Trainee Awardees

Current Holders of ACHRI STEP Awards

  1. 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

  2. Jay Devine, PhD Student; supervisor Dr. Benedikt Hallgrimsson

    Project: High-Throughput Discovery of Novel Craniofacial Phenotypes in Development

  3. Mackenzie Gutierrez, Master’s Student; supervisor Dr. Marie-Claire Arrieta

    Project: Impact of the mycobiome on host metabolism and obesity.

  4. 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

  5. Shreeya Kedia, Master’s Student; supervisor Dr. Guang Yang

    Project: Dissecting the ubiquitination mechanism of a rare neurological disorder

  6. Rachel Lacroix, Master’s Student; supervisor Dr. Deborah Kurrasch

    Project: The influence of gene x environment interactions in the development of Autism Spectrum Disorders

  7. Angela Pochakom, Master’s Student, supervisor Dr. Jane Shearer

    Project: Deciphering the role of the gut microbiome-brain axis in Autism Spectrum Disorder

  8. Saif Sikdar, PhD Student; supervisor Dr. Douglas Mahoney

    Project: Role of the microbiome in tumour immune surveillance and oncolytic virus immunotherapy

  9. 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

  10. Kelsey Ellis, Master's Student; supervisor Dr. Nicole Culos-Reed

    Project: Yoga for Pediatric Patients and Survivors of Oncological and Hematological Diseases

  11. Parker La, Master's Student; supervisor Dr. Ashley Harris

    Project: Advancing Concussion Assessment in Pediatrics (A-CAP): Studying brain metabolites in pediatric concussion

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Katherine Silang, Master's Student; supervisor Dr. Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen

    Project: Pregnancy During a Pandemic: Effects of Psychological Distress on Infant Temperament

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Krista Wollny, PhD Student; supervisors Dr. Amy Metcalfe and Dr. Deborah McNeil

    Project: Unplanned Extubations: a Preventable Adverse Event in Pediatric Critical Care

  18. Iman Al Khatib, PhD Student; supervisor Dr. Timothy Shutt

    Project: Mitochondrial DNA regulation

  19. David Aponte, PhD Student; supervisor Dr. Benedikt Hallgrimsson

    Project: A Unified Framework for Craniofacial Syndrome Visualization and Automated

  20. 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

  21. Lindsay Phillips, PhD Student; supervisor Dr. William Brook

    Project: Analysis of interactions between midline and Mothers-against-decapentaplegic in Drosophila leg development

  22. Sadman Sakib, PhD Student; supervisor Dr. Ina Dobrinski

    Project: Novel approaches for scalable long-term expansion of germ cells and in vitro spermatogenesis

  23. Sumedh Bele, PhD Student; supervisor Dr. Maria Santana

    Project: Assessing the Integration of Patient-reported Outcome Measures in Routine Pediatric Clinical Care for Asthma 

  24. 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

  25. 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

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

    Awarded CSM-ACHRI Fellowship

    Project: Uncovering the role of Foxf2 in brain vascular stability

     

  2. 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?

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

    Project: Screen time and poor child development

  4. Dr. Mohamad-Reza Aghanoori, PhD; supervisor Dr. Guang Yang

    Project: Targeting the Mislocalized CELF2 Protein to Fight a Rare Neurodevelopmental Disorder  

  5. 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.

  6. 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

  7. Dr. Ted Verhey, PhD; supervisor Dr. Sorana Morrissy

    Project: The proteogenomic landscape of pediatric high-grade glioma

  8. Dr. Marta Vidal-Garcia, PhD; supervisor Dr. Benedikt Hallgrimsson

    Project: A novel approach for understanding the developmental and genetic basis of phenotypic integration

  9. Dr. Deepika Dogra, PhD; supervisor Dr. Deborah Kurrasch

    Project: A precision medicine approach to modeling a rare pediatric epilepsy

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Dr. Elizabeth Morin-Lessard, PhD; supervisor Dr. Susan Graham

    Project: Preschooler's attention to speech disfluencies as communicative signals

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  1. 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?

