SIS Annual Research Day
Abstract submission deadline: March 16, 2025
SIS | Surgical and Interventional Sciences Program
Events
The SIS Program organizes and supports numerous speakers, seminars, and symposia throughout the year.
SIS Program Seminar Series Spring 2025
SIS Program seminars are held on Tuesdays from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (unless otherwise stated). Seminars will be in English.
All sessions are on Zoom. Contact surgicalresearch.med@mcgill.ca for link.
Date
Speaker
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Dae-Kyum Kim, PhD
Junior Scientist, Cancer Research Program
Topic: Identification of therapeutic resistance drivers using a novel proteome-wide overexpression screening approach (BOGO)
Junior Scientist, Cancer Research Program
Topic: Identification of therapeutic resistance drivers using a novel proteome-wide overexpression screening approach (BOGO)
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Graham Pitcher
Research Associate, Salter Lab
Topic: Synapse-specific diversity of distinct postsynaptic GluN2 subtypes defines transmission strength in spinal lamina I
Research Associate, Salter Lab
Topic: Synapse-specific diversity of distinct postsynaptic GluN2 subtypes defines transmission strength in spinal lamina I
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Santiago Márquez Fosser, MD
Clinical Informatics Specialist
Topic: Leveraging MUHC data and synthetic data
Clinical Informatics Specialist
Topic: Leveraging MUHC data and synthetic data
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Reitan Ribeiro, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University
Topic: Surgical Innovation in Cancer Surgery
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University
Topic: Surgical Innovation in Cancer Surgery
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Trafford Crump, PhD
Scientist, Cancer Research Program
Topic: Advancing Surgical Oncology Through Personalized Metrics
Trainee: Nadja Benmohamed
Trainee Presentation: Transference is skills in minimally invasive surgical modalities
Scientist, Cancer Research Program
Topic: Advancing Surgical Oncology Through Personalized Metrics
Trainee: Nadja Benmohamed
Trainee Presentation: Transference is skills in minimally invasive surgical modalities
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Christine le Maitre, PhD
Clinical Medicine, University of Sheffield, UK
Topic: Understanding Pathogenesis of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration and Osteoarthritis to develop new therapeutic approaches
Trainees: Cassandra Della Rocca & Thanasis Babouras
Trainee Presentation: Accessible Real-Time ACL Injury Risk Assessment Using Pose Estimation and Deep Learning
Clinical Medicine, University of Sheffield, UK
Topic: Understanding Pathogenesis of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration and Osteoarthritis to develop new therapeutic approaches
Trainees: Cassandra Della Rocca & Thanasis Babouras
Trainee Presentation: Accessible Real-Time ACL Injury Risk Assessment Using Pose Estimation and Deep Learning
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Martin Couillard
Manager, CLIP
Tyler Lalonde
Platform Manager, SAIL
Topic: Career growth in Startups
Trainee: Georgiy Danylenko
Manager, CLIP
Tyler Lalonde
Platform Manager, SAIL
Topic: Career growth in Startups
Trainee: Georgiy Danylenko
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Kharma C. Foucher, MD
Associate Dean of Research, University of Illinois
Topic: Person-Centered Biomechanics Approaches to Improve Physical Activity and Reduce Fall Risk in People with Osteoarthritis
Trainee: Alexandra Dimmer
Trainee Presentation: Untold stories: A qualitative investigation of patient and family experiences with congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Associate Dean of Research, University of Illinois
Topic: Person-Centered Biomechanics Approaches to Improve Physical Activity and Reduce Fall Risk in People with Osteoarthritis
Trainee: Alexandra Dimmer
Trainee Presentation: Untold stories: A qualitative investigation of patient and family experiences with congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Rhima Coleman, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Michigan
Topic: Autonomous RUNX2 Suppression in Engineered Cartilage
Trainees: Anthony Bismar & Zahra Kardan
Trainee Presentation: Structural patterns and transcriptional effects of integrated Epstein-Barr virus revealed by long-read sequencing and RNA-sequencing in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Associate Professor, University of Michigan
Topic: Autonomous RUNX2 Suppression in Engineered Cartilage
Trainees: Anthony Bismar & Zahra Kardan
Trainee Presentation: Structural patterns and transcriptional effects of integrated Epstein-Barr virus revealed by long-read sequencing and RNA-sequencing in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma