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Poster 241
A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis of Risk of Serious Bacterial Infection in
Non-Immunocompromised Children
Sophie Zarb 1, Marija Kacar 2, Mihir D Bhatt 2, Disha Vyas 3
1 Bachelor of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON. 2 Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster Children’s Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON. 3 Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
(Course: 4A12)
Poster 242
Characterization of the lower long-term lower respiratory tract microbial trajectory in a pediatric tracheostomy population
Caseng Zhang, Dalia Elawad, Matt Hicks, Carina Majaesic, Gregory Tyrrell,
Cathy Schellenberg, Anne Hicks
Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada; Department of Pediatrics and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Canada
(Course: 4B06)
Poster 243
Feasibility and validity of using quantitative digital PCR as as a
tool for developing airway biomarkers
Kayla Zhang, Anurag Bhalla, Zach Brautigam, Eldar Priel, Katherine Radford, Parameswaran Nair, Guillaume Paré, Yaron Shargall, Manali Mukherjee
Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health; Division of Thoracic Surgery, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton; Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University
(Course: 4A15)
Poster 244
COVID-19 & Pediatric Diabetes: Literature Review & Database Creation
Wendy Zhang*, Dr. Haifa Alfaraidi, Dr. M Constantine Samaan
1 Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University; 2 College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Ministry of the National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 3 Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, McMaster Children’s Hospital; 4 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; 5 Michael G. De Groote School of Medicine, McMaster University
(Course: 4A12)
Poster 245
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience in 2SLGBTQIA+ Communities:
A Scoping Review
Emma Zhang*, Emily Liang*, Shraddha Mishra*, Christine Wekerle
Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University
(Course: 4A12)
Poster 246
Information needs of Lynch syndrome and BRCA 1 and 2 mutation carriers considering risk-reducing surgery: a qualitative study of the
decision-making process
Lucy Zhao 1, Lorrie Lynch 2, Dr. Lua Eiriksson 3,4
1. Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University; 2. Cancer Genetics Clinic, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences; 3. Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre;
4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McMaster University
(Course: 3H03)
Poster 247
Pharmacotherapy for management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in children: Protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized trials
Fangwen Zhou*, Jiawen Deng*, Laura Banfield, Lehana Thabane, Behnam Sadeghirad,
M. Constantine Samaan
Dept. of Pediatrics, Dept. of HEI, McMaster Health Sciences Library, and Michael G. Degroote School of Medicine of McMaster University; Division of Pediatric Endocrinology of McMaster Children's Hospital;
Centre for Evaluation of Medicines and Biostatistics Unit, St. Joseph's Healthcare
(Course: 4A15)
Poster 248
Efficacy and Safety of Systemic Antihistamines for Asthma: a Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
Andy Zhu 1*, Alexandro Chu 1*, Aaron Wen 1*, Kiki Wang 1*, Irene Zhao 1*, Layla Bakaa 1,
Yunli Zhao, MD 2, Shakil Popatia 1*, Dimitri Deris 1*, Muhammad Rao 2,
Pouya Raeisinafchi 3, Derek. K. Chu, MD, PhD, FRCPC 4
Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine and
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University
(Course: 3H06)
Poster 249
The role of the IRE1 protein in acute and chronic inflammatory diseases
through the unfolded protein response
Gina So 1, Jeffrey Dickhout PhD 2
1 Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; 2 Department of Medicine, Hamilton Centre for Kidney Research, McMaster University and the Research Institute of St. Joe’s, Hamilton, ON, Canada
(Course: 4A12)
Poster 250
Work-Family Conflict and Anxiety & Depression in Ontario Parents
During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Johal, S., Jambon, M., Zhang, X., Young, M., Janus, M., MacMillan, H., Gonzalez, A.
Bachelor of Health Sciences, Child Health Specialization; Offord Centre for Child Studies; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact; Department of Sociology, McMaster University; School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia; Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University
(Course: 4C12)
Poster 251
Leveraging Natural Language Processing to Predict Drug Activity and Pharmacophore Structure
Denesh Peramakumar, Nathan Magarvey
McMaster University, Department of Biochemistry
(Course: 4A15)
Poster 253
Pretend play among children with Down syndrome: A Literature Review
Jeslyn Chen, Hartley Jafine
Bachelor of Health Sciences, McMaster University; Arts & Science Program, McMaster University
(Course: 4A09)
Poster 254
Visual Outcomes of Treat and Extend Anti-VEGF Therapy in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients
Ashley Ma 1, Daniel Park 2, and Varun Chaudhary 2
1 Faculty of Health Sciences; 2 Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, McMaster University
(Course: 4A15)
Poster 255
An update to the Wikipedia information available on
Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Sahrish Masood, and Denise Smith
Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario;
Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
(Course: 4A09)