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Undergraduate Research Fair 2020 winners


Dr. James Wu Prize for Best Lower-year Project


First prize: Anh T. P. Nguyen for “Smart Drugs? Cognitive Enhancing Drugs and the Consequences on Healthy Populations” (HH/PSYC 2010)

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Anh T. P. Nguyen

Second prize: Prakash Thambipillai for “Treating Trauma with MDMA: Legalizing MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for Trauma-Related Mental Health Disorders” (HH/PSYC 2010)

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Prakash Thambipillai

Dr. James Wu Prize for Best Upper-year Project


First prize: Claudia Dias Martins for “Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for Depression” (HH/PSYC 4061)

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Claudia Dias Martins

Second prize: Tatiana Espinosa-Merlano for “Eat Dementia Away! How does nutrition affect cognition and what are some nutritional practices to adopt or avoid?” (HH/KINE 4140)

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Tatiana Espinosa-Merlano

Dr. James Wu Prize for Best Honours Thesis/MRP


First prize: Elizaveta Selezneva for “The Effect of Priming Caution on the Receptivity to Fake News” (GL/PSYC 4000)

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Elizaveta Selezneva

Second prize: Gloria Park for “Are Canadian Prisons the New Residential School?” (AP/CRIM 4652)

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Gloria Park

Library Information Literacy Award


First prize: John Nguyen for “Time Flies when You’re Having Fun: A Fruit Fly Study on Aging” (SC/BIOL 4000)

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John Nguyen

Second prize: Susan K. Chen for “The Personality Transformations of a School Shooter” (HH/PSYC 4050)

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Susan K. Chen

Best Poster Presentation


First prize: Beatrice Sohler for “How Photographic Mediums Shaped and Challenged the Portrayals of Japanese Women in Late 19th and Early 20th Century Japan” (AP/HIST 4765)

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Beatrice Sohler

Second prize: Taheera Sarker for “Constructing Canadian National Identity: Confronting multiculturalism, whiteness and the internal Muslim Other” (AP/POLS 4103)

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Taheera Sarker

Best Group Project


Alaina Thomas, Stacy Chiu, Christopher Lee and Nicole Maina for “Comparing Psychology and Non-Psychology Students’ Attitude Toward Care Seeking” (GL/PSYC 3525)

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Alaina Thomas, Christopher Lee, Nicole Maina, and Stacy Chiu

Art Walk Exhibit Award


Natalia Bonczek for “Misster E” (FA/VISA 3024)

Natalia Bonczek for “Misster E” (FA/VISA 3024)

People's Choice Award


Shalini Iyer for “The Role of Lipids in Neuronal Plasticity – Link to Autism Spectrum Disorders” (SC/BIOL 4000)

Shalini Iyer