Trainee Oral Presentations

This session will highlight the most innovative studies our trainees are working on across the themes. Chelsea Lanos, representing themes 1 and 2, will present her project "Organ donation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Canada: a missed opportunity for uDCD?". For theme 3, we have Shiyuan Bian presenting "Investigating the Effect of Mechanical Ventilation on Mouse Lung Scaffolds using a Negative Pressure Wet Ventilation System" and Aisha Adil presenting "Ex Vivo Perfusion De- and Recellularization of Rat Hindlimbs for Vascular Composite Allotransplantation." Javairia Rahim will cover theme 4 with her project "Novel cell surface engineering of the endothelial glycocalyx with sialic acid-containing polymers for the prevention of transplant rejection." Finally, Nicholas Bourgeois will present "Virtual pre-habilitation program in lung transplant candidates" for theme 5. Each of these students will be awarded a prize highlighting their excellent work.

Moderators: Francis Migneault & Jorge Castillo-Prado

This session is supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).