La Journée annuelle de la recherche 2026 du Département de pathologie et de médecine de laboratoire de l’Université d’Ottawa s'est tenue le vendredi 24 avril 2026.

Les gagnants de la journée de recherche:

  • Best presentation from a senior resident/fellow: Dr Austin Yan, Med Micro PGY5

    Title: STOOL METAGENOMIC DETECTION OF CLOSTRIDIOIDES DIFFICILE BEFORE AND AFTER HEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION  

    Authors: Austin Yan, Jaxon Senechal, Leanne Mortimer, Andrew Purrsell, Nicole Janusz, Tamara Leite, Amanda Carroll, Natasha Kekre, Michael Kennah, C. Arianne Buchan, Derek MacFadden

  • Best presentation from a junior resident: Dr Omar Sbeanaty, AP PGY1

    Title: PTEN IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL LOSS IN CERVICAL NEOPLASIA, A POTENTIAL DIAGNOSTIC PITFALL

    Authors: Omar Sbeanaty, Sarah Strickland, Aurelia Busca, Alexandra Paliga, Jacqueline Tokarew, and Kianoosh Keyhanian

  • Best publication in pathology and laboratory medicine sponsored by Dr. Jean Michaud: Dr Kitty Tews, AP PGY3

    Title: EMBRYONIC SIGNALING PATHWAYS SHAPE COLORECTAL CANCER SUBTYPES: LINKING GUT DEVELOPMENT TO TUMOR BIOLOGY

    Authors: Kitty P. Toews, Finn Morgan Auld and Terence N. Moyana

  • Honorable mention: Dalia Zeidan, Graduate student CMM, University of Ottawa

    Title: LEVERAGING AUTOMATED PLACENTAL PATHOLOGY TO PREDICT POSTPARTUM CARDIOVASCULAR RISK

    Authors: Dalia Zeidan, Afsoon Khodaee, Kira King, Jessica Pudwell, Graeme N. Smith, Serine Ramlawi, Darine El-Chaâr, Dina El-Demellawy, Adrian D.C. Chan, Shannon A. Bainbridge 

  • Orizaga teaching award: Dr Charis Kepron, forensic pathologist