Research

Given our commitment to citizen science, we are making the data on our educational program open-source. If you wish to collaborate with us on educational research or have questions about our data or program, please email programs@yourekacanada.org.

Recent Winners

Click here to view the winning projects created in the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 cohorts.

2023-24

Theme: Environmental Factors in Human Health

  1. The Effect of Specific Ambient Air Pollutants on Breast Cancer Incidence Across US Counties

    Thomas Robinson, Xintong Hou, Lea Bleibel | Youreka Montreal (McGill University)

  2. Breathing Under Pressure: Exploring the Link Between PM2.5 Pollution and Asthma Health Outcomes in Nepal, Thailand, and Malaysia

    Safwan Ahmed, Malika Peera, Le Yi He | Youreka Kingston (Queen’s University)

  3. The Health Impacts of Earthquakes as Seen Through the Household Expenditure in Japan

    Vanessa Brenders, Sai Etikala, Seth Peiris, Jack Shum, Meelad Elias | Youreka Windsor (University of Windsor)

2022-23

Theme: Mental Health

  1. How does the prenatal stress of women during pregnancy affect the immune response within their offspring

    Bhuvan Dubey, Faisal Al-Taie, Kartik Budihal, Rijwal Sangey, Tanmay Shah | Youreka Calgary (University of Calgary)

  2. Predicting stress level based on Reddit posts: a natural language processing perspective on mental health

    Ann Huang, Brett Balazic, Majd Boulos, Joshua Onichino, Brenda Truong | Youreka Montreal (McGill University)

  3. Genetic predisposition of vulnerable groups to schizophrenia and bipolar via AKAP11 variant analysis

    Elle Vollmer, Peyton Tillie, Sohila Sidhu, Vivian Hu, Ali Mohamad | Youreka Windsor (University of Windsor)

2021-22

Theme: Vaccines

  1. Determining the Genetic Basis of Metastatic Potential for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

    Dhruv Patel, Denize D’Souza, Erik Sadiku | Youreka Kingston (Queen’s University)

  2. The Economic Effects of Childhood Vaccination

    Alexander Masanovich, Rocia Tan, Karyna Lim, Daniel Xie, Meelad Elias | Youreka Windsor (University of Windsor)

  3. Determining the Best Social Intervention Method to Promote HPV Vaccine Administration in 9-17 Year Olds

    Harveen Saini, Althea Almeron, Jessie Luo, Himanshu Sangale | Youreka Calgary (University of Calgary)

2020-21

Theme: Covid-19

  1. Sars-Cov-2 H69del Spike Protein Mutation is Associated with Less Severe Covid-19 Patient Outcomes

    Laine Bénard, Mikhail Bond, Orchee Haque, Stephanie Huynh and Molly McVean | Youreka Calgary (University of Calgary)

  2. The Effect of Covid-19 Restrictions on Opioid Overdoses in Alberta And Ontario

    Ayah El-Hajj, Sophia Burns, Jazlyn Chan, Nabeel Khan, Justina Wong | Youreka Edmonton (University of Alberta)

  3. Human Development and Covid-19: An Unforeseen Positive Correlation

    Zenab Gill, Shreya Mulpuri, Yasmeen Jalil, Jack Ma, Kritika Taparia | Youreka Edmonton (University of Alberta)

2019-20

Projects were categorized into Biomedical, Public Health, Economics, and Sociopolitical Divisions

  1. Long-Term Effects of Influenza Vaccines on the Prevalence of Specific H3N2 Genetic Clades

    Elsa George, Faraneh Moayyed, Monica Figueroa, Will Taylor and Kieran Maheden | Youreka Edmonton (University of Alberta)

  2. The Correlation Between CSR and Revenue

    Sona Regonda, Linda Nguyen, Fadilah Khan and Sekne Amine | Youreka Windsor (University of Windsor)

  3. Pediatric Underrepresentation in Clinical Trials for Pulmonary Hypertension

    Andrea Kucek, Katie Klein, Tuaha Liaquat, Aliza Hussain and Justina Wong | Youreka Edmonton (University of Alberta)