2009 Student Award Winners

CSEB Student Conference Awards
Oral Presentation
1st Place: Minh Do, University of Toronto
Ionizing Radiation Exposure and Risk of Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Study of Ontario Uranium Miners

2nd Place: Quynh Huynh, Queen’s University
The effects of tobacco and cannabis on psychosomatic health of Canadian youth

3rd Place: Brendan Smith, McGill University
Prospective Study of Life Course Socioeconomic Position and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes: The Experience of the Framingham Offspring Study

Honourable Mention:
Elisa Candido, University of Toronto
Trends in thyroid cancer incidence in Ontario, Canada: 1985-2004

Poster Presentation
1st Place: Jessica Evans, University of Ottawa
An Estimation of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) due to Particulate Air Pollution

2nd Place: Henri Kaboré, Université de Laval
Descriptive analysis of giardiasis cases in children of 0 to 4 years old reported in Quebec, Canada, 1999-2006 and association with environmental risk factors

3rd Place: Hanieh Rahimi, University of Western Ontario
Antiviral Agents in the Management of Oral Herpetic Infections, A Systematic Review

Honourable Mentions:
Jessica Dennis, University of Ottawa
Systematic review of the utility of the case-only design to detect gene-environment and gene-gene interactions

James Macintosh, Brock University
The impact of campus tobacco control policies on marijuana use among Ontario undergraduates

Liesha Mayo-Bruinsma, University of Ottawa
Reasons for Breastfeeding Cessation Associated with Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding

Annalise Jensen, University of Western Ontario
The Association Between Environmental Factors and the Quality of Big Brothers Big Sisters Community Match Relationships in Canada

Robert Craig Wilson, Memorial University
Planning the restructuring of institutional long-term care in Newfoundland: validity of assumptions regarding bed use