Resident Research Prizes

The P.S.I. Foundation offers prizes of $2,000 each to a maximum of five residents from each of Ontario’s six medical schools in recognition of their published paper.

RESIDENT RESEARCH PRIZES
FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH PAPERS 2009

TITLE OF PAPER

AWARDEE

DEPARTMENT

 

Mcmaster University

Tension And Tisseel: How Do In Vitro Peripheral Nerve Hold Up?

Card, Annika

Plastic Surgery

Implementation of a Respiratory Therapist-Driven Protocol for Neonatal Ventilation: Impact on the Premature Population

Hermeto, Fernanda

Pediatrics

The Rational Clinical Examination: Does My Patient with Diabetes Have Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy?

Kanji, Jamil

Internal Medicine

A Systematic Review of the Efficacy and Acceptability of Mood Stabilizers in the Treatment of Acute Bipolar Depression”

Van Lieshout, Ryan

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

Nitric Oxide Donors in Sepsis: A Systematic Review of Clinicaland in Vivo Pre-Clinical Data

Lamontagne, Francois

Critical Care Medicine

 

Northern Ontario School Of Medicine

Diabetic Control in Hospitalized Patients: A Comparison of Home Diabetic Regime Versus Switch to SSI

Bell, Georgina

Family Medicine

 

Queen’s University

Emergency Department Targeted Ultrasound for the Detection of Hydronephrosis

Bruder, Eric

Emergency Medicine

Liver Biopsies for Chronic Hepatitis C: Should Non-Guided Biopsies be Abandoned?

Flemming, Jennifer

Internal Medicine

A Population Based Study of Factors Affecting Access to Radiotherapy for Endometrial Cancer in Ontario

Hanna, Timothy

Radiation Oncology

Relationship Between Feeding Schedules and Gastric Distress During Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Screening Eye Examinations

Strube, Yi Ning

Opthalmology

Microrna Expression Profiles in Endometrial Carcinoma

Snowdon, Jaime

Anatomical Pathology

 

University Of Ottawa

Cigarette Smoking and Low Back Pain in the Adult Population

Alkherayf, Fahad

Neurosurgery

Risk Of Birth Defects Increased in Pregnancies Conceived by Assisted Human Reproduction

El-Chaar, Darine

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Protastatic Adenocarcinoma and Status of Resection Margin of Radical Prostratectomy Associated with Core Biopsies with Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation or Minimal Cancer

Flood, Trevor

Anatomical Pathology

Chronic Kidney Disease: Adherence to Management Guidelines in an Academic Family Medicine Centre

Richard, Megan

Family Medicine

Utility of Postoperative Surveillience Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Cerebellar Astrocytoma

Shamji, Mohammed

Neurosurgery

 

University Of Toronto

Functional Evaluation of Intravascular Blood Flow from Dynamic CTA Datasets: Techniques and Neurovascular Applications

Barfett, Joe

Diagnostic Radiology

Cerebral Arteriopathy in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Brandsema, John

Paediatric Neurology

Bereavement Practices of Physicians in Oncology and Palliative Care

Chau, Nicole

Medical Oncology

Re-Enacting the ENACT in Gyrencephalic Non-Human Pirates: A Reverse-Engineered Solution to the Missing Link in Translational Stroke Research

Cook, Douglas

Surgery

An FMri Investigation of Reversal Learning in Violent Offenders With Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder

Kolla, Nathan

Psychiatry

 

University Of Western Ontario

What is the Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Presenting to the Emergency Department of an Academic Health Center?

Achiam, Cimi

Emergency Medicine

Real World Anti-TNF Treatment In Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis: Cost-Effectiveness Based on Number Needed to Treat to Improve HAQ

Barra, Lillian

Rheumatology

Does Hypothermia Reduce Muscle Damage In Compartment Syndrome? An Experimental Study

Chan, Gladys

Orthopaedic Surgery

The Tavistock Vision Screening Project: Part 1

Cowing, Barbara

Family Medicine

Combined 3-Dimensional Coronary And Myocardial Scar Imaging Using a Single Free-Breathing, Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Approach: Implications for Pre-Procedural Planning and Intra-Procedural Guidance of Cardiovascular Interventions

Fine, Nowell

Cardiology