Banting Postdoctoral Researchers 2022–2023

CIHR

Name	Host institution	Discipline	Project titleFootnote 2
Adams, Claire Photo courtesy of: The Jewish General Hospital	McGill University	Health Research	Patient Engagement in Health Research: Enhancing Knowledge and Practice
Beggs, Megan Photo courtesy of: ©Tory Zimmerman, SickKids	Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)	Nutrition	Trace element intakes and requirements for optimizing neurodevelopment of preterm infants
Bele, Sumedh	University of Oxford (England)	Health Services Research	Value-based Healthcare Delivery in Post-Hand-Surgical Care: Leveraging Ecological Momentary Computerised Adaptive Testing (EMCAT) Platform to Implement Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
Boudreault, Simon	University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)	Virology	Involvement of cellular alternative splicing in the oncolytic potential of viruses for cancer therapy
Crockett, Leah	University of Manitoba	Health Research	Implementing strategies to improve pediatric readiness in Manitoba emergency departments: a randomized-control trial (RCT)
Erwood, Steven	Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (Cambridge, MA)	Molecular Biology	Mutation-specific directed evolution of CRISPR-Cas prime editors in human cells
Faust, Lena Photo courtesy of: Raphaël Farnault	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (UK)	Population Health	Estimating tuberculosis infection and active tuberculosis prevalence, incidence, and time to diagnosis in Peru's largest men's and women's prisons
Furlan, Giacomo	Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (Toronto)	Reproduction - Pregnancy	Intergenerational epigenetic impact of environmental stress during mammalian development
Han, Seong Jun	Harvard Medical School (Boston, Massachusetts)	Aging	Age-associated metabolic regulation of anti-tumor immunity
Jacobs, Grace	The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston)	Imaging	Using normative modelling to investigate how individual deviations in white matter brain structure are related to longitudinal psychotic and non-psychotic outcomes in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis
Khan, Faizan Photo courtesy of: The Ottawa Hospital	University of Calgary	Health Services Research	Quantifying the balance of benefits and harms of intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke in patients taking direct oral anticoagulants
Liao, Calwing	Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)	Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics	Identification of common and rare genetic risk factors for bipolar disorder
Manoranjan, Branavan	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York)	Cancer	Glutamate excitotoxicity drives neurological death in leptomeningeal metastasis
McGrath, Joshua	Weill Cornell Medical College (New York, NY)	Immunology-Transplantation	Using LIBRA-seq to identify broadly-reactive influenza antibodies in human respiratory tissues for translation into novel monoclonal therapeutics
Mellor, Andrea	University of Victoria (British Columbia)	Societal & Cultural Dimensions Of Health	Strengthening safety nets to improve access to substance use and mental health services to optimize youth-determined health and wellness
Monteith, Hiliary	McMaster University	Environmental Influences On Health	Tionhnhéhkwen: Co-Creation of healthy pathways for diabetes management and water security
Patel, Herry Photo courtesy of: Kelly Correa	University of California (San Diego)	Mental Health	Neurobiology as a Mechanism Explaining Variability in the Pathway from Childhood Adversity to Problematic Substance Use
Patel, Parasvi	Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)	Cancer	Targeting ATR to exploit the genomic instability during the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and prevent metastasis
Qin, Wanhai	University of Calgary	Health Research	The function and regulation of tissue resident alveolar macrophages turnover by host and environmental factors during homeostasis and in infections
Richard, Jeremie	Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland)	Mental Health	Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Addictive Behaviors
Rosenbloom, Brittany Photo courtesy of: Tory Zimmerman	Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)	Psychosocial - Health Behavioural Res.	Co-design of a pediatric chronic post-surgical pain risk (PAIN-RISK) measure
Ross, Stephanie	University of Calgary	Muscle, Bone, Or Joint	Identifying therapeutic targets and testing novel treatments to improve muscle function in children with Cerebral Palsy
Wang, Zongjie	Northwestern University (Illinois)	Cancer	Non-invasive isolation and expansion of polyclonal tumor-reactive lymphocytes from peripheral blood for cancer immunotherapy
Wiesman, Alex	McGill University	Nervous System	Compensatory versus pathological effects of aberrant brain rhythms in Parkinson's disease

