Recently Published Graduate Student Theses

2019

Carina Iskander, "Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor Use and the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury in Older Adults in Routine Clinical Practice: A Population-Based Cohort Study"

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor: Amit X. Garg

Yujie Chen, "Is SABR cost-effective in oligometastatic cancer? An economic analysis of SABR-COMET randomized trial"

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisors: Alexander Louie and Greg Zaric

Michaela Fernandes, "Preventive Strategies for Acute Kidney Injury among Patients Undergoing Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair"

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor: Amit X. Garg and Luc Dubois

Sharifa Nasreen, "Trends in Asthma Prevalence in Canadians, Asthma Course Trajectories in Children, and the Effect of Maternal Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on the Risk of Asthma in the Offspring"

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor: Igor Karp

Chen Wei Huang, "Epilepsy worry in adolescents and young adults with childhood-onset epilepsy ten years after diagnosis"

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor: Speechley, Kathy N.

Samantha McRae, "'Such a Scary Place for a Kid': The Impact of Adolescent Hospitalization on Adult Psychiatric Units"

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor: Anderson, Kelly K.

Yue Niu, "Construction of Prediction Models for The Health Utility Index Mark 3 in Ontario and Its Application"

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisors: Sarma, Sisira and Zou, Guangyong

Nicole Schoer, "Identifying Service Utilization Patterns in Primary Care by Young People with First-Episode Psychosis"

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor: Anderson, Kelly K.

Emily C. Nunez, "Assessing Self-Identified and Meta-Perceived Social Groups for Predicting Day-to-Day Discrimination and Examining Psychological Distress Based on Identity Mismatch"

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor: Bauer, Greta

Artem Uvarov, "Towards Using Model Averaging To Construct Confidence Intervals In Logistic Regression Models"

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor: Zou, Guangyong

Sophia Pereira Nunes, "The Relationship Between Sleep and Internalizing Problems Among Canadian Adolescents"

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisors: Campbell, Karen and Stranges, Saverio

Nima Gheisarzadeh, "Off-Label Use of Second Generation Antipsychotics in Primary Care -An Exploratory Study"

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisors: Lizotte, Daniel J. and Anderson, Kelly K.

Chantal Williams, "Patterns of problem behaviours among a representative sample of youth in Ontario"

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisors: Wells, Samantha and Elton-Marshall, Tara

Mostafa Shokoohi, "Social Determinants of Health and Substance Use among Women Living with HIV in Canada: Inequalities and Impacts"

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor: Bauer, Greta R.

Owen Litwin, "Uptake of colorectal cancer screening tests by Ontario physicians."

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisors: Garg, Amit, Sontrop, Jessica and Welk, Blayne

Shohi Prajapati, "The Association Between Maternal Obesity and Fetal Size for Gestational Age in Singletons and Twins"

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisors: Campbell, M. Karen and Klar, Neil

Maryfrances Carton, "Gambling and Physical Activity among Ontario Adolescents"

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisors: Elton-Marshall, Tara and Wells, Samantha

Thaksha Thavam, "The Impact of the Diabetes Management Incentive on Diabetes-related Services, Hospitalizations, and Mortality Risk in Ontario"

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor: Sarma, Sisira

 Alena Tarasevich, "Atrial Fibrillation Episodes of Illness in a Primary Care Setting"

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor: Speechley, Mark and Gula, Lorne

Sahana Kukan, "Examining the Relationship between Intrinsic Drivers of Motivation and Functional Outcomes in a Cross-Section of Individuals with Psychotic Disorders"

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor: MacDougall, Arlene G. and Anderson, Kelly

Rey Acedillo, "Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Discharged Home from an Emergency Department with Acute Kidney Injury: A Population-Based Cohort Study"

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor: Garg, Amit and Klar, Neil

Jerome Iruthayarajah, "Modelling clinical decision-making referral patterns to home-based or hospital-based stroke outpatient rehabilitation programs in London, Ontario: A prognostic model development study"

Degree: Master of Science
Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor: Speechley, Mark and Teasell, Robert W