Trainee Awardees
Current Holders of ACHRI STEP Awards
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Samantha Baglot, PhD Student; supervisor Dr. Matthew Hill
Project: Long-term effects of inhaled cannabis delivery during pregnancy on immune system functioning and social behaviour in male and female rats
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Jay Devine, PhD Student; supervisor Dr. Benedikt Hallgrimsson
Project: High-Throughput Discovery of Novel Craniofacial Phenotypes in Development
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Mackenzie Gutierrez, Master’s Student; supervisor Dr. Marie-Claire Arrieta
Project: Impact of the mycobiome on host metabolism and obesity.
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Hamza Kamran, Master’s Student; supervisor Dr. Ki-Young Lee
Project: Protease-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) involvement in the L-asparaginase-induced acute lymphoblastic leukemia (aLL) cell apoptotic pathway
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Shreeya Kedia, Master’s Student; supervisor Dr. Guang Yang
Project: Dissecting the ubiquitination mechanism of a rare neurological disorder
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Rachel Lacroix, Master’s Student; supervisor Dr. Deborah Kurrasch
Project: The influence of gene x environment interactions in the development of Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Angela Pochakom, Master’s Student, supervisor Dr. Jane Shearer
Project: Deciphering the role of the gut microbiome-brain axis in Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Saif Sikdar, PhD Student; supervisor Dr. Douglas Mahoney
Project: Role of the microbiome in tumour immune surveillance and oncolytic virus immunotherapy
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Dan Zhang, Master's Student; supervisor Dr. David Hansen
Project: The Role of the RNA-Induced Silencing Complex (RISC) Component VIG-1 in C. elegans Stem Cell Regulation
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Kelsey Ellis, Master's Student; supervisor Dr. Nicole Culos-Reed
Project: Yoga for Pediatric Patients and Survivors of Oncological and Hematological Diseases
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Parker La, Master's Student; supervisor Dr. Ashley Harris
Project: Advancing Concussion Assessment in Pediatrics (A-CAP): Studying brain metabolites in pediatric concussion
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Ada Madubueze, Master's Student; supervisor Dr. Kathleen Chaput
Project: The association between maternal symptoms of prenatal anxiety and breastfeeding outcomes in the all our families cohort
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Laura Rojas, Master's Student; supervisor Dr. Gerald Giesbrecht
Project: Investigating the role of gastrointestinal microbiota as a mediator between mode of delivery and cognitive outcomes in children
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Katherine Silang, Master's Student; supervisor Dr. Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen
Project: Pregnancy During a Pandemic: Effects of Psychological Distress on Infant Temperament
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Clara Tapia, Master's Student; supervisor Dr. Frank MacMaster
Project: Analysis of the efficacy and feasibility of connectivity-based targeting in TMS for adolescents with treatment-resistant depression
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Jacqueline Wilson, PhD Student; supervisor Dr. Karen Benzies
Project: Evaluating strategies for patient and family engagement in the scale and spread of Alberta Family Integrated Care (FICare) in Alberta Neonatal Intensive Care Units
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Krista Wollny, PhD Student; supervisors Dr. Amy Metcalfe and Dr. Deborah McNeil
Project: Unplanned Extubations: a Preventable Adverse Event in Pediatric Critical Care
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Iman Al Khatib, PhD Student; supervisor Dr. Timothy Shutt
Project: Mitochondrial DNA regulation
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David Aponte, PhD Student; supervisor Dr. Benedikt Hallgrimsson
Project: A Unified Framework for Craniofacial Syndrome Visualization and Automated
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Amira Kalifa, Master's Student; supervisor Dr. Sarah McFarlane
Project: The role of Semaphorin3fa in the maintenance of progenitor cells in a post mitotic retina
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Lindsay Phillips, PhD Student; supervisor Dr. William Brook
Project: Analysis of interactions between midline and Mothers-against-decapentaplegic in Drosophila leg development
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Sadman Sakib, PhD Student; supervisor Dr. Ina Dobrinski
Project: Novel approaches for scalable long-term expansion of germ cells and in vitro spermatogenesis
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Sumedh Bele, PhD Student; supervisor Dr. Maria Santana
Project: Assessing the Integration of Patient-reported Outcome Measures in Routine Pediatric Clinical Care for Asthma
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Daphne Nakhid, Master's Student; supervisors Dr. Catherine Lebel and Dr. Carly McMorris
Project: Brain Structure and Internalizing Behaviours in Children and Adolescents with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
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Nikki Stephenson, PhD Student; supervisors Dr. Amy Metcalfe and Dr. Suzanne Tough
Project: Risk and Protective Factors of Child Development for Children Born too Soon
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Dr. Suchit Ahuja, PhD; supervisor Dr. Sarah Childs
Awarded CSM-ACHRI Fellowship
Project: Uncovering the role of Foxf2 in brain vascular stability
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Dr. Mareike Janiak, PhD; supervisor Dr. Amanda Melin
Project: Does food and water shortage following a natural disaster lead to loss of gut microbial diversity in a primate model of human health?
