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Characterizing von Willebrand factor expression in mouse liver
sinusoidal endothelial cells
Emily Wang, Aurora Bruno, Michela Ronconi, Davide Matino
Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
(Course: 4A15)
Prevention and Management of Hand-Foot Syndrome (HFS) and Hand-Foot Skin Reaction (HFSR) in Cancer Care: A Scoping Review
Briana Mascan 1, Sara Bachir 2, Isaac Cheung 3, Terry L. Ng 4, Jennifer Leigh 5, Julie Ryan Wolf 6, Corina van den Hurk 7, Bader Alshamsan 8, Suvam Banderjee 9, Alyssa Victoria Francis 4, Shing Fung Lee 10, Katia Mattarozzi 11, Luca Rapparini 11, Michela
1 HHSP, McMaster U, ON. 2 CBS, U of Guelph, ON. 3 Fac of Sci, McMaster U, ON. 4 Div of Med Onc, Dpt of Med, Ottawa Hosp CC, ON. 5 Div. of Med Onc/Hem, SHSC, ON. 6 Dpt of Derm, URMC, USA. 7 Catharina Hosp, Eindhoven, NL. 8 Dpt of Med, Qassim U, SA. 9 Dpt of Rad Onc, TMC, IN. 10 Dpt of Rad Onc, NCIS, NUH, SG. 11 Derm Unit, IRCCS AOU di Bologna, IT. 12 Dpt of Rad Onc, SHSC, ON. 13 PM Cancer Ctr, ON
(Course: 3H06)
Behavioural and Biological Olfactory Assessments in Autism - A Quantitative
and Qualitative Systematic Review
Mysha Mumtaz*, Emma Mao, Christina Y. Yin, Areeba Sharafuddin,
Melika Babadi, Florence I. Roullet
Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
School of Interdisciplinary Science, McMaster University
Laboratoire NuriNeuro UMR 1286 INRAE/Université de Bordeaux
(Course: 4A09)
Youth Centre Retention and Engagement: Impacts on Adolescent Development
Laraib Javed, Margaret Secord, Carmyn Jack-Murphy
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences and Honours Health Sciences Program, McMaster University, and Routes Youth Centre, Dundas, ON.
(Course: 4C09)
Seed–Soil Interactions in Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis: Cellular and Molecular Determinants Within the Brain Microenvironment
Alyssa Lau, Megan Wu, Sunit Das
Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
The Hospital for Sick Children
(Course: 4A12)
MISSION-STRESS: Mapping Stress in Cardiac Surgeons Using
Wearable Monitoring and Early Intervention Strategies
Bhavendra Singh, Iqbal Jaffer
Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Cardiac Surgery, McMaster University
(Course: 4A12)
The Role of Tak1 Signalling in Driving Profibrotic Macrophage Polarisation
Dylan Markandaier, Rosa K. Kortekaas, Youyue He, Carli Belanger, and John E. McDonough
Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St. Joseph’s Hospital and McMaster University
(Course: 4B06)
The Optimization of Gold Nanoparticle (AuNA) Biosensor Synthesis Using
Random Forest & Gradient Boosting Machine Learning (ML) Models
Nouran Kushnaw, Mahum Khawaja, Dr. Colin McDonald, Eric Seidlitz
Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
(Course: 4A12)
Agreement of Health Literacy Assessments between Older Patients, Caregivers, and Clinicians: a Cross-sectional Study
Elaine Wang*, Justin Lee, Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher, David Cowan,
Eric Wong, Christopher Patterson
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
and GERAS Centre for Aging Research, Hamilton Health Sciences
(Course: 4A12)
Functional Areas and Domains Used to Characterize Frailty Using Electronic Health Records: Preliminary Results of a Systematic Review
Rayan Chaudhry*, Terence Liu*, Jasdeep Dhillon, Katherine Beeston,
Dr. Lauren Griffith, and Dr. Justin Lee
Department of Medicine, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA), Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), and MSc. eHealth, McMaster University, and the St. Joseph's Health System Centre for Integrated Care (CIC).
