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Meet our Translational Medicine Graduate Students

2024 Candidates
2025 Candidates
2026 Candidates
2027 Candidates

 2024 Candidates

Rachel Bentley, PhD ’24 (Candidate)

Rachel Bentley, PhD ’24 (Candidate)

Co-Supervisors: Dr. Stephen Archer and Dr. Charlie Hindmarch
Thesis Title: Exploring the mechanism of impaired oxygen responsiveness in patent ductus arteriosus using transcriptomics

Melinda Chelva, PhD '24 (Candidate)

Melinda Chelva, PhD '24 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Karen Yeates
Thesis Title: Assessing the Implementation of Patient Navigation to the Smartphone-Enhanced Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (SEVIA) Program.

Sophia Linton, PhD ’24 (Candidate)

Sophia Linton, PhD ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisors: Dr. Anne Ellis
Thesis Title: Investigating the role of the local microbiome in allergic rhinitis

Joe Nashed, PhD ’24 (Candidate)

Joe Nashed, PhD ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. DJ Cook
Thesis Title: Understanding and facilitating recovery in a non-human primate model of stroke

Edwin Ocran, PhD ’24 (Candidate)

Edwin Ocran, PhD ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Paula James
Thesis Title: Understanding the Role of von Willebrand Factor in Angiodysplasia

Quentin Tsang, PhD ’24 (Candidate)

Quentin Tsang, PhD ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisors: Drs. Stephen Vanner, David Reed and Prameet Sheth
Thesis Title: The effects and mechanism of cannabinoids and opioids on nociception in inflammatory bowel disease

Marty VandenBroek, PhD ’24 (Candidate)

Marty VandenBroek, PhD ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Mark Ormiston
Thesis Title: A transcriptional analysis of the BMP9-induced hyperproliferation in BMPR2-deficient endothelial cells: Implications for pulmonary arterial hypertension

 

Abigail Davis, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Abigail Davis, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Anne Ellis
Thesis Title: The open-label use of a monoclonal antibody (Tezepelumab) that targets thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) in the treatment of co-morbid allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma

Samantha Delios, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Samantha Delios, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Donald Maurice 
Thesis title: The role of PDE4 in regulating cAMP in the Primary Cilia (PC) to promote adipogenesis in perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) to alleviate vascular dysfunctions associated with obesity. 

Isaac Emon, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Isaac Emon, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Archer
Thesis Title: The inflammatory role of DNMT3A mutations and decreased expression in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Jill Greenlaw, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Jill Greenlaw, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Prameet Sheth
Thesis Title: Evlauating the Protective Capacity of Bacteroides species against Clostridioides difficile infection

Maria Korovina, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Maria Korovina, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Diane Lougheed
Thesis Title: Examining sensory-mechanical responses to eucapneic voluntary hyperventilation, hypertonic saline, and mannitol in individuals with cough variant asthma and chronic cough

Noah James, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Noah James, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Karen Yeates
Thesis Title: Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of the new HPV DNA self-sampling screening strategies that is launching for secondary prevention of cervical cancer in Tanzania

Jana Livingston, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Jana Livingston, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Jacob Rullo 
Thesis Title: Characterizing the role of the eye in inducing systemic immunity by looking at the immunological profile of the eye and associated lymphoid tissues throughout the course of infection and finally as a potential site for topical immunization against coronaviruses.

Matti McFarlane, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Matti McFarlane, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Diane Lougheed
Thesis Title:
Promoting Evidence-based Asthma Care using Digital Knowledge Translation Tools: Impact of Provider Assessment Form and Severe Asthma Algorithm (PEACKT-PAAF)

Abby Mocherniak, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Abby Mocherniak, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Teresa Purzner, Dr. Genevieve Digby and Dr. Katie Goldie
Thesis Title:
Improving Quality of Care for Glioblastoma Patients Through Implementation of the Queen’s Brain Tumour Program (QBTP).

 

 

 

Nicole Morris, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Nicole Morris, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Kerstin de Wit 
Thesis Title: A pilot study to assess feasibility of evaluating the safety and efficiency of a simplified diagnostic approach for pulmonary embolism

Martha Ortega Santos, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Martha Ortega Santos, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Jacob Rullo
Thesis Title: Regulating local intraocular ergothioneine within the retina and optic nerve as a therapeutic target for global neuro-retinal disease

Hailey Schincariol, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Hailey Schincariol, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Vanner and Dr. David Reed 
Thesis Title: Investigation of a novel pH sensitive opioid analgesic for the treatment of colitis-induced pain

Abhishek Shastry, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Abhishek Shastry, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Kimberly Dunham-Snary and Dr. Charlie Hindmarch
Thesis Title: 
Mitochondrial bioenergetic and metabolomic fingerprinting in cardiometabolic disease

Mia Wilkinson, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Mia Wilkinson, MSc ’24 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Kimberly Dunham-Snary and Dr. Chris McGlory
Thesis Title: 
Platelet bioenergetics as a surrogate for skeletal muscle metabolism: Identifying a liquid biopsy for cardiometabolic disease

 2025 Candidates

Lubnaa Hossenbaccus, PhD ’25 (Candidate)

Lubnaa Hossenbaccus, PhD ’25 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Anne Ellis
Thesis Title: The evaluation of cat allergen-induced allergic rhinitis using experimental models

Kyla Tozer, PhD ’25 (Candidate)

Kyla Tozer, PhD ’25 (Candidate)

Supervisor: Dr. Prameet Sheth
Thesis Title: Closing the gap in sex-disparities in animal research

 2026 Candidates

Tarrah Ethier, PhD ’26 (Candidate)

Tarrah Ethier, PhD ’26 (Candidate)

Co-Supervisors: Dr. Mark Ormiston
Thesis Title: Exploring sex differences in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 

Dilakshan Srikanthan, PhD ’26 (Candidate)

Dilakshan Srikanthan, PhD ’26 (Candidate)

Co-Supervisors: Dr. John Rudan and Dr. Parvin Mousavi
Thesis Title: Improving oncosurgical care in glioblastoma using a multiparametric machine learning platform.