Natasha Purba received the Artificial Intelligence Award for her presentation on Exploring the Application of Artificial Intelligence for Pediatric Pain Assessment: A Systematic Review at the 16th Annual H.B. Williams Pediatric Surgical Research Day held on Thursday, June 11th, 2026.
Read moreNatalia Ayodele received the Patient-Centered Research Award for her presentation on Developing a Pediatric Digital Companion: A Three-Phase Co-Design and Quality Improvement Study of Children’s Journey, at the 16th Annual H.B. Williams Pediatric Surgical Research Day held on Thursday, June 11th,…
Read moreApril 30, 2026 PhD students Ayla Gerk and Brigitte Durieux, supervised by Drs. Dan Poenaru and Justin Sanders, received the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Canada Graduate Research Scholarship Doctorate Award (CGS D).
Read moreApril 30, 2026 The Beardmore-CommiSur Lab’s Sean Jeffries, Brigitte Durieux, Dunya Moghul and Shreenik Kundu received the Fonds de recherche du Québec Scholarship (FRQS) award of $100,000 for Doctoral Research Scholarships.
Read moreMarch 19, 2026 Dunya Moghul, JMLF of the Beardmore-CommiSur Lab, supervised by Drs. Dan Poenaru and Dhruva Ghosh, received the Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) supporting research collaborations between Canada and eligible countries and regions through internships.
Read moreApril 1, 2026 Beardmore-CommiSur Lab students Natalia Ayodele and Lixing Kingsley Wang received the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s (CGS-M) Award.
Read moreJune 9, 2026 Aylin Erman’s abstract entitled “Machine-learning-assisted Preoperative Prediction of Pediatric Appendicitis Severity,” has been selected as the Second-Place Winner of the MUHC’s Hugh Hallward Award for Publication Communication. Beardmore-CommiSur Lab co-authors include Dan Poenaru, Sherif Emil and Elena…
Read moreJanuary 20, 2026 Dr. Sacha Williams, Jean Martin Laberge Global Pediatric Surgery Fellow and PhD candidate with the Beardmore-CommiSur Lab, has been awarded the Surgeon Scientist Program (SSP) Travel Award in recognition of her academic presentation.
Read moreMarch 30, 2026 The Canadian Institutes of Health Research has awarded Drs. Dan Poenaru and Martin Vallières a CHIR Research Project Grant of $135,000 for the project entitled “Synergistic Modeling of Heterogeneous Data for Precision.”.
Read moreFebruary 17, 2026 Dunya Moghul, JMLF of the Beardmore-CommiSur Lab, supervised by Dr. Dan Poenaru, has received the Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA).
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