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Poster and Oral Presentations
2009
  • Alumni Association Multidisciplinary award for oral presentations:
    • 1st: Heather Hanson – Merging two areas of research: Can we learn more by applying stigma concepts to the study of falls in older adulthood?
    • 2nd: Pralle Kriengwatana – Birdsong: Music to her ears and genes for her kids.
    • 3rd: Kristina Neely – Vibration does not influence real or perceived accuracy of an active motor response
  • Alumni Association Multidisciplinary award for poster presentations:
    • 1st: Donna Padavan – Novel Materials for cardiovascular devices
    • 2nd: Christine Boston – Changes in the growth and development of the face as related to artificial cranial modification: A cephalometric analysis
    • 3rd: Jade Sillick – Yoga for women with head and neck cancer: assessing changes in quality in life and well-being
  • Mercury Printing Award for Arts, Humanities and Social Science Poster presentations:
    • 1st: Meredith Vanstone – Reading Between the Lines: Unintended messages in “Prenatal Diagnosis: Public Education Pamphlet”
    • 2nd: Tamara Landry – HIV Postive Adolescents’ Sexual Health and Disclosure Concerns: A Mixed Methods Approach
    • 3rd: Justine Wilson – Reach! A Group-Mediated Cognitive Behavioural Physical Activity Intervention for Obese Adolescents
  • Mercury Printing Award for Biological and Physical Science Poster Presentations:
    • 1st: Isabela Kowalczyk – Minimally Invasive Equipment: Does it make sense? Cost Analysis Comparing Minimally Invasive Surgery Standard Instrumented Open Surgery
    • 2nd: Alex Laliberte – The Harlequin Carrier (hqX): a New Model to Study Aging-Associated Retinal Degeneration
    • 3rd: Caroline Williams – The effects of continuous and discontinuous gas exchange cycles on CO2 and H20
  • Arts and Humanities Oral Presentation Award:
    • 1st: Natalie Szudy – Sports and Religion: An Intersection of Rules
    • 2nd: Jessica Spieker – Sociophonetic Variation in Canadian Hip Hop
    • 3rd: Anthony Cushing – Glenn Gould vs Girl Talk: Towards a systematic approach to Mash-up Production and analysis
  • Biological Science Oral Presentation Award:
    • 1st: Ngan Nguyen – Anatomy meets virtual reality
    • 2nd: Thomas MacPherson – In vivo Model for Drug Delivery testing: Ocular phenotyping in a Memantine-Treated Mouse Model of Retinal Degeneration
    • 3rd: Charys Raynor – The Presence of Femoro-acetabular Impingement in an Asymptomatic Population
  • Social Science Oral Presentation Award:
    • 1st: Jodi Hall – More than meets the eye? (Re) conceptualizing the use of standardized patients
    • 2nd: Yao Li – The impacts of bilateral technology diffusion on trade and welfare.
    • 3rd: Renata Wasley – HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Ukraine: Examining the Attitudes and perceptions of orphans in Internaty
  • Physical Science Oral Presentation Award:
    • 1st: Edward Stokan – Modeling the casualties due to meteors.
    • 2nd: Mike Burrell – Guaranteeing resource bounds in computations
    • 3rd: Qinghui Liu – Improve responsiveness of Online Mapping Application
 
