What are the Student and Post-Doc Awards and How Were They Chosen?

The POPCORN student and post-doc awards were given to successful applicants enrolled in a graduate program or who hold a post-doctoral position at a recognized academic institution. These projects use POPCORN data as a primary data source and are supervised by a current POPCORN investigator, ensuring access to both expert mentorship and collaborative support.

This one-year funding opportunity supports innovative research projects that leverage POPCORN data to advance pediatric and maternal health outcomes.

Which Projects Were Chosen?

After reviewing all the submissions, six projects were selected:

Expanding POPCORN to Pregnant Individual-Infant Health: Leveraging Existing Data for Pandemic Preparedness in Pregnancy and Infancy
Led by Costanza Di Chara

Assessment of Patient-reported Outcome Measures and Incidence of Post-COVID-19 Condition in the First Year After Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Longitudinal Analysis from the POPCORN COVID-19 Study
Led by Sofia Panziera

Pandemic and Autoimmunity: Impact of COVID-19 on the Development and Progression of Autoimmune Diseases in Children, a project from the Pediatric Outcomes Improvement through Coordination of Research Networks
Led by Charles-Antoine Guay

EXPAND: EXamining associations between Pediatric quality of life (PedsQL) and sociodemographic chAracteristics of childreN in CanaDa
Led by Mahak Arora

Development of a Clinical Prediction Tool for Severe Outcomes in Pediatric COVID-19 Using Classical and Machine Learning Approaches
Led by Yesmine Sahnoun

Incidence and Severity of New Cancer Diagnoses in Children across Canada
Led by Ngueyanouba Calvin Djiraimadje