2024 Summer Studentship Awards

A Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating Personal Keepsakes as a Tool to Reduce Intraprocedural Patient Anxiety During Thyroid Biopsies in Interventional Radiology

Nathan Chong (student), Dr. Robert Abraham (supervisor)

Awarded $ 3,000 USD

1:1 Match with RSNA Medical Student Research Grant

2023 Summer Studentship Awards

A Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing Simple Internal Jugular Tunneled Central Venous Catheter Exchange to SVC Fibrin Sheath or Stenosis Angioplasty in Conjunction with Central Venous Catheter Exchange in Chronic Dialysis Patients

Claire Hermiston (student), Dr. Robert Abraham (supervisor)

Awarded $ 3,000 USD (matching RSNA Medical Student Research Grant)

Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a murine breast cancer model using FDG-PET

Nicole Grass (student), Dr. Kimberly Brewer (supervisor)

Awarded $ 5,000 CAD (matching IWK Summer Studentship)

Evaluation of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool in pediatric appendicitis

Beth MacDonald (student), Dr. Mareen Kraus (supervisor)

Awarded $ 5,000 CAD (matching IWK Summer Studentship)

2022 Summer Studentship Awards

Evaluating immunotherapy responses in orthotopic ovarian cancer  

Jessica Trevors (student), Dr. Kim Brewer (supervisor)

Awarded $ 5,000 CAD

Development of a Multi-Parametric Model to Distinguish between Pseudoprogression and Progression of Glioblastoma Multiforme 

Erin Gaudette (student), Dr. Matthias Schmidt (supervisor)

Awarded $ 3,000 USD (matching RSNA Medical Student Research Grant)

Radiographic patterns and implications on the prognosis of ATV-related trauma in the adult population 

Darcie Wilson (student), Dr. Robert Abraham (supervisor)

Awarded $ 5,000 CAD

Recognizing, Preventing and Treating Radiologist Elbow

Kathleen MacMillan (student), Dr. Daria Manos (supervisor)

Awarded $ 5,000 CAD

2021 Summer Studentship Awards

A Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing Simple Internal Jugular Tunneled Central Venous Catheter Exchange to SVCFibrin Sheath/Stenosis Angioplasty in Conjunction with Central Venous Catheter Exchange in Chronic Dialysis Patients

Billy Toulany (student), Dr. Robert Abraham (supervisor)

Awarded $2,500 (matching Dalhousie Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology)

Characterizing the relationship between glioma neovascularityand extracellular vesiclerelease with dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI and liquid biopsy

Erin Gaudette (student), Dr. Matthias Schmidt (supervisor)

Awarded $ 3,000 USD (matching RSNA Medical Student Research Grant)

Retrospective Review of Tumor response and adverse event occurrence as a function of absorbed radiation dose after Glass Y-90 Radioembolization for Liver Cancers Treated at the QEII Health Sciences Centre

Hodgson D (student), Abraham R (supervisor)

Awarded $ 3,000 USD (matching RSNA Medical Student Research Grant)

2020 Summer Studentship Awards

Translating biomarkers for traumatic stress disorders in Canada’s Military

Pak V (student), Quraan M (supervisor)

Awarded $ 3,000 (matching IWK Summer Studentship)

Development and validation of a deep machine learning tool for automated hematoma volume segmentation using 3D convolutional neural networks

Wong A (student), Volders D (supervisor)

Awarded $ 3,000 USD (matching RSNA Medical Student Research Grant)

2019 Intramural Competition

Deep Learning Algorithm to Differentiate and Subtype Benign and Malignant Renal Tumours

Dr. Andreu Costa, Dr. Alessandro Guida, Prof. Mo Abdolell

Awarded $ 10,000 CAD

2019 Summer Studentship Awards

Development and validation of a deep machine learning tool for automated hematoma volume segmentation using 3D convolutional neural networks

Nurmsoo S (student), Huynh T (supervisor), Beyea S, Guida A

Awarded $ 3,000 USD (matching RSNA Medical Student Research Grant)

Evaluation of magnetotactic bacteria as a novel MRI contrast agent for immune cell tracking

Sobey-Skelton C (student), Brewer K (supervisor)

Awarded $2,500 CAD (matching NSERC)

Development of a deep learning algorithm to differentiate benign from malignant renal masses

Wang Z (student), Costa A (supervisor)

Awarded $2,500 CAD (matching NS Co-Operative Education Incentive)

Curation of a prostate MRI database for computer aided detection of prostate cancer using deep learning

Cullen L (student), Clarke S (supervisor)

Awarded $2,500 CAD (matching Canada Summer Jobs)

2019 Leverage Competition

Diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma using free-breathing dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI and recurrent convolutional neural networks: a pilot study

Clarke S, Rioux J, Guida A

Awarded $ 10,000 CAD (matching NSHA Research Fund)

Long-term neurocognitive outcome of children who received MRI imaging under general anesthesia: a pilot study

Mata-Mbemba D, Dumbarton T, Beattie T, Alwazeer A, Abdolell M, Wood E

Awarded $ 10,000 CAD (matching matching IWK Diagnostic Imaging Dept. research fund and IWK Anesthesia Dept. research fund)