Mach-Gaensslen Summer Student Research Award Recipients
2023
The 2023 recipients of the Mach-Gaensslen Summer Student Research Awards are
Houle, Del John – Substance use stigma among first responders and emergency department staff in a northern Ontario community: Raising awareness and understanding barriers
(Supervisor: Valerie Primeau)
Klem, Alexandra – Investigating the immunotherapy potential of PARP inhibitors
(Supervisor: Hoang-Thanh Le)
Labelle, Alyssa – Words still matter: Embracing “PLEX” shouldn’t be this comPLEX in spinal cord injury
(Supervisor: James Crispo)
Newberry Orrantia, Mateo – Assessing Implementation and Effectiveness of Community of Practice Ketamine-Assisted Therapy (CoP-KaT) to Address Healthcare Worker Burnout in Rural Northern Ontario
(Supervisors: Ryan Patchett-Marble)
2022
The 2022 recipients of the Mach-Gaensslen Summer Student Research Awards are
Clark, Megan – Evaluation of clinical and cardiac outcomes in patients referred to multidisciplinary Cardio-Oncology Clinic: observational retrospective study (chart review)
(Supervisor: Olexiy Aseyev)
Klem, Alexandra – Investigating anti-cancer compounds for novel immunotherapy applications
(Supervisor: Hoang-Thanh Le)
Labelle, Alyssa – Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury: Using Administrative Claims Data to Examine Long-Term Health Outcomes and Healthcare Utilization
(Supervisor: Melanie Squarzolo)
Leroux, Julie – Exploring cultural program supports for Indigenous patients with opioid use disorder: Indigenous provider perspectives in a pandemic
(Supervisors: Marion Maar, Darrel Manitowabi and Lorrilee McGregor)
Rheault-Henry, Mathieu – Obesity Paradox in Cardiac Surgery
(Supervisor: Rony Atoui)
2021
The 2021 recipients of the Mach-Gaensslen Summer Student Research Awards are
Bagha, Imran – Evaluating a Novel Method for Enhancing Cardiopulmary Resuscitation
(Supervisor: Samuel Peters)
Bartolucci, Dana – Case control study in Northeastern Ontario breast cancer patients undergoing third generation chemotherapy (FEC-D or DD-ACT): Examining factors correlated with the development of PICC-related DVTs
(Supervisor: Lacey Pitre)
Chown, Allison – 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Hydrochloride (5-ALA)-Guided Surgical Resection in Newly Diagnosed High Grade Gliomas
(Supervisor: Amparo Wolf)
Kelly, Dayton – Project 1 of 2: Examining Causal Relationships between Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Onset of Cardiovascular Diseases of the Heart: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
(Supervisor: James Crispo)
Rheault-Henry, Mathieu – Aortic valve replacement using sutureless valves
(Supervisor: Rony Atoui)
2020
The 2020 recipients of the Mach-Gaensslen Summer Student Research Awards are
Anthes, Christina – Management and outcomes of endocarditis among people who inject drugs
(Supervisor: Yoko Schreiber)
Dmitriew, Caitlin – Barriers and facilitators affecting implementation of a decision aid for the diagnosis of acute aortic syndrome: a qualitative study
(Supervisor: Robert Ohle)
Mellerup, Miranda – A systematic review of the mental health screening tools used in correctional institutions: A Northern Ontario perspective
(Supervisor: Maryana Kravtsenyuk)
Moncrief, Brooke – WE:CAN: Investigating the risk of increasing or acquiring breast cancer associated lymphedema from participating in a 10-week exercise program
(Supervisor: Ian Newhouse)
Shin, Daseul – Contemporary Outcomes of Aortic Dissection in Northern Ontario
(Supervisor: Rony Atoui)
2019
The 2019 recipients of the Mach-Gaensslen Summer Student Research Awards are
Cuninghame, Sean – Development of a Brief, Culturally-Relevant Screening Tool to Assess Risk of Dropout Among Individuals Enrolled in Opioid Agonist Therapy in Northern Ontario
(Supervisor: John Coccimiglio)
Davies, Vanessa – Study of centrosome 17 amplification in breast cancer
(Supervisor: Ioannis Voutsadakis)
Hammell, Jennifer – Perceived Stress Levels of NOSM Medical Students
(Supervisor: Sayali Tadwalkar)
Madigan, Mariah – Improving informed consent of cardiac surgery patients using a multimedia-based approach
(Supervisor: Rony Atoui)
Mailloux, Rebecca – Neurodevelopmental Disorders among Forensic Psychiatric Adult Patients in Northern Ontario
(Supervisor: Maryana Kravtsenyuk)
Payne, George – Standardized Nutritional Support and Wound Care Outcomes at Sault Area Hospital
(Supervisor: Lucas Castellani)
2018
The 2018 recipients of the Mach-Gaensslen Summer Student Research Awards are
Beruar, Ananya– Evaluating the impact of Nerve Growth Factor dysregulation in patients with pain and opioid-dependence (Supervisor: David Marsh)
Fontaine, Jesse- miRNA Regulation in Hypertension and Low Dose Radiation Models (Supervisor: TC Tai)
Nenadov, Ocean– Phase I: A chart audit to investigate high-frequency emergency department users, their health demographics for chronic pain and practice patterns of opioid provision” ( Supervisor: Bryan MacLeod)
Prevost, Chad– Effect of retinoids on disease progression in a mouse model of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (Supervisor: Alexander Moise)
Shahi, Niharika– Is there any benefit of interventional radiologists performing guided biopsies? (Supervisor:Dr. Radu Rozenberg)