Honours Thesis

Abdullah Zubair

Development and evaluation of a machine learning-based image classification web application for mosquito species identification for species present in Alberta, Canada

Anandita Mahika

Quantitative characterization of heterozygous NOSIP embryos

Courtney Lenz

Evaluating the impact of quality control filters and imputation reference panels on pharmacogenomic variant calling

Farbod Moghaddam

Developing a computer vision algorithm to distinguish between different antinuclear antibody patterns

Fares Senjar

Analyzing the role of TGF-β signaling in driving phenotypic variation during craniofacial development in zebrafish

Keerthana Chockalingam

Single-cell transcriptomic characterization of human acute burn wounds to identify targets to promote skin regeneration

Kennedy Romick

A machine learning-based analysis of sleep as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease

Matthew Yacoub

A neuro-chip application approach to define electrical activity patterns of identified neurons underlying neuronal growth and synaptic connectivity

Nemanja Grujic

Development of a senescence-specific promote for accurate cellular senescence detection and mechanistic insights

Noelle Thundathil

Developing a nanopore amplicon sequencing pipeline for the detection of anthelmintic drug resistance SNPs in gastrointestinal nematodes

Ramin Kahidi

Enabling personalized mental imagery action detection for children with cerebral palsy

River Sanoy

Analyzing neurodevelopment and its variability by linking neuroimaging and genetic data

Saahim Salman

Predicting progression in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis using deep learning models

Sam Lokanc

Generation of immune stimulating peptides (ISPs) for refractory and recurrent pediatric cancers

Sergiu Cociuba

Using computer vision to predict optimal vitamin D dosage

Stephen Moore

Generalizability of deep learning-based magnetic resonance imaging reconstruction models

Aarti Iyer

The difference in the activity and local connectivity between the seizure onset zone and other areas in the brain as detected by fMRI

Abeer Ahmed

Determining the impact of oxygen levels on astrocyte immune functions and metabolism

Akila Kularatne

Determining the distribution and prevalence of transferrin receptor expressing bacteria in mammals

Alessia DiMarzo

Investigating the prostaglandin E2 pathway and single nucleotide polymorphisms of prostaglandin E2 receptor subtype 3 (PTGER3) and preterm birth

Anita Szabo

Brain responses to placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia in youth

Anup Jay

Investigating the potential of a peptide replacement strategy for Fragile X Syndrome to correct abnormal brain activity in a female Fmr1 KO mouse model

Ashley Clark

Identification of solute carrier transporters in human gestational tissues and the effects of labour on the gene expression

Aydin Herik

The spatial and temporal role of protease dysregulation in Citrobacter rodentium colitis

Barak Bader

Reversal of endothelial dysfunction: Investigating KCa channel activation as a potential beneficial strategy in an estrogen-deficient mouse model

Bilal Shakir

The role of Fgf8 in patterning face shape variation

Brian Choi

Interleukin-4 and the regulation of macrophage mitochondrial dynamics

Cassie Wood

DNGR-1-signaling drives the recruitment of a dedicated cross-presentation enhancing apolipoprotein, APOL7C

Connor McCafferty

A comparative analysis of tissue clearing protocols for the deep tissue imaging and 3D reconstruction of cardiac vasculature

Deborah Ola

Differential neutrophil responses to healing and non-healing Leishmania  species: Implications for disease manifestations and control

Derek Cheung

Investigation of AAV-MEDI4893* for staphylococcal alpha-toxin challenge in a mice model

Dewuni De Silva

Improving precision genome editing through enhanced production and delivery of virus-like particles

Elaha Niazi

Body composition changes among females treated with in-vitro fertilization: A pilot study

Elliot Peace

Utilizing a transgenic Collagen 1-eGFP mouse line to study the involvement of fibrocytes in the development of intestinal fibrosis

Fatemah AlAwadhi

The effects of chemotherapeutics on skin- vs nerve-derived Schwann cells

Ghadir Alhindal

Mapping the factor associated with neutral sphingomyelinase activation (FAN) interactome and potential effectors of secretory autophagy

Isaac Obrigewitsch

Investigating the origin of muscle weakness in children with cerebral palsy

Jackie Tran

Evaluating the role of ER-stress and major ER chaperone, BiP, in promoting survival of human embryonic stem cells following dissociation with TTNPB treatment

Jenna Salem

An investigation into the association of hyperandrogenism and cardiometabolic disease in females with polycystic ovary syndrome

Jillian Kitt

In sickness and in fear: investigating the perception and neurobehavioural responses of Lymnaea stagnalis to varying stressors

Jonathan Brill

Investigating the role of macrophages in regulating animal growth and development in response to hypoxia

Jonathon Truong

Time- and dose-dependent effects of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species on adipogenesis in C57BL/6 primary adipocytes

Justin Ma-Phan

AstroFlies: Developing an animal model to investigate the effects of microgravity on spatial orientation skills

