Banting Postdoctoral Researchers 2018–2019

CIHR

Name	Host institution	Discipline	Project titleFootnote 2
Alderson, Thomas	University of Toronto	Biophysics	How do human cells regulate their death? Uncovering the molecular basis of apoptotic regulation
Bin Dhuban, Khalid Photo courtesy of Pierre Bourgault	University Health Network (Toronto)	Immunology-Transplantation	Identification and characterization of a novel checkpoint regulating T cell activity
Briggs, Jonathon Photo courtesy of Maria Cleveland	The University of British Columbia	Biochemistry	Understanding glycan transport across the outer-membrane of Bacteroides species, prominent members of the human gut microbiota, using a structural and functional approach.
Carrot-Zhang, Jian Photo courtesy of Palais de Congrès de Montréal	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	Cancer	The contribution of germline variants to somatic EGFR mutation risk in lung adenocarcinoma in the Latin American populations.
Chew, Derek	Duke University	Health Services Research	Informing Policy Through Evidence: Applying Health Technology Assessment in Cardiac Electrophysiology to Disseminate High-Value Care
Décary, Simon	Université Laval	Health Services Research	Shared decision making to promote high-quality primary care management of musculoskeletal disorders.
Dornan, Gillian Photo courtesy of Jordan Stariha	Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP)	Biochemistry	Architecture and Regulation of the PI3KC2B Lipid Kinase Complex for Nutrient Signaling at the Lysosome
Fournier, Marc Photo courtesy of Studio Zami	Université de Sherbrooke	Imaging	A new ultra-high resolution 3D digital atlas of the human brain connectome derived from the 3D-PLI dataset and its application to the validation of diffusion MRI fiber tracking
Hossain, Mokarram	University of Calgary	Cancer	Imaging the behavior of peritoneal macrophages under homeostasis and in liver metastasis.
Kenny, Tiff-Annie	Université Laval	Environmental Influences on Health	Fishing for Food Security: Weathering Climate Change Impacts on Health in Coastal Indigenous Communities
Kirkham, Amy	University of Alberta	Cancer	The Caloric Restriction and Exercise protection from Anthracycline Toxic Effects (CREATE) study
Kuzmin, Elena	McGill University	Cancer	Identifying co-operating genetic mutations within large chromosomal deletions associated with triple negative breast cancer
Laufer, Benjamin Photo courtesy of Thomas J Ushing	University of California (Davis)	Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics	Non-Invasive Epigenetic Profiling of Cell Free Fetal DNA: Markers of Common Prenatal Exposures that Shape the Risk for Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorders
McLelland, Gian-Luca	Netherlands Cancer Institute	Cell Biology	Investigating lipid homeostasis using haploid genetics in lysosomal storage disease and cancer
Morris, John	New York Genome Center	Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics	CRISPR-GWAS: Leveraging genome-editing to identify disease-causing genes
Mugabo, Yves	Université de Montréal	Metabolism/Diabetes	The role of 14-3-3zeta-mediated RNA splicing during the development of obesity
Ramirez, Francisco	L'Institut de Rythmologie et Modélisation Cardiaque (LIRYC), Bordeaux	Cardiovascular	Non-invasive mapping of pulmonary vein to left atrium electrical conduction in patients with atrial fibrillation
Ravinarayana Chakravarthy, Ankur	Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (Toronto)	Cancer	Mapping the determinants of immunotherapy response
Squair, Jordan	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)	Nervous System	Harnessing spinal electrical stimulation to modulate autonomic function after spinal cord injury
Tarr, Gillian Photo courtesy of Don Molyneaux Photography and University of Calgary	University of Calgary	Gastrointestinal (Liver)	A Clinical Prediction Rule for Pediatric Acute Gastroenteritis Etiology
Tremblay, Sébastien	University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)	Nervous System	Developing a nonhuman primate model of social dysfunction
Wall-Wieler, Elizabeth	Stanford University	Drug Research	Psychotropic Medication Use and Ectopic Pregnancy
Zarin, Payam Photo courtesy of Deepshika Ramanan	Harvard Medical School	Immunology-Transplantation	Uncovering the role of a core Foxp3+ Regulatory T cell gene in establishing peripheral tolerance and preventing autoimmunity

