See below for the graduate and post-doctoral posters (printed and online) and undergraduate thesis posters (printed).
Graduate and post-doctoral poster presentations (printed in-person)
Title | Authors |
An appreciative inquiry on the impacts of land-based learning within an urban Indigenous community | Danica Bui |
Hair cortisol concentration and psychopathology among children with a chronic physical illness | Emma A.L. Littler, Zahid A. Butt, Andrea Gonzalez, & Mark A. Ferro |
rTMS for post-COVID-19 Condition in Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Study | Taronish J. Kotwall, Peter A. Hall |
Prolonging the work ability of aging physical workers in the Ontario manufacturing industry with a gendered analytic lens | Abbey Davis, Ellen MacEachen |
Examining the illicit use of prescription painkillers among Canadian university students | Sanewal Singh., Samantha Meyer |
Artificial intelligence and public health: a primer for public health scientists | Navreet Singh, Abel Torres-Espin, Sharon Kirkpatrick |
Breaking barriers: Enhancing prenatal and postpartum mental health support for South Asian women from the Greater Toronto Area | Tanveer K. Randhawa, Jothi Khaira, Alyssa Madhani, Kanika Sarwal |
The Association between Social Isolation, Functional Social Support, and Memory in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Moderated Mediation Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging | Nicole Endresz, Colleen J. Maxwell, Suzanne L. Tyas, Mark Oremus |
The interplay between early-life cognitive stimuli and genetics on cognitive reserve: findings from the Nun Study | Michelle Vuong, Suzanne L. Tyas |
Longitudinal study of the onset of physical-mental multimorbidity in children with chronic physical illness | Melissa Elgie, Dillon T. Browne, Jennifer Yessis, Mark A. Ferro |
Community-based gamification research for supporting women and children experiencing homelessness | Veen Wong, Greta James, James R. Wallace, Cayley MacArthur |
Improving evaluation capacity for the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Nursing Mentorship Program | Karolina Kaminska, Sarah Sousa, Kimberly Lawrence, Tracey DasGupta, Laura Rashleigh |
Estimating exposure to low- and no-calorie sweeteners using Canada’s national food composition database: a proposed classification system to inform nutrition policy | Lesley Andrade; Isabelle Rondeau; Allison C. Sylvetsky; Sanaa Hussain; Navreet Singh; Michael P. Wallace; Kevin W. Dodd; Sharon I. Kirkpatrick |
Pathways of underemployment: the case of skilled Arab immigrants | Yasmeen Almomani |
Comparison of indicators of dependence for vaping and smoking: Trends between 2017 and 2022 among youth in Canada, England and the United States | Makenna N Gomes, BHSc, Jessica L Reid, MSc, Vicki L Rynard, MSc, Katherine A East, PhD, Maciej L. Goniewicz, PhD, PharmD, Megan E. Piper, PhD, David Hammond, PhD |
Use of flavored cannabis vaping products in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand: Findings from the International Cannabis Policy Study Wave 4 (2021) | Kimberly D’Mello, Gary C.K. Chan, Wayne Hall, Marta Rychert, Chris Wilkins, and David Hammond |
Modifiable behavioural factors and their association with depression and anxiety in Canadian undergraduate post-secondary students | Sandra Gibson, Dr. Scott Leatherdale, Dr. Luke Potwarka, Dr. Adam Cole |
Estimating the proportion of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli cases who develop hemolytic uremic syndrome and end-stage renal disease: an ongoing systematic review and meta-analysis | Udani De Silva, Antonela Ilic, Jacob Hammond, Ashvini Gulasingnam, Kanika Sarwal, Mark Oremus, Zahid A. Butt, and Shannon E. Majowicz |
Perceived differential parenting and childhood physical-mental multimorbidity | Christopher J. Barclay; Mark A. Ferro |
Creative-Movement Program for Caregiver Resilience: Intervention Design and Implementation | Eden Rose Champagne |
"The more we keep our experiences tucked away, the more room there is for supports to be poor": (Re)constructing the journeys of people who have experienced abortion care in Ontario | Kathleen Slofstra |
Graduate and post-doctoral posters (virtual poster presentation)
Title | Authors |
Investigating the relationship between staffing structures, working conditions, and quality of care in Ontario Long-Term Care Homes | Michaella Miller, Ellen MacEachen |
Occupational Health & Safety Measures in Healthcare Settings during COVID-19 | Isra Ahmad |
Examining the association between memory, functional social support, and depressive symptoms: A longitudinal mediation analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging | Ifunanya Modebelu, Colleen Maxwell, Mark Oremus |
Evaluating the impact of an online educational tool for fostering constructive dialogue in the classroom | Dane Mauer-Vakil, Kelly Anthony |
Illicit Tobacco in Canada Eluding Policy Solutions: Wicked Problem? Policy Failure? A Comparison of Ontario and Quebec | Dane Mauer-Vakil, Robert Schwartz |
Impact of the sugar-sweetened beverage tax among adults in Newfoundland & Labrador: a comparison with other Canadian provinces in 2021 and 2022 | Karen Hock, Lana Vanderlee, Christine White, Gary Sacks, Martin White, David Hammond |
Does functional social support mediate the association between anxiety and executive function in middle-aged and older adults? An analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging | Cindy Wang, Mark Oremus, Nancy E. Newall, Suzanne L. Tyas |
