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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.

Natalia 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, 2026.

April 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).