Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Plenary: A Celebration of Research and Professional Excellence
Speakers
Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences & Associate Dean of Graduate Studies (Health Sciences)
Dean and Vice-President, Faculty of Health Sciences
Director, Institute for Infectious Disease Research
HSGSF Co-President
Associate Chair & Assistant Dean, Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences
Booths
Megan Vierhout
GradFlix Finalist
Pradhariny Prabagaran
GradFlix Finalist
Bre-Anna Owusu
GradFlix Finalist — Syncing' to the beat of your own brain
Health Sciences Graduate Studies
Health Sciences Graduate Studies
Celeste Suart
When the Labs Closed: Graduate Students’ and Postdoctoral Fellows’ Experiences of Disrupted Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Alexandra Parco
Psychological stress impairs IL-22-driven protective mucosal immunity against Crohn’s disease-associated pathobionts
Amany Al-Anany
Getting bacterial viruses to kill their hosts: synergy with antibiotics
Tamina Jose
The influence of prophages on probiotic bacteria
Rabia Fatima
Temperate phage-antibiotic synergism in killing Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Nikoo Aghaei
Utilizing in vivo functional genomics to identify novel genetic drivers of lung-to-brain metastasis
Yi (Christina) Peng
Investigating the Role of TDP-43 in DNA Damage Response
Arman Edalatmand
Contextualizing Antimicrobial Resistance Determinants by Mining Biomedical Literature through Natural Language Processing Methodology
Janice Tai
A MEGA-plate approach to train Salmonella through conditioning
Luke Yaeger
Characterizing a novel motility in P. aeruginosa
Damsadie Hannedige
Lessons from the Use of eHealth Applications in Kenya & Malawi
Chitman Josan
Investigating the impact of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) on mammary gland remodeling and function during pregnancy
Irfan Khan
Individualizing BMI Targets Using Genetics and Clinical Biomarkers
Zarwa Saqib
Dietary Psyllium: A new microbiota directed therapy for modulating colonic physiology and immune homeostasis in post-C. difficile gut dysfunction
Mark Lychacz
T cells secrete soluble factors that activate basophils and neutrophils
John Vrbensky
Autoreactive CD8+ T Cells Specific to Platelet Glycoproteins in Patients with Immune Thrombocytopenia
Abiram (Abi) Chandiramohan
The Immunological Impact of Cannabis Smoke Exposure on Antiviral Immunity in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells
Tushar Dhawan
Estradiol decreases HSV-2 susceptibility in vaginal epithelial cells through a p53-mediated pathway
Mostafa Hamada
Investigating the Modulation of Human Antithrombin by using Modified RNA Aptamers
Bre-Anna Owusu
The Cocktail Party Effect: Mixing Rhythms for Dyslexia
Michal Leckie
Current Conceptual Frameworks in Global Health Research
Komal Aryal
COVID in Long-term Care
Candice Quin
Tet2 mutations in myeloid progenitor cells perpetuate immune dysfunction in elderly mice
Jessica Breznik
Investigating the prevalence of circulating T cells in community-dwelling adults from 20-100 years of age
Samantha Micsinszki
A Developmental Evaluation Approach of Co-Designing a Co-Design Hub: Creating System Change in Health and Social Services through Innovation
Alice Cavanagh
Conceptualizing Canadian Physicians’ Roles in Addressing Intimate Partner Violence: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Resources
David Zorko
Pediatric Chronic Critical Illness: A Scoping Review Enhanced by Crowdsourcing and Machine-Learning Methodology
Herry Patel
Dissociative Symptomatology Mediates the Relation Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Alcohol-Related Problems
Alannah Hillmer
Genetic risk for cannabis use in men and women with opioid addiction.
