Pediatric Resident Research Day 2025

On January 30th, we held our 2025 Pediatric Residents Research Day.  The day featured ten presentations from our pediatric residents.  Topics included Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 1: A review of patient family experiences with childhood screening (Dr. Brittany Ryan); Risk Factors for Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation in Canadian Neonates (Dr. Alexa Comeau); Effect of a Hybrid Closed-loop System on Glycemic Outcomes in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes in Newfoundland: A Retrospective Study (Dr. Sophia Miao, Dr. Heather Power); Streamlining Critical Sample Collection for Hypoglycemia in the ICU: An Evaluation of Quality Improvement (Dr. Connor Bray, Dr. Jo-Anna Hudson, Dr. Heather Power); Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) workshops show potential in giving tools to Pediatric Resident trainees to respond to challenging situations (Dr. Sara Trincao-Batra, Dr. Heather Power, Dr. Amelia Stritzke); Current state and needs assessment of social pediatrics training in Canadian pediatric residency programs (Dr. Joanna Lo, Dr. Roger Chafe, Dr. Leigh-Anne Newhook); Epidemiology and factors associated with mortality among pediatric major trauma patients in Nova Scotia: A 17-year retrospective analysis (Andrea Sadoway, Renee Kinden, Mete Erdogan, Nelofar Kureshi, Dr. Michelle Johnson, Robert S. Green, Jason G. Emsley Sadoway);

• Dr. Fraser Jang-Milligan was awarded the prize for the best resident research proposal for her project “Patient and public opinion about genetic testing for a newly discovered cancer genetic gene change (-82G>C) in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL)”. Her supervisor is Dr. Paul Moorhead.
  
• Dr. Jessa Vokey was awarded the Best Resident Research Completed Project for her project “Dental Concerns in the Janeway Children’s Hospital Emergency Room.”  Her supervisors are Dr. Archna Shah and Dr. Roger Chafe.

The judges for research day were Dr. Kathleen Hodgkinson (Memorial) and Dr. Christopher Earle (Memorial / Psychiatry). 

Thank you to everyone involved in helping our residents with their research projects and with making our 2025 Pediatric Resident Research Day another successful event.