TRAVEL AWARDS
Name: Lawson Eng
Award: ASCO Merit Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Patterns and Perceptions of Cannabis Use by Cancer Survivors
Conference: ASCO Annual meeting 2020
Date & location: May 29- June 2, 2020, Chicago, III (Virtual)
Name: Aline Fares
Award: ASCO Merit Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Smoking cessation (SC) and lung cancer (LC) outcomes: A survival benefit for recent quitters? A pooled analysis of 34649 International Lung Cancer Consortium (ILCCO) patients
Conference: ASCO Annual meeting 2020
Date & location: May 29- June 2, 2020, Chicago, III (Virtual)
Name: Jianjun Ren
Award: Travel Scholarship
Abstract/Poster Title: The Association Between HPV and Prognosis of Carcinoma of Unknown Primary in the Head and Neck Region: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Conference: Asian Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology (ACPE)
Date & location: Oct 27-29 2018, Xi'an, China
Name: Lawson Eng
Award: ESMO Merit Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Cancer care-related social media (SM) and internet usage differences between adolescents and young adults (AYA), adults and elderly patients with cancer
Conference: European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). European Cancer Conference (ECC) 2018
Date & location: Oct 19-23, 2018, Munich, Germany
Name: Sophia Liu
Award: MACK Foundation Bursary for Undergraduate Medical Students (University of Toronto)
Abstract/Poster Title: Impact of immigration status on lifestyle behaviours and perceptions in cancer survivors
Conference: 2018 ASCO Survivorship Meeting
Date & location: February 16-17, 2018, Orlando, FL
Name: Lawson Eng
Award: ASCO Merit Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Cancer patient attitudes and preferences towards smoking status assessment
Conference: 2018 ASCO Survivorship Meeting
Date & location: February 16-17, 2018, Orlando, FL
Name: Daniel Shepshelovich
Award: Conquer Cancer Foundation Merit Award
Abstract/Poster Title: The Association of FCGR2A and FCGR3A polymorphisms with outcomes in cetuximab treated metastatic colorectal cancer patients: CCTG and AGITG CO.20 trial analysis
Conference: ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium
Date & location: January 18-20, 2018, San Francisco, CA
Name: Lawson Eng
Award: Conquer Cancer Foundation Merit Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Cancer patients' awareness of the harms of continued smoking
Conference: ASCO Survivorship Symposium
Date & location: Jan 27-28, 2017, San Diego, CA
Name: Lawson Eng
Award: ASCO Merit Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Elimination of Second-Hand Smoke (SHS) Exposure After A Lung or Head and Neck (HN) Cancer Diagnosis and Subsequent Patient Smoking Cessation
Conference: ASCO Survivorship Symposium 2016
Date & location: Jan 15-16, 2016, San Francisco, CA
Name: Zahra Merali
Award: RCSI Undergraduate Research Travel Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Barriers to using computer-assisted technology (CAT) in patient reported outcome symptom surveys for routine supportive care
Conference: European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). European Cancer Conference (ECC) 2015
Date & location: Sept 25-29, 2015, Vienna, Austria
Name: Lawson Eng
Award: ASCO Merit Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Cancer patients’ attitudes, knowledge, and preferences for smoking cessation (SC).
Conference: ASCO Annual Meeting 2015
Date & location: May 29 - June 2, 2015, Chicago, Il
Name: Hiten Naik
Award: ASCO Merit Award
Abstract/Oral presentation: Stage specific health utility index scores of Canadian cancer patients
Conference: ASCO Annual Meeting 2015
Date & location: May 29 - June 2, 2015, Chicago, Il
Name: Erin Stewart
Award: School of Graduate Studies Conference Grant
Abstract/Poster Title: Development of resistance models to tyrosine kianse inhibitors (TKIs) in patient-derived xenograft models (PDXs) of lung adenocarcinoma with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations.
Conference: European Lung Cancer Conference 2015
Date & location: April 15-18, Geneva, Switzerland
Name: Lawson Eng
Award: ISPE Travel Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Access to Drug Benefit Plans Among Canadian Cancer Survivors
Conference: ISPE, ICPE 31st Conference
Date & location: Aug 22-26, 2015, Denver, CO
Name: Hiten Naik
Award: ASCO Merit Award
Abstract/Oral presentation: Canadian cancer site-specific health utility values: Creating the basis for measuring value and costs of therpy.
Conference: ASCO Quality Care Sympossium 2014
Date & location: October 17-18, 2014 Boston, MA
Name: Lawson Eng
Award: ASCO Merit Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Social and perceptual influences on alcohol consumption in cancer survivors.
