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Wessam Al Jawhri MD/PhD Anthony Nichols Time-resolved genomic, transcriptomic, and microenvironmental landscape during HPV-induced carcinogenesis
Alyssa Bariring MSc Michael Strong Methylgloxal-induced cellular senescence and dysregulation in vivo
Morgan Black PhD Matthew Cecchini Optimizing Workflows using AI-augmented technologies to increase efficiencies and improve patient understanding in Oncology
Edwing Centeno PhD Miguel Quiñones-Mateu Detection and diagnosis of known and novel flavivirus infections
Xinigian Chang PhD Xiufen Zheng Developing a new platform for circular RNA preparation
David Charrette MSc-OFMS Mark Darling, Cecilia Dong S100A7 in margins of squamous cell carcinomas as a predictor of recurrence
Hossein Derakhshan PhD Parisa Shooshtari Genom-wide association and multimodal single-cell analyses reveal novel disease mechanisms underlying inflammatory bowel disease
Shengyong Ding MSc ZhuXu Zhang, WeiPing Min Mechanism of NK cells tolerance
Laura Duffy PhD Bekim Sadikovic EpiSign International: Health System Impact Assessment and Expanding Clinical Utilization of Epi/Genomic Testing in Rare Diseases and Beyond
Grace Ennema MSc Parisa Shooshtari
Lisa Cameron		 Integrative Analysis of GWAS and Single-Cell Genomics Data to Identify Cell-Type- and Context-Specific Gene Regulatory Mechanism in Asthma
Wenyu Gu PhD Tianqing Peng Preventing calpain-mediated ATP5A1 proteolysis as a therapeutic strategy for heart failure
Cody Hird PhD Miguel E. Quiñones-Mateu Construction and Characterization of Novel Coronavirus Spike Glycoproteins to Develop a Pan-Coronavirus Vaccine
Harry (Nhut Minh Hieu) Ho MSc Saman Maleki The gut microbiome regulates dendritic cell function in anti-PD-1-sensitive mismatch repairdeficient tumours
Megan Hong PhD Saman Maleki Immune mechanisms of anti-CTLA-4 effectiveness against induced DNA mismatch repair deficient neuroblastoma tumours
Aleem Iman GDip Lisa Hoffman TBD
Yuliya Kabak MSc Cindy Hutnik Human Tenon’s Capsule Biopsies as a Platform for Detecting Early Failure of Glaucoma Surgery and Design of Novel Strategies for More Targeted Surgical Wound Modulation
Amir Karimi MSc Anthony Nichols Single cell transcriptomic analysis of the immune response to combined targeted and immunotherapy in anaplastic thyroid cancer
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
Luis Limo Davila PhD-OH Noha Gomaa The social epigenetics of oral disease and developmental vulnerability in children
Alexander Mastrolonardo PhD Sandrine de Pibaupierre Identifying Correlates of Efficacy in CARv3-TEAM-E T-Cells

Leah McDonald

 MSc Matthew Cecchini Automated PD-L1 Quantification and Observer Study Using Eye Tracking
Shanalyn McGuire MSc ZhuXu Zhang Mechanism of PANoptosis and therapeutic strategies in heart transplant
Haley McConkey PhD Bekim Sadovick Clinical Epigenomic testing in Canada Discovery and clinical assessment of episgnatures
Sofia Mercan MSc Saman Maleki Radiation-Induced Immunogenic Reprogramming of Pancreatic Cancer to Enhance Immunotherapy Respone
Maria Mihele MSc Xiufen Zheng, Dave Nagpal The impact of sodium thiosulfate on cardiac ischemia reperfusion injury
Yasamin Minazadeh PhD Saman Maleki Microbiome-Driven Regulation of Immune System in Immune-Related Adverse Events (irAE)
Bo Pang MSc Tianqing Peng Modulation of HDAC3 in doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity
Charlotte Penner MSc Anthony Nichols Functional Validation of RUNX2 as a Driver of Fibrosis and Sex Hormone-Mediated Regulation in Idiopathic and Trauma-Related Subglottic Stenosis
Bernardo Reyes MSc Miguel Quiñones-Mateu Development of a Novel Phage Recombination-based System to Preempt Viral Evolution
Narmadha Santhanam PhD Fred Dick Investigation of Chromatin Structure and Genome Stability in Cancer
Taylor Searle MSc Fred Dick Investigation of Condensinopathies
Niloofar Setayeshi MSc Saman Maleki 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-OH 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
Sam Ugulini PhD Savita Dhanvantari Prenatal exposure to vannabis reprograms developing islets for abnormal alpha cell function in adulthood
Jonathan Wang MSc Parisa Shooshtari Integrating Single-Cell Epigenomics and Machine Learning to Decode Gene Regulatory Mechanisms in Pancreatic Cancer
Ryan Wang MSc Qi Zhang
Joseph Megyesi		 Clinical and Pathological Characteristics of Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis: the London Health Sciences Center Experiences
Senyang Wei MSc Anthony Nichols Investigating Combination checkpoint immunotherapy in Treating Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
Delicia Wong MSc Art Poon Recombination detection using dynamic stochastic block models
Sheng Jie Ying MD/PhD Anthony Nichols Defining the tumour immune microenvironment underlying chemoradiation resistance in human papillomavirus related head and neck cancer
Raymeing Zeng MSc Sam Asfaha Role of histone acetylation and viral mimicry on colitis-associated cancer
Andy (xuanning) Zhang MSc Parisa Shooshitari, Qi Zhang Spatial Transcriptomic Dissection of the Immune Microenvironment Surrounding Granular Mitosis in Glioblastoma
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