Research Day 2020
AI meets Dentistry
With two keynote addresses on Artificial Intelligence in dentistry by associate professor Ervin Sejdic (director, Center for Networked Processing, Learning, Understanding and Sensing, University of Pittsburgh) and Dr. Igor Jurisica (senior scientist, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital), this year's Research Day put a lens on the future of dentistry.
Highlights from this year's event also include the poster competition, oral presentations, and new to the Research Day format, the 3 Minute Thesis - Faculty Final competition.
Congratulations to each of this year's winners, as well as the organizing committee, on yet another successful event!
View a photo gallery of the event.
Photos: Jeff Comber
Poster presentation awards
Undergraduate (Summer Student) Category (3 awards):
First place
Poster #5 Melanie Kiebalo
âA Novel Mechanism Of Latent Tgf-B1 Presentation By Macrophagesâ
Supervisor: Boris Hinz
Kiebalo, M, Lodyga M, Karvonen H, Hinz B
Second place
Poster #16 Nevena Zivkovic
âExamining Income-Related Inequalities In Dental Insurance Status Across Canada (1996-2016)â
Supervisor: Carlos Quiñonez
Zivkovic, N, Aldossri, M, Gomaa, N, Farmer, J Singhal, S, Quiñonez, C Ravaghi, V.
Third place
Poster #10. Shahmina Rahat
âCo-Assembly Of Amelotin And Amelogenin Peptides Guide Calcium Phosphate Mineral Growthâ
Supervisor: Karina Carneiro
Rahat, S, Danesi, A, Holcroft, J, Ganss, B, & Carneiro, K.
Graduate Student Basic Science Category (3 awards):
First place
Poster #35. Kimberly Ngai
âDental Adhesives Containing Antimicrobial Drug-Silica-Co-Assembled-Particles Reduce Secondary Caries Developmentâ
Supervisor: Yoav Finer
Ngai, K, Stewart, C, Cvitkovitch, D, Mandelis, A, Hatton, B, & Finer, Y.
Second place
Poster #33 Shahrzad Nouri,
âA Novel Model System To Study The Matrix-Mediated Attachment Of Epithelial Cells To Mineralized Tooth Surfacesâ
Supervisor: Ben Ganss
Nouri, S, Holcroft, J, & Ganss, B.
Third place
Poster #42. Georgia Hadjis
âA Cognitive Branching Model Of Pain-Interferenceâ
Supervisor: Massieh Moayedi
Hadjis, G, Lin, AY,Yu A, Sotoodeh R, Seminowicz DA, Mcandrews, MP, & Moayedi, M.
Graduate Student Clinical Science category (2-awards):
First place
Poster #49 Rolland Gillies
X-Ray Imaging Practices Of General Dentists In Ontario
Supervisor: Ernest Lam
Gillies, R, Quiñonez, C, Wood, Re, Lam, Ewn.
Second place
Poster #45 Laura MacDonald
âEfficacy And Safety Of Different Interventions To Accelerate Orthodontic Tooth Movement: A Systematic Review And Network Meta-Analysisâ
Supervisor: Amir Azarpazhooh
Macdonald, L, Zanjir, M, Laghapour Lighvan, N, Da Costa, B, Suri, S, Azarpazhooh, A.
Three-Minute Thesis (3-MT) Talks
First place: Julie Farmer
Runners-up: Lizbeth Ayoub, Rolland Gillies
Student Research Group (SRG) Travel Award Winners ($1000 each)
Graduate Basic Science:
Sally El-Shennawy
âStreptococcus Salivarius Lab813, A Probiotic Against Dental Cariesâ
Supervisor: Siew-Ging Gong
El-Shennawy, S, Dufour, D, Leesque, Cm, Gong, S-G.
Graduate Clinical Science:
Vaishnavee Vassandacoumara
âMusculo-Aponeurotic Architecture Of The Human Masseter Muscle: An In Vivo Study Of Architectural Changes During Protrusion And Lateral Excursionâ
Supervisor: Anne Agur
Vassandacoumara, V, Gheorghe, Ti, Leekam, R, Lam, Ewn, Perschbacher, Se, Liebgott, B, Agur, Amr.
Post-Doctoral Fellows:
Nazik Nurelhuda
âOral Health Of Newly Arrived Humanitarian Immigrants In Quebec And Ontario; A Sequential Mixed Methods Protocol.â
Nurelhuda, Nm, Keboa, Mt2, Lawrence, Hp, Singhal, S, Nicolau, B, Macdonald, Me.
N.B. Supervisors listed here were reproduced from the Abstract Booklet. Apologies for any errors.