Taylor Nelles-McGee
Biological Embedding of Maltreatment and Resilience in Children and Youth: A Systematic Review
Katharine Mackett
Feasibility of using an at-home blood collection device in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Nadia Rehman
Measures of Retention in HIV care: a study within a systematic review
Sophia Werden Abrams
Dysphagia in Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy: A Rapid Scoping Review
Gautham Krishnaraj
mcmaster.ca
Sharia Ali (she/her)
Representation Matters: Exploring the Lack of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Canada's Speech Language Pathologist Workforce
Wael Abdelkader
Auto-Machine Learning approaches to improve the identification of high-quality studies from the biomedical literature: A study Protocol
Diane Begin (she/her)
Risk-taking Behaviours and Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adult
Janelle Gravesande
Identifying multimorbidity patterns in older adults with diabetes and/or hypertension: A latent class analysis
Shannon Killip
Rasch analysis of the brief Michigan Hand Questionnaire in patients with thumb osteoarthritis
Christina Nowak
mcmaster.ca
Georgia Dominguez
The Children Left Behind: A Scoping Review Concerning the Health Outcomes of Parental Labour Migration in the Philippines
Bronte Johnston
The Greater Clinical Impacts of POCUS Training for Midwives
Vinay Patel
mcmaster.ca
Monica De Paoli
Investigating The Role Of Sex Hormones On The Molecular Mechanisms That Modulate Pancreatic β Cell Health And Function.
Art Marzok
Determining the contribution of viral infection on the onset and progression of ALS
Patrycja Jazwiec
Paternal Obesity is Associated with Glucose Intolerance in Offspring Without Changes in Maternal Glucose Adaptations in Pregnancy
Sabra Salim
Deciphering protein-protein interactions of CD133 in primary glioblastoma by endogenous genomic knock-in of BioID (EKoID)
Mercy Daka
Understanding antibody binding properties involved in the pathogenesis of Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Fahed Abu-Hijleh
Lithium Neuroprotection Involves the Modulation of Pro-survival ER Stress Proteins
Arman Shekari
The Effect of Oxidative Stress on proNGF Transport in Basal Forebrain Cholinergic Neurons
Miranda Green
T cell deficiency affects the developmental trajectory of the mouse intestinal microbiota and its metabolic output
Sophiya Garasia
Sophiya Garasia - Household immigrant status, neighbourhood immigration concentration, and mental health services use in children and youth in Ontario, Canada
Vanessa De Rubeis
Impact of disasters, including pandemics, on cardiometabolic outcomes across the life-course: A systematic review
Naym Uddin Roby
mcmaster.ca
Linda Nguyen
mcmaster.ca
Nasrin Alostaz
What are the Experiences of Newcomers Internationally Educated Nurses’ (IENs’) of Credential Evaluation, International Transferring, and Entry-to-Practice Registration in Ontario During COVID-19 Pandemic?
Katelyn Sushko
Self-management education among women with pre-existing diabetes in pregnancy: A scoping review
Marie-Lee Yous
Adapting the Namaste Care Program with Caregivers of Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Mid to Late-Stage Dementia
Sakshi Mehta
The Essential Work of Double-Duty Carers during COVID-19
Maya Kshatriya
Thyroid Dysfunction in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients Treated with Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: A Systematic Review
Laiba Jamshed
Perturbations in tryptophan metabolism and peripheral serotonin synthesis in response to naphthenic acids exposure is linked to prostaglandin synthesis in rat hepatoma cells.
Neha Sharma
Mechanistic and animal studies of various forms of glycosaminoglycans in sepsis
Alexander Qian
HDL deficiency increases atherosclerosis and necrotic core size in high-fat diet-fed LDLR KO mice: correction by inactivation of Bim in hematopoietic cells
Jaskirat Arora
An Observational Pilot Study investigating the Role of Coagulation in the Diagnosis of SEPSIS in the Emergency Department (SEPSIS-ED)
Mei Wang
mcmaster.ca
Raeesha Rajan
Lipid Homeostasis in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients Treated with Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Sandra Ofori
mcmaster.ca