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Mike MacKinley.

Sierra Palaniyandi.

 
  • Michael MacKinley and Sierra Palaniyandi took top spots in the 3-Minute Thesis competition. With just one slide and three minutes each to explain their research, MacKinley examined “The interaction between early and late-life exposures in predicting cognitive resilience in older adulthood,” and Palaniyandi presented on “Mercury and selenium in Inuit traditional foods.”

Hacking Health award winners.

  • A team of innovators from SPHHS won the Infoway Innovation Award as part of the Hacking Health Design Challenge. The team members developed a digital health solution idea with the potential to improve the quality of life of Canadians learning to live with the effects of cardiac disease.