TMED Alumni

Dr. Ruaa Al-Qazazi, MSc'20
Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Archer
Thesis Title: The Role of Macrophages and NLRP3 Inflammasome in Right Ventricular Failure in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Reem Alzafiri, MSc '21
Supervisors: Dr. Amer Johri and Dr. Charlie Hindmarch
Thesis Title: Vulnerable Plaque Composition Assessment by Novel 3D-Guided Ultrasound for Atherosclerotic Risk Detection (VANGUARD)

Thalia Hua, MSc'21
Supervisor: Dr. Damian Redfearn
Thesis Title: Frequency Analysis in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Patients for Risk Stratification

Madison MacKinnon, MSc ’21
Supervisor: Dr. Diane Lougheed
Thesis Title: Improving Detection of Work-related Asthma: Validation of the Work-related Asthma Screening Questionnaire (WRASQ(L))

Co-Supervisors: Dr. Annette Hay and Dr. Joe Pater
Thesis Title: Cost analysis and Characterization of Rare Toxicities associated with Carfilzomib, a Second-generation Proteasome Inhibitor, for the Treatment of Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma in the MCRN003/MYX1 clinical trial

Katie Monteith, MSc'21
Supervisor: Dr. Donald Maurice
Thesis Title: Effects of Phosphodiesterase Variants on Quiescent and Angiogenic Functions of Vascular Endothelial Cells
George Philip, MSc'21
Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer Flemming
Thesis Title: Liver transplant waitlist trends among young American adults

Kassandra Coyle, MSc'22
Supervisor: Dr. Mark Ormiston
Thesis Title: Examining the Impact of a Natural Killer Cell Specific Transforming Growth Factor Beta Deletion on the Development of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Jordan Harry, MSc'22
Supervisor: Dr. Mark Ormiston
Thesis Title: Examining the impact of endothelial BMPR2 loss on BMP9-associated angiogenesis in a mouse model of metastatic breast cancer

Matthew James, PhD'22
Supervisor: Dr. Denis O'Donnell and Dr. Alberto Neder
Thesis Title: Mechanisms of exertional dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Kiera Liblik, MSc'22
Supervisor: Dr. Amer Johri
Thesis Title: Female Risk factors for post-Infarction Depression and Anxiety (FRIDA)

Max Moloney, MSc'22
Supervisor: Dr. Diane Lougheed
Thesis Title: Promoting Evidence-based Asthma Care: Use of Sentinel Surveillance for Quality Improvement

Jummy Oladipo, MSc'22
Co-Supervisors: Dr. Prameet Sheth and Dr. Stephen Vanner
Thesis Title: Investigating the Potential Protective Effects of Disialyllactose-N-tetraose (DSLNT) Against Dysbiosis in a Neonatal Chemostat Model

Austin Read, MSc'22
Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Archer
Thesis Title: Critical role of electron leak from mitochondrial electron transport chain complex I in oxygen sensing in the rabbit ductus arteriosus

Charmi Shah, MSc'22
Supervisor: Dr. Donald Maurice
Thesis Title: Examining the Effects of FGD1 on Podosome Rosette Formation in Angiogenic Cells using Physiologically Relevant Models

Michaela Spence, MSc'22
Supervisor: Dr. Paula James
Thesis Title: The Canadian Hemophilia Carriers Study – Post-partum

Devon Cole, MSc'23
Supervisor: Dr. Mark Ormiston
Thesis Title: Examining the Effects of BMP9 on Angiogenesis in Murine Metastatic Lung Tumours