Jayne Leggatt, MScBMC ‘24, winner of the Vesalius Trust’s 2024 Joyce McGill Scholarship. Photo courtesy of J. Leggatt.
The Vesalius Trust awarded the 2024 Joyce McGill Scholarship to Jayne Leggatt, a second-year student in the Master of Science in Biomedical Communications program at the University of Toronto.
She received the scholarship for her master’s research project Sonoanatomy atlas: An interactive educational resource for sonoanatomy and ultrasound protocol. The Sonoanatomy Atlas is a web-based training tool that will guide medical students through the interpretation of ultrasound images and understanding of the shoulder anatomy.
One of the top two Vesalius Trust awards, the Joyce McGill Scholarship recognizes the nature and merit of a research project.
Compilation of images from Jayne Leggatt’s master’s research project Sonoanatomy atlas: An interactive educational resource for sonoanatomy and ultrasound protocol. Compilation courtesy of J. Leggatt.
Ultrasound imaging is an important tool across many medical disciplines. But learning ultrasound is challenging.
Ultrasound users must orient information on different planes, translate between two-dimensional and three-dimensional relationships, and interpret the structures available only in shades of grey.
Working with Terry Li, anatomist at the University of Manitoba, and biomedical communications faculty advisors Michael Corrin and Nicholas Woolridge, Jayne has created a web-based interactive educational resource.
Jayne optimized data from the Visible Human Project to design a dynamic 3D model of the anatomy of the shoulder. The model includes bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves and blood vessels. Users can rotate the model, view cross-sectional cutaways, and visualize anatomic structures in movement.
A prototype of the online Sonoanatomy Atlas will be available in July 2024 for evaluation by medical students at the University of Winnipeg and the University of Toronto.
The Vesalius Trust also awarded research grants to support the work of the following MScBMC students:
Beatrice Nai-Jung Chen, MScBMC ‘24, for her project A road map of health care transition to adult care for adolescents with paediatric heart disease
Samantha Li, MScBMC ‘24, for her project Storytelling with data: Teaching data-driven storytelling to undergraduate life science students
Natalie Lucas, MScBMC '24–Research Grant for her project Speaking from the heart: An audience-informed animation for navigating palliative care and advanced heart failure
Juno Shemano, MScBMC '24–Research Grant for her project Wound watch: An interactive education platform on pressure injury prevention for unpaid caregivers
Vesalius Trust Research Grants are awarded annually to meritorious student projects.
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Web sites referenced
Jayne Leggatt’s online portfolio https://www.jayneleggatt.com
Beatrice Nai-Jung Chen’s Vesalius Trust Research Grant announcement https://uoft.me/vt2024-beatrice-chen
Samantha Li’s Vesalius Trust Research Grant announcement https://uoft.me/vt-2024-sam-li
Natalie Lucas’ Vesalius Trust Research Grant announcement https://uoft.me/vt-2024-natalie-lucas
Juno Shemano’s Vesalius Trust Research Grant announcement https://uoft.me/vt2024-juno-shemano