Manitoba Student Health Research Forum, June 17 to 19, 2024. Celebrating excellence in health research.

Key dates

The MSHRF will include many familiar elements previously included in the annual Canadian Student Health Research Forum such as the research poster competition, professional development workshop, Drewry Lecture, and graduate student awards.

The event now also features:

  • A lecture session and luncheon celebrating the work of the Manitoba Medical Service Foundation, in partnership with the Manitoba Blue Cross
  • Talks from nine early career researcher (ECRs), emphasizing the path each took to get here and showcasing the breadth and depth of our growing research community
  • A lecture by the 2024 winner of the Prowse Prize for Clinical Reseach
  • A networking and mentorship session with many of our tremendous Manitoba-based alumni and employers.

Information on the trainee career development workshop, meet the professionals networking event, scientific symposium, and the Drewry and Prowse Memorial Lectures will be announced shortly — be sure to check back.

MSHRF schedule of events

Monday, June 17 

Time Event Location
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Poster competition Brodie Centre atrium
2:30 - 4:00 p.m. Networking workshop 050 Apotex Centre

Tuesday, June 18

Time Event Location
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Early career researcher symposium I 050 Apotex Centre
  9:00 a.m. ECR #1  
  9:30 a.m. ECR #2  
  10:00 a.m. ECR #3  
  10:30 a.m. Coffee break  
  11:00 a.m.ECR #4  
  11:30 a.m.ECR #5  
  12:00 p.m. ECR #6  
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Drewry Memorial Luncheon
(pre-registration required)

Apotex Centre, second floor atrium

1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Drewry Memorial Lecture
Dr. Arun Surendran, Winner of the 2023 E.L. Drewry Major Award
050 Apotex Centre
3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Meet the professionals networking event 050 Apotex Centre

Wednesday, June 19

Time Event Location
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Prowse Memorial Lecture and breakfast
Presenter: Winner of the 2024 Prowse Prize for Clinical Research
050 Apotex Centre
  10:00 a.m. Coffee break
Sponsored by the Prowse Prize Fund 
 
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. MMSF showcase session 050 Apotex Centre
  Theme: Innovative career trajectories in the health sciences 
Dr. Laura Saward, ADVA Diagnostics and UM
Dr. Paul Fernyhough, UM and WinSanTor Inc.
TBD
 
  12:00 p.m. MMSF/MBC luncheon
Sponsored by the Manitoba Blue Cross
 
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Early Career Researcher Symposium II 050 Apotex Centre
  1:30 p.m. ECR #7  
  2:00 p.m. ECR #8  
  2:30 p.m. ECR #9  
3:15 - 5:15 p.m. Awards ceremony and reception Brodie Centre atrium

Manitoba poster competition

Overview

The Manitoba Poster Competition will take place on Monday, June 17, 2024 in the Brodie Centre Atrium at the University of Manitoba Bannatyne campus.

The deadline for abstract submission is April 15, 2024(midnight, central time).

 

Eligibility

This competition is open to Manitoba graduate students and postdoctoral fellows undertaking research in the health sciences.

Consideration will be given to students who:

  • Have registered by the registration deadline
  • Have submitted their abstract by the registration deadline

Note: We welcome posters from across the breadth of the CIHR mandate.

How to register

To register, follow the steps below. 

Step 1: Fill out and submit our Abstract Submission Form.

Step 2: Check your email frequently for updates including judging schedule.

Important: please add srforum@umanitoba.ca to your spam filters to ensure they do not end up in your junk folder.

Format

This event has been planned to take place in person.

New this year: Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows will be judged as separate categories.

Participants will present a poster (no larger than 4 feet wide) to showcase their research. Recommended templates are available.


Poster numbers will be assigned to participants once registration has closed. Participants are invited to mount their poster at their corresponding number upon arrival to the forum and orally present their research to the judges at the scheduled judging time.

Each participant will be assigned a 15-minute judging slot – 10 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for a question/answer period. Please be sure not to exceed your 10 minutes of presentation time as the judging schedule is very tight.

Judging criteria

Please keep in mind, the judges are most likely not experts in your specific area of research. The topics covered in this competition are very broad and logistically it would be impossible to provide close expertise for all presenters. However, the judges have been selected based on their success as scientists in their respective fields and their broader knowledge of science. As with any presentation, the audience must be taken into account and the information delivered accordingly.

