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Research
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
Ryan Beach MSc Matthew Grol Exploring the Impact of Osteoarthritis on Tendons and Ligaments: Unveiling Molecular and Tissue-Level Changes during Disease Progression
Esther Chang MSc Mark Darling
Douglas Hamilton		 Mechanisms of scarring in gingival and oral mucosal tissues
Nelson Chang MSc Savita Dhanvantari Lysosomal networks regulate glucagon trafficking and secretion in pancreatic alpha cells
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
Hasti Gholami MSc Saman Maleki
Jeremy Burton		 Modifying the immune profile of tumors with microbiome transfer from previously immunotherapy-treated animals into new hosts
Adam Greasley PhD Xiufen Zheng
Tianqing Peng		 Circular RNA in Ischemic Cardiac Disease: Regulation, Function and Therapeutic Potential
Natalie Grindrod MSc Matthew Cecchini
Muriel Brackstone		 Digital assessment of TILs as a biomarker in breast cancer
Hassan Hijazi MSc Tianqing Peng
Zhu-Xu Zhang		 Targeting DDIT3-mediated necroptosis as a potential strategy to reduce diabetic cardiomyopath
Cody Hird MSc Miguel E. Quiñones-Mateu Construction and Characterization of Novel Coronavirus Spike Glycoproteins to Develop a Pan-Coronavirus Vaccine
Natasha Holder MSc Christina McCord
Chris Howlett		 Glandular Odontogenic Cyst: Molecular Analysis Using Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing
Megan Hong PhD Saman Maleki Immune mechanisms of anti-CTLA-4 effectiveness against induced DNA mismatch repair deficient neuroblastoma tumours
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
Frederikke Larsen PhD Samuel Asfaha The role of DNA methylation in colitis and colitis-associated cancer
Carolyn Lauzon MSc Bekim Sadikovic Expanding the use of whole genome epigenetic testing in hematological oncologic and blood disorders
Ginnian Leung MSc Samuel Asfaha Effects of immunotherapy on colitis-associated cancer
Xinru (Claire) Li MSc Mark Darling
Francisco Olea Popelka		 Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders and Oral Cancer in Humans and Dogs - A One Health Approach.

Amanda Liddy

 MSc Saman Maleki
Jeremy Burton		 Treatment with Akkermansia muciniphila to modulate tumor and gut microbiome and activate anti-tumor immunity
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
Venkat Mani Murugan MSc Samuel Asfaha To assess the role of 5-lipoxgenase expressing cells in the colon
Haley McConkey MSc Bekim Sadikovic Clinical Epigenomic Testing in Canada: Discovery and Clinical Assessment of Episignatures
William Mccullagh GDIP Lakshman Gunaratnam Regulation of danger signalling in proximal tubule epithelial cells by KIM-1
Timothy Nunes MSc Patti Kiser
Timothy Regnault		 Lifelong maternal Western Diet impairs Placental Vascularization and Fetal Development in a non-obese guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) model

Nachuan Pan

 MSc Anthony Nichols Defining the tumour immune microenvironment underlying chemoradiation resistance in human papillomavirus related head and neck cancer

Cassandra Rastin

 MSc Bekim Sadikovic Epilepsy and Epigenomic Testing: Discovery of Episignatures in Epilepsy
Bernardo Reyes MSc Miguel Quiñones-Mateu Development of a Novel Phage Recombination-based System to Preempt Viral Evolution
Michael Roes PhD Fred Dick HOXA9 promotes enzalutamide resistance in RB-p53 deficient prostate cancer

Kathleen Rooney

 MSc Bekim Sadikovic Identification of diagnostic DNA methylation episignatures associated with large structural chromosomal variations in patients with neurodevelopmental disorders
Patricia Rudak GDIP Matt Cecchini Development and Evaluation of a Novel Tile-based Digital Image Classification Application for Continuing Professional Development in Pathology
Ellie Shin MSc Christina Castellani Effect of mitochondrial DNA variation on nuclear epigenome modifying metabolites
Julia Steriopoulos MSc Zhu-Xu Zhang Mechanism of cell death and its effect on immune tolerance induction in transplantation
Janice Sutherland MSc-OneHealth Gerald McKinley Evaluation of a One Health Education Program in Youth to Improve Their Health Related Quality of Life
Urooj Syed MSc Zia Khan Age-related changes to the bone marrow stem cell niche
Danielle Taray-Matheson MSc Weiping Min The role of exosomal lncRNA on immuomodulation and immunotherapy
Carolyn Twible PhD Qi Zhang
Zia Khan		 Elucidating the pathological mechanisms behind non-HS subtype of hippocampal sclerosis in temporal lobe epilepsy patients
Meggie Vo MSc Tianqing Peng Role of serpina3n in doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity
Kevin Vytlingham MSc Weiping Min The role of exosomal lncRNA on DC-mediated immunomodulation and immunotherapy
Chao Wang GDIP Tianqing Peng Modulation of PGK1 acetylation and its implication in doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity
Eric Wang PhD Subrata Chakrabarti
Biao Feng		 Microvascular endothelial changes in diabetic retinopathy
Xuan Wang MSc Qi Zhang Characterizing the Amygdala Involvement in Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy: A Pathology and MRI Correlation Study
Sumaiyah Wasif MSc Fred Dick The role of Netrin signalling in ovarian cancer spheroid survival
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
Jingwen Yang GDIP Tianqing Peng Determining the junctin binding domain in junctophilin-2
Komila Zakirova PhD Fred Dick Identification of molecular mechanisms of spheroid dormancy in epithelial ovarian cancer
Yu Fan (Peter) Zeng PhD Anthony Nichols Understanding and overcoming innate and acquired treatment resistance in cancers within the head and neck region