  2. Dr. Michelle Siu, PhD; supervisor Dr. David Sinasac

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

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

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

  4. 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

  5. Dr. Amanda Tyndall, PhD; supervisors Dr. Jillian Parboosingh and Dr. Ryan Lamont

    Project: Rapid Access to Pediatric Diagnoses (RAPiD) Kidomics

  6. 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 

  7. Dr. Kristine Woodward, MD; supervisor Dr. Michael Esser

    Project: Multi-modal monitoring of brain at risk in critically ill children

  1. Dr. Omar Damji, MD; supervisor Dr. Vincent Grant

    Project: VITAL – Virtual Reality for Intubation Training As a Lifesaving Measure

  2. Dr. Deepika Dogra, PhD; supervisor Dr. Deborah Kurrasch

    Project: Transcriptomic profiling of brain organoids derived from SCN8A-related epilepsy patients with differential drug response

  3. Dr. Shirin Moossavi, PhD; supervisor Dr. Marie-Claire Arrieta

    Project: Mechanistic insight into microbiome restoration in premature infants using gut-microbiome-on-a-chip

  4. Dr. Kayla Stone, PhD; supervisor Dr. Frank MacMaster

    Project: The effects of neurostimulation on inhibitory control in youth

  5. 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

  6. Dr. Eli Kinney-Lang, PhD; supervisor Dr. Adam Kirton

    Project: Brain Drain: Understanding fatigue in brain-computer interfaces (BCI) for children

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

    Project: Screen Use Co-viewing Context and the Associated Impact on Language Learning in Infants

  1. Simran Bains; supervisor Dr. Ray W. Turner

    Project: Dosing regime for FMRP-N-tat recovery of function in Fragile X

  2. Akanksha Bhargava; supervisor Dr. Nadia Luca

    Awarded BME-ACHRI Summer Studentship Award

    Project: Technology-Based Intervention to Improve Treatment Adherence in Adolescents and Young Adults with Rheumatic Disease 

  3. Nadia DiMarzo; supervisor Dr. Deborah Kurrasch

    Project: Characterizing epileptic phenotypes in Zebrafish slc13a5 mutants

  4. Allesha Eman; supervisor Dr. Frank MacMaster

    Project: Investigation and comparison of cortical thickness in different regions of the brain in children ages 9-10

  5. Danae Fell; supervisor Dr. Laura Sycuro

    Project: Fannyhessea vaginae’s internalin: a novel mediator of host-microbe interactions at the vaginal mucosal surface?

  6. Milan Heck; supervisor Dr. Graham Thompson

    Project: HMGB1 protein as an inflammatory biomarker for acute appendicitis in pediatric patients

  7. Brianna Henry; supervisor Dr. Fiona Schulte

    Project: Adherence to Follow-Up Care Among Survivors of Pediatric Cancer in Canada

  8. Brandon Huynh; supervisor Dr. Ina Dobrinski

    Project: Application of iPSC-derived germ cells to enrich the germ cell pool in pig testicular organoids

  9. Darpal Patel; supervisor Dr. Catherine Lebel

    Project: Relationship between IQ and volume of hippocampal subfields in children with PAE

  10. Mitali Pradhan; supervisor Dr. Adam Kirton

    Project: Connectivity-based segmentation of the thalamus in perinatal stroke

  11. Jamie Roeske; supervisor Dr. Richard Wilson

    Project: The SOS of Inflammation: how prostaglandins modulate breathing

  12. Harshil Shah; supervisor Dr. Kara Murias

    Project: Examining the Association Between Sensorimotor Measurements and Behaviour in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders

  13. Temoor Tayyab; supervisor Dr. Stephanie L. Borgland

    Project: Identifying targets for treatment of anxiety in anorexia nervosa

  14. Jerome Timbol; supervisor Dr. Jiami Guo

    Project: Utilizing High-throughput Screening to Identify Morphology and Calcium Functionality of Hypothalamic Primary Cilia  

  15. Pasindu Wickramarachchi; supervisor Dr. Cam Teskey

    Project: Examining the clinical utility of vaporized and edible cannabis products (THC and CBD) for treating seizure-induced changes in emotional behaviour.

  16. Rylen Williamson; supervisor Dr. Carolyn Emery

    Project: Evaluating Referee Knowledge through Construct Validity and Inter-rater Reliability related to Head Contact Penalty Assessment Policies in Canadian Youth Ice Hockey.

  1. Brandon Craig, BSc; supervisor Dr. Adam Kirton

    Publication Title: Developmental neuroplasticity of the white matter connectome in children with perinatal stroke

    Authors: Brandon T. Craig, BSc, Alicia Hilderley, PhD, Eli Kinney-Lang, PhD, Xiangyu Long, PhD, Helen L. Carlson, PhD, and Adam Kirton, MD

    Journal: Neurology

     

  2. Dr. Anna Funk, PhD; supervisor Dr. Stephen Freedman

    Publication Title: Efficacy and safety of antiviral prophylaxis during pregnancy to prevent mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Authors: Anna L Funk, Ying Lu, Kyoko Yoshida, Tianshuo Zhao, Pauline Boucheron, Judith van Holten, Roger Chou, Marc Bulterys, Yusuke Shimakawa

    Journal: The Lancet Infectious Diseases