Celebrating the 38th Student Research Conference (ToBE)
June 20, 2022
The 2022 Toronto Biomedical Engineering Conference was held at Hart House this past month. We were inspired to see nearly 200 students at the conference and to witness the exciting multi-disciplinary research, especially within our conference theme of personalized medicine.
Dr. Michael Snyder, Dr. Nancy Allbritton and Dr. Andrew Tsourkas captivated audiences during their keynote speeches, and poster/oral presenters impressed the judges with their scientific rigour and innovative problem-solving skills across clinical, molecular, and tissue engineering streams. Outside of the scientific presentations, this year’s workshops greatly captured the graduate student experience, as participants were led through mindfulness exercises and learned tips and tricks to succeed in graduate school.
Our event concluded with a dinner at the Royal Ontario Museum, where the following award winners were announced:
Best Abstract:
Clinical: Bojing Gui
Molecular: Kaitlin Szederkenyi
Cell and Tissue: Ileana Co
Best Poster Presentations:
Clinical: Andrew Effat
Molecular: Angelico Obille
Cell and Tissue: Maya Ezzo, Vera Pieters
Best Oral Presentations:
Clinical: Karlo Nesovic
Molecular: Anson Lau
Cell and Tissue: Natalie Landon-Brace
Most Valuable Players on the Conference Organizing Team:
Doris Adao, Saif Rjaibi, Kai Slaughter
Most Spirited Attendee:
Janice Pang
