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Platform Presentations‑PhD

May 16th, 2017

Platform Presentations – PhD programs –Room 14B-2, Tupper Building

2:30

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An Online Intervention for Pediatric Insomnia in the Context of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Usability and Pilot Study
Jason Isaacs, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Faculty of Science

2:45

Impact of the Helping Babies Survive program on neonatal mortality and fresh stillbirth rates: Findings from a Joanna Briggs Institute systematic review
Justine Dol, PhD in Health Program, Faculty of Health Professions

3:00

Reducing pain from retinopathy of prematurity eye exams: A network meta-analysis
Timothy Disher, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Professions

3:15

Mast cell relevance to cardiac fibrosis
Stephanie Legere, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

3:30

Multi-omics Differentially Classify Disease State and Treatment Outcome in Pediatric Crohn's Disease
Gavin Douglas, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

3:45

Discovery and Development of New Host-targeted Antiviral Drugs
Patrick Slaine, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

Platform Presentations – PhD programs - Room 2L-10, Tupper Link

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Patterns of Sexual Health Service Use Among University Undergraduate Students in Nova Scotia
Christine Cassidy, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Professions

2:45

Role of muscle spindle feedback in the swing movement dynamics and step placement during walking
William Mayer, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine

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Health Policy Capacity Assessment: Framework development and testing
Logan Lawrence, PhD in Health Program, Faculty of Health Professions

3:15

Investigation of mechanisms involved in inhibition of Streptococcus pyognes by carvacrol
Niluni Wijesundara, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science

3:30

Developing a model to screen for compounds that protect against cisplatin-induced toxicities
Jaime Wertman, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

3:45

Inhibition of breast cancer cell growth, metastasis and angiogenesis by a novel fatty acid ester of flavonoid, phloridzin docosahexaenoate (PZ-DHA)
Wasundara Fernando, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine

Platform Presentations – PhD programs - Room 3H-1, Tupper BuildingÌý

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An in vivo genome-wide RNAi screen identifies two novel mediators of paclitaxel sensitivity in breast cancer
Mohammad Sultan, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine

2:45

Stretch Effects on Pacemaker Activity in Zebrafish
Eilidh MacDonald, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine

3:00

Muscle Type Specific Abnormalities in Terminal Schwann Cells Following Partial Denervation in the SOD1 G93A Model of ALS
Julia Harrison, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine

3:15

The Serine Proteinase Neutrophil Elastase Contributes to the Development of Osteoarthritis Pain and Neuropathy in Mice
Milind Muley, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine

3:30

The microglial response in a rat model of chronic sleep restriction
Shannon Hall, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine

Platform Presentations – PhD programs - Theatre C, Tupper Building

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Novel hypermethylated tumor suppressor genes as indicators of decitabine sensitivity in breast cancer
Meg Thomas, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine

2:45

Transmission Electron Microscopy of Nanoscale Structure and Damage in Tendon Collagen
Jasmin Astle, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine

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Synaptopodin-2, a novel promyogenic marker required for the development of sarcomeric Z-disk in zebrafish
Nandini Margam, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

3:15

Characterizing the role of atrial natriuretic peptide signaling in the specification of the cardiac Purkinje fiber network
Arun Govindapillai, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine

3:30

NCK1 knockout mice display anxiety-like behaviour and memory impairments
Antonios Diab, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine

Platform Presentations – PhD programs - Theatre B, Tupper BuildingÌý

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Precision use of retinoic acid for treatment of triple-negative breast cancer
Krysta Coyle, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine

2:45

Shoulder mobility differences with total rotator cuff tears
Colleen Dewis, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

3:00

Targeting post-surgical breast cancer metastasis by combining natural killer T cell immunotherapy and oncolytic virus therapy
Simon Gebremeskel, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

3:15

Novel zebrafish tools to study rare subsets in AML
Vinothkumar Rajan, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine

3:30

S100A10 is a driver of tumor growth and invasion and is a predictive marker of pancreatic cancer patient survival
Moamen Bydoun, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine

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