2023 ACHRI/Owerko Centre Summer Student Research Symposium

8:15 - 8:50 am: Check-in, HRIC Atrium

8:50 - 9:15 am: Welcome and Indigenous Blessing, HRIC Atrium 

• Rumika Mascarenhas, Emcee; Master's Student, Neuroscience, Graduate Studies 
• Ollie Benjamin, Traditional Knowledge Keeper, Bearspaw, Stoney Nakoda First Nation   

9:15 - 9:20 am Opening Remarks, Theatre One

• Dr. Quentin Pittman,  ACHRI Director, Education and Training; Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology

9:20 - 10:50 am: Summer Student Oral Presentations 1, Theatre One, Health Sciences Centre

1. Safira Dharsee: Association of Psychological Resilience, Cognitive Reserve, and Brain Reserve with Post-Concussive Symptoms in Children with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Orthopedic Injury
2. Apolline Pistek: Mechanical Impact of Thermal Injury and Split-thickness Skin Grafting in Cutaneous Tissue 
3. Freeha Anjum: Behavioural Symptoms are Related to Volume of the Left Medial Orbital Gyrus in Children Aged 2-8 Years
4. Altamish Bukhari: Factors Associated with Emergency Department Visits by Children and Adolescents with Migraine
5. Maya MacIsaac-Jones: The Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Sexual and Gender Diverse Populations: A Meta-analysis
6. Elizabeth Benediktsdottir: Implementing Planet Youth in Calgary: Comparative Analysis of Albertan and Icelandic Youth Policies

Graduate Student Presentation: Madison Waller: What it is Like to be me: A Systematic Review of the Challenges of Identifying Both as Autistic and LGBTQ

10:50 - 11:05 am: Break, HRIC Atrium

11:05 am - 12:05 pm: Keynote Presentation, Theatre One, Health Sciences Centre

• Dr. Melanie Noel, Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Department of Psychology​​, Trauma and Pain: An intergenerational problem that should be on everyone’s agenda

12:05 - 2:20 pm: Lunch and Poster Session, HRIC Atrium

2:20 - 4 pm: Oral Presentations, Theatre One, Health Sciences Centre

Black Youth Mentorship and Leadership Program Presentation: Kamilah Giwa, Mofe Omolade, Precious Igbiki, Joshua Enechukwu,  Matilda Awosusi and Adedeji Williams: Black Youth Core Proposal

Graduate Student Presentation: Sonje Juul: Bringing Birth Back to Indigenous Communities in Alberta: An Environmental Scan of the Barriers and Facilitators of Implementing Midwifery Care for Indigenous Peoples

Summer Student Oral Presentations 2

8. Holly Wright: Barriers and Enablers to Follow-Up Care Among Canadian Survivors of Pediatric Cancer
9. Kenzie Vaandering: Exploring the Potential of Brain Computer Interface-leveraged Boccia as a Sporting Intervention for Children with Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy
10. Kai Suzuki: Investigating Cerebral Palsy in Children Lacking Traditional Risk Factors
11. Raneet Kahlon: Uncovering the Role of Prolactin Receptor in Glucose Homeostasis Beyond Pregnancy
12. Benjamin Green: Visualizing Immune Pathway Signatures from RNA-sequencing Data to Help Diagnose and Treat Patients with Complex Immune Dysregulation Disorders

4 - 4:30 pm: Awards and Closing Remarks, HRIC Atrium

• Dr. Jay Riva-Cambrin, Professor, Department of Clinical Neurosciences; Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences