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Emma Wheatley
Leadership & Innovation Presentations: Come and hear Year 2 Outstanding Scholars give five-minute presentations about Leadership Theory & Practice and the World Economic Forum top technologies.
Caroline Howitt
Kyle Coulson
Joelle Jawdat
Parth Bhati

Judges: Alex Agostinis, Brian Dinh, Aaron Catalan
Room Ambassador: Alex

Concurrent Session B

10:30 a.m.

Sienna Pepper
Leadership & Innovation Presentations: Come and hear Year 2 Outstanding Scholars give five-minute presentations about Leadership Theory & Practice and the World Economic Forum top technologies.
Sohila Sidhu
Ava Racine
Matthew Tracey
Sughra Ashori

Judges: Sydney Thompson, Dave Johnston, Lynn Charron
Room Ambassador: Mina

Poster Session #1

11:30 a.m.

Lunch & Poster Session

Poster Session #2

12:30 p.m.

Lunch & Poster Session

Concurrent Session C – HDR Sessions

1:30 p.m.

Akash Sidhu
Generation No Limit - Food Drive Organizing
Aimal Memon
Incidence of Barriers to Care and Its Effects on Vision Related Quality of Life
Kailyn Marmion
Gender Equality Through the Capability Approach
Aneil Garcha
HDR 1990
Sara Benali
Sustainable Development Goal 11

Judges: Natasha Nakhle, Simona Brezeanu, Lynn Charron
Room Ambassador: Natasha Nakhle

Concurrent Session D

3:00 p.m.

STEM X Policy

Greenshield Hall – Room 1103

Concurrent Session A

9:00 a.m.

Tricya Alonzo
Healing Through Verse: A literature synthesis on poetry, emotional resilience, and suicide prevention
Savannah Ecclestone
Pursuit in the North Atlantic: Regional differences in white shark hunting behaviour
Omar Yasin
Enhancing Genealogical Research for Minorities – A Study in Three Approaches
Tasneem Labak
Exploring Principles of the Interplay Between Glioma Stem Cells and the Endothelial Component in Glioblastoma
Tachelle Ting
Engaging Medical Students on the Clinical Placement
Tejas Patel
Linking Experimental and Clinical Evidence for Spy1 as a Driver of Tumour Susceptibility and Progression during mammary involution

Judges: Samavia Ahmad, Dr. Grant Yocom, Isidora Sekaric
Room Ambassador: Mina

Concurrent Session B

10:30 a.m.
Meet UWindsor Finalists. Students created a fun one-minute pitch to introduce themselves. Introductions go a long way when there are network opportunities at hand. Learn strategies from our finalists as they provide one-minute pitches about how they want to be known!

Eric Joshi
Esther Tengue
Femi Soluade
Grishma Jinendra Bakhedi
Kevin Smith
Sienna Pepper
Yusriyah Rahman

Judges: Karen Pillon, Dr. TJ Hammond, David Petro
Room Ambassador: Vanessa

Poster Session #1

11:30 a.m.

Lunch & Poster Session

Poster Session #2

12:30 p.m.

Lunch & Poster Session

Concurrent Session C

1:30 p.m.

Noah Cleary
The Role of Spy1 in Sex-Specific Cellular Mechanisms Driving Progression of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease
Adam Bakos
Utilizing Novel Bioinformatics Tools to Explore Cell Cycle-Targeting Approaches Against Neuroblastoma
Mila Vasquez
Overcoming Metal Interference in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scans
Tanisha Alok Sharma
Cold cases rely on memory — yet science shows memory is one of the most unreliable forms of evidence
Dunia Roba
Dissolved organic matter as an ecological tracer of human impacts on the watersheds of southwestern Ontario, Canada

Judges: Dave Johnston, Ronnie Haidar, Samantha Bell
Room Ambassador: Julia

Concurrent Session D

3:00 p.m.

Sara Al-Noor
Revealing a New Link Between Nutrient Sensing and Cell Cycle Checkpoints
Prushti Patel
From Participation to Ownership: How student initiatives shape leaders
Nathan Drouillard
Ultrashort Laser Pulse Reconstruction
Yusriyah Rahman
Analysis of Snow Water Equivalent Trends across the Mid and High Latitudes of North America: Computer vision and deep learning approach
Masa Damdoum
Rapid Health Assessment of Retired Electric Vehicle Batteries: A pulse-based method for sustainable battery reuse
Em Wilkins
Contextualizing Past and Current Social Issues Through Media Analysis

Judges: Roger Reka, Dr. Dan Xiao, Dr. Veronika Mogyorody
Room Ambassador: Alex

Greenshield Hall – Room 1110

Concurrent Session A

9:00 a.m.

Larisa Renaud
Exploring Patterns of Diversity for Freshwater Mussel Species at Risk (SAR) and Benthic Macroinvertebrates Associated with a Mitigation Translocation
Sean Kereliuk
Exploring Trans-Seasonal Spectral Variability in Aerial Imagery for Improving Wetland Phragmites Australis Detection Using Deep Learning Methods
Ethan Sutts
Automated Early Detection of Rhizoctonia solani in Below-Ground Sugar Beet Roots Using Non-Destructive RGB Imaging and Deep Learning
Sohila Sidhu
Wellness Interventions, Marginalized Communities, Homelessness, Trauma-Informed Care, Socialization, Self-Efficacy Model
Alexia Macri
To Buffer, or Not to Buffer: A multivariate exploration of land-based stewardship and freshwater ecosystem health indicators
Cristian Kassa
Dissecting the role of CDK inhibitors in the progression of prostate cancer

Judges: Michael Lozon, Sooraj Sunil, Ronnie Haidar
Room Ambassador: Julia

Concurrent Session B

10:30 a.m.

Youth Colloquium Scholars Present!

Christian Damoso, Emilia Oabel, Erica Wang, and Austyn McLean
A Critical Review: “How democracies are using autocratic tools to muzzle journalism” - The Economist
Reginald Oko, Mohammed El Mostapha, Sophia Lim-Baris
A Critical Review: “The effects of cannabis on brain development”
Tyler Gillan, Karmyn Naccarato, Ruby Burke, and Charlotte Bondy
A Critical Review: “Is it true that … a glass of wine a day is good for your heart?”
Isidore, Mia
A Critique Focusing on Functionings Rather than Expanding Capabilities

Judges: Sheena Bennett, Zhe Huang, Fiorella Limay Guisse, Raida Farzat, and Xiaolei Zhang
Room Ambassador: Matthew Najeem

Poster Session #1

11:30 a.m.

Poster Session #2

12:30 p.m.

Concurrent Session C

1:30 p.m.

Humanities Research Group Fellows Present!

Fiorella Limay Guisse
Realist Magic: A cinematic exploration of trauma
Xiaolei Zhang
From Healing to Narrative: Adapting Himalayan singing bowl and sound bath practices for non-diegetic film sound design
Sheena Bennett
Rituals of Defeat: The protest-memory cycle and the pursuit of autotopia
Zhe Huang
Feeling as a Way of Knowing: A documentary practice on transgender experience
Raida Farzat
Sofia Hird Social Control of Irish Immigrants Through Mental Health Institutions in 1850s Ontario

Judges: Michael Anthony Douaihy, Shahoon Sharjil, Dr. Ziad Kobti
Room Ambassador: Matthew

Concurrent Session D

3:00 p.m.

April Jones
Seeing the Autobiographical Forest for the Trees: Does memory cue matter?
Tanzil Kataria
From Awareness to Action: The psychology of bystander intervention in community prevention
Samantha White
Investigating the Effects of Narrative Perspective on Memory Characteristics for Unresolved Memories
Ibrahim Abdulmoula
Impact of War-Related Trauma on PTSD in Newly Arrived Middle Eastern Refugee Children Ages (8-17) in Canada
Mohiz Mohiz
Social Media and Human Flourishing: A virtue ethics account
Anjum Sharma
Trusting Up, Trusting Across: Positive reciprocity beliefs and employee trust in supervisors and Coworkers

Judges: Sooraj Sunil, Dr. Grant Yocom, Dr. Bruce Tucker
Room Ambassador: Matthew

Greenshield Hall – Room 1116

Concurrent Session A

9:00 a.m.

Christina Nakhle
Who Cares for the Caregivers? Burnout and the Breaking Point of Nursing.
Emma Wheatley
World Economic Forum: Collaborative sensing, the future of technology starts today
Sami Barakat
The Politics of the Global Arms Trade: Versailles to 1960
Elizabeth Spiridon
Why Women’s Rising University Enrollment Has Not Closed the Gendered Leadership Gap In Canada
Danika Scharff
Tracing Lipset’s Continental Divide: Individualism and gun control in North America

Judges: Fatimah Bondok, Luis Villanueva, Cristian Iannicello
Room Ambassador: Vanessa

Concurrent Session B

10:30 a.m.

Akash Sidhu
Generation No Limit - Food Drive Organizing
Mirette Botros
Leadership in the Classroom: Promoting student mental health and emotional regulation in elementary education
Youseph Hicham Moussa
Restoring Free Public Water Access: A student-led feasibility study for sustainable community infrastructure
Aanustup Singh Rathor
Institutional Resilience and Wartime Adaptation: Cyber defense strategies in Estonia and Ukraine
Ayat Ibrahim
From Learner to Educator: My journey with UDL

Judges: Dr. Danielle Desjardins, Roger Reka, Azimove Sulthana
Room Ambassador: Alex

Poster Session #1

11:30 a.m.

Lunch & Poster Session

Poster Session #2

12:30 p.m.

Lunch & Poster Session

Concurrent Session C

1:30 p.m.

Sughra Ashori
They Didn't Need Charity. They Needed a Chance to Build.
Sabrina Kelly
Political Football: The framing of state-level anti-transgender legislation and the advance of fascism in the United States
Raina Saffron
Who Do We Trust When Images Can’t Be Trusted? The Deepfake Problem
Orchid Sayed
Progressive Rhetoric, Colonial Reality: Reconciliation and Indigenous self-determination in the colonial state of Canada
Morghan Crampsie
Does Controlling Narrative Perspective Influence Appraisals of Mindful State Self-Compassion and Psychological Closure for Unresolved Memories?
Morgan Robinson
How did personal economic insecurity influence political trust in Canada between 2021 and 2024?

Judges: Kaitlyn Ellsworth, Dr. Danielle Desjardins, Beatrice Floris
Room Ambassador: Mina

Concurrent Session D

3:00 p.m.

Melak Hayata
Ambiguous Loss as a Barrier to Autobiographical Memory Integration and Emotional Closure
Katie Murray
From Liberal Order to Illiberal Networks: The transnational coordination of the far right
Jada Malott
NIMBYism and the Politics of Enabling Housing Development in Southwestern Ontario Municipalities
Eric Joshi
Access to Justice Through Legal Literacy: A comparative analysis of the United States and Canada.
Gina Touma
Measuring the Influence of Middle Powers in Global Mediation: The case of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates
Femi Soluade
Job Applications and AI Screening: A Preparatory Guide for Students

Judges: Rida Nasir Syeda, Farazaneh Kazemzadeh, Mohamed Farjalla
Room Ambassador: Julia

Greenshield Hall – Room 1117

Concurrent Session A

9:00 a.m.

Aminah Siddiquie
1997 HDR (Human Development Finalist)
Yasmine Kadri
2004 HDR (Human Development Finalist)
Alina Konkolowicz
2013 HDR (Human Development Finalist)
Ayman Younes
2016 HDR (Human Development Finalist)
Isabella Linares
2025 HDR (Human Development Finalist)
Jasmine Pham
SDG 17 (Human Development Finalist)
Hannah Falconner
MDG 7 (Human Development Finalist)
Nabeeha Manzoor
SDG 2 (Human Development Finalist)
Adalyn Mateis
SDG 6 (Human Development Finalist)
Jaelyn Najem
SDG 10 (Human Development Finalist)
Joel Preston
MDG 2 (Human Development Finalist)

Judges: Natasha Nakhle, Fatima Hamad, Annice Nguyen
Room Ambassador: Natasha

Concurrent Session B

10:30 a.m.

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Poster Session #1

11:30 a.m.

Lunch & Poster Session

Poster Session #2

12:30 p.m.

Lunch & Poster Session

Concurrent Session C

1:30 p.m.

Kayode Olotu
Cell-type-specific role of eiF2α pathway in Human Alzheimer’s Disease Brains
Serena Nalli
The Unseen Pillar of Care: A scoping review of informal caregivers in cystic fibrosis
Taibat Idris
Reconstructing Global Aid: From top-down approaches to partnership models
Harveer Mashiana and Siya Pandey
Through the Lens of Those Who Care: Insights from informal caregivers of lung transplant recipients

Judges: Alex Agostinis, Samavia Ahmad, Dr. Bruce Tucker
Room Ambassador: Alex

Concurrent Session D

3:00 p.m.

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Poster Session #1 – 11:30 a.m.

Location: Greenshield Hall

#	Presenter	Presentation Title
1	Rawasi Fituri	Seeing the strain: High cognitive workload, medication safety, and the case for eye-tracking in emergency nursing
2	Rachel Durling	Examining the Nonlinear Response of Dipoles to Intense Laser Pulses
3	Vanessa Chimienti	Investigation Into the Effects of Dandelion Root Extract on Inducing Cell Death in Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells
4	Niksha Venugopal	Menstrual-Tracking Applications: Tools, challenges, and opportunities within the Femtech Landscape
5	Orchid Sayed	Progressive Rhetoric, Colonial Reality: Reconciliation and Indigenous self-determination in the colonial state of Canada
6	Aleena Azeem	The Impact of Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Medical Diagnosis
7	Abigail Scott	Exploring Talent Scout Decision-Making and Relative Age Effects in Youth Ice Hockey
8	Kimberly Eak	Neural Networks for Optical Characterization of Materials
9	Grishma Jinendra Bakhedi	Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities and Risk Mitigation in Modern Connected Vehicle Architectures
10	Katherine Keller	Rapid Identification of Bacterial Pathogens Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
11	Katherine Keller	Topic on Leadership & Innovation
12	Nour Elharake	Constructing Reprogrammable π-Conjugated Semiconducting Polymers Via Sidechain
13	Abiaa Sanaullah	The Impact of Peer-Based Support in Post-Secondary Institutions
14	Jordan Saad	Extraction of Wavelength-Dependent Refractive Index from 2D White-Light Interferometry
15	Bhabin Pradhan	Bridging the Gap: Multi-modal fake news detection in sparse data environments
16	Marissa Dodich	Exploring the Potential of GLP-1s in Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
17	Yeganeh Rasouli	The Appraisals of Change Scale: Measuring the way people perceive psychological change in experience
18	Ryan Mackay	The Impact of Menstrual Poverty on Menstruators in Canada
19	Travis Loughead	Evaluating Leadership Networks Among Major League Baseball General Managers
20	Berlyn Soulliere	Investigating Information Seeking and Information Evaluation in University Students: Validating a new measure of mental health literacy
21	Anna Papanastassiou	The Analysis of Neuroinflammatory Proteins in Alzheimer's Disease
22	Marissa Mowers	Fungal Fingerprints: The potential of fungi in forensic taphonomy
23	Aubrey Unger	The Dynamics of Nurse-Police Teams: A strengths-based focused ethnographic exploration
24	Tanisha Alok Sharma	Why Sports Are Essential in the Early 20s: Physical activity as a foundation for student success
25	Shafiul Kalam	Detecting Insects using ML/DL object detection methods
26	Shahd Alahmad	Redefining Scientific research: Artificial intelligence as a catalyst for innovation

Judges: Jessica Yu, Halima Mohamed, Sereen Hej-Ali, Aaron Catalan, Isidora Sekaric, Megan Smit, Aimal Memon, Alex Agostinis, Fatima Hamad, Dr. TJ Hammond, Beatrice Floris, Dr. Ziad Kobti, Fatimah Bondok, Maira Chaudhry, Omar Samarraie, Dr. Laurie Freeman, Pardeep Sidhu, Aida Taherkermani, Dr. Bruce Tucker

Poster Session #2 – 12:30 p.m.

Location: Greenshield Hall

#	Presenter	Presentation Title
1	Amina Shahzad	Identifying Knowledge, Attitudes, and Barriers: A quality improvement initiative on cancer screening Uptake Among South Asian Immigrant Populations in Windsor-Essex
2	Hannah Chacko	A Pilot/Feasibility Study to Integrate the Clinical Trials Navigator Program into the Lung Cancer Waitlist at a Large Canadian Cancer Centre
3	Aaron Catalan	A Quality Improvement Initiative to Mitigate Immunotherapy-Related Toxicities among Patients Receiving Immunotherapy using a Novel Grade 2 Toxicity tool
4	Jennifer Yu	Earliest Memories of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): Point to barriers, gaps, and opportunities for early intervention.
5	Morgan Robinson	How did personal economic insecurity influence political trust in Canada between 2021 and 2024?
6	Melanie Caixeiro	Protecting School-Aged Children with Asthma from Wildfire-Related Air Pollution in British Columbia
7	Jessica Yu	Improving the Impact of Hospital Quality Assurance: A mixed-methods evaluation of case review action items
8	Bria Dinh	Multimodal Imaging Changes and Outcomes With The Treatment of MacuMira in Dry AMD
9	Aimal Memon	Bridging Gaps in Retinal Care: Implementing and assessing a patient navigator program at a local retina clinic
10	Hanaa Al-delaimi	Subtle Acts of Agency at Work: Developing the construct of micro-assertions
11	Michael Robinson	Optimizing Operating Room Supply Utilization and Cost Efficiency at Erie Shores HealthCare
12	Adina Dass	A Prospective Assessment of Frailty in Patients with Hematological Malignancies and Correlation with Smartwatch Identified Risk Factors
13	Kyle Banwell	The Role of the Emergency Room in the Initial Diagnostic Pathway of Multiple Myeloma Patients: A retrospective review of 80 presentations at Windsor Regional Hospital
14	Halima Mohamed	Assessing Health Information Needs in CLL/ indolent non-HL Patients on Surveillance
15	Kristina Marrocco	Evaluating the Diagnostic Yield and Efficiency of the RAAMP Clinic: A 2-Year retrospective review of cancer diagnosis pathways
16	Michael Anthony Douaihy	Optimizing Operating Room Supply Utilization and Cost Efficiency at Erie Shores HealthCare
17	Noa Parent	BPC-157 and TB-500: Emerging therapeutic peptides in tissue repair and regenerative medicine
18	Anthony Labbate	Analysis and Validation of PLK4 Dual-Specificity and Substrate Interactions
19	Aida Taherkermani	Bridging the Gap Between Evidence, Oral Health Equity, and Implementation: A literature review
20	Shahoon Sharjil	Growth and Infant Nutrition Clinic: A retrospective review of outcomes in high-risk neonates discharged from the NICU at Windsor Regional Hospital
21	Divjot Sidhu	Methodology for the Identification of International Agricultural Workers for Retrospective Chart Reviews in the Windsor-Essex Region
22	Anika Khan	The 3Fires Platform: Dynamic mapping of Indigenous mobility in Southwestern Ontario
23	Fatima Hamad	Is the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) an effective symptom assessment tool in adult patients with sickle cell disease in a comprehensive hemoglobinopathy Clinic?
23	Mina Pairawan	Developing Peptide Drugs to Address Autoimmune Disorders
24	Kayode Olotu	Cell-type-specific Role of eiF2α Pathway Human Alzheimer’s Disease Brains
25	Calder Chinnery	What are the odds?: Investigating sports gambling and impact on fandom

Judges: Dr. Grant Yocom, Rida Nasir Syeda, Ronnie Haidar, Samantha Bell, Farazaneh Kazemzadeh, Terri Lawrence, Gagandeep Kaur, Annice Nguyen, Azimove Sulthana, Sooraj Sunil, Dr. Munir Rahim, Mehedi Hasan Shanto, Mohamed Farjalla, Michael Lozon, Roger Reka, Karen Pillon, Samavia Ahmad, Julie Sando, Dr. Ruxandra Bianca Nahaiciuc