Poster Presentations
 
Winner Program Division
2008
1st - Renee Philips Neuroscience Bioscience/Physical Science
2nd - Kelsey Klages Health & Rehabilitation Sciences Bioscience/Physical Science
3rd - Louis Mattar Kinesiology Bioscience/Physical Science
1st - Deeqa Mohamud  Health & Rehabilitation Sciences Arts & Humanities/Social Science
2nd -Jennifer Wood  Health & Rehabilitation Sciences Arts & Humanities/Social Science
3rd - Laura Cayen  Women's Studies Arts & Humanities/Social Science
2007
1st - Ji Zhou Physiology & Pharmacology Bioscience/Physical Science
2nd - Michelle Mason Health & Rehabilitation Bioscience/Physical Science
2006
No poster presentations in 2006.
2005
No poster presentations in 2005.
2004
Hanna Phan Biomedical Engineering Bioscience/Physical Science
2003
Carl Ozyer Geology Bioscience/Physical Science
2002
Christopher James Melling Kinesiology Bioscience/Physical Science
2001
Timothy Wilson Kinesiology Bioscience/Physical Science
2000
Michelle Sweeney Plant Services Bioscience/Physical Science
1999
George Saab Medical Biophysics Bioscience/Physical Science
1998
Sharon Clarke Medical Biophysics Bioscience/Physical Science
1997
David Luknowsky Medical Biophysics Bioscience/Physical Science
1996
Baldev Ahluwalia Medical Biophysics Bioscience/Physical Science
1995
Ross Mitchell Medical Biophysics Bioscience/Physical Science
1994
Ramin Siushansian Physiology Bioscience/Physical Science
1993
Ross Mitchell Medical Biophysics Bioscience/Physical Science
1992
Debra Kloth Pathology Bioscience/Physical Science
1991
Stephanie Roder Physiology Bioscience/Physical Science

 

Oral Presentations
Winner Program Division
2008
1st - Jennifer Boeckner Anatomy and Cell Biology Bioscience Science
2nd - Greg Carnes Medical Biophysics Bioscience Science
3rd - Emily Wong Medical Biophysics Bioscience Science
1st - Shahria Alam Civil & Environmental Engineering Physical Science
2nd - Mohammad Feisal Rahman Civil & Environmental Engineering Physical Science
1st - Andreas Seelisch Audiology Social Science
2nd - Hossein Khalili Nursing Social Science
1st - Joel Booker History Arts & Humanities
2nd - James Overton Philosophy Arts & Humanities
2007
1st - Linda Bussiere MLIS, FIMS Arts & Humanities/Social Science
2nd - Prabhjot Parmar English Arts & Humanities/Social Science
3rd - Claudine Bonner Education Arts & Humanities/Social Science
1st - Ranga Rodrigo Electrical & Computer Engineering  Physical Science
2nd - Shahria Alam Civil & Environmental Engineering Physical Science
3rd - Patrick Granton Physics Physical Science
Winner - Steven Babic  Medical Biophysics Biological Sciences
2006
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2005
1st - Melanie Davidson Medical Biophysics Bioscience/Physical Science
2nd - Ben Stephenson Computer Science Bioscience/Physical Science
3rd - Adam Maruscak Physiology & Pharmacology Bioscience/Physical Science
1st - Sarah Campbell Education Arts/Social Science
2nd - Julia Watt Philosophy Arts/Social Science
3rd - Lisa Pelot Philosophy Arts/Social Science
2004
Shannon Dea Philosophy Arts/Social Science
Timothy Bailey Physiology & Pharmacology Bioscience/Physical Science
2003
Duru Eldahudy Comparative Literature Arts/Social Science
Amit Badhwar Medical Biophysics Bioscience/Physical Science
2002
Margaret Ming Ching So Education Arts/Social Science
Amit Badhwar Medical Biophysics Bioscience/Physical Science
2001
Adam Rehorn Engineering Bioscience/Physical Science
Melissa Godwalt Anthropology Arts/Social Science
2000
Sean Mulligan Philosophy Arts/Social Science
Anu Santhanagopal Physiology Bioscience/Physical Science
1999
Richard Hitchens History Arts/Social Science
Anu Santhanagopal Physiology Bioscience/Physical Science
1998
Darren Hynes Philosophy Arts/Social Science
Ryon Bateman Medical Biophysics Bioscience/Physical Science
1997
Neil Gohill Theory & Criticism Arts/Social Science
Stephen Dukacz Physiology Bioscience/Physical Science
1996
Carolyn Galsworthy Classical Studies Arts/Social Science
Nurez Mapara Medical Biophysics Bioscience/Physical Science
1995
Cynthia Maier Psychology Bioscience/Physical Science
1994
Ali Callard Psychology Bioscience/Physical Science
1993
Andrew Farrel Medical Biophysics Bioscience/Physical Science
1992
Maria Drangova Medical Biophysics Bioscience/Physical Science
1991
Lucy Forster Physical Therapy Bioscience/Physical Science

 

 
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