Annual Trainee Awards 2021/22
Application Deadline Date: January 18, 2022
Prize | Trainee | Supervisor | Abstract Title |
1st Prize $400 | Alexandre Martchenko | Dr. Patricia Brubaker | The flavonoid nobiletin normalizes palmitate- and high fat diet-disruption of glucagon-like peptide-1 secretion |
2nd Prize $300 | Nicolette Stogios | Dr. Mahavir Agarwal & Dr. Margaret Hahn | Use of Metformin for the Prevention of Clozapine-Induced Weight Gain: A Retrospective Naturalistic Cohort Study |
3rd Prize $200 | Yu Zhe Li | Dr. Minna Woo | Investigating the Metabolic Role of PTEN in Parasympathetic Phox2B Neurons |
Honourable Mention $100 | Lauren Pickel | Dr. Hoon-Ki Sung | Fasting rhythmically increases the metabolically protective microbe Akkermansia |
Honourable Mention $100 | Sally Wu | Dr. Mahavir Agarwal & Dr. Margaret Hahn | Investigation of the Effects of Olanzapine on CNS Insulin-mediated Brain Glucose Uptake using 2DG Autoradiography |
Honourable Mention $100 | Veera Ganesh Yerra | Dr. Andrew Advani | Protein ISGylation promotes adverse ventricular remodeling and may contribute to heart failure development in diabetes |