Thank you to all who attended, planned, sponsored, and participated in Research and Impact Day 2023. The sold-out event allowed us to showcase the research of our students, connect with our active community members, and hear from some of the experts in the field.
Our theme this year was “Towards Equitable and Effective Healthcare Systems: Bridging the Gap between Clinical and Social Sectors.”
Many thanks to the following groups and individuals, without whom, Research and Impact Day 2023 would not have been possible…
Research and Impact Day 2023 Sponsors
Platinum Sponsor: Centre for Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research
Gold Sponsors: Health System Performance Network (HSPN), Canadian Centre for Health Economics (CCHE/CCES), IHPME GSU, Closing the Gap Healthcare, and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH)
Silver Sponsors: North American Observatory on Health System and Policies (NAO), The Wilson Centre, and the Centre for Sustainable Health Systems
Bronze Sponsor: Centre for Global Health
Speakers
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Topic: “The Mirage of Universality: Building a More Equitable and Effective Health System”
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Andrew Boozary
EXPERT PANEL
Moderator: Dr. Kate Mulligan
Panellists: Dr. Dominik Nowak, Paul Taylor, Tameika Shaw, and Althea Martin Risden
Volunteers
Research and Impact Day Co-Chairs and Graduate Coordinators
- Theresa Aves – Research and Impact Day Co-Chair
- Morgann Reid – Research and Impact Day Co-Chair
- Dr. Aviv Shachak – Graduate Coordinator
- Tina Smith – Incoming Graduate Coordinator
IHPME Staff
- Ciara Kilbride Amaral – Communications Lead
- Amitoj Khurana – Administrative Support
- Christian Carlos – Administrative Support
- Ken Oñate – IHPME Manager
- Zoe Downie-Ross – Graduate Administrator
- Devrim Sen – SLI Program Assistant
- Precious Canlas
IHPME Planning and Volunteer Committees
- Emily Cordeaux – Volunteer Chair
- Yasmin Sheikhan – Content Chair
- Armaan Malhotra – Student Showcase Chair
- Emily Hamovitch – Evaluation Chair
- Lavania Jeganathan – Content Coordinator
- Aunima Bhuiya – Student Showcase Coordinator
- Ting Xiong – Student Showcase Coordinator
- Sean Ong – Student Showcase Coordinator
- Husain Shakil – Student Showcase Coordinator
- Melanie Seabrook – Evaluation Coordinator
- Paula Voorheis – Logistics Coordinator
- Hina Jawed – Communications Coordinator
- Sarah Rae – Communications Coordinator
Conference Day Volunteers & Special Acknowledgements
- Audrey Laporte
- Mimi Lowi-Young
- Chris Smith
- Madison MacKinnon
- Breanna Wodnik
- Luma Samawi
- Sophia Rose
- Erica Wennberg
- Amrita Rampersaud
- Christina Lopez
- Jessica Morgan
- Kelly Wu
- Rafael Miranda
- Kadriye Candas
- Melinda Hamill
- Ashley Girgis
- Rhonda Boateng
- Dara Gordon
- Imaan Umar
- Aileen O’Dowd
- Laleh Rashidian
- Susan Palijan
- Alyssa Kelly
- Wang (Brandy) Guan
Student Awards
Congratulations to all who participated in the various student presentations. Several awards were handed out during the awards ceremony at the end of the evening. Please help us congratulate the following award recipients:
Oral Presentations AM
- Health Equity: Access to Care: Melanie Powis
- Health Informatics and Machine Learning: Jethro Kwong
- Global Health: Sujata Mishra
- Sex and Gender: Michael Colacci
- Health Policy/Robert Duff Award: Melanie Seabrook
- Epidemiology: Federico Angriman
Oral Presentations PM
- Health Equity: Access to Care: Krystel Amog
- Health Technology and Informatics: Danielle Shin
- Health Systems Research: Peggy Chi
- Health Economics: John Peel & Rachael Jaffe
- Health Policy/Robert Duff Award: Troy Francis
- Epidemiology: Lucas Godoy
Maureen Dixon Award: Anam Shahil-Feroz
MHSc/MHI Rosenfeld: Jasmine Candeliere
MSc – HSR, QIPS, and SLI: Michael Mikael
PhD – HSR: Krystle Amog
PhD – HSR: Jane Zhao
MSc Clin Epi – GSU Poster Award: Marie Yan
PhD Clin Epi (Gillian Hawker): Katherine Sawicka
The conference was a success and we look forward to seeing you all again at next year’s Research and Impact Day!
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