About
The 35th Annual Ottawa Cardiovascular Research Day celebrated the region’s research excellence through moderated oral presentations and poster sessions. It was an excellent venue for trainees to showcase their outstanding projects and network with faculty and colleagues.
Date
May 15 & 16, 2023
Keynote Speaker
We are very pleased to host Dr. Véronique Cornelissen as the event’s keynote speaker.
Join us Tusday May 16, 2023 from 12:45 to 13:45
How to Give Everyone the Right Amount of Exercise, Not Too Little and Not Too Much?
Research Day program guide
2023 Research Day program guide (PDF)
Awards
Ottawa Region’s Cardiovascular Trainee of the Year
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Ottawa Region Cardiovascular Research Trainee of the Year Award. The awardees are recognized for their outstanding productivity and exceptional leadership in the research community.
Congratulations to the 2023 award recipients!
- Marcelo Muñoz, PhD, Fellow, Basic Science
- Karen Bouchard, PhD, Fellow, Clinical/Bio-behavioural Science
- Sabrina Robichaud, PhD Candidate (Late Stage)
- Nadya Morrow, MSc, PhD Candidate (Early Stage)
Innovation Award
Presented to the most “innovative” abstract.
Winner:
Connor Harbel, MSc Candidate
Supervisor: Rob deKemp, PhD
Software for Planning the Treatment of Irregular Heart Rates
Honourable Mentions:
Maxime Emmanuel Comtois-Bona, MSc Candidate
Supervisor: Emilio Alarcón, PhD
In-Situ 3D Bioprinting of Blood Vessels
Rimshah Abid, BSc Candidate,
Supervisor: Kyoung-Han Kim, PhD
Spatial Mapping of the Heart’s Electrical Network
Presentation Prizes:
Dr. Yves Marcel Award for Best Basic Science Oral Presentation
Jerry Wang, PhD Candidate
Supervisor: Wenbin Liang, MD, PhD
Wnt5a is Arrhythmogenic in Rat Hearts & Human iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes
Honourable Mention for a Basic Science Oral Presentation
Andrew Clement, MSc Candidate
Supervisor: Erin Mulvihill, PhD
Novel Role for DPP4 in Inflammation and Atherosclerosis
Polk Award for the Best Clinical Science Oral Presentation
Rebecca Crosier MD, Cardiology resident
Supervisor: Thais Coutinho, MD
Measures of Aortic Function Independently Predict Adverse Events in Females with Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
Honourable Mention for a Clinical Science Oral Presentation
Yuchen Dai, MD Candidate
Supervisors: Rob Beanlands, MD and Robert deKemp, PhD
Elastic Motion Correction Improves Rb-82 Cardiac PET ECG-Gated Image Quality
Best Basic Science Poster
Yena Oh, PhD Candidate
Supervisor: Kyoung-Han Kim, PhD
Transcriptomic Landscape of the Postnatal Cardiac Conduction System
Honourable Mention for a Basic Science Poster
Ms. Myriam Adi, BSc Candidate
Supervisor: Benjamin Rotstein, PhD
Synthesis and Evaluation of Selective MMP-13 Quinazoline Inhibitors for PET Radiotracer Development
Best Clinical Science Poster
Sol Vidal Almela, PhD Candidate
Supervisor: Jennifer Reed, PhD
Sex Differences and Changes in Physical and Mental Health Outcomes Following Exercise Training in Those with Persistent and Permanent Atrial Fibrillation
Honourable Mention for a Clinical Science Poster
Kyra Steiner, MD Candidate
Supervisor: Michel Shamy, MD, uOttawa
Agreement & Reliability of CTA and Doppler in a Population of Consecutive Patients Undergoing Carotid Artery Stenting
Best Poster Swap Award
Claire Fong-McMaster, PhD Candidate
Supervisors Erin Mulvihill, PhD and Mary-Ellen Harper, PhD
Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in Heart Failure
and
Rimshah Abid, MSc Candidate
Supervisor: Kyoung-Han Kim, PhD
Cardiac Conduction System Spatial Transcriptomics
Event Highlights
- Keynote lecture by Véronique Cornelissen, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
- Ottawa Region’s Cardiovascular Trainee of the Year Award
- Inaugural UOHI EDI in Research Award
- Poster Swap Competition
- Oral presentations and moderated poster sessions
- Awards ceremony