Option 1: Thursday, June 2, 2022
10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 629 9824 5864
Passcode: 394879
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University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, R3T 2N2
Time | Brodie Atrium |
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09:00 - 13:30 | Manitoba Health Research Poster Competition |
Time | Frederic Gaspard Theatre | Joe Doupe Concourse | Off campus (location TBA) |
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11:00 - 12:00 | Drewry lecture | ||
12:00 - 13:30 | Drewry luncheon | ||
14:00 - 16:30 | Career development workshop | ||
19:00 - 23:00 | National welcome/orientation reception and social evening (organized by HSGSA) |
Time | Frederic Gaspard Theatre | Brodie Atrium | Joe Doupe Concourse | Brodie Mezzanine | Off campus (locations TBA) |
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08:00 - 09:00 | National student breakfast (Canad Inns gift card) | ||||
09:00 - 11:30 | National research poster presentation | Health sciences career fair | Student tours | ||
11:30 - 12:00 | National research poster presentation | Luncheon | Health sciences career fair | Student tours | |
12:00 - 15:00 | National research poster presentation | Health sciences career fair | Student tours | ||
15:00 - 15:30 | Health sciences career fair | Student tours | |||
15:30 - 17:00 | National Microbiology Lab virtual tour | ||||
17:00 - 18:00 | Lindau lecture | ||||
19:30 - 23:00 | Social evening at the Forks (organized by HSGSA) |
Time | Frederic Gaspard Theatre | Brodie Atrium | Joe Doupe Concourse | Off campus (location TBA) |
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08:00 - 09:00 | Symposium check-in and breakfast | |||
09:00 - 12:00 | Gairdner symposium | |||
12:00 - 14:00 | Luncheon and poster session | |||
14:00 - 16:30 | Gairdner symposium | |||
16:30 - 17:15 | National awards ceremony | |||
17:15 - 18:30 | ||||
18:30 - 22:00 | Social evening (organized by HSGSA) |
Time | BSMB 202-206 |
BSMB 203 - 207 |
BSMB 208 - 210 |
BSMB 215 - 217 |
BSMB 216 - 218 |
J. Hildes Concourse | Off campus (locations TBA) |
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08:00 - 09:00 | National Student Breakfast (Canad Inns gift card) | ||||||
09:00 - 10:15 | Small group session - Dr. Bhutta | Small group session - Dr. Blanchard | Small group session - Dr. Josselyn | Small group session - Dr. Lupien | Small group session - Dr. Rossant | ||
10:15 - 10:45 | Coffee break | ||||||
10:45 - 12:00 | Small group session - Dr. Bhutta | Small group session - Dr. Blanchard | Small group session - Dr. Josselyn | Small group session - Dr. Lupien | Small group session - Dr. Rossant |
Time | Frederic Gaspard Theatre |
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10:00 - 11:00 | Manitoba Awards Ceremony |
For your convenience, we have provided the agenda as a PDF in addition to the day-by-day schedules.
This year we are pleased to offer the Gairdner Symposium both in-person and virtually.
Please select your preferred method of attendance when you register.
Global child and adolescent health: Current challenges and opportunities for action
Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta is the founding director of the Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health and the Institute of Global Health and Development, the Aga Khan University, as well as the Inaugural Robert Harding Chair in Global Child Health, and Co-Director of SickKids’ Centre for Global Child Health.
He holds adjunct professorships at several Schools of Public Health including Johns Hopkins University, Harvard, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Dr. Bhutta leads large research groups based in Toronto, Karachi and Nairobi focused on, scaling up evidence-based community interventions, and implementing reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health interventions in humanitarian settings.
He is a fellow of the Royal Society, the 2021 IHME Roux Prize recipient for significant research contributions to women and child health and was awarded the John Dirks Canada Gairdner 2022 Global Health Award, one of the most prestigious global health awards.
Science in global public health: Charting a new course
Dr. Blanchard is an epidemiologist and public health specialist focusing on global health.
He received an MD from the University of Manitoba (UM) and an MPH and PhD in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University.
He is a professor and the executive director of UM’s Institute for Global Public Health and holds a Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology and Global Public Health.
His research focuses on how the characteristics of individuals, communities and large populations contribute to the local and global distribution of communicable and non-communicable diseases.
Over the past 25 years he has also provided leadership to the design and implementation of large public health programs related to sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS and maternal, neonatal and child health in Canada, India, other Asian countries and Africa.
