Virtual Research Day 2020 Winners

The winners for Research Day are:

Anesthesiology Oral Presentation: Dr. Ryan Hoiland – The use of tocilizumab and corticosteroids in critically ill patients with severe COVID-19

Runner Up: Ms Marie Johns – Non-invasive microcirculation monitoring using near-infrared spectroscopy during scoliosis correction surgery to inform blood transfusion – results of a prospective observational study

Pharmacology & Therapeutics Oral Presentation: Desmond Fung – Long-Lasting Motor Block and Local Tissue Toxicity Produced by QX-572: A Preclinical Comparison to Lidocaine in Mice.

(there were only 2 oral presentations in P&T)

Anesthesiology Video Short: Dr. Elena Vowels – A comparison of COVID-19 intubation barrier techniques for the prevention of droplet and contact contamination in health-care workers

Runner Up: Kai Zhu – The Effect of Intra-operative Lidocaine Infusion on Post-operative Opioid Consumption in Children Undergoing Posterior Spinal Instrumentation and Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Pharmacology & Therapeutics Video Short: Dr. Emmanuel Osei – New Insights into Fibroblast-Extracellular Matrix Interactions: Implications for Airway Remodeling in Asthma

Runner Up: Elodie Sauge – Losartan metabolites EXP3174 and EXP3179 interefere with epithelial-mesenchymal transition via transforming growth factor beta signaling pathway

Papers of the Year:

Basic Science Category: Dr. Tillie Hackett – Defective Fibrillar Collagen Organization by Fibroblasts Contributes to Airway Remodeling in Asthma. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2019;200:432-443.

Anesthesiology Category: Dr. Simon Whyte – Effects of Dexmedetomidine on Myocardial Repolarization in Children Undergoing General Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Anesth Analg 2019;129:1100-8.

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