Conference: ASCO Annual Meeting 2014
Date & location: May 30-June 3, 2014, Chicago, IL
Name: Erin Stewart
Award: MBP 50th Annversary Travel Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Modeling mechanisms of resistance of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations to targeted drugs through patient derived xenografts (PDX) of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Conference: AACR Annual Meeting
Date & location: April 4th-9th, San Diego, CA
Name: Erin Stewart
Award: TFRI Trainee Travel Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Characterization of patient-derived primary NSCLC xenograft models as tools to study treatments of EGFR-mutant patients.
Conference: Terry Fox Research Institute 5th Annual Scientific Meeting
Date & location: May 8th-10th, Montreal, QC
Name: Dr. Eric Morgen
Award: ASCO GI Merit Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Genomic determinants of prognosis in esophageal adenocarcinoma: Using computational methods to account for gene-gene interactions
Conference: ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium
Date & location: January 16-18, 2014, San Francisco, CA
Name: Dr. Kit Man Wong
Award: Canadian Cancer Society Travel Award
Abstract/Poster Title: The impact of body mass index on survival in stage 3 and 4 lung cancer.
Conference: : IASLC, 15th World Conference on Lung Cancer
Date & location: Oct 27-30, 2013, Sydney, Australia
Name: Dr. Kit Man Wong
Award: Conquer Cancer Foundation Merit Award
Abstract/Poster Title: The impact of body mass index on survival in stage 3 and 4 lung cancer.
Conference: ASCO Annual Meeting 2013
Date & location: June 1-3, 2013, Chicago, IL
Name: Lawson Eng
Award: ASCO Merit Award
Abstract/Poster Title: The role of social exposure to smoking on smoking cessation in adult cancer survivors.
Conference: ASCO Annual Meeting 2013
Date & location: June 1-3, 2013, Chicago, IL
Name: Dr. Sinead Cuffe
Award: ASCO Merit Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Effect of BRM promoter variants on survival outcomes of stage III-IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.
Conference: ASCO Annual Meeting 2013
Date & location: June 1-3, 2013, Chicago, IL
Name: Dr. Qi Wang
Award: ORT Travel Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Resistance to bleomycin in seven human cancer cell lines is characterized by enhanced DNA repair ability and loss of G2/M arrest and apoptosis
Conference: AACR Annual Meeting 2013
Date & location: April 6-10, 2013, Washington, DC
Name: Dr. Olusola Faluyi
Award: 2013 ASCO Conquer Cancer Foundation Merit Award
Abstract/Poster Title: MicroRNA polymorphisms and esophageal cancer outcome
Conference: 2013 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium
Date & location: January 24-26, 2013, San Francisco, California
Name: Dr. Petra Martin
Award: 2012 Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Merit Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Use of iPad technology to determine cancer patient- reported preferences for and understanding of pharmacogenetic testing (PGT).
Conference: ASCO Quality Care Symposium
Date & location: November 30 – December 1, 2012, San Diego, California
Name: Dr. Sinead Cuffe
Award: 2012 Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Merit Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Cancer patients’ and physicians’ preferences for decision making regarding pharmacogenomic testing (PGT).
Conference: ASCO Quality Care Symposium
Date & location: November 30 – December 1, 2012, San Diego, California
Name: Osvaldo Espin-Garcia
Award: Genetic Analysis Workshop (GAW) 18 Student Travel Award
Award: University of Toronto McLaughlin Centre Training Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Genetic Association Analysis for Common Variants in the GAW18 Data: a Drichlet Regression Approach
Conference: Genetic Analysis Workshop (GAW) 18
Date & location: October 14 – 17, 2012, Stevenson, WA
Name: Xiaowei Shen
Award: Genetic Analysis Workshop (GAW) 18 Student Travel Award
Award: University of Toronto McLaughlin Centre Training Award
Abstract/Poster Title: Gene-based haplotype approach for association analysis on hypertension
Conference: Genetic Analysis Workshop (GAW) 18
Date & location: October 14 – 17, 2012, Stevenson, WA
Name: Lawson Eng
Award: 28th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology& Therapeutic Risk Management Travel Award
Oral Presentation Title: Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Pathway Polymorphisms and Esophageal Cancer Outcome
Conference: 28th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management
Date & location: August 23-26, 2012, Barcelona, Spain
Name: Dr. Kitman Wong
Award: American Society for Clinical Oncology Merit Award
Abstract/Poster Title: The effect of two BRM promoter variants on the risk of Stage I/II upper aerodigestive tract cancers
Conference: ASCO Annual Meeting 2012
Date & location: June 1-5, 2012, Chicago,Illinois