Kaitlyn and Jordie TIE for First Place!

Congratulations to Kaitlyn Samson and Jordie Fischer (Karakochuk lab) who TIED for FIRST PLACE in the poster competition at the 2021 BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute’s Healthy Starts Trainee Research Day (Feb 3, 2021).

Kaitlyn presented her MSc research titled: “The inclusion of folic acid in weekly iron-folic acid supplements confers no additional benefit on anemia reduction: A randomized controlled trial in Malaysia”.

Jordie presented her MSc research titled: “Evaluating the effect of 12 weeks of supplementation with ferrous sulfate, ferrous bisglycinate or placebo, on iron status and gut inflammation in Cambodian women”.

A huge win for the Karakochuk lab! 🙂