NSERC

Name	Host institution	Discipline	Project titleFootnote 2
Alizadeh, Mohammad Reza	University of British Columbia	Earth Sciences - Atmospheric Science	Impact of Compound Climate Extremes on Canadian Food Security
Antwi-Danso, Jacqueline Photo courtesy of: Samuel Falade, Heritage Photography and Art	University of Toronto	Physics and Astronomy - Astronomy and Astrophysics	“Impossibly Early” Galaxies: Searching for the Most Massive Galaxies in the Distant Universe
Cao, Yiqi	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Civil And Mechanical Engineering - Environmental Engineering	Developing a sustainable degrade-sequestrate (DS) bioreactor to simultaneously treat marine oily wastewater and capture CO2 in the Arctic and Northern Atlantic Oceans
Charlton, Jesse	University of British Columbia	Plant and Animal Biology - Kinesiology	Exploration and exploitation. A stimulus-response model of movement variability and motor adaptation during human ambulation.
Chen, Melissa Photo courtesy of: Leah Fulton	University of British Columbia	Evolution and Ecology - Microbial Ecology	Identifying ecological and evolutionary patterns of pathogenicity and protection in wild rhizosphere communities
Daisley, Brendan	University of Guelph	Evolution and Ecology - Microbial Ecology	Targeting the honeybee microbiome to support pollinator health and sustainable crop management in agroecosystems
DiCecco, Liza-Anastasia Photo courtesy of: Paulina Rzeczkowska	Pennsylvania State University	Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Science Engineering	Structural Dynamics of Pandemic Pathogens Using Liquid-Electron Microscopy
Foo, Joshua	University of Waterloo	Physics And Astronomy - Physics	Understanding the Quantum Physics of Spacetime
Hamzehpoor, Ehsan Photo courtesy of: Yeganeh Habibi	University of British Columbia	Chemistry - Physical Chemistry	Molecular cage-based 3D-covalent organic frameworks via orthogonal chemistry
Hébert, Marie-Pier	University of Vermont	Evolution and Ecology - Aquatic Ecology and Limnology	Ecological consequences of warming winters and ice loss on lake communities in the Northern Hemisphere
Ishiguro, Soh	University of British Columbia	Chemical, Biomedical And Materials Science Engineering	A high-throughput technology to decipher quantitative developmental trajectories in mouse embryogenesis
Khan, M. Shehryar Photo courtesy of: Huda Mohammed	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Chemical, Biomedical And Materials Science Engineering	Unlocking the secrets of defect-free dissimilar bonding of structural materials: dynamic recrystallization achieved through laser-induced high-velocity microparticle impact to produce nanocrystalline grain structures at the joining interface
Lee, Stephen	École Polytechnique de Montréal	Chemical, Biomedical And Materials Science Engineering	Dynamic ultrasound localization microscopy: mapping cerebral stalling dynamics in ischemic stroke
Luppi, Andrea Photo courtesy of: Marc Bourgeois	McGill University	Psychology - Behavioural Neuroscience	Computational modelling of synergistic information in artificial and biological neural networks
Moradikashkooli, Farshad	Toronto Metropolitan University	Chemical, Biomedical And Materials Science Engineering	Ultrasound-Activated Anticancer Nano-Sized Drug Delivery Systems: Theoretical and Experimental Studies
Olifer, Leonid	University of Alberta	Physics And Astronomy - Space Science	Quantifying Extreme Space Weather Hazards: Space Radiation and Impacts on Earth’s Atmosphere and Climate
Pearlman, Aaron	McGill University	Physics And Astronomy - Astronomy And Astrophysics	Pinpointing the Origins of Fast Radio Bursts
Roberts, Ian Photo courtesy of: Ashley Bemis	University of Waterloo	Physics and Astronomy - Astronomy and Astrophysics	Star Formation Quenching in Galaxy Clusters
Saraswati, Saraswati	University of Waterloo	Earth Sciences - Soil Science	Will rewetting Canada’s degraded peatlands help mitigate climate warming? Using microcalorimetry to advance the predictive understanding of carbon dioxide and methane release during peat soil organic matter decomposition
Scott, Catherine	McGill University	Evolution and Ecology - Animal Ecology	Spiders in food webs: how does predation on insect pests and pollinators affect crop yields
Terra, Julio	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Science Engineering	Templated atomic layer deposition: designing bifunctional nanocatalysts for the low-temperature upgrading of lignin
Wang, Erika Yan	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Chemical, Biomedical And Materials Science Engineering	A Hybrid Polymeric System for Programmed Drug Release after Myocardial Infarction
Ying, Binbin Photo courtesy of: Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Civil And Mechanical Engineering	e-GLUE: Innovating electroadhesive hydrogels for prolonged gastrointestinal mucosal retention

