Trainee Awardees

Quinn Andre, Master’s Student; supervisor Dr. Catherine Lebel

Project: Neurological links to internalizing and externalizing behaviors in typical children and those with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Katherine Bright, PhD Student; supervisor Dr. Dawn Kingston

Project: Testing of online interpersonal psychotherapy for common mental health disorders in women, men, and couples undergoing fertility treatment: A randomized controlled trial pilot study

Clement Chan, Master’s Student; supervisor Dr. Anthony Schryvers

Project: The use of Moraxella catarrhalis transferrin and lactoferrin receptors in vaccine design

Kelsey Chomistek, Master’s Student; supervisor Dr. Heinrike Schmeling

Project: Development of an Adolescent Patient Education Program for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA): A pilot feasibility and acceptability study

Michael Li, Master’s Student; supervisor Dr. Quan Long

Project: Characterization of neural development through single-cell RNA sequencing and data mining

Lamees Mohammad, Master’s Student; supervisor Dr. Guan Yang

Project: Mechanisms of gene-environment interaction in neurodevelopmental disorders

Michaela Patton, Master’s Student, supervisor Dr. Fiona Schulte

Project: Pain narratives of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) survivors and their parents

Arsheen Rajan, Master’s Student; supervisor Dr. Peng Huang

Project: Regulation of muscle regeneration by Hippo signaling in zebrafish

Dr. Suchit Ahuja, PhD; supervisor Dr. Sarah Childs

Project: Uncovering the role of Foxf2 in brain vascular stability

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?

Dr. Elodie Labit, PhD; supervisor Dr. Jeff Biernaskie

Project: Activation of regenerative transcriptional networks to improve skin wound healing.

Dr. Brae Anne McArthur, PhD; supervisor Dr. Sheri Madigan

Project: Screen time and poor child development

Dr. Anna MacKinnon, PhD; supervisors Dr. Susanne Tough and Dr. Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen

Awarded CSM-ACHRI Fellowship

Project: It takes a village: How and for whom neighbourhood socioeconomic status impacts social-emotional development in children

Dr. Kyle Potts, PhD; supervisor Dr. Douglas Mahoney

Project: Improving the expansion and persistence of chimeric antigen receptor expressing immune cells through development of novel oncolytic viruses

Dr. Jessica Rosin, PhD; supervisor Dr. Deborah Kurrasch

Awarded CSM-ACHRI Fellowship

Project: Understanding the role of microglia in the developing hypothalamus and how gestational stressors can act through microglia to result in disease

Dr. Jocelyn Jeong, MD; supervisor Dr. Jennifer deBruyn

Project: Novel methods of non-invasive evaluation of disease activity in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: Exploring the utility of bowel ultrasound and fecal calprotectin

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?

Dr. Tamas Revay, PhD; supervisors Dr. Bob Argiropoulos and Dr. Judy Chernos

Project: Cytogenomics approaches for improved microarray diagnostic yield in children with intellectual disability

Dr. Kyleigh Schraeder, PhD, P. Psych, CCHCSP Fellow; supervisor Dr. Susan Samuel

Project: Examining health and mental health service use in Alberta for transition-age youth with complex health care needs

Dr. Michelle Siu, PhD, CCMG Fellow; supervisor Dr. David Sinasac

Project: Development of a novel biomarker screening tool for mitochondrial diseases

Dr. Tara Spence, PhD; supervisors Dr. Jillian Parboosingh

Project: Reanalysis of clinical whole exome sequencing data for evaluation of diagnostic yield and cost-effectiveness