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O'Brien Centre Summer Studentships (OCSS)

OCSS - 2024 Student Profiles

The O’Brien Centre Summer Studentships are meant to encourage students to undertake an experiential opportunity in a health research setting at the University of Calgary.

Anita

Anita S.

Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Brain Responses to Placebo Analgesia and Nocebo Hyperalgesia in Youth
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Jillian Vinall Miller

Bilal

Bilal S.

Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Prevalence and predictors of shaking young children in Pakistan
Supervisor's Name: Dr. John D. McLennan
 

Caitlyn

Caitlyn H.

Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Structural Brain Connectivity and Reading Abilities in Children with Heavy Prenatal Alcohol Exposure  
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Catherine Lebel

Emilie

Emilie d-C.

Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Investigating Patient Derived Pericardial Fluid on Mesothelial to Mesenchymal Transition 
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Justin Deniset 

Emma

Emma M.

Major: Health and Society
Title of Research: Quantifying and Characterizing Experiences of Homelessness with Older Calgarians
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Lara Nixon

Ghadir

Ghadir A.

Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Secretory Autophagy During Influenza A Virus Infection
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Andrew Leidal 

Inam

Inam K.

Major: Health and Society
Title of Research: Development of Functional Neurological Disorder Case Definition in Electronic Health Records
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Gabriela Gilmour

Mindy

Mindy K.

Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Investigating the role of spon1b in zebrafish floor plate formation  
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Peng Huang 

Naya

Naya A.

Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: The overlapping clinical features and shared mechanisms between Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Anorexia Nervosa
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Paul Arnold

Nina

Nina C-A.

Major: Health and Society
Title of Research: Adaptation and Evaluation of a Family-Administered ICU Delirium Detection Instrument (FIDDI) 
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Kirsten Fiest

Rajpreet

Rajpreet R.

Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: The role of inflammation in lymphocyte migration and Fibroblastic Reticular Cell organization in the Lymph Node
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Shan Liao

Ryan

Ryan R.

Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Involvement of aryl hydrocarbon receptors & indoleamine dioxygenase in influenza A viral replication 
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Faizal Careem

Sam

Sam G.

Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Estimating the prevalence and impact of phenoconversion among youth taking psychiatric medications
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Chad Bousman

Sara

Sara A.

Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Functional Connectivity of the Frontoparietal Network during Cognitive Control Tasks
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Kara Murias 

Shahrbano

Shahrbano R.

Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Microbiome Analysis of Pulmonary Aspergilloma
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Christina Thornton

Stephanie

Stephanie H.

Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Autophagy and Polyploidization in Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells 
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Xi-Long Zheng

Tobi

Tobi S.

Major: Health and Society
Title of Research: Building Knowledge Together: An Inclusive Research Project
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Meaghan Edwards

Zoha

Zoha S.

Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Regulation of Anti-Viral Immune Response by the Intestinal Microbiota 
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Markus Geuking