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 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 S.
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Prevalence and predictors of shaking young children in Pakistan
Supervisor's Name: Dr. John D. McLennan
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 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 M.
Major: Health and Society
Title of Research: Quantifying and Characterizing Experiences of Homelessness with Older Calgarians
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Lara Nixon
Ghadir A.
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Secretory Autophagy During Influenza A Virus Infection
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Andrew Leidal
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 K.
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Investigating the role of spon1b in zebrafish floor plate formation
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Peng Huang
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 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 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 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 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 A.
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Functional Connectivity of the Frontoparietal Network during Cognitive Control Tasks
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Kara Murias
Shahrbano R.
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Microbiome Analysis of Pulmonary Aspergilloma
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Christina Thornton
Stephanie H.
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Autophagy and Polyploidization in Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Xi-Long Zheng
Tobi S.
Major: Health and Society
Title of Research: Building Knowledge Together: An Inclusive Research Project
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Meaghan Edwards
Zoha S.
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Title of Research: Regulation of Anti-Viral Immune Response by the Intestinal Microbiota
Supervisor's Name: Dr. Markus Geuking