He is actively engaged with policy makers and public health leaders to translate scientific knowledge and approaches to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of public health programs, with an emphasis on improving the health of disadvantaged populations.
Making memories in mice
Dr. Sheena Josselyn is a senior scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and a professor in the departments of psychology and physiology at the University of Toronto. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Brain Mechanisms underlying Memory and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
She earned undergraduate degrees in psychology and life sciences and a master’s degree in clinical psychology at Queen’s University. She received a PhD in neuroscience/psychology from the University of Toronto and conducted post-doctoral work at Yale University and UCLA.
Dr. Josselyn’s awards include the Innovations in Psychopharmacology Award from the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology and the Effron Award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.
Dr. Josselyn is interested in understanding how the brain encodes, stores and uses information. Her primary model organism is mice. However, several human disorders (ranging from autism spectrum disorder to Alzheimer’s disease) may stem from disrupted information processing. Therefore, this basic knowledge in mice is not only critical for understanding normal brain function, but also vital for the development of new treatment strategies for these disorders.
How to find genetic drivers across the cancer genome to guide precision medicine
Dr. Mathieu Lupien is a senior scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre where he serves on the senior advisory group and the Research Council on Oncology. He is also a professor at the University of Toronto and holds a cross-appointment with the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.
Dr. Lupien’s research in chromatin and epigenetics has pioneered the study of the non-coding genome to identify the genetic determinants of oncogenesis and accelerate the development of chromatin and epigenetic-based precision medicine designed for cancer patients.
Dr. Lupien is a recipient of the Mona Gauthier Award, the Canadian Cancer Society Bernard and Francine Dorval Award for Excellence, is a two-time recipient of the Till and McCulloch Discovery of the Year award, a three-time recipient of the Investigator Award from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and co-founder of the CoBE ecosystem.
Dr. Lupien earned his PhD in experimental medicine at McGill University and carried out postdoctoral training in medical oncology as an Era of Hope fellow at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School, followed by a PLDA at Harvard Business School.
Human embryos and stem cell-derived embryo models: The 14 day rule and beyond?
Dr. Janet Rossant is senior scientist emeritus at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, university professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, and president and scientific director of the Gairdner Foundation.
She is an internationally recognized developmental and stem cell biologist, exploring the biology of the early embryo and its stem cells and their applications to understanding and treating human disease. She has also been actively involved in ethics and public policy discussions around stem cell research and genetic modifications. She led the Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children from 2005 to 2015.
Dr. Rossant has received many honours and recognition for her work, including seven honorary degrees, and election to the Royal Societies of London and Canada and the US National Academy of Sciences. In 2018, she received the North American L’Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science Award and in 2021, the ISSCR Achievement Award.
Join Dr. Nana Lee for an interactive professional development session on:
To enhance your experience, please complete the individual development plan and bring a resume and cover letter to receive feedback on.
For tips on writing the resume and cover letter, view videos 11 and 12.
Dr. Nana Lee's GPD workshop will includes some paperless interactive activities. Please bring a device that can connect to the internet (laptop, smart phone, iPad, etc.) so that you can complete the worksheets below during the session. If you do not have access to a device, please bring a pen.
Dr. Nana Lee holds a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Toronto, a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan and was a visiting scholar at Whitehead (Broad) Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT.
Her roles in the biotechnology industry include senior research scientist for Ellipsis Biotherapeutics and senior research scientist, product manager and director of application science for DNA Software Inc.
She currently holds the position of director and assistant professor, teaching stream for both departments of biochemistry and immunology, director of mentorship and Graduate Professional Development (GPD) for Graduate & Life Sciences Education (GLSE), Temerty Faculty of Medicine and the lead for equity, diversity and inclusion committees.
She teaches curriculum-embedded GPD, Introduction to Graduate Studies, Design Thinking for Scientists, Teaching In Higher Education and advises numerous student initiatives.
She has presented to over 3,000 learners at numerous keynotes and conference sessions throughout the USA, Canada and Asia.
Register for career fair preparation workshops by UM Career Services and other useful workshops in advance of the Health Sciences Career Fair. Open to competitors in the CSHRF National poster competition, UM students and UM alumni.
10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 629 9824 5864
Passcode: 394879
01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 651 1106 5691
Passcode: 082250
Michelle Perner is currently a postdoctoral fellow under the joint supervision of Drs Lyle McKinnon and Paul McLaren. Her projects are focused on understanding host-bacterial and host-pathogen interactions at mucosal surfaces, focusing on HIV susceptibility in women and T cell receptor sequences and SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.
