Year in review: 2023 Cinq à Sept Research Talks

Feature Stories | 08 Jan 2024

Innovation, discovery, and humanity inspire the groundbreaking health research happening at Queen’s Health Sciences (QHS).

From bacteria to blood transfusions and cancer to cardiac arrest, our 2023 Cinq à Sept Research Talks showcased our researchers work to solve some of today’s most pressing health problems.

If you missed some of these talks over the past year, start 2024 with some inspiration and knowledge by watching and sharing some of these captivating videos and exploring some of their reoccurring themes (and, if you want to attend a Cinq à Sept event in 2024, request a ticket).

This year’s Research Talks sponsors were the William J. Henderson Foundation, Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization (SEAMO),  The City of Kingston, and Queen's Vice-Principal Research.

Innovation in Treatment

This group of talks explored new therapies, strategies, and technology being developed to help people live healthier lives and achieve better quality of life.

“Only the lucky survive cardiac arrest”

Friday, March 24, 2023

Dr. Steven Brooks

Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Learn about new strategies and technology that can provide fast, ready access to life-saving resuscitation and defibrillation for everyone.

“The long journey of ICU survivorship”

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Dr. Gordon Boyd

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Discover how we can help patients not only survive but thrive after an intensive care unit (ICU).

“Delivering blood transfusions with pit-stop precision”

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Dr. Jeannie Callum

Professor, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine Director, Transfusion Medicine

Learn about the innovation and engineering at play to ensure bleeding patients get the right blood they need in just the right way at the right time.

Humanity in Healthcare

These talks explored ways health scientists can better understand and support their patients' needs – and how some research lessons can apply to our everyday lives.

“Making stone soup and building stronger communities”

Friday, October 20, 2023

Dr. Eva Purkey

Assistant Professor and Health Equity Director, Department of Family Medicine

Hear a vision for how universities and researchers can partner with communities to improve peoples' lives and well-being.

“An ER doctor’s secrets for peak performance”

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Dr. Adam Szulewski

Associate Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Psychology Program Director, Fellowship in Resuscitation and Reanimation Medicine

Learn how research in cognitive overload can help people think clearly and successfully navigate high-stress, high-stakes environments no matter the situation.

“Neighbours helping neighbours age well at home”

Friday, March 24, 2023

Dr. Catherine Donnelly

Associate Professor, School of Rehabilitation Therapy and Department of Family Medicine Director, Health Services and Policy Research Institute

Explore a simple idea that has spawned a movement helping older adults age well within their homes, among neighbours.

Discovery Science

These talks explored scientific research that is breaking new ground and making new discoveries.

“The lowdown on the showdown in your gut”

Friday, October 20, 2023

Dr. Prameet Sheth

Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences 

Starting with the lowdown on our body’s bacteria and the crisis created by antibiotic overuse, learn how the discovery of a protein has the potential to treat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections.