Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC)

First place prize of a $100 gift card, Second and Third place prize of UBC Merchandise.

• First Place (Winner of MURC: Applied Translational Stream| 2 Winners)
  • Exploring Molecular Mechanisms of Increased Thrombotic Risk in Type 2 Diabetes by Paniz Ghavimi
  • A Model of Root Zonation in A. thaliana by Riley Wheadon
• First Place (Winner of MURC: Innovative Approaches Stream)
  • “All my favorite places are climbing places”: Centering Children’s Voices to Promote Risky Play in Early Learning and Child Care Centres by Gabrielle Martinez
  • Effects of Socially Assistive Robot Pet Therapy vs Animal Pet Therapy on Healthcare Staff Mood by Tanisha Kadia
• First Place (Winner of MURC: Foundational/Exploratory Stream)
  • The Type 3 Immune Response: A Pathway for Fibrosis Reduction in Crohn’s Disease by Mya Bal
• First Place (Winner of MURC: REX Program Stream)
  • The Journey to Education: How Distance Impacts Indigenous High School Completion in British Columbia by Manon Melkonyan
• First Place (Winner of MURC: Clinical Stream)
  • Using Lung Clearance Index to Assess Treatment Response to Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor in Children With Cystic Fibrosis by Rana Ghadymimahani
• First Place (Winner of MURC: Systems Thinking Stream)
  • Exploring Barriers and Facilitators to Assistive Technology Access and Use Among Different Cultural Groups Nathan Chang
• Second Place
  • MRI to monitor lung function in people with CF starting elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacafto by Amreen Aulakh
• Third Place 
  • Contraceptive use in British Columbia, Canada between 2001 and 2021: a descriptive analysis Alice Mei
  • Effects of Rhizobia on Extrafloral Nectar Production and Parasitoid Wasp Fitness by Cameron Donnelly

First place prize of a $100 gift card, Second and Third place prize of UBC Merchandise

• First Place (Winners of MURC: Innovative Approaches Stream)
  • Social Acceptance of Emerging Biotechnologies in Animal Agriculture by Kieran Mooney
• First Place (Winner of MURC: Foundational/Exploratory Stream | 2 Winners)
  • The disruptive effects of fatigue on position sense: exploring the role of sense of effort through loaded movements by Quaila Trang
  • Reach Adaptation to Actively vs. Passively Generated Task Error by Thomas Iverson
• First Place (Winner of MURC: REX Program Stream)
  • Short-Acting β2-Agonist (SABA) Efficacy for Different Asthma Triggers & Phenotypes Mathew Fu & Tushardeep Jolly
• First Place (Winner of MURC: Clinical Stream | 2 Winners)
  • Can a Novel AI-Based Predictive 3D Imaging Software for Idiopathic Scoliosis Obviate the Need for Routine Xrays? By Carolina Ricardo and Joel Maliakkal
  • Feasibility and Acceptability of Endometrial Cancer Screening and Risk-Reduction Interventions in High-Risk Populations by Nimmy Sebastian
• First Place (Winner of MURC: Systems Thinking Stream)
  • Investigating Fibropapillomatosis Prevalence, Disease Progression and Correlates in Nesting Green Turtles in Playa Norte, Costa Rica. by Darko Gavrilovic.
• Second Place
  • Understanding the Role of the BAF Chromatin Remodeling Complex in Axonal Regeneration After Peripheral Injury by Simrat Binning
• Third Place (5 winners)
  • The Associations of Life Course Adversity on Cognitive Function and Decline in the United States’ Representative US Health and Retirement Study by Carson Wong
  • Investigating the Effects of Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) on Electrophysiological Signals During a Task by Sage Radlmeier
  • The Prospective Relationships Between Teamwork and Social Identity in Team Sport Athletes by Kyra McKinnon
  • How Does Sex Shape Brain Recovery?  Exploring Post-Stroke Motor Cortex Excitability by Nathan Lam
  • Targeting Apathy in Parkinson’s with Audio-Based Interventions by Gloria Rahgozar

First place prize of a $100 gift card

• First Place 
  • Readiness of 4th year Doctor of Pharmacy Students to Engage in Prescribing in British Columbia by Harveen Sohi