HealtheX 2022
On behalf of HealtheX 2022, we would like to thank the presenters, judges and attendees, both staff and student alike, for contributing to the 16th anniversary of the HealthEx Conference.
During the Prizegiving Ceremony, over $15,000 worth of prizes were awarded - congratulations to the following winners!
Doctoral Oral Presentation Awards
Auckland Medical Research Foundation (AMRF) Outstanding Emerging Researcher & Best Doctoral Oral Presentation Award
$1,000 and a $3,000 AMRF Travel Grant
Julia Plank - Brain temperature as a measure of neuroinflammation: assessment using whole-brain magnetic resonance spectroscopy
School of Pharmacy
Supervisor: Dr Joanne Lin
AMRF Doctoral Oral Presentation Runner-Up Award
$700 and a $2,000 AMRF Travel Grant
Alice McDouall - Detrimental effects of slow rewarming after therapeutic hypothermia for cerebral ischemia in near-term fetal sheep
Department of Physiology
Supervisor: Associate Professor Joanne Davidson
Second Runner-Up Doctoral Oral Presentation Award
$500
Pang Ying Cheung - Go big: the power of the mesoscope
Department of Physiology
Supervisor: Dr Juliette Cheyne
Non-Doctoral Oral Presentation Awards
Best Non-Doctoral Oral Presentation Award
$1,000
Senilaite Tautuiaki - The effects of kawakawa (Piper Excelsum) consumption on markers of inflammation
Liggins Institute
Supervisor: Dr Farha Ramzan
Non-Doctoral Oral Presentation First Runner-Up Award
$700
Holly Wilson - Characterising the nature of inflammation-induced cerebellar injury in the preterm-equivalent rat
Department of Physiology
Supervisor: Associate Professor Justin Dean
Non-Doctoral Oral Presentation Second Runner-Up Award
$500
Grace Tawhai - The Development and Testing of a Novel Solute for Nasal Irrigation in CRS
Department of Surgery
Supervisor: Professor Richard Douglas
Poster Presentation Awards
Auckland Medical Research Foundation Best Poster Presentation Award
$1,000 and a $2,000 AMRF Travel Grant
Vanshika Chinchalkar - The use of Optical Coherence Tomography to Visualise the Inner Ear
Department of Physiology
Supervisor: Dr Haruna Suzuki-Kerr
Poster Presentation First Runner-Up Award
$700
Cameron Heyman - Investigating White Matter Hyperintensities in the Context of Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease
Department of Psychology
Supervisor: Professor Lynette Tippett
Poster Presentation Second Runner-Up Award
$500
Steven Yoo - Determination of regions of interests in human brain atlases for upper limb recovery prediction
Auckland Bioengineering Institute
Supervisor: Professor Alan Wang
3-Minute Elevator Pitch Presentation Awards
Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust Best Elevator Pitch Presentation Award
$1,000
Jaymie Rogers - Addressing access to eyecare in Aotearoa: A qualitative approach
School of Optometry and Vision Science
Supervisor: Associate Professor Jacqueline Ramke
FMHS-Post Doctoral Society First Runner-Up Elevator Pitch Presentation Award
$700
Catriona Miller - Untangling the spectrum: Using genetics to identify autism and co-occurring traits
Liggins Institute
Supervisor: Professor Justin O'Sullivan
FMHS-Postgraduate Student Association Second Runner-Up Elevator Pitch Presentation Award
$500
Cherry Sun - Term side-population trophoblasts can be maintained in culture and differentiated to mature trophoblast populations
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Supervisor: Associate Professor Jo James