NSERC

Name	Host institution	Discipline	Project titleFootnote 2
Audet, Jean-Nicolas	Rockefeller University	Evolution and Ecology - Behaviour	Genes responsible for variation in problem-solving in birds
Beaulieu, Samuel	Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft	Physics And Astronomy - Physics	Ultrafast Excited State Microscopy: A novel approach to map excited electrons in real-time and real-space
Bock, Dan	Washington University in St. Louis	Evolution and Ecology - Evolution and Ecology	The genetic architecture of contemporary limb morphology evolution in Anolis lizards
Braverman, Boris	University of Ottawa	Physics and Astronomy - Optics	High-dimensional Entanglement for Applications in Quantum Photonics
Challis, Jonathan Photo courtesy of Dave Stobbe for the University of Saskatchewan	University of Saskatchewan	Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry	Reconnaissance, prioritization, and effects assessment of novel and emerging organic contaminants in drinking and surface waters using advanced ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry
Chemnitz, Mario	Institut national de la recherche scientifique	Physics and Astronomy - Optics	Exploitation of Optical Cluster States for Quantum Information Technologies
Coughlan, Neville	University of Waterloo	Chemistry - Physical Chemistry	Action spectroscopy for structural determination of molecular ions
Gagné, Olivier	Carnegie Institution of Washington	Earth Sciences - Earth Science	Tracking the Oxidation of Earth's Crust Through Deep Time
Lari, Ebrahim	University of Toronto	Plant and Animal Biology - Animal Physiology and Metabolism	Investigating the mechanism of anoxia tolerance in non-excitable cells of western painted turtle
Lavoie, Chris Photo courtesy of Sean Feng	California Institute of Technology	Chemistry - Inorganic Chemistry	Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Electroreductive Cross-coupling
Li, Xiao	Stanford University	Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Science Engineering - Biomedical Engineering	Modulating cell mechanics and function with nanoscale topography
Mérot, Claire	Université Laval	Evolution and Ecology - Evolution and Ecology	Bases génomiques de l'adaptation: le rôle des inversions chromosomiques chez la mouche du varech
Michilli, Daniele	McGill University	Physics and Astronomy - Astronomy and Astrophysics	Cosmic radio explosions: understanding Fast Radio Bursts and using them to explore the Universe
Pawlowski, Andrew Photo courtesy of Max Rousseau (Wyss Institute)	Harvard Medical School	Cellular And Molecular Biology - Microbiology	Deciphering natural microbial structures in situ using subcellular RNA sequencing
Peacock, Stephanie	University of Calgary	Evolution and Ecology - Animal Ecology	Confronting ecological models with scientific, local, and Indigenous knowledge to understand the role of disease in wildlife declines
Rackus, Darius	Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule Zürich	Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry	Microfluidic platform for high-throughput screening of antivirulence drugs for bacterial infection
Sandkam, Benjamin	University of British Columbia	Evolution and Ecology - Evolution and Ecology	SuperY: Tradeoffs between recombination and adaptation in male supergenes
Tétrault, Marc-André	Massachusetts General Hospital	Electrical Engineering - Electrical and Electronic Engineering	Enabling cutting-edge neuroimaging : fast, low-noise and motion-corrected image reconstruction for high resolution brain positron emission tomography scanner
Timmerman, Suzette	University of Alberta	Earth Sciences - Geochemistry and Geochronology	Tracing Earth's deep carbon cycle: integrating geochemical and geochronological analysis of super-deep inclusions and their diamond hosts as a step to track carbon mobility in the transition zone and lower mantle.
van der Marel, Nienke Photo courtesy of Tracy Florence Photography & Artworks	University of Victoria	Physics and Astronomy - Astronomy and Astrophysics	Observing planet formation in action
Wilkey, Eric Photo courtesy of Mark Wolfe	The University of Western Ontario	Psychology - Behavioural Neuroscience	Difficulties in Learning Math: Using neurobiology to understand individual differences
Wilson, Kyle	Simon Fraser University	Evolution and Ecology - Evolution and Ecology	Understanding the role of social and ecological diversity on the resilience of at-risk fisheries: the overlooked dimensions of diversity in managing fishery portfolios
Wu, Mengfei	University of Toronto	Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Science Engineering - Materials Science and Technology	Improving Perovskite Solar Cells by Converting Infrared Light into Visible Light

