | On-Demand

  1. Mohini Bhade, Queen's University Medical Student, Gano Research Team. Project Title: Sensory Processing Outcomes in Early School-Age Children After Neonatal Acute Provoked Seizures: Clinical Characterization in the Neonatal Seizure Registry
  2. Mei Lin Hambley, University of Victoria Undergraduate Student, Sadarangani Research Team. Project Title: Investigating the feasibility of measuring gene expression of Klebsiella pneumoniae during infection  
  3. Isabella Babicki-Moore, McGill University Undergraduate Student, Mak Research Team. Project Title: What Happens After Treatment? A Longitudinal Study of Food Allergy Immunotherapy Outcomes
  4. Kaitlyn Leung, UBC Undergraduate Student, Mah Research Team. Project Title: Bridging Evidence and Experience: An Integrated Knowledge Translation Approach to Co-Designing a Parenting Resource for Pathological Demand Avoidance
  5. Rith Bal, UBC Medical Student, Senger Research Team. Project Title: The prevalence and risk factors of phantom limb pain and residual limb pain in children with a lower extremity amputation
  6. Jane Tjandra, SFU Undergraduate Student, Oldani Research Team. Project Title: Enhancing Hepatocyte Viability and Liver Transplantation Outcomes Through Autophagy Modulation: A Novel In Vitro Approach
  7. Jiya Ghuman, University of Alberta Undergraduate Student, Hawkes Research Team. Project Title: Low birth weight is associated with adverse outcome of childhood pneumonia in resource-limited hospitals
  8. Kevan Wu, UBC Undergraduate Student, Oldani Research Team. Project Title: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Approaches for Early Detection or Prediction of Drug Induced Liver Injury
  9. Nicholas Tjandra, SFU Undergraduate Student, Oldani Research Team. Project Title: Radiomics and Artificial Intelligence for Opportunistic Detection of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma on Portal Venous CT
  10. Julia Crowther, UBC Undergraduate Student, Voss Research Team. Project Title: The association between physical activity parenting practices and physical activity levels in children with CHD
  11. Raha Nikoumaram, UBC Undergraduate Student, Oldani Research Team. Project Title: Raman Spectroscopic Signatures of Hepatic Carcinoma: Progress and Future Prospect
  12. Sabrina Ye, UBC Undergraduate Student, Hawkes Research Team. Project Title: C-reactive protein predicts fatal outcome in Zaïre Ebolavirus disease: retrospective analysis from DR Congo
  13. Gurnimrat Brar, UBC Undergraduate Student, Hou Research Team. Project Title: An Exploration of Parent-Child Relationship Quality and Young Adult Well-being within Immigrant Families
  14. Vanessa Lee, UBC Undergraduate Student, Hou Research Team. Project Title: Exploring barriers, representation, accessibility, and voices in eating disorders (BRAVE): work-in-progress

Moderator: Dr. Kaitlin Winter, Postdoctoral Fellow, Sadarangani Research Team

Thursday, July 16 | 12:00 – 1:00pm

Session Formats: In-Person | Virtual | On-Demand
Location: Room 2108, BCCHR

  1. Tiffany Xian, UBC Undergraduate Student, Lavoie Research Team. Project Title: Modelling immune kinetics following RSV vaccination in adults to inform infant assay development
  2. Misheel Altanbadralt, UBC Undergraduate Student, Boerner Research Team. Project Title: Unmasking the Norms: Autism, Chronic Pain, and Intersecting Marginalizations in Healthcare
  3. Noah Miller, McGill University Undergraduate Student, Lavoie Research Team. Project Title: Development of a Flow Cytometry Assay to Quantify Infant RSV-Specific Antibody Levels
  4. Rebecca Beaton, UBC Undergraduate Student, Ramsay Research Team. Project Title: Athletic Health Equity & Injury Tracking 
  5. Annie Cai, UC Berkeley Undergraduate Student, Goldowitz Research Team. Project Title: An investigation into the perturbation of the Atoh1 lineage in the loss of Pax6
  6. Nikki Sivakumar, University of Galway Medical Student, Charlton Research Team. Project Title: Exploring Analgesia and Sedation Trajectories in Preterm Infants Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  7. Ellie Tiliakou, University of Western Ontario Medical Student, Deyell Research Team. Project Title: Pharmacogenomic Evaluation among Children with Poor Prognosis Cancer
  8. Julie Wang, UBC Undergraduate Student, Ezzat Research Team. Project Title: Barriers and facilitators to implementing and sustaining injury prevention interventions in youth team sports
  9. Ruoxi Qu, UBC Undergraduate Student, Devlin Research Team. Project Title: Immune Mechanism Preceding Vascular Damage in Pediatric Diabetes
  10. Chloe Young, Queen's University Undergraduate Student, Blydt-Hansen Research Team. Project Title: Metabolic Profiling for Discovery and Validation of Biomarkers of CKD in Children
  11. Anson Ng, UBC Undergraduate Student, Capon Research Team. Project Title: Evaluating the Potential Role of PXN Variants in Generalized Pustular Psoriasis
  12. Elizabeth Fung, UBC Undergraduate Student, Siden Research Team. Project Title: Implementing the Pain Pathway: Supporting the Uptake of a Clinical Tool to Treat Unexplained Pain in Children with Severe Neurological Impairments
  13. Gloria Zhuo, UBC Undergraduate Student, Taubert Research Team. Project Title: Investigating the Role of MED15 in Pediatric Neuroblastoma

Moderator: Dr. Joshua Awoke, Postdoctoral Fellow, Verchere Research Team

Presentation Format

Logistics – 3 Minute Presentation

Challenge yourself by creating a compelling narrative about your research project with minimal visual aids. This is an excellent opportunity to try presenting briefly and concisely for a non-specialist audience.

Format – For every session, up to 15 students will be scheduled to present. The format will be very similar to the "Three Minute Thesis" competitions. This includes:

  • 3 minutes to present on your current research project
  • One single, static PowerPoint slide using the default 16:9 landscape size is permitted (no slide transitions, animations or 'movement' of any description)
  • No additional electronic media (ie. sound and video files) permitted
  • No additional props (ie. laser pointers, costumes, laboratory equipment or musical instruments) permitted

This format will not include a Q&A period. Audience members with follow-up questions are encouraged to reach out to presenters directly after the session has concluded. Each session will also include an audience vote for the People’s Choice Winner, who will receive a $15 Starbucks giftcard. 

Templates are available on the ResearchHub (accessible onsite or on the BCCHR/PHSA network): Logos | Image Gallery | PowerPoint Templates. 

Moderator – The sessions will be moderated by BCCHR trainees who will introduce each speaker and monitor the time. Moderators will also be asked to complete a basic evaluation form for each presenter.

Announcements

An announcement regarding your presentation will be included online and in the weekly bulletin. One week prior to the presentation date, students will be contacted to confirm details.