(L-R Afroza Ferdouse, Jaime Clark, and Danielle Lee)
The Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Medicine’s inaugural Rapid-Fire Research Symposium was held October 25, 2017.
The “Best Presentation” & “People’s Choice” awards went to Jaime Clark (PhD student supervised by Drs. Carla Taylor & Peter Zahradka). 2nd Prize was awarded to Danielle Lee (PhD student supervised by Dr. Hope Anderson) and 3rd Prize was won by Afroza Ferdouse (MSc student supervised by Dr. Harold Aukema).
The event was chaired by Dr. Thomas Netticadan, with co-chairs Samantha Pauls and Pema Raj and their assistants Roxanna Koohgoli, Susara MaddumaHewage and Sue Zettler. Presentations were adjudicated by Jessay Devassy, Matthew Nosworthy, Xavier Louis and Samantha Pauls.
The symposium also hosted guest speaker Tracey Maconachie of the Life Science Association of Manitoba. Symposium sponsors included the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine & Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.