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Dr. Brae Anne McArthur, PhD; supervisor Dr. Sheri Madigan
Project: Screen time and poor child development
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Dr. Mohamad-Reza Aghanoori, PhD; supervisor Dr. Guang Yang
Project: Targeting the Mislocalized CELF2 Protein to Fight a Rare Neurodevelopmental Disorder
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Dr. Manon Defaye, PhD; supervisor Dr. Christophe Altier
Awarded CSM-ACHRI Fellowship
Project: Role of TRPV1 colonic neurons in this microbiota-gut-brain axis in chronic visceral pain.
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Dr. Golam Mezbah Uddin, PhD; supervisor Dr. Tim Shutt
Awarded CSM-ACHRI Fellowship
Project: Investigating how the ketogenic diet promotes mitochondrial fusion as a novel approach to target autism spectrum disorder
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Dr. Ted Verhey, PhD; supervisor Dr. Sorana Morrissy
Project: The proteogenomic landscape of pediatric high-grade glioma
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Dr. Marta Vidal-Garcia, PhD; supervisor Dr. Benedikt Hallgrimsson
Project: A novel approach for understanding the developmental and genetic basis of phenotypic integration
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Dr. Deepika Dogra, PhD; supervisor Dr. Deborah Kurrasch
Project: A precision medicine approach to modeling a rare pediatric epilepsy
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Dr. Bethany Radford, PhD; supervisor Dr. Myriam Hemberger
Awarded CSM-ACHRI Fellowship
Project: Understanding the Origins of Congenital Heart Disease - Defining the Causative Role of the Placenta
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Dr. Tareq Hossan, PhD; supervisor Dr. Derrick Rancourt
Project: Molecular characterization of bioreactor derived embryonic stem cell exosomes and evaluation of their functional potential for cellular reprogramming
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Dr. Elizabeth Morin-Lessard, PhD; supervisor Dr. Susan Graham
Project: Preschooler's attention to speech disfluencies as communicative signals
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Dr. Nathalia de Lima e Martins Lara, PhD; supervisor Dr. Ina Dobrinski
Project: Testicular organoids derived from induced pluripotent stem cells as a bioassay for modelling testicular development and function in vitro
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Dr. Lin Li, PhD; supervisor Dr. Edwin Wang
Project: Understanding the mechanism underlying immune cell infiltration in pediatric glioblastoma using combined bioinformatic and experimental approaches
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Dr. Erin Noye Tuplin, PhD; supervisor Dr. Raylene Reimer
Project: The effects of human milk oligosaccharide supplementation during critical periods of neurodevelopment on obesity susceptibility in adulthood
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Dr. Yiqun Lin, MD, PhD; supervisor Dr. Adam Cheng
Project: Impact of aerosol box use on patterns of contamination in pediatric healthcare providers and environment during aerosol generating medical procedures in the management of simulated COVID-19 patients: A simulation-based study
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Dr. Jody Platt, MD; supervisors Dr. Susan Samuel and Dr. Valerie Kirk
Project: Does polysomnogram in patients with tracheostomy predict severity of obstructive sleep apnea after decannulation?
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Dr. Michelle Siu, PhD; supervisor Dr. David Sinasac
Project: Development of a novel biomarker screening tool for mitochondrial diseases
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Dr. Tara Spence, PhD; supervisors Dr. Jillian Parboosingh
Project: Reanalysis of clinical whole exome sequencing data for evaluation of diagnostic yield and cost-effectiveness
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Dr. Ratika Srivastava, MD; supervisor Dr. Adam Kirton
Project: Clinical and neuroimaging predictors of response to neuromodulation therapy in children with perinatal stroke and cerebral palsy: Towards personalized pediatric neurorehabilitation
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Dr. Amanda Tyndall, PhD; supervisors Dr. Jillian Parboosingh and Dr. Ryan Lamont
Project: Rapid Access to Pediatric Diagnoses (RAPiD) Kidomics
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Dr. Bibi Areefa Alladin-Karan, MBBS; supervisor Dr. Susan Samuel
Project: Ig A Nephropathy: Understanding risk of chronic kidney disease progression and outcomes in children and young adults
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Dr. Kristine Woodward, MD; supervisor Dr. Michael Esser
Project: Multi-modal monitoring of brain at risk in critically ill children
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Dr. Omar Damji, MD; supervisor Dr. Vincent Grant
Project: VITAL – Virtual Reality for Intubation Training As a Lifesaving Measure
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Dr. Deepika Dogra, PhD; supervisor Dr. Deborah Kurrasch
Project: Transcriptomic profiling of brain organoids derived from SCN8A-related epilepsy patients with differential drug response
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Dr. Shirin Moossavi, PhD; supervisor Dr. Marie-Claire Arrieta
Project: Mechanistic insight into microbiome restoration in premature infants using gut-microbiome-on-a-chip
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Dr. Kayla Stone, PhD; supervisor Dr. Frank MacMaster
Project: The effects of neurostimulation on inhibitory control in youth
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Dr. Michèle Hébert, PhD; supervisor Dr. Jennifer Zwicker
Project: Reducing fragmentation in care transitions for children with medical complexity by informing health system guidelines and policy
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Dr. Eli Kinney-Lang, PhD; supervisor Dr. Adam Kirton
Project: Brain Drain: Understanding fatigue in brain-computer interfaces (BCI) for children
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Dr. Brae Anne McArthur, PhD; supervisor Dr. Sheri Madigan
Project: Screen Use Co-viewing Context and the Associated Impact on Language Learning in Infants