Each year, CHRIM welcomes undergraduate students who are conducting research in Manitoba to participate in our Summer Studentship competition. The Summer Studentship Awards are designed to provide exposure to career opportunities in the areas of health research for pregnant people, children, youth, and families early in post-secondary education.
Each recipient will be awarded $7,000 for a minimum of 12 weeks of full-time summer employment with a CHRIM researcher as their supervisor.
We’re thrilled to share the results for this year’s Studentship Competition. Congratulations to everyone who was selected, we are looking forward to having you in our community this summer!
2025 Summer Scholars
Bhavya Bhushan
Supervisor: Saeid Ghavami
Project: Targeting the IRE1-XBP1 Axis and Autophagy to Develop Novel Therapies for Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Using a Zebrafish Model
Morgan Oliveria-Hanson
Supervisor: Leslie Roos
Project: Strengthening Families Mental Health Partnership
Jewel Paskaruk
Supervisor: Vern Dolinsky
Project: Investigating the Role of SIRT3 in the Development of Gestational Diabetes
Mark Piasecki
Supervisor: Paul Marcogliese
Project: Developing PAK1 Gain of Function Model in Flies.
Paul Houston
Supervisor: Robert Beattie
Project: Dissecting the Role of Mecp2 and Fan1 in Rett Syndrome and Neural Development
Breanna Amoyaw
Supervisor: Kelly Russell
Project: Health and Social Outcomes of Mothers Diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury Related to Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review
Rebecca Loewen
Supervisor: Meaghan Jones
Project: Uncovering Evidence for Long-term Epigenetic Regulation of Lung Gene Expression by Early Life Cannabis Exposure in a Mouse Model.
Jena Barscello
Supervisor: Ryan Giuliano
Project: Is Stress Contagion a Two-Way Street? Examining Children’s Stress Responsivity and Parental Sensitivity
Tanvi Kaushal
Supervisor: Cheryl Rockman-Greenberg
Project: Evaluating a Mainstreaming Approach to Whole Exome Sequencing for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (IMDs)
With gratitude
Special thanks to the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba for continuing to support CHRIM Studentship Scholars. Your support directly impacts the next generation of scientists and is helping to fuel the discovery of scientific breakthroughs, treatments and cures!