Recipients of the 9th TransMedTech Excellence Scholarships Competition

The 2024 Excellence Scholarships Competition is intended to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows aspiring to become future professors, university researchers (academic profile), future employees of medtech companies (industrial profile) or future leaders of medtech companies (entrepreneur profile). More details here.

Find out more about the winners of the 2024 Excellence Scholarships Competition below:

4 master’s students

Victoria Blouin – Université de Montréal – CHUSJ
Project : Evaluation of a new innovative method for repairing knee menisci using a tissue adhesive
Research supervisor : Marie-Lyne Nault
Co-researcher : Houman Savoji

Marc-Antoine Leclerc – Université McGill – Jewish General Hospital
Project : Development of a radiation detector to measure the arterial input function noninvasively for dynamic positron emission tomography
Research supervisor : Shirin A. Enger
Co-researcher : Roger Lecomte

Mauricio Rivera – Université de Montréal
Project : Novel Multi-Objective and Multi-Fidelity Bayesian Optimization Methods for Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Research supervisor : Marco Bonizzato
Co-researcher : Guillaume Lajoie

Sandra Simard – Université de Montréal – CHU Montréal
Project : FLASH-on-a-chip: Study of FLASH radiotherapy on 3D cell models
Research supervisor : Arthur Lalonde
Co-researcher : Thomas Gervais

8 doctoral students

Sofie Dhondt – Université de Montréal
Project : Innovative Ultraporous Hydrogels: A Metabolically Active Solution for PAL-Based Oral Therapy in Phenylketonuria
Research supervisor : Davide Brambilla
Co-researcher : Xavier Banquy

Gaspar Faure – Polytechnique Montréal
Project : Development of diagnostic tools for histological slides of placenta
Research supervisor : Lama Seoud
Co-researcher : Dorothée Dal Soglio

Daniel Alejandro Galindo Lazo – Université de Montréal – CHU Montréal
Project : Epileptic Seizures Detection through Video Analysis: A Machine Learning-Enhanced Computer Vision Approach
Research supervisor : Dang Khoa Nguyen
Co-researcher : Ke Peng

Oumayma Gharbi – Polytechnique Montréal – CHU Montréal
Project : Machine learning and connected objects for real-time epileptic seizure detection
Research supervisor : Elie Bou Assi
Co-researcher : Dang Khoa Nguyen

Lola Meynard-Duffour – Polytechnique Montréal
Project : Value optimization of adolescent scoliosis surgery planning combining predictive analytics and biomechanical modeling
Research supervisor : Carl-Éric Aubin
Co-researcher : Brice Ilharreborde

Maxime Murphy – Université de Montréal – CHU Montréal
Project : Development of a combined technology for targeted cancer treatment: nanoencapsulation and ultrasound-mediated microbubble
Research supervisor : François Yu
Co-researcher : Valérie Gaelle Roullin

Catherine Ruel – Polytechnique Montréal – CHU Sainte-Justine
Project : Planning instrumentation surgery in adults with spinal deformities to biomechanically optimize correction and reduce the risk of junctional complications
Research supervisor : Carl-Éric Aubin
Co-researcher : Jesse Shen

Last canditate – To come

2 postdoctoral fellow

Marcus Vinicius Batista Da Silva – Université de Montréal
Project : Ultrasound backscatter coefficient imaging of erythrocyte aggregation in dialysis patients
Research supervisor : Guy Cloutier
Co-researcher : William Beaubien-Souligny

Shervin Foroughi – Université de Montréal – CHU Sainte-Justine
Project : 3D Bioprinting of Living Pulmonary Heart Valves for Pediatric Patients
Research supervisor : Houman Savoji
Co-researcher : Gregor U. Andelfinger

Congratulations to all the selected students and postdoctoral fellows!

Source :
Géraldine Dumesnil
Communication Services, TransMedTech Institute
geraldine.dumesnil@polymtl.ca