Research Awards Gallery

Platform Awards

1 Prize - Graduate Student and Post-Doctorate Platform - Nabil Royez
For the presentation “Disco-Lamp: A Novel Multiplexed Diagnostic Platform For Infectious Diseases”

1st Prize - Post Graduate Platform - Sisu Han
For the presentation “Evaluating the Clinical Utility of Urine Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Testing in Community Laboratory Service”

Poster Awards

Best Poster - Tian (Sunny) Lu
For the poster “Fine-Tuning Yolo for Histopathology: Feasibility of automated eosinophil Quantification in Eosinophilic Esophagitis with Limited Resources”

Honourable Mention Poster - Archie Shchemialiou
For the poster “Dipquick: Rapid and Affordable Near-Patient Malaria Detection Leveraging Lyophilized Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification”

Microbiologist Faculty Preceptor of the Year - Dr. Julie Carson
Outstanding Achievement in Teaching by a Technologist - Kylie Whyte MLT2 (DSC) & Fanny Lau MLT1 (DSC)

Poster Awards

Best Poster $250 – Kyo Farrington “EXPLORING THE LEARNING EXPERIENCES OF EARLY PATHOLOGY RESIDENCY TRAINING THROUGH THE LENS OF REALIST INQUIRY”
Poster Honorable Mention $100 – Li Hao “SHORT-TERM FORMALIN FIXATION IMPAIRS ANTIGENICITY IN HUMAN LYMPH NODES FOR FLOW CYTOMETRY”

Platform Awards

First Place (Anna Kossakowska Award $500)– Anna Robertson “A NOVEL SIMULATION METHOD FOR TEACHING GROSS DISSECTION SKILLS IN ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY”
Second Place (Paul Kneafsey Award $250)– Rhiannon Brett “WHERE IN THE WORLD IS GNAQ MUTATED MELANOMA: A QUALITY ASSURANCE PROJECT”
Honorable Mentions (x3) $100 ea
- Caitlan Reich “NASOPHARYNGEAL TUBARIAL GLANDS ARE MINOR SALIVARY GLANDS”
- Amit Kalra “EARLY DETECTION OF ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE BY ASSESSMENT OF THE IMMUITY RELATED TRANSCRIPTOME”
- Christopher McCoy “IDENTIFICATION OF AMYLOIDOGENIC PROTEINS IN FFPE TISSUES USING TARGETED LC-MS/MS”

2025 Annual Research Day

2024 Annual Research Day

2023 Annual Research Day