TRP networks and shares research at LMPRC!

Agile Education, Impactful Research

The Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology held its annual research conference this April.

May 6, 2024

With almost 400 registrants and 140 research presentations, it was a great opportunity to see what was happening in LMP & TRP research. Students in the Translational Research Program (TRP) presented alongside students from the research stream (MSc and PhD) and MHSc in Laboratory Medicine (Clinical Embryology field) students.

The conference was organised by students, trainees and staff in LMP, including TRP students, Mouzhan Varshoueitabrizi and Amena Ali.

TRP highlights from the LMPRC 2024

Carolyn Kelly-Ruetz presented her 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) speech titled “10km: the difference between living and dying”, to kick off the morning oral presentations. Learn more about Carolyn’s 3MT journey.

Julija Atanasova finished off the day’s oral presentations with her talk titled: “Healthcare and Caregiver Perspectives on Autism in Children with Down Syndrome”. This study aims to identify the factors contributing to diagnosis delays within the Canadian healthcare system and seeks to explore physicians’ current practices regarding DS-ASD and understand the challenges faced by caregivers.

Brianna Dunstan with team members Izzar Linares and Matt Prebeg won “Best poster: Translational Research Program (TRP)”.

Their poster based on their capstone project titled: “Mindsense: A Project on Enhancing Youth Engagement in Counselling Through Measurement-Based Care” aims to enhance the implementation of Measurement-Based Care (MBC) within Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO) Networks, with a focus on youth accessing counselling services.