SSHRC

Name	Host institution	Discipline	Project titleFootnote 2
Andrews, Evan	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Environmental Management	Exploring an Anticipatory Governance Framework for Small-Scale Fisheries in Sustainable and Equitable Oceans
Camponeschi, Chiara	York University	Environmental Health	Turning Moments of Crisis into Moments of Care: An Integrative Approach to Climate Resilience and Planetary Health
Christoffersen, Ashlee Photo courtesy of: Cat Carabin	York University	Public Policy Studies	Operationalizing Intersectionality: Equality policy and NGOs
Da Costa, Jade	University of Guelph	Community Development	Beyond The Pandemic: A Grassroots Exploration of Food Justice in the Era of COVID-19
Delsol, Nicolas	Université Laval	Environmental Archaeology	RADAR - Recherches Archéogénétiques sur la Domestication aux Amériques
Deneault, Audrey-Ann	University of Calgary	Child and Adolescent Psychology	How do mothers and fathers support children’s socio-emotional development in 21st century families?
Dubus, Zoe	University of Saskatchewan	History of Psychology	Pioneering women of psychedelics: a historical examination of gender and psychedelic psychotherapy
Earhart, Becky Photo courtesy of: Lisa Kwan Images	Brock University	Child and Adolescent Psychology	The Development of Destination Memory: Exploring Social and Cognitive Influences using Applied Paradigms
Elnakouri, Abdo Photo courtesy of: J. Hans	Northwestern University - Illinois	Social Psychology	Ties that blind? Exploring the role of close ingroup relationships in political animosity
Friedman, Rachel	University of Victoria	Natural Resources, Environment, Energy	Understanding the Social and Environmental Impacts of Food Imports to Inform Canada’s Foreign Corporate Accountability Policy in Three Key Commodities
Graham, Nicolas	The University of British Columbia	Environment	Constructing Clean Growth in Canada: Networks, Discourse and Media
Khan, Nasir	University of Guelph	Rural Planning	Social Inequality and Climate Crisis: Understanding Adaptation to Climate Change in the South Asian Caste System
MacLachlan, Janna	Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre	Children, Family	Exploring and conceptualizing a service delivery model grounded in Inuit knowledge for women and child victims of violence in Nunavut
Martin, Mackenzie Photo courtesy of: University of Alberta, Office of the Registrar 2017	McMaster University	Children, Family	A Spotlight on Parenting Program Equity in Canada: What Programs are Delivered, to Whom, and with What Impact?
Morriet, Oriane	Université du Québec à Montréal	Media Arts	Scénariser le virtuel grâce aux machines : L’écriture des oeuvres de réalité étendue à base d’intelligence artificielle
Mowatt, Morgan	University of Victoria	Political Thought and Political Theory	Addressing Canada’s jurisdictional impasse: The role of Indigenous authorities
Musiwa, Anthony	McMaster University	Health Systems and Society	Fatherhood and male participation in antenatal care in rural Zimbabwe: Towards equitable and culturally safe policies and practice
Robert, Martin (no photo)	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine	History of Medicine	Making Medical Education in Empires, c. 1760s-1860s
Sangiuliano, Anthony Photo courtesy of: Samantha Shantz	University of Toronto	Philosophy of Law	The Philosophical Foundations of Social Justice Tort Law: Private Obligations, Public Values, and the Separation of Powers
Schott, Nicole	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Other Social Work	“Eating Disorder” Treatment, Recovery and Survival: Sharing, Gathering and Co-Creating Research-Informed Mad Art
Sun, Xin	The University of British Columbia	Language Acquisition	How Bilingual Experience with Chinese Shapes Children’s “English Brain”
Unrau, Melanie	University of Regina	Other Environmental Studies	Poetry and Poetics of Energy Transition
Walker, Alexander	Brown University	Social Psychology	Flexible learning of relational information in complex social networks

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2024-02-20