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Omar Abdelraheem MSc Lisa Cameron Investigating whether Metabolic Rewiring Influences Th2 cells and their role in Asthma Severity
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
Rachel Barboza MSc Christina Castellani Imputation of mitochondrial DNA copy number and heteroplasmy from nuclear and cellular omic signatures
Esther Chang MSc Mark Darling
Douglas Hamilton		 Mechanisms of scarring in gingival and oral mucosal tissues
Tiffany Cheung MSc Saman Maleki The impact of antibiotics on the immunogenicity of tumours with mismatch repair deficiency
Chloe Davidson MSc Saman Maleki The role of dendritic cells in driving anti-tumour immunity against tumours with mismatch repair deficiency
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
Laura Duffy MSc Bekim Sadikovic Use of episignature testing as a first-tier diagnostic test internationally
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
Cody Hird PhD 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
Pious Jose MSc Xiufen Zheng The role of circular RNA on dendritic cell mediated immune modulation
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
Nhi Le MSc Anthony Nichols Mechanisms of evolved resistance to immunotherapy in HPV positive and negative head and neck cancer models
Ginnian Leung MSc Samuel Asfaha Effects of immunotherapy on colitis-associated cancer
Grace Li MSc Cindy Hutnik
Monali Malvankar		 Preference-based Vitreoretinal Disease-specific Health-related Quality of Life Instrument: development of the health utility for vitreoretinal disease

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
Paula Magbor MSc Art Poon Molecular epidemiology with overlapping clusters
Haley McConkey MSc Bekim Sadikovic Clinical Epigenomic Testing in Canada: Discovery and Clinical Assessment of Episignatures

Leah McDonald

 MSc Matthew Cecchini Automated PD-L1 Quantification and Observer Study Using Eye Tracking

Jenna Orsava

 GDip

Jina Kum
Matthew Cecchini

 Development of a novel experiential collaborative compound learning resource for pathology: PULSE (Pathology Undergraduate Learning and Study Environment)

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

Kathleen Rooney

 MSc Bekim Sadikovic Identification of diagnostic DNA methylation episignatures associated with large structural chromosomal variations in patients with neurodevelopmental disorders
Raffin Ryeed MSc Abubaker Sidahmed The roles of Non-HLA antibody in solid organ transplantation
Stefan Sampy MSc Tianqing Peng The effects and mechanisms of NMN in modulation of neutrophil function during sepsis
Elly 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
Sahanah Thirkukumar MSc Tianqing Peng Gene therapy targeting RIPK3 with the N-terminus of M45 for diabetic cardiomyopathy
Sam Ugulini MSc Savita Dhanvantari Prenatal Exposure to Cannabis Reprograms Developing Islets for Abnormal Alpha Cell Function in Adulthood.
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
Eric Wang PhD Subrata Chakrabarti
Biao Feng		 Microvascular endothelial changes in diabetic retinopathy
Ryan Wang MSc Qi Zhang
Joseph Megyesi		 Clinical and Pathological Characteristics of Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis: the London Health Sciences Center Experiences
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
Sheng Jie Ying PhD Anthony Nichols Defining the tumour immune microenvironment underlying chemoradiation resistance in human papillomavirus related head and neck cancer
Komila Zakirova PhD Fred Dick Identification of molecular mechanisms of spheroid dormancy in epithelial ovarian cancer