Award Winners

 RQHR Research Showcase 2009 awarded three research teams with a $500 Award of Excellence to assist them with sharing their findings outside of the RQHR. In addition to the Awards of Excellence, three teams received honourable mentions.

Award of Excellence Winners:

I.N.T.E.R.V.E.N.E. Interventions in a medical teaching unit: Effect of a pharmacist attending rounds versus reactive patient care efforts.

Investigators: Nicole Bidwell, Zack Dumont, Lynette Kolodziejak, and Alex Martinson (Pharmacy).

Pharmacy critical care pilot project: The addition of a pharmacist in emergency department.

Investigators: Dufton Lewis, Casey Phillips, and Dr. Bill Semchuk (Pharmacy).

A comparative analysis of the results of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty in osteoporotic verterbral compression fractures.

Investigators: Sharon Bishop and Rita Nguyen (Neurosurgery).

Honourable Mention Winners:

Evaluating the accuracy of the temporal artery thermometer in ambulance usage.

Investigators: Brenda Fry, Cory Brossart, and Ashlee Mulligan (Emergency Medical Services).

The association of body mass index with airway obstruction in non-asthmatics: Implications for the inaccurate differential diagnosis of asthma in obesity.

Investigators: Andrew J. West, Dr. Debbie Burton, and Ali Bell (Respiratory Services).

Prognostic significance of number of positive nodes: A long-term study of 1-2 nodes versus 3 nodes in breast cancer patients.

Investigators: Dr. Patricia Tai, Dr. Edward Yu, and Dr. Kurian Joseph (Oncology).