A student researcher using a microscope

Annual Research Day

The University of Ottawa, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2026 Annual Research Day  was held on Friday April 24th, 2026.

Research day Winners 2026

  • 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