Evaluation of the Capacity Building Model for the Power Up Program: A Mixed Methods Study | Melvin C. Chen, David Larose, Dr. Vicky Drapeau, Dr. Chris Perlman, Dr. Troy Glover, Dr. Jennifer Yessis |
What would your friends do? Attitudes and beliefs towards alcohol and cannabis impaired driving among university students | Ava Kucera, Dr. Bruce McKay |
Undergraduate poster presentations
Title | Student | Supervisor(s) |
Impacts and Experiences of Implementing a Person-Centred Care Program in Long-Term Care | Kavishka Abeywickrama | Carrie McAiney |
How does the usefulness of synthetic health data compare to actual health data? | Faiq Ahmad | Helen Chen |
Lived Experience and Mental Health Services | Zana Berisha | Warren Dodd |
Assessing the relation between low cerebral blood flow, CSF tau and CSF AB: a retrospective analysis of ADNI 2 data | Abu Bakar Butt | Anish Kapadia |
Analysis of Nutrition Misinformation on Social Media: A Study of Prevalence and Public Sentiment | Lisa Chen | Jasleen Kaur |
A Secondary Analysis of the Association Between Parental Indoor Smoking and the Prevalence of Childhood Asthma in Children Between the Ages of 0-11 Years During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States | Evan Cummings | Annalise Ferro |
The Role of Therapeutic Justice: Evaluating the Region of Waterloo Drug Treatment Court | Nina Doad | Jennifer Yessis |
Truck Driver Health Promotion Using Wearable Technology | Thianna Edwards | Phil Bigelow |
Assessing arousal to explain changes in emotional walking | Francis Ashley Fernandes | Kaylena Ehgoetz Martens |
Exploring Ultrasonography for Comprehensive Skeletal Muscle Composition Assessment Across Alternative Anatomical Sites | Ciandra Greene | Marina Mourtzakis |
Exploring the Factors that Impact Provider Experience While Caring for Pregnant People Who Use Substances | Magda Kalff-Duschenes | Geoff Bardwell |
Exploring the Factors that Improve Provider Experience While Caring for Pregnant People Who Use Substances | Christina Mac | Kelly Anthony |
Exploring Sleep in Individuals Living with Parkinson's Disease in a Free-Living Environment Using Wearable Sensor Technologies | Krisha Malik | Bill McIlroy |
Exploring Drivers of Alcohol Use Among Sexual Minority Women: A Scoping Review | Anna Martin | Geoff Bardwell |
Exploring interventions used to improve antimicrobial prescribing and dispensing practices in low- and middle-income countries | Kayla McCalla | Charity Oga-Omenka |
Exploring perceptions and experiences with mental health diversion through semi-structures interviews | Megan McKinnon | Kelly Anthony |
Examining the outcomes and impacts of knowledge mobilization initiatives in food sovereignty and climate change research in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Canada | Maya Morton Ninomiya | Kelly Skinner |
Mental health transitions of secondary-school students | Sukhmeet Oshan | Scott Leatherdale |
COVID-19 Effects on Mental Health and Service Provision on Children with Chronic Physical Illness (CPI) and their Families: The MY LIFE Experience | Reese Parks | Mark Ferro |
Exploring The Impact of Lifestyle and Psychosocial Interventions on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Patients with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Scoping Review | Meera Parthipan | Jennifer Yessis |
A prospective study of food insecurity and emotional regulation in a cohort of Canadian youth | Ava Pollinzi | Karen Patte; Scott Leatherdale |
Magic mushrooms on the mind: Exploring the frequencies and predictors of Psilocybin use among Canadian youth | Sierra Radovini | Scott Leatherdale |
Southern Ontario Rest Area Shortage and Associated Health Risks | Ziba Raheemi | Phil Bigelow |
Examining the role and process of a community-led partnership to address mental health and substance use in the Region of Waterloo | Kobisha Rajeswaran | Warren Dodd |
Understanding the Experiences of Informal Caregivers for Older Adults on Waitlists to Access Specialized Geriatric Services | Samar Riaz | George Heckman |
Usability and reliability of the digital Alberta Rating Index for Apps (ARIA) | Emily Rutledge | Lili Liu; Antonio Miguel-Cruz |
Attention Capture in Vape PSAs | Sarah Shahid | Peter Hall |
Do Plant-based Burgers Contain Healthier Fats than Meat-based Burgers? | Grady Smith | Ken Stark |
Exploring the experiences of Ontario post-secondary students with the emergency contraception pill | Kathleen Szajbely | Elena Neiterman |
The effect of stress hormones on the expression of AMPA receptor proteins in rat brain slices | Janvi Tamakuwala | John Mielke |
Exploring Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Mental Health in Northwestern Ontario | Claire Thiessen | Zahid Butt |
Investigating the association between household food insecurity and sociodemographic, economic, and academic-related characteristics in Ontario post-secondary students | Megan Tramble | Sharon Kirkpatrick |
Key-informant consultations to guide development of usable case scenarios involving dementia-related missing incidents | Vanessa Vahedi | Lili Liu & Antonio Miguel Cruz |
A Neighborhood Assessment Tool: Evaluating Youth Mental Health Support within the Urban Environment | Marniesa Vassel | Leia Minaker |
Exploring Narrative Interventions Promoting Women's Autonomy in Healthcare in Low- and Middle-Income Countries | Gurnoor Kaur Walia | Charity Oga-Omenka |
The Potential for Sustainable Food In Healthcare to Promote Human and Planetary Health: Proposal for a Grey Literature Scoping Review | Lisa Blank | Sharon Kirkpatrick |
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