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24th Annual Research Day, May 4, 2007

The Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 24th Annual Research Day took place Friday, May 4, 2007. There were 16 oral and 51 poster presentations by trainees from the department, all of extremely high quality.

Poster Presentation  

We also heard an excellent Henderson Lecture, delivered by Dr. David Phillips, University of Southampton, UK, on the topic of “Small babies, stress and the metabolic syndrome”.

I would like to thank everyone who participated and extend special thanks to all those faculty members who acted as Chairs and Judges.

The 2007 JW Knox Ritchie Research Awards for best abstract/presentation by trainee category were awarded during the celebratory wine and cheese reception at the end of the day.

I am pleased to announce the following winners:

Clinical Fellow: Kimberly Liu (Supervisor: E. Greenblatt) for Poster Presentation, B2, INCREASED FSH/LH RATIO GREATER THAN 2.0 IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER RATES OF CANCELLATION IN IVF-ET CYCLES. Kimberly Liu, Ellen Greenblatt.

Graduate Student: Ingrid Lai (Supervisor: A. Jurisicova) for Poster Presentation, C3, A ROLE OF BCL-2 FAMILY MEMBERS IN HYPERGLYCEMIC MODELS OF PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO DEMISE. Ingrid Lai, Andrea Jurisicova.

 

Poster Presentation

Post-Graduate Fellow: Sascha Drewlo (Supervisor: J. Kingdom) for Poster Presentation, D2, GENE ARRAY ANALYSIS OF FORSKOLIN STIMULATED BEWO CHORIOCARCINOMA CELL LINE. Sasha Drewlo, Dora Baczyk, Caroline Dunk, Craig Pennell, John Kingdom.

Resident: Taymaa May (Supervisor: T. Brown) for Oral Presentation, O6, CHARACTERIZATION OF LOW GRADE SEROUS CARCINOMA OF THE OVARY AND ITS PRECURSORS. Taymaa May, Monika Sharma, Igor Jurisica, Barry Rosen, Joan Murphy, Patricia Shaw, Theodore Brown.

Medical Student: K. Ashley Hawrylyshyn (Supervisor: J. Murphy) for Poster Presentation, B4, UNDERSTANDING BARRIERS TO PARENTAL ACCEPTANCE OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES. K Ashley Hawrylyshyn, Joan Murphy.

In addition, the Papsin Award for postgraduate resident in final year of training, based on teaching ability, mentorship activities and leadership, as chosen by peers, was awarded to Matthew Morton.

Please join me in congratulating the winners in each of the categories as well as Dr. Morton for this recognition by his peers. I would also like to commend all the participants, both oral and poster presenters, for their valuable contribution to the success of Research Day.

Alan D. Bocking, MD
Gordon C. Leitch Chair
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Please see the links below for details on Research Day.

For more information, please contact Helen Robson at helen.robson@utoronto.ca.