HealtheX 2022 Conference Booklet
HealtheX 2022 Award Winners
On behalf of the HealtheX 2022, we would like to thank the presenters, judges, and attendees both staff and student alike, for contributing to the 16th anniversary of the HealtheX Conference.
Additionally, we would like to thank the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences (FMHS), Auckland Medical Research Foundation, the Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust, the Liggins Institute, the FMHS Postdoctoral Society, the FMHS Postgraduate Student Association, as well as our newfound supporting partners Abacus dx, and New England BioLabs for their partnership and support.
During our Prizegiving Ceremony, we awarded over $15,000 worth of prizes – congratulations to the following winners!
Doctoral Oral Presentation Awards
Auckland Medical Research Foundation (AMRF) Outstanding Emerging Researcher & Best Doctoral Oral Presentation Award
$1,000 and a $3,000 AMRF Travel Grant
Julia Plank – Brain temperature as a measure of neuroinflammation: assessment using whole-brain magnetic resonance spectroscopy
School of Pharmacy
Supervisor: Dr Joanne Lin
AMRF Doctoral Oral Presentation Runner Up Award
$700 and a $2,000 AMRF Travel Grant
Alice McDouall – Detrimental effects of slow rewarming after therapeutic hypothermia for cerebral ischemia in near-term fetal sheep
Department of Physiology
Supervisor: Associate Professor Joanne Davidson
Second Runner Up Doctoral Oral Presentation Award
$500
Pang Ying Cheung – Go big: the power of the mesoscope
Department of Physiology
Supervisor: Dr Juliette Cheyne
Non-Doctoral Oral Presentation Awards
Best Non-Doctoral Oral Presentation Award
$1,000
Senilaite Tautuiaki – The effects of kawakawa (Piper Excelsum) consumption on markers of inflammation
Liggins Institute
Supervisor: Dr Farha Ramzan
Non-Doctoral Oral Presentation First Runner Up Award
$700
Holly Wilson – Characterising the nature of inflammation-induced cerebellar injury in the preterm-equivalent rat
Department of Physiology
Supervisor: Associate Professor Justin Dean
Non-Doctoral Oral Presentation Second Runner Up Award
$500
Grace Tawhai – The Development and Testing of a Novel Solute for Nasal Irrigation in CRS
Department of Surgery
Supervisor: Professor Richard Douglas
Poster Presentation Awards
Auckland Medical Research Foundation Best Poster Presentation Award
$1,000 and a $2,000 AMRF Travel Grant
Vanshika Chinchalkar – The use of Optical Coherence Tomography to Visualise the Inner Ear
Department of Physiology
Supervisor: Dr Haruna Suzuki-Kerr
Poster Presentation First Runner Up Award
$700
Cameron Heyman – Investigating White Matter Hyperintensities in the Context of Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer’s Disease
Department of Psychology
Supervisor: Professor Lynette Tippett
Poster Presentation Second Runner Up Award
$500
Steven Yoo – Determination of regions of interests in human brain atlases for upper limb recovery prediction
Auckland Bioengineering Institute
Supervisor: Professor Alan Wang
3-Minute Elevator Pitch Presentation Awards
Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust Best Elevator Pitch Presentation Award
$1,000
Jaymie Rogers – Addressing access to eyecare in Aotearoa: A qualitative approach
School of Optometry and Vision Science
Supervisor: Associate Professor Jacqueline Ramke
FMHS-Post Doctoral Society First Runner Up Elevator Pitch Presentation Award
$700
Catriona Miller – Untangling the spectrum: Using genetics to identify autism and co-occurring traits
Liggins Institute
Supervisor: Professor Justin O’Sullivan
FMHS-Postgraduate Student Association Second Runner Up Elevator Pitch Presentation Award
$500
Cherry Sun – Term side-population trophoblasts can be maintained in culture and differentiated to mature trophoblast populations
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Supervisor: Associate Professor Jo James