2019 Award Winners

Oral Awards Winners

1st Place

Katie Parkins, Robarts Research Institute, Western University
Dual bioluminescence imaging reveals remarkable tumour self-seeding of spontaneous and experimental metastases in mice

2nd Place

Adam Paish, Robarts Research Institute, Western University
Iterative Design of a Small-Animal Hip-Hemiarthroplasty Model for Preclinical Orthopaedic Research

3rd Place

Ajay Rajaram,  Western University
NNeMo (Neonatal NeuroMonitor): A non-invasive optical device for assessing the coupling of cerebral blood flow and energy metabolism in the developing brain

Honorable Mentions

Seva Ioussoufovitch, Western University
Towards quantifying tissue perfusion with dynamic contrast-enhanced near-infrared imaging
Erind Alushaj,  Western University
Differentiating the substantia nigra pars compacta and ventral tegmental area in early-stage Parkinson’s Disease using structural magnetic resonance imaging
Alexander Matheson, Robarts Research Institute, Western University
Multi-scalar Perfusion and Ventilation Defects in Asthma
Mark Asselin, Queen’s University
Navigation of the iKnife for intra-operative tissue characterization in neurosurgery

Poster Award Winners

1st Place

Mahsa Bataghva, Robarts Research Institute, Western University
Microvessel Detection in Power Doppler Ultrasound Using Adaptive Singular Value Decomposition Clutter Filtering

2nd Place

Amy Schranz, Robarts Research Institute, Western University
Metabolite Levels Differ in Contact and Non-Contact Sport Female Varsity Athletes

3rd Place

Stecia-Marie Fletcher, Sunnybrook Research Institute
Pulse inversion increases sensitivity to transvertebral acoustic emissions from microbubbles sonicated with short burst, phase shift keying focused ultrasound exposures

Honorable Mentions

Maryam Mozaffari, Robarts Research Institute, Western University
Optimization of pH MRI for Cancer Detection
Riley Bloomfield, Western University
Machine learning functional metrics for recovery path analysis following total knee replacement
Jessica Rodgers, Robarts Research Institute, Western University
Development of a 3D ultrasound guidance system for high-dose-rate interstitial gynecologic brachytherapy
Hui Wang, Western University
Development of a holography camera for non-contact photoacoustic tomography of the breast