2026 Sun Life Gene Medical Science Summer Research Program(SMSSRP) Research Day

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Keynote Speaker/ Lecturers:

1.   Dr. Nisha Aggarwal Gilotra MD, Director, Cardiac Sarcoidosis Program, Professor,

     Johns Hopkins Medicine, Topic: Heat Failure

2.    Dr. Wenbin Liang, Professor, University of Ottawa Topic: Stem cell and Heart Disease

3.    Dr. Vinay K, Aggarwal MD Boston University, School of Medicine Orthopedic Surgery, 

     NYU Langone Hospitals, NewYork, Topic: Intellijoint & Hip replacement

4.   Dr. Christina Liu Plastic Surgeon Dai Lian Medical School Topic:Plastic Surgery

5.   Dr. Allina Ding Wang University of Toronto, Topic: Genomic Editing and Animal Models 

6.   Dr. Yixi Luo DDS, Registed Dentist with the Royal College pf Dental Surgeons of Ontario

7.    Dr. Sheng Yi Professor York University

       Topic: Ubiquitin-proteasome system(UPS)  and Cancer development

 8.  Dr. Andras Nagy, Professor, University of Toronto, 

       Topic: Stem Cell Biology

9. Dr. Han Sen He  Professor University of Toronto

      Topic:  Cancer epigenetics and noncoding RNA in cancer.

10. Dr.Qianghua Zhou Professor University of Toronto Topic: AI and Medicine

11.  Mr. Nicholas Prevedel New England Biolabs. M.Sc the University of Guelph

       Topic: Acute Leukemia Biology

Medical School Students:

Sarina Sodha 2nd Medical School  student in Boston University USA

Kareem Sadek  3rd Medical student at University of  Calgary

Zi Tong Wang 3rd Undergraduate student in Medical Science, Western  University 

2026 Medical School in McMaster Univeristy

Raymond Qu 4th Undergraduate student  in Health Science McMast University

2026 Medical School in McMaster Univeristy

Carter Gao 3rd Health Science Queen University

2026 Medical School in University of Toronto

Undergraduate Students oral presentation competition: 

Ray Zhang 2nd  Immunology University of Toronto

Lucas Wang 1st  Medical Science, Western University

Lingyi Chen 1st Medical Science, Western University

Tom Wu 2nd Biomedical  Engineering,  Boston University USA

William Wu  2nd Health Science Queen University

Richard Li 1st Biology, Boston College USA

High School Student oral presentation competition:

Alexandra Ma, Grade 12 St. Clement’s  School

Jason Zhang, Grade 12, IB program Bayview Secondary School

Ethan Li,  Grade 12, Tops Program Marc Garneau Collegiate Insititute

ED Brown University USA 

Jerry Huang, Grade 12 Upper Canada College (UCC)

University of California Berkeley  USA

James Yu, Grade 12 Bayview Secondary School, Toronto, ON, Canada

Maisey Zhao, Grade 11, University of Toronto Schools (UTS),Toronto, ON, Canada 

Angelina Xu, Grade 11, University of Toronto Schools (UTS),Toronto, ON, Canada 

Mia Li, Grade 11 Milliken Mills High School

Athena Cai, Grade 11 Appleby College, Oakville, ON, Canada

Renyi Niu, Grade 10 Milliken Mills High School

Sinead Shen,  Grade 10 Elmwood School Ottawa, ON, Canada

Philip Wang, Grade 10 York Catholic District School

Bruce Zhou, Grade 10 Upper Canada College (UCC)

Fiona Feng, Grade 10, Ridley College, Toronto, ON, Canada

Tiger Liu, Grade 10 Anderson C.V.I.

Jeffery Cai, Grade 10 ABBEY Park High School,ON, Canada

Vivienne Li, Grade 10 Branksome Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada

Victoria Liu, Grade 10 Branksome Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada

Isa Farooq Rampersaud, Grade 10 Humberside Collegiate Institute

Matthew Fong, Grade 10 University of Torontpo Schools (UTS),Toronto, ON, Canada