(Course: 3H06)
Not One Story: Diverse-Eyed Seeing and Intersectional Lived Experiences
of Disabled People in Physical Activity
Sarah Hammoud*, Kyoung June (David) Yi
Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Honours Health Sciences Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
(Course: 3H06)
Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Repetitive Head Impacts: A Narrative Systematic Review of Clinical Recovery and Brain Biomarker Evidence
Matthew Song*, Yaseem Ashe*, Yasseen Abd El Aziz*, Mark Phillips PhD
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
(Course: 4A09)
Evaluation of m-EASIX for predicting CRS, ICANS, and Overall Survival in
Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CART) Therapy
Elsa Jisa Saji (1), Gregory Pond (2,3), Davies GA (2,3,4), Fraser G (3,4), Kouroukis T (3,4), Britto J (2,3,4), Foley R (3,4), Amaris Balitsky (2,3,4)
1 Honours Health Sciences Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
2 Escarpment Cancer Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada.
3 Hamilton Health Sciences, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre, Hamilton, Canada.
4 Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
(Course: 3H06)
Project In Progress: Development of Dual Patient–Provider Questionnaire to Assess Treatment Priorities and Alignment in Adolescent Dysmenorrhea
Anh Nguyen, Jayesh Tigdi
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McMaster University
(Course: 4A12)
A qualitative evaluation of a film intervention to reduce child maltreatment and promote positive parenting among migrant and displaced families from Myanmar
Jenny Wang, Jeslyn Brouwers, Hayman Linn Lae Zaw, Eve S. Puffer, Amanda Sim
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University,
and The Offord Centre for Child Studies
(Course: 4A09)
Physician Leadership in Canada: A Scoping Review of Competencies, Training Approaches, and Reported Outcomes in Healthcare Systems
Nataly Ayoub, Rianne Kurian, Dr. Julija Kelecevic MD PhD
Honours Health Sciences Program, McMaster University, Arts & Science Program, McMaster University,
and the Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University
(Course: 4B06)
The Impact of Sports Gambling on Cognition and Behaviour in Adults:
A Narrative Literature Review of Studies from Canada,
the United States, and Australia (2015–2025)
Akashpreet Hansra, Dr. Eric Seidlitz
Honours Health Sciences Program, and Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
(Course: 4A12)
“The Less Money I Have, the More Disabled I Feel”: A Scoping Review and Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Autistic Adults’ Conceptualizations of Autonomy
Gregory Zhu*, Mackenzie Salt PhD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University;
Autism Alliance of Canada, McMaster Autism Research Team
(Course: 4C12)
A Comparison of the Predictive Performance of Electronic Frailty Indices Derived from Hospital Electronic Medical Records (EMRs): Preliminary Results
of a Systematic Review
Rayan Chaudhry*, Terence Liu*, Jasdeep Dhillon, Katherine Beeston,
Dr. Lauren Griffith, and Dr. Justin Lee
Department of Medicine, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA), Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI), and MSc. eHealth, McMaster University, and the St. Joseph's Health System Centre for Integrated Care (CIC).
(Course: 3H06)
Investigating the Association Between PCOS and Endometrial Cancer Risk:
A Scoping Review
Mahi Patel* ,Manchit Singh Kalra*, Dr. Russel J. de Souza
Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, Mary Heersink School of Global Health and Social Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, Hamilton, ON, Canada
(Course: 4A15)
Exploring the combination effect between hypomethylating agents and
ATRA in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Victoria Lee, Kanwaldeep Singh, Tobias Berg
Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
(Course: 4A15 & 4W03)
A Multi-Level Decolonial Support Framework for
Palestinian Mental Health in Canada
Salwa Zaher, Hanada Kardassopoulos
Registered Psychotherapist, M.ED, MACP, Live Your Life Therapy Founder
(Course: 3H03)
Calcium dynamics in hypothalamic paraventricular oxytocin neurons during social behaviour in Cntnap2 mice
Abigail Warr, Nita Chan, Katrina Choe
McMaster University, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
(Course: 4A12)
Validated Mental Health Screening Instruments for the Post Pregnancy Period: A Systematic Survey of Systematic Reviews
Lydia Su*, Eisha Arvikar, Rohan D’Souza, Vedha Viyas Thilagarajan
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
(Course: 3H06)