Participants will be judged on:

  • Organization
  • Clarity of presentation, including:
    • background
    • hypothesis/research question(s)
    • methods (eg. study design and analysis technique)
    • results
    • conclusion
  • Visual appearance of your presentation
  • Defense of results

2024 Sponsors

Thank you to our generous sponsors.

2023 Award winners

We recognize and congratulate past award winners in the following five categories:

Dr. Forough Khadem memorial awards

  • MSc award: Larissa Bubnowicz 
  • PhD award: Laila Aboulatta

Faculty awards

  • Aubie Angel Young Investigator Award: Dr. Zulma Rueda
  • Dr. Edwin Kroeger Mentorship award: Dr. Sherif Eltonsy
  • Kenneth Hughes Award: Dr. Peter Thompson
  • Prowse Prize for Clinical Research: Dr. Garrett Johnson

Major awards

  • CHRIM Award: Emma Martell 
  • Emergent Award: Hana Zegallai
  • HSC Foundation Award: Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini
  • MMSF MSc award: Essence Perera 
  • MMSF PhD award: Javad Alizadeh 
  • MMSF PhD award: Titus Olukitibi
  • SBH Foundation Award: Arun Surendran
  • Drewry Award: Arun Surendran

Oncology awards

  • Caroline A. Cope award: Ally Farrell 
  • Caroline A. Cope award: Emma Martell
  • Emil and Lynette Hain award: Emma Martell 
  • Right Honourable Don Mazankowsk award: Emma Martell

Other awards

Graduate Student Excellence Award

  • Saeid Maghsoudi (PhD)
  • Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini (PhD)
  • Vanessa Schulz (Masters)

Graduate Student Merit Award

  • Laila Aboulatta (PhD)
  • Keshav Narayan Alagarsamy (PhD)
  • Maria Baranowski (PhD)
  • Shifa Fatima Mohideen (Masters)
  • Ally Farrell (Masters)
  • Abdul Aziz (Masters)

Karol D. McNeill Research Technician Award

  • Agnes L. Fresnoza, Central Animal Care Services 

Outstanding Contribution to Research 

  • Manitoba Medical Service Foundation (accepted by Dr. Greg Hammond – Executive Director, MMSF)

Poster awards

    Bioscience Association Manitoba (BAM) Poster Award

    • Keshav Alagarsamy

    Dean of Graduate Studies Poster Awards

    • Seyyed Mohyeddin Ziaee
    • Jarrad Perron

    Dean of RFHS Poster Awards 

    • Student award - Akshi Malik
    • Postdoc award - Abhay Srivastava

    HSGSA Poster Awards

    • Mohd Wasif Khan
    • Shakila Sultana
    • Kristi Loeb
    • Danish Malhotra
    • Seyed Hosseini
    • Padmanie Ramotar
    • Liujun Chen
    • Rubi Campos
    • Kayla Kostal

    MMSF Poster Awards

    • Monika Kowatsch
    • Olamide Ogungbola
    • Marina Costa Fujishima
    • Kailee Rutherford
    • Testimony Olumade
    • Emma Martell
    • Zachary Schiffman
    • Manik Chhabra
    • Jennifer Myskiw

    Honourable mentions

    • Billy Vuong
    • Camila Chacon
    • Gabriella Yakemow
    • Jigneshkumar Vaghasiya
    • John Paul Aguilar
    • Niketa Sareen
    • Rose Chan
    • Simone da Silva Rosa
    • Spencer Ames
    • Titus Olukitibi

    Travel awards

    Dr. Ed Kroeger Travel Award

    • Emma Martell
    • Jennifer Myskiw
    • Kailee Rutherford
    • Keshav Alagarsamy
    • Manik Chhabra
    • Marina Costa Fujishima
    • Mohd Wasif Khan
    • Monika Kowatsch
    • Seyyed Mohyeddin Ziaee
    • Zachary Schiffman

    MMCF – Graduate Student Travel Award 

    • Akshi Malik
    • Alekhya Lavu
    • Danish Malhotra
    • Kayla Kostal
    • Kristi Loeb
    • Liujun Chen  
    • Padmanie Ramotar 
    • Rubi Campos Gudiño
    • Seyed Hosseini
    • Shakila Sultana

    Contact us

    MSHRF planning team
    A202 Chown Building, 753 Mcdermot Avenue
    University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
    Winnipeg MB R3E 0T6

    204-789-3402