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Omar Abdelraheem MSc Lisa Cameron Investigating whether Metabolic Rewiring Influences Th2 cells and their role in Asthma Severity
Rober Abdo PhD Qi Zhang
Shawn Li		 Proteo-transcriptomic Profiling of Brain Metastasis
Sabina Al Agbar MSc Abubaker Sidahmed
Lakshman Gunaratnam		 Identifying non-HLA antibodies and their roles in solid organ transplantation
Wessam Al Jawhri MD/PhD Anthony Nichols Time-resolved genomic, transcriptomic, and microenvironmental landscape during HPV-induced carcinogenesis
Rachel Barboza MSc Christina Castellani Imputation of mitochondrial DNA copy number and heteroplasmy from nuclear and cellular omic signatures
Morgan Black PhD Matthew Cecchini Optimizing Workflows using AI-augmented technologies to increase efficiencies and improve patient understanding in Oncology
Esther Chang MSc Mark Darling
Douglas Hamilton		 Mechanisms of scarring in gingival and oral mucosal tissues
Xinigian Chang PhD Xiufen Zheng Developing a new platform for circular RNA preparation
Tiffany Cheung MSc Saman Maleki The impact of antibiotics on the immunogenicity of tumours with mismatch repair deficiency
Jacob Daigle Visiting Graduate Student Art Poon A Generalized Model of Fitness Erosion from Mutation Accumulation
Chloe Davidson MSc Saman Maleki The role of dendritic cells in driving anti-tumour immunity against tumours with mismatch repair deficiency
Mohammad Derakhshan Nazari MSc Parisa Shooshtari Uncovering cell type specific epigenetic mechanisms underlying complex diseases using bioinformatics approaches
Justin Donovan PhD Miguel Quiñones-Mateu
Eric Arts		 Comparing the relative transmission efficiency, pathogenesis, immunogenicity, and community spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
Laura Duffy MSc Bekim Sadikovic Use of episignature testing as a first-tier diagnostic test internationally
Victor Dutrizac GDip Lakshman Gunaratnam Role of KIM-1 shedding in regulating metastasis in renal cell carcinoma
Grace Ennema MSc Parisa Shooshtari
Lisa Cameron		 Integrative Analysis of GWAS and Single-Cell Sequencing Data Discovers Gene Regulatory Mechanisms Underlying Asthma
Ankita Gauba GDip Rabindra Bhattacharjee Development of High throughput drug repurposing method to identify therapeutic target(s) to impede cytokine storm syndrome (CSS) in a human model immune cell
Adam Greasley PhD Xiufen Zheng
Tianqing Peng		 Circular RNA in Ischemic Cardiac Disease: Regulation, Function and Therapeutic Potential
Ji Hyun Han MSc - OMFS Christina McCord Osteomyelitis of the jaw; An investigational study of clinicopathologic features and pathogenesis of refractory vs. non-refractory osteomyelitis
Sharath Hari GDip Rabindra Bhattacharjee Drug Repositioning for Preservation of Donor Kidneys at Room Temperature Using a Simulated Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Model
Cody Hird PhD Miguel E. Quiñones-Mateu Construction and Characterization of Novel Coronavirus Spike Glycoproteins to Develop a Pan-Coronavirus Vaccine
Megan Hong PhD Saman Maleki Immune mechanisms of anti-CTLA-4 effectiveness against induced DNA mismatch repair deficient neuroblastoma tumours
Pious Jose MSc Xiufen Zheng The role of circular RNA on dendritic cell mediated immune modulation
Aanchal Joshi GDip Matthew Cecchini Utilization of large language models to classify variants of uncertain significance in cancer
Shania Kaczmarek MSc Mike Shkrum Correlation of Lower Extremity Injuries (Fractures) to Motor Vehicle Bumpers in Frontal Motor Vehicle-Fatal Pedestrian Impacts
Amir Karimi MSc Anthony Nichols Single cell transcriptomic analysis of the immune response to combined targeted and immunotherapy in anaplastic thyroid cancer
Daniel Kawa MSc Patti Kiser
Dean Betts		 Evaluating the differentiation capacity of pluripotent stem cells lacking mitochondrial p66Shc
Chad Kelawan MSc Fred Dick Understanding dormant ovarian cancer cell survival
Luna Khanal MSc Weiping Min
Zhu-Xu Zhang		 The cardioprotective role of DLC1β in heart transplantation
Carolyn Lauzon MSc Bekim Sadikovic Expanding the use of whole genome epigenetic testing in hematological oncologic and blood disorders
Nhi Le MSc Anthony Nichols Mechanisms of evolved resistance to immunotherapy in HPV positive and negative head and neck cancer models
Grace Li MSc Cindy Hutnik
Monali Malvankar		 Preference-based Vitreoretinal Disease-specific Health-related Quality of Life Instrument: development of the health utility for vitreoretinal disease
Luis Limo Davila PhD - One Health Noha Gomaa The social epigenetics of oral disease and developmental vulnerability in children

Haitao Lu

 PhD Zhu-Xu Zhang Z-DNA Binding Protein 1 senses nucleic acids to induce PANoptosis and inflammation in transplantation
Paula Magbor MSc Art Poon Molecular epidemiology with overlapping clusters
Haley McConkey MSc Bekim Sadikovic Clinical Epigenomic Testing in Canada: Discovery and Clinical Assessment of Episignatures

Leah McDonald

 MSc Matthew Cecchini Automated PD-L1 Quantification and Observer Study Using Eye Tracking
Maria Mihele MSc Xiufen Zheng
Dave Nagpal		 The impact of sodium thiosulfate on cardiac ischemia reperfusion injury
Bernardo Reyes MSc Miguel Quiñones-Mateu Development of a Novel Phage Recombination-based System to Preempt Viral Evolution

Kathleen Rooney

 MSc Bekim Sadikovic Identification of diagnostic DNA methylation episignatures associated with large structural chromosomal variations in patients with neurodevelopmental disorders
Raffin Ryeed MSc Abubaker Sidahmed The roles of Non-HLA antibody in solid organ transplantation
Stefan Sampy MSc Tianqing Peng The effects and mechanisms of NMN in modulation of neutrophil function during sepsis
Niloofar Setayeshi MSc Rabindra Bhattacharjee Drug repositioning in sIRI models to prevent pro-inflammatory damages in stored organs
Nader Shaker MSc - OMFS Mark Darling S100A7 expression profile in Verrucous Hyperplasia
Janice Sutherland MSc-OneHealth Gerald McKinley Evaluation of a One Health Education Program in Youth to Improve Their Health Related Quality of Life
Anna Syed MSc Zia Khan
Christopher Howlett		 Neuro-(/glio-)genesis through vascular rebirth
Sahanah Thirkukumar MSc Tianqing Peng Gene therapy targeting RIPK3 with the N-terminus of M45 for diabetic cardiomyopathy
Sam Ugulini MSc Savita Dhanvantari Prenatal Exposure to Cannabis Reprograms Developing Islets for Abnormal Alpha Cell Function in Adulthood.
Kevin Vytlingham MSc Weiping Min The role of exosomal lncRNA on DC-mediated immunomodulation and immunotherapy
Eric Wang PhD Subrata Chakrabarti
Biao Feng		 Microvascular endothelial changes in diabetic retinopathy
Ryan Wang MSc Qi Zhang
Joseph Megyesi		 Clinical and Pathological Characteristics of Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis: the London Health Sciences Center Experiences
Xuan Wang MSc Qi Zhang Characterizing the Amygdala Involvement in Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy: A Pathology and MRI Correlation Study
Senyang Wei MSc Anthony Nichols Investigating Combination checkpoint immunotherapy in Treating Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
Phyo Win PhD Christina Castellani
Art Poon		 Nuclear DNA methylation and gene expression mediate the effect of mitochondrial DNA variation on complex diseases
Elissa Woo MSc Matthew Cecchini Development of novel technologies to support digital pathology acquisition and interpretation
Delicia Wong MSc Art Poon Recombination detection using dynamic stochastic block models
Sheng Jie Ying PhD Anthony Nichols Defining the tumour immune microenvironment underlying chemoradiation resistance in human papillomavirus related head and neck cancer
Komila Zakirova PhD Fred Dick Identification of molecular mechanisms of spheroid dormancy in epithelial ovarian cancer
Richard Zhang MSc Parisa Shooshtari Uncovering shared and distinct cell type-specific gene regulatory mechanisms underlying schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Hanjia Zhao MSc Tianqing Peng ATP5A1 acetylation and its proteolysis by calpain-1 in cardiomyocytes under stress
Juliya Zhurba MSc Jina Kum
Matt Cecchini		 Enhancing pathology education with AI-guided histology tutors