We wish to thank everyone who attended our 2023 UBC Psychiatry Research Day yesterday, either in person or virtually, and also express our sincere gratitude to all of the outstanding poster and Lightning Talk presenters, and our speakers for their engaging presentations and hard work in helping to make our Research Day a success!
Additionally, we would like to thank everyone who presented in-person posters and electronic research posters for the virtual poster gallery. The ePosters will remain accessible on our website, and recordings of the presentations will also be posted online soon.
Finally, we would like to congratulate once again the following awardees of our Research Day Awards, and UGE MD and Resident Awards, which were announced and presents yesterday:
Lightning Talk, Set A: Hallee Shearer | Movie-fMRI offers region-specific advantages as an acquisition state for precision psychiatry
Lightning Talk, Set B: Rebecca Zivanovic | Attitudes and Preferences regarding Contraception of Women with Serious Mental Illness
Zeldowicz Poster Award in Clinical Research: Triya Ramburn | Community gardens as psychosocial interventions for refugees and migrants: a narrative review
Zeldowicz Poster Award in Basic Science/Translational Research: Borna Atrchian | Minder for Younger Minds: Using Qualitative Focus Group Sessions to Adapt a Mental Health and Substance Use E-Intervention for Secondary School Students
Undergraduate Awards for Medical Students
Jay C. Cheng Memorial Prize: Jake Johnston
Kristin SIVERTZ Memorial Prize in Medicine: Mariam Manna
Annette E. Hacking Memorial Award in Medicine in Psychiatry: Mirna Hennawy
Andrew Neil McTaggart Memorial Prize in Psychiatry: Jenny Zhang
Dennis Harris Memorial Prize in Psychiatry: Lance Shaver
Postgraduate Education Awards
George A. Davidson Scholarship Award: Allison Hudson & Maria Alexandra
CanMEDS Awards:
- 1st place: Alexander Levit and Victor Li
- 2nd place: Jordana Waserman and Quinten Clarke
- 3rd place: Oshin Maheshwari
- 4th place: Adeeb Malas and Max Liu
- 5th place: Shikha Walia and Faizan Bhatia
Resident Undergraduate Teaching Awards
- Vancouver Track: Tristan Willis
- Fraser Track: Faizan Bhatia
- Vancouver Island: Conor Zeer-Wanklyn
- Prince George: Taylor Callander
Significant Contribution to Research: Laura Labonté
The Emily Ellingsen Prize for Significant Contribution to the UBC Psychiatry Residency Program: Alexander Levit
Significant Leadership: Isaac Rodin
Dr. William E. Piper Memorial Award in Psychotherapy: Connor Hawkins & Alexander Levit
2023 Necia Laura May Elvin Memorial Prize in Schizophrenia Research: Andrea Jones
Island Medical Program Emily Ellingsen Award: Darcy Good
Providence Health Care, Department of Psychiatry Awards
- Dr. Brian Morris Memorial Award: Stefanie Montgomery
- Dr. Maria Corral Award: Galilee Thompson
- Dr. Robert Kitchen Memorial Award: Connor McLean
Dr. Megan Roberts Honorary Scholarship: Daniella Crocker & Jessica Chin
Thanks again to everyone who joined our 2023 UBC Psychiatry Research Day, and we hope to see you all again at next year’s event!
You can view all the 2023 Research Day photos HERE! If you have additional photos of the event that you would like to add to the album, please send them to Margaret Koshi at margaret.koshi@ubc.ca.