APT Research Day – Past Events
Research Day is an annual event held in May every year.
2024
APT Research Day: May 14, 2024
Research Day Awards 2024
Oral Presentations
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Dallas Genereaux | Feasibility of multi-domain data acquisition in patients at risk for hypoxic-ischemic brain injury following cardiac arrest: a cohort study (ACQUIRE). |
| Nicholas Ledlie | Addressing the environmental impact of nitrous oxide emissions from BC Women’s Hospital |
| Ryan Loke | Beyond neuroimaging: A bottom-up approach to unraveling pain mechanisms in the brain |
Lightning Talks
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Nikunj Patel | Impact of Skin Pigmentation on Cerebral Regional Saturation of Oxygen Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: A Systematic Review |
| Zeren Sun | The respective contribution of circulating cholesterol and triglycerides to chronic muscle wasting: friends or foes? |
| Ola (Alexandra) Lemanowicz | Is scoring pain useful? |
| Caelie Stewart | Anticipated difficult airway management and multidisciplinary approach to a high-risk pregnancy: a case report |
| Innes Zuna | Pediatric Transfusion Camp: Applying Kern’s Six-Step Curriculum Development to create and implement a national pediatric transfusion medicine curriculum |
| David Olmstead | Development and implementation of a web-based resident logbook for tracking clinical experiences. (Poster Presentation) |
2023
APT Research Day: May 30, 2023
Research Day Awards 2023
| Section | Group | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCTH | 1st place | Aileen Hsieh (Doctoral student) | Mucus Plugged Airways in Asthma are Marked by Prominent Airway Remodeling |
| ANAE | 1st place | Karim Narsingani (Resident) | From Garbage to Green: A Soft Plastic Recycling Initiative in the Anesthesia Department of Royal Columbian Hospital |
| PCTH | runner up | Keith Wu (Undergraduate) | Resolving the Pathobiology of Vascular Remodeling in COPD using High-resolution MicroCT Imaging |
Lightning Talks
| Section | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| PCTH | John Lim (Masters student) | Aging causes changes in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) localization and the caveolin-1-eNOS interaction in mouse pulmonary arteries |
| PCTH | Himali Bergeron-Vitez (Masters student) | Neuropathic pain-related pharmacotherapy and the multiple sclerosis prodrome: A population-based matched cohort study |
| ANAE | Jacob Pelling (Resident) | Severe intraoperative hyperkalemia after low-dose mannitol in a healthy neurosurgical patient |
| ANAE | Eleen Yang (Undergraduate) | Characterization of the neurophysiologic differences between phenotypes of traumatic brain injury: An historical cohort study |
2022
APT Research Day: May 26, 2022
Research Day Awards 2022
Oral Presentations
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Kingsley Nwozor | Effect of cigarette smoke exposure on airway epithelial barrier function in never-smokers and ex-smokers with and without COPD |
| Christina Fokkens | Development of a tool to communicate postoperative pain risks of children to families – results of a second round of clinicain and family co-design |
Lightning Talks
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Stephanie Alexis | A streamlined preoperative screening process can successfully identify patients with modifiable risk factors and can be used to coordinate patient optimization before surgery |
| James Taylor (runner-up) | Impact of near-miss pediatric intraoperative adverse events on anesthesiology residents |
2021
APT Research Day: May 25, 2021
Research Day Awards 2021
| Section | Group | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANA | 1st place | Parker Nann | Rates and variability of opioid prescription after common orthopedic and abdominal surgeries in British Columbia |
| ANA | runner up | Ryan Hoiland | Secondary brain hypoxia is associated with de novo neuronal and astroglial injury, and neuroinflammation in humans with hypoxicischemic brain injury following cardiac arrest |
| PCTH | 1st place | Kimia Ziafat | Patterns of post-discharge opioid dispensing following caesarean delivery in British Columbia: analysis of trends from 2004-2019 |
Lightning Talks
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Jew (winner) | Noise in the Operating Room duringEmergence |
| James Taylor (runner-up) | Impact of near-miss pediatric intraoperative adverse events on anesthesiology residents |
2020
APT Research Day: May 26, 2020
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, the Research Day 2020 was held online without invited speakers.
Research Day Awards 2021
| Section | Group | Type | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anest | 1 st place | oral presentation | Dr Ryan Hoiland |
| Anset | runner up | oral presentation | Marie Johns |
| PCTH | 1st place | oral presentation | Desmond Fung |
| Anest | 1st place | poster presentation | Elena Vowels |
| PCTH | 1st place | poster presentation | Emmanuel Osei |
| Anest | runner up | poster presentation | Kai Zhu |
| PCTH | 1st place | runner up | Elodie Sauge |
PAPERS OF THE YEAR 2020
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Dr. Tillie Hackett: | Defective Fibrillar Collagen Organization by Fibroblasts Contributes to Airway Remodeling in Asthma |
| Dr. Simon Whyte | Effects of Dexmedetomidine on Myocardial Repolarization in Children Undergoing General Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
2019
APT Research Day: May 16, 2019
Keynote Speaker – Dr. William A. Catterall Read more… poster
2018
APT Research Day: May 18, 2018
Keynote Speaker – Dr. Steven Shafer Read more… Research Day Awards
2017
APT Research Day: May 11, 2017
Keynote Speaker – Dr. Orlando Hung Read more… Research Day Awards
2016
APT Research Day: May 12, 2016
Keynote Speaker – Dr. Greg Hare Read more… Research Day Awards
2015
APT Research Day: May 5, 2015
Keynote Speaker – Dr. Ronit Lavi Read more… Research Day Awards
2014
APT Research Day: May 8, 2014
2013