Mentorship Program
CUASF has established a program to help support grant recipients. A senior mentor is paired with a recipient of the CUASF Early Investigator Research Grant with the purpose of providing them with support and project direction. This includes quarterly touchpoints between the mentor and mentee.
Mentee
Dr. Melissa Huynh
Western University
Mentor
Dr. Peter Black
University of British Columbia
The effect of pharmacological inhibition of endogenous hydrogen sulfide production on the progression of high-grade bladder cancer.
Mentee
Dr. Soojin Kim
BC Children's Hospital
Mentor
Dr. Andrew MacNeily
University of British Columbia
Machine learning-enabled ultrasound for assessing single kidney function in pediatrics
Mentee
Dr. Adam Kinnaird
University of Alberta
Mentor
Dr. Alan So
University of British Columbia
Assessing 18F-PSMA-1007 positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in the primary staging of prostate cancer.
Mentee
Dr. Jeffrey Cambell
Western University
Mentor
Dr. Trustin Domes
University of Saskatchewan
The evolving role of botulinum neurotoxin as a treatment
for erectile dysfunction.
Mentee
Dr. Andrea Kokorovic
University of Montreal
Mentor
Dr. Wassim Kassouf
University of Alberta
Project-Evaluation and Improvement of Sexual Function Outcomes in Canadian Women with Bladder Cancer.
Mentee
Dr. Christopher Dorion
Queen's University Dept. of Urology
Mentor
Dr. Curtis Nickel
Queen's University Dept. of Urology
A randomized pilot study of a novel group based pelvic floor physiotherapy intervention versus individualized pelvic floor physiotherapy in female interstitial cystitis bladder pain syndrome patients.
Mentee
Dr. Thomas Skinner
Dalhousie University
Mentor
Dr. Patrick Luke
Western University
Clinical trial of a novel renal cooling device designed to eliminate warm ischemia during kidney transplantation surgery.
Mentee
Dr. Christopher Wallis
University of Toronto
Mentor
Dr. Rodney Breau
University of Ottawa
Mentee
Dr. Miles Mannas
Mentor
Dr. Ricardo Rendon
Mentee
Dr. Daniel Keefe
Mentor
Dr. Andrew MacNeily
Mentee
Dr. Monica Farcas
Mentor
Dr. Trevor Schuler
Mentee
Dr. Connor Forbes
Mentor
Dr. Dean Elterman
Mentee
Dr. Thomas Skinner
Dalhousie University
Mentor
Dr. Patrick Luke
Western University
Clinical trial of a novel renal cooling device designed to eliminate warm ischemia during kidney transplantation surgery.