She joined Dr. Adam Burgener’s lab first as a co-op student in her undergrad, then as a graduate student for her PhD studies. Her PhD work utilized mass-spectrometry based proteomics to characterize the variation of the vaginal microbiome and host protein expression, and then later incorporated cell culture models to further characterize host-bacterial interactions.
Join Michelle Perner for a presentation on, "Exploring the vaginal microbiome: Implications for sexual health”
This topic was the focus of her PhD project that characterized the vaginal host and bacterial proteome of a large cohort of South African women to understand host-bacterial interactions.
She will also talk about her two current projects that focus on chemokine microbiome interactions and T cell receptor sequencing of nasal samples from individuals vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2.
Simon Gebremeskel completed a BSCH in life sciences from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, and a PhD in immunology from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia under the mentorship of Dr. Brent Johnston. His PhD thesis was focused on developing strategies of activating natural killer T (NKT) cells to target metastatic disease. Simon received several scholarships, including the CIHR doctoral award and the Killam predoctoral award. Since graduating from his PhD in 2018, Simon has spent the past three years working as a scientist in industry, where Simon continues to use his immunology training to advance therapeutic discoveries.
Join Simon Gebremeskel for his upcoming presentation:
Natural killer T (NKT) cells are a rare population of immune-regulatory lymphocytes, which have been implicated in tumour control. However, the benefit of NKT cell activation therapy in metastatic breast cancer remains poorly understood.
The major focus of this work was to examine the potential role of NKT cell activation in a murine model of post-surgical breast cancer metastasis. Following surgical resection of orthotopic 4T1 mammary carcinoma tumours, BALB/c mice were treated with α-GalCer-loaded DCs.
This therapeutic approach decreased tumour burden, prolonged survival, and decreased the frequency and activity of myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs). However, survival was not enhanced by additional DC treatments.
This led us to investigate whether we could augment therapeutic outcomes by combining NKT cell activation with chemotherapy or oncolytic virus therapy, both capable of inducing immunogenic cell death.
Combining cyclophosphamide or gemcitabine with NKT cell activation therapy significantly enhanced survival, with surviving mice exhibiting attenuated tumour growth following a second tumour challenge. Similarly, combining NKT cell activation therapy with oncolytic vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) also significantly enhanced therapeutic outcomes.
Collectively, our findings demonstrate that NKT cell activation therapy as a monotherapy, or in combination with chemo- or viro-therapy, can protect mice from post-surgical breast cancer metastasis.
The National Poster Presentation will take place on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at the University of Manitoba's Bannatyne campus, located at 727 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The deadline for both nomination and registration is March 15, 2022 (midnight, central time).
This event is open to all Canadian students enrolled in a health sciences program at the PhD level. Participation is by nomination only - you must be nominated by a graduate student administrator from your institution. Students from Manitoba will be selected from those participating in the Manitoba Poster Competition.
Consideration will be given to students who:
Note: We welcome posters from across the breadth of the CIHR mandate.
To register, follow the steps below.
Step 1: Ensure your nominator has completed and submitted the nomination form.
Step 2: Download the Abstract Submission Form (PDF) and Photography Release Form (PDF).
Step 3: Cut and paste your abstract into the abstract submission form.
Step 4: Complete the registration form and upload the completed abstract submission form and photography release form.
Step 5: Check your email frequently for updates including speaker information, specific event registration and judging schedules.
Important: please add srforum@umanitoba.ca to your spam filters to ensure they do not end up in your junk folder.
This event has been planned to take place in person following the format outlined below. Alternative arrangements have been made if this is not possible.
Participants will present a poster (no larger than 4 feet x 4 feet) to showcase their research.
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 on June 15.
Each participant will be assigned a 15-minute judging slot – 10 minutes for presentation and five minutes for Q&A. Please be sure not to exceed your 10 minutes of presentation time or the judges may not be able to ask all of their questions as the judging schedule is very tight.
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:
Please join us at the National Awards Ceremony taking place on Thursday, June 16, 2022 in Frederic Gaspard Theatre where we will announce the results of the poster competition.
The Manitoba Poster Presentation will take place on Monday, June 13, 2022 at the University of Manitoba's Bannatyne campus, located at 727 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The deadline for registration is March 15, 2022 (midnight, central time).