Katrina Melan

Estrogen as a mediator of sex differences in the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and obesity-associated cardiometabolic disease

Kristen Eiriksson

Click-linking for enhancing crosslinking mass spectrometry performance and improved interactome mapping

Landon Scholly

Elucidating the impact of hyaluronan synthase 1-3 expression by inflammatory astrocytes

Laura Fine

Excision frequencies of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec) in variant SCCmec type and subtype methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains

Mackenzie McManus

Spatial colonic goblet cell innate host defence towards murine Citrobacter rodentium infection

Madeline Miller

Prenatal cannabis exposure and infant milestone attainment

Mara Marincas

Edelfosine promotes LDL uptake in synthetic vascular smooth muscles initiating foam cell formation

Marian Grell

The regulation and function of HIF-1a signaling in acute pneumococcal pneumonia

Marissa Gordon

Optimizing treatment for Dravet Syndrome (DS): performing anti-seizure drug screening on brain organoids and characterization of excitatory and inhibitory neuron populations

Maya Reed

Investigating the comparative efficacy and cardiopulmonary impact of dexmedetomidine, hydromorphone, and ketamine sedation protocols in bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps).

Monica Bautista

Investigating the roles of candidate distal and proximal enhancers on regulating the oscillatory HES7 expression in a human segmentation clock model

Muskaan Sharma

The hyperoxic modulation of spinal oxygen sensor activity

Neil Rajpurohit

Investigating temozolomide treatment resistance in glioblastoma

Nicholas Cao

The impact of the intestinal microbiome on the formation of trained immunity

Nidhi Kotikalapudi

Impact of previous life stressor in the response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) treatment in patients with post-concussion symptoms

Ria Mangat

Repeatability analysis of bone mineral density measurements in weight bearing, cone beam computed tomography

Riley Fedoruk

Analyzing the role of vesicular zinc neurotransmission in the action of the atypical psychedelic compound ketamine

Riley Gill

Examining the effect of SB-334867 orexin antagonist in reducing fentanyl relapse behaviours - A self administration model

Ronan Lopes

Elucidating the activity of β-adrenergic receptors in orthotopic xenograft mouse glioblastoma models

Ryan Bui

Examining the effects of the patient mutation M978V on USP15 subcellular localization and neuronal migration in the cerebral cortex

Sahara Mand

Assessing the impact of placental trophoblast gene function on embryonic brain development

Samyah Alsuwaileh

Role of MEN1 gene and menin protein in Alzheimer's disease

Shrijeet Yennawar

Characterizing "the munchies"; the effects of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) vapour inhalation on the activity of appetite-regulating brain regions in a rat model

Shuvam Prasai

Region-specific activity of phosphodiesterase 9A in angiotensin II-mediated hypertensive heart disease and its influence on cardiac function

Taye Louie

Optical tweezers and vibrational analysis - a novel approach for cell phenotyping

Treeva Hakim

Investigating the relationship between maternal and infant inflammatory biomarker profile around delivery

Valerie Ho

Understanding the mechanism of ALKAL2/ALK signaling in pain-sensing neurons

Yuki Ferguson

Expression of phosphodiesterase isoforms in rat mesenteric lymphatic endothelial cells and lymphatic muscle cells

Alexia Lee

Impact of a mandatory nonmedical switch policy from biologics to biosimilars in rheumatoid arthritis patients in Alberta: a longitudinal cohort study

Amelia Wells

Exploring innovations and factors that optimize adult inpatient flow for neurosurgical care in Alberta: An environmental scan

Amrit Thandi

Sociodemographic variability of metformin utilization via retail pharmacies across Canada from 2021-2023

Anabel Selemon

Understanding arbovirus researcher and decision maker user experience in developing an arbovirus serosurveillance health informatics platform

Batool AlMousawi

Towards equitable employment: Academic researchers' perspectives on establishing a social enterprise for participatory research

Elizabeth Filip

The impact of travel time and distance to pediatric cancer centres on survival in Alberta: a CYP-C investigation

Erika Pichette

Perspectives of midwifery clients on midwives as maternity care providers.

Gulshan Baloch

Coming soon

Huzaifa Kamal

Investigating the cultural competency of primary healthcare in Alberta

Inara Lalani

Interdisciplinary approaches to defining and detecting child-appealing unhealthy food advertisements in digital media

Lauren Asaad

Patient perspectives on "care-full" approaches to publishing patient photographs in online medical journals

Lyah Ng

Associations between parental and child physical activity and sedentary behaviour during the initial months of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Parker Diggle

Building knowledge together: An inclusive research project

Reeana Tazreean

Ethics in cardiac surgery recovery guidelines: Patient and healthcare provider perspectives

Sanam Sekandary

Prenatal cannabis consumption and neonatal health outcomes following the legalization of cannabis in Canada