NEWS AT A GLANCE
SPOTLIGHT ON IMS FACULTY OUR FACULTY, OUR PRIDE
Recognizing IMS faculty achievements The Department of Surgery’s Professor and IMS faculty member Clement Hamani has won the Scientific Award from the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. He received his award at the WSSFN’s 16th Quadrennial Meeting, held in Tokyo, Japan.
SCIENTIFIC DAY RECAP This year’s Scientific Day was held on May 28th at the Chestnut Conference Centre, to one of the largest audiences the IMS has seen thus far. The morning session featured six presentations by students shortlisted from the Laidlaw Manuscript Competition. Just before lunch, over 140 students presented posters in the Alan Wu Poster Competition. The day concluded with the Bernard Langer Lecture in Health Sciences presented by Dr. Jeffrey Mogil, E.P. Taylor Professor of Pain Studies at McGill University entitled “Mice are People Too: Translation in Pain Research from Genetics to Social Modulation.” Thank you to our IMS staff, volunteer poster judges, and discussants. You made this day a great success!
WINNERS Please join us in recognizing this year’s exceptional student presenters:
Laidlaw Manuscript Competition Basic Science: 1st Prize: Susan Armstrong, PhD Candidate on “Influenza Infects Lung Microvascular Endothelium Leading to Microvascular Leak: Role of Endothelial Barrier Enhancement as a Novel Therapy” Clinical Science: 1st Prize: Charles De Mestral, PhD Candidate on “A Population-based Propensity
Professor James Rutka—Chair, Department of Surgery and IMS faculty member since May 2013—has been awarded the American Association of Neurological Surgeons/ Congress of Neurological Surgeons Section on Tumors’ Dr. Charles B. Wilson Award. This award recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of neuro-oncology, and has been presented to only three recipients since 2004.
Professor Ian Witterick (Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, IMS Associate Member since 2009) has been awarded the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery’s Educational Excellence Award. Professor Witterick has had a significant impact on medical education in Canada and around the world, and he is being recognized for his revolutionary contributions.
Find out more about faculty on the IMS faculty database at www.ims.utoronto.ca/faculty/directory.htm
Score Analysis of Comparative Operative Outcomes of Early and Delayed Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis” Honourable mention: Sandeep Dhillon David Qixiang Chen Anton Mihic Erica Cai
Alan Wu Poster Competition Basic Science: 1st Prize: Cynthia Luk, PhD Candidate on “Adipocyte-Specific FAK Deletion in Mice Leads to Insulin Resistance but Divergent Adipose Tissue Remodelling Under Lean and Obese Conditions” Honourable mention: Rickvinder Besla Andrew Corso Bojana Gladanac Wilfred Ip Lia Mesbah-Oskui Pedro Reck dos Santos Taimoor Sheikh Linda Vi Clinical Science: 1st Prize: Danielle DeSouza, PhD Candidate on “Altered Peripheral Nerve And Brain White Matter Microstructure In Trigeminal Neuralgia” Honourable mention: Esther Bonrath Daniel Felsky Emily Jones
Dai Yoon Lee Paola Luca Jeffrey Poynter Amanda Steiman Tatiana Valica John Zawadzki
Awards Whiteside Award presented to Emily Lam, MSc (L. Osborne, supervisor) Mel Silverman Award presented to Anne M. R. Agur, BSc(OT), MSc, PhD Roncari Book Prize presented to Richard Foty, PhD candidate (T. To, supervisor) Sara Al-Bader Memorial Award presented to Fabio Salamanca-Buentello, PhD candidate (R. Upshur, supervisor) IMS Graduate Course Director Award presented to Michael J. Wiley, PhD, Professor, Division of Anatomy, Department of Surgery IMS Graduate Course Lecturer Award presented to Muhammad Mamdani, PharmD, MA, MPH, Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation and the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Siminovitch-Salter Lecture Award sented to Taryn Grieder, PhD
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