This event is open to Manitoba students enrolled in a health sciences program at the graduate level.
Consideration will be given to students who:
Note: We welcome posters from across the breadth of the CIHR mandate.
To register, follow the steps below.
Step 1: Download the Abstract Submission Form (PDF) and Photography Release Form (PDF).
Step 2: Cut and paste your abstract into the abstract submission form.
Step 3: Complete the registration form and upload the completed abstract submission form and photography release form.
Step 4: Check your email frequently for updates including speaker information, specific event registration and judging schedules.
Important: please add srforum@umanitoba.ca to your spam filters to ensure they do not end up in your junk folder.
This event has been planned to take place in person following the format outlined below. Alternative arrangements have been made if this is not possible.
Participants will present a poster (no larger than 4 feet x 4 feet) to showcase their research.
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 on June 13.
Each participant will be assigned a 15-minute judging slot – 10 minutes for presentation and five minutes for Q&A. Please be sure not to exceed your 10 minutes of presentation time or the judges may not be able to ask all of their questions as the judging schedule is very tight.
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:
The top-rated participants from this event will move on to the National Poster Presentation taking place on June 15, 2022. Participants will be notified by end of day on June 13, 2022.
Award Ceremony
Please join us at the Manitoba Awards Ceremony taking place on Monday, June 20, 2022 in Frederic Gaspard Theatre where we will announce the results of the poster competition as well as the winners of the CSHRF Major Awards, Oncology Awards, and Young Investigator Awards, among others!
Graduate students are invited to apply for the awards below. To be eligible, you must be conducting research while completing your program at the University of Manitoba.
An endowment fund was established at the University of Manitoba through a bequest from Ms. Caroline A. Cope to support students demonstrating excellence in cancer research.
Your completed application should include the following documentation, organized in the following order and submitted as ONE PDF file (except photo), in the following order:
Email application to srforum@umanitoba.ca
Friday, April 1, 2022
The Dr. Forough Khadem Major Award is provided by the Health Sciences Graduate Students’ Association (HSGSA) in conjunction with the Max Rady College of Medicine. This award recognizes graduate students who have
demonstrated both scientific excellence and qualities of leadership by making outstanding contributions to our community.
Your completed application should include the following documentation, organized in the following order and submitted as ONE PDF file (except photo), in the following order:
Reference letters are also required:
Email application to srforum@umanitoba.ca
Friday, April 1, 2022 at noon
Mr. Emil Hain (B.Sc.(C.E.)/59) and Mrs. Lynette Hain have established an endowment fund at the University of Manitoba, with an initial gift of $25,000 in 2010. The purpose of the award is to support students undertaking oncology research.
Your completed application should include the following documentation, organized in the following order and submitted as ONE PDF file (except photo), in the following order:
Email application to srforum@umanitoba.ca
Friday, April 1, 2022
CSHRF offers Major Student Research Awards to open to graduate students performing research in multiple subject areas. To be eligible, you must be enrolled in a master's or PhD students at the University of Manitoba. Subject areas are listed in the terms of reference.
These awards are made possible thanks to the generosity of the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, the Health Sciences Centre Foundation Inc., the St. Boniface Research Foundation, Emergent BioSolutions, and the Manitoba Medical Services Foundation.
Winners will be announced at the CSHRF Manitoba Awards Ceremony. Please be aware that these awards are separate from those awarded for presentation at the CSHRF event.
Your completed application should include the following documentation, organized in the order below.
Items #1 – 5 should be submitted as one pdf file, #6 and #7 (if available) should be attached as separate files.
Email application to srforum@umanitoba.ca
Friday, April 1, 2022
An endowment fund of $12,500 has been established at the University of Manitoba through a contribution from the Don Mazankowski Scholarship Foundation.
Your completed application should include the following documentation, organized in the following order and submitted as ONE PDF file (except photo), in the following order:
Reference letters from professors at a post-secondary institution are also required:
Email application to srforum@umanitoba.ca
Friday, April 1, 2022
Registration is now open for mentorship sessions.
To be eligible, you must be registered for the National Poster Presentation. You may register for two mentorship sessions (one in session #1, and one in session #2) with the speaker of your choice.
These popular sessions fill quickly – there are only 25 spaces and they fill on a first-come first-served basis, so don’t hesitate to sign up!
Participants were sent the registration link via email. Email us at srforum@umanitoba.ca if you haven’t received it.
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