SSHRC

Name	Host institution	Discipline	Project TitleFootnote 2
Bodineau, Sylvie	York University	Anthropology	Fifteen years after. The everyday social life of ex- child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Chétima, Melchisedek	York University	History	Boko Haram's Grand-Fathers: Slave-Raiding, Kidnapping and Weaponized Social Mobility in the Chad Basin Borderland
Crago, Anna-Louise Photo courtesy of Best Image Toronto	University of Ottawa	Criminology	Complicating Gender in Armed Conflict: Mapping Governance Approaches to Sex Workers by Armed Groups in Eastern DR Congo
Dawson, Samantha	Dalhousie University	Psychology	In the mood for sex? A multi-method approach to examine how affect and attention to sexual cues impact couples' sexual wellbeing
Dennehy, Tara	The University of British Columbia	Psychology	Beyond Representation: The Potential Power of Men as Allies for Gender Equity
Desplanque, Kathryn Photo courtesy of Megan May	Carleton University	Fine Arts	Papermania: The Popular Printed Image and the Nineteenth-Century Consumer
Gagnon, Alex	Université Laval	Literature, Modern Languages and	La ferroviarisation de la société canadienne-française au XIXe siècle. Une histoire culturelle du chemin de fer au Québec (1832-1914)
Gerrits, Bailey	The University of Winnipeg	Criminology	Gendering and Racializing Canadian Police “Image Work:” Theorizing Police Framing of Gender-Based Violence
Goetze, Trystan	Dalhousie University	Philosophy	Dimensions of Epistemic Culpability: Ignorance, the Ethics of Belief, Epistemic Injustice, Fake News, and Public Discourse
Hébert, William	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Anthropology	“Mysterious Maladaptation”: A Community-Based Ethnography of the Category of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in the Canadian Criminal Justice System (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Honisch, Stefan	The University of British Columbia	Fine Arts	With Ravished Fingers: Helen Keller's Musical Activism
Jekanowski, Rachel	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Communications and Media Studies	Envisioning Offshore Oil: Oceans, Energy, Futures
Karimi, Ahmad	The University of British Columbia	Sociology	How Refugees Become One of “US”: Private Refugee Sponsorship and Inclusion in Canada
Lafay, Anne Photo courtesy of Lisa Graves, Concordia University	Concordia University	Education	Effects of Number Line Manipulatives on Number Knowledge and Mental Computation in Children With Mathematics Learning Disabilities
Leonard, Kelsey Photo courtesy of Courtney Sheppard	McMaster University	Interdisciplinary Studies	'‘'For as long as the rivers flow': Defining Indigenous Water Justice in the Face of Climate Change
McClelland, Alexander	University of Ottawa	Criminology	Confidentiality, anonymity & epistemological exclusion: challenges & strategies for realizing ethical & inclusive research
McKenzie, Holly Photo courtesy of Dave Stobbe for the University of Saskatchewan	University of Saskatchewan	Sociology	Support for women accessing emergency department services for concerns related to mental health and substance use: A situated mixed-methods study of therapy dog-handler teams
Meadows, Angela	The University of Western Ontario	Psychology	When fat people fight back: A mixed-method investigation of individual difference factors and group dynamics in stigma resistance and collective action against discrimination
Melkevik, Asbjorn	Université de Montréal	Philosophy	Bounded Markets: Social Justice in Market Capitalist Societies
Ogasawara, Midori	University of Ottawa	Sociology	Legalizing Illegal Mass Surveillance: The Global Collaboration of Intelligence Agencies and Big Data Corporations, and its Impact on Canadian Law and Democracy
Olmedo, Elise	Concordia University	Geography	Les mémoires de l'exil à l'épreuve des cartes. Exploration d'une cartographie post-représentationnelle
Strachan, Jeremy Photo courtesy of Aaron Tator	Queen's University	Fine Arts	Decolonizing Canadian Music: Partnerships, Protocols, and Pathways Towards Reparation
Wammes, Jeffrey	Yale University	Psychology	Structuring learning in the laboratory and classroom
Werner, Kaitlyn Photo courtesy of Jane VandenDries, Carleton University	University of Toronto	Psychology	Seeing what you want: Using eye-tracking to examine the motivational determinants of self-control

Date modified:

2019-11-06