Banting Postdoctoral Researchers 2024-2025

CIHR

NSERC

SSHRC

CIHR
Name Host institution Discipline Project titleFootnote 2

Arora, Anish
McMaster University Health Services Research Improving Health Equity in Serious Illness Communication: A National Randomized Controlled Trial of an Interprofessional Clinical Education Program.

Auger, Louis-Pierre
McGill University Health Services Research Enhancing clinical practice and entry-level education to improve sexuality-related services for individuals with disabilities: Insights from two integrated knowledge translation studies.

Bergeron, David
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne Nervous System Interface cerveau-moelle épinière pour restaurer le mouvement du membre supérieur après un AVC sous-cortical.

Bishnoi, Indra
Massachusetts General Hospital Nervous System Characterizing cell-type-specific contributions of a high-penetrance gene for autism spectrum disorder: Implications for brain and behavioural development.

Bodenstein, David
Toronto General Research Institute Cardiovascular Exploring the therapeutic mechanism of mitochondrial transplant in acute cardiac injury.

Braun, Jessica
University of Copenhagen Metabolism/Diabetes Uncovering and validating novel molecular targets linked to mitonuclear balance for the treatment of age- and disease-related metabolic dysfunctions and impaired muscle function.

Bruce, Olivia
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Stanford University Muscle, Bone, Or Joint Novel imaging biomarkers to assess bone stress injury healing.

Chen, Paul
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Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Vision In vivo prime editing to rescue autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa.

Decker, Alexandra
Massachusetts General Hospital Psychosocial/Health Behavioural Res. Examining the Role of the Locus Coeruleus in Cognitive Symptoms of ADHD Using Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques.

Fischer, Jaimy
University of Victoria Environmental Influences On Health Pathways to Reconciliation: Documenting Urban Trail Implementation and Its Effects on Indigenous Health and Mobility Using a Two-Eyed Seeing Approach.

Groza, Cristian
Montreal Heart Institute Genetics Enabling sensitive genome-wide associations of structural variants with disease traits using a Quebec pangenome.

Jopling, Ellen
Boston Children's Hospital Mental Health The impact of neglect on biological aging and mental health: From infancy to emerging adulthood.

Lee, Tae Yoon
Stanford University Cancer Development and evaluation of second primary lung cancer screening in lung cancer survivors.

Liu, Yiyang
University College London Cancer Longitudinal tracking of spatial immune microenvironment and immune evasion in lung cancer.

Matheson, Alexander
McMaster University Imaging Pulmonary Structural and Functional MRI to Predict Exacerbations and Regional Disease Progression.

Midavaine, Elora
University fo California - San Francisco Nervous System Pregnancy-Induced Neuronal Modulation of Chronic Pain.

Norris, Peter
Queen's University Immunology-Transplantation How Neutrophil Clearance in the Bone Marrow Shapes Tissue Injury Repair.

Olukitibi, Titus
University of Manitoba Molecular Biology Identification and Implications of Immune Markers for HPV Clearance.

Poitras, Isabelle
Photo courtesy of: University of Calgary
University of Calgary Nervous System Assessment of and Intervention for Visual Impairment After Stroke.

Ramos da Silva, Bruna
University of Alberta Cancer Precision Nutrition for Muscle Loss in Cancer: Addressing inter-individual variability.

Rodrigues, Myanca
Photo courtesy of: Paulina Rzeczkowska, McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Fellows Teaching and Leadership Program, McMaster University
Queen's University Mental Health Beyond Overdose: Exploring the Predictors and Long-term Health Impacts of Fentanyl Use in People with Opioid Use Disorder.

Soriano, Jan Elaine
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne Nervous System Axon regeneration strategies to restore upper-limb functions after paralysis.

Steadman, Patrick
Stanford University Nervous System Disrupting neuron-glioma interactions in the thalamus for thalamic low-grade glioma therapy.
NSERC
Name Host institution Discipline Project titleFootnote 2

Abu Jarad, Noor
University of Toronto Chemical, Biomedical And Materials Science Engineering - Biomedical Engineering Development of a Biocompatible Implantable Sensor for Continuous and Long-term Monitoring of Liver Function Utilizing NIR Spectroscopy and Fluorescence.

Balakrishnan, Mayura
McGill University Physics And Astronomy - Astronomy And Astrophysics A New Window Into Galactic Feedback and Our Own Cosmic History.

Carolus, Hans
Université Laval Cellular And Molecular Biology - Microbiology Deep mutational scanning for collateral sensitivity of antifungal drug resistance.

Colafranceschi, Eugenia
University of Waterloo Mathematical Sciences - Applied Mathematics Axiomatic Framework for Quantum Gravity: Unravelling Black hole Entropy.

Cook, Amanda
McGill University Physics And Astronomy - Astronomy And Astrophysics Statistically Mapping Sparse Cosmic Plasma with Fast Radio Bursts.

Cox, Kieran
Dalhousie University Evolution And Ecology - Evolution And Ecology Something Sounds Fishy: Bioacoustics, Conservation, and Policy in the Northeast Pacific.

Crockett, Benjamin
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University of British Columbia Physics And Astronomy - Optics Time-Frequency Graph States Generation for Integrated All-Photonic Quantum Repeaters.

Deibert, Emily
University of Waterloo Physics And Astronomy - Astronomy And Astrophysics High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Exoplanet Atmospheres.

Faghel-Soubeyrand, Simon
University of Oxford Psychology - Cognitive Science - Fundamental The role of sleep on memory transformation.

Khanfir, Robin
McGill University Mathematical Sciences - Statistics And Probability Criticality in multisource invasion percolation.

Hassanpour Tamrin, Sara
Photo courtesy of: University of Calgary’s Postdoctoral Office
University of Calgary Chemical, Biomedical And Materials Science Engineering - Biomedical Engineering Miniaturized Electro-Sensitive Technology for Non-Invasive Early Diagnosis of Cancer.

Kinley, Isaac
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Psychology - Cognitive Science - Fundamental Networks of Knowledge in the Imaginative Brain: a Multimodal Neuroimaging Investigation of the Role of Schemas in Episodic Future Thinking.

Krzys, Karolina
York University Psychology - Sensory systems and perception Functional significance of true eye contact in face-to-face communication and impacts of distorted eye contact in video conferencing.

McCarthy, Seth
University of British Columbia Plant And Animal Biology - Kinesiology Role of lactate in the anti-inflammatory effects of exercise.

McCrackin, Sarah
McGill University Psychology - Psychology - Fundamental Processes Masking the face, unmasking the brain: How face occlusion affects neural processing.

Médieu, Anaïs
McGill University Evolution And Ecology - Animal Ecology Interactive effects of climate change and plastic-related contaminants on Arctic seabirds.

Nasseri, Seyed Amirhossein
Harvard University Cellular And Molecular Biology - Biochemistry A comparative study of bacterial and eukaryotic protein homeostasis machineries.

Ng, Kia Boon
TRIUMF Physics And Astronomy - Physics Measuring the Schiff moment of radioactive molecular ion 227ThF+.

Rehman, Danyal
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Université de Montréal Civil And Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Deep Learning for Out-of-distribution Molecular Discovery.

Royer, Jessica
Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Psychology - Behavioural Neuroscience Towards neurobiological mechanisms of the human social brain.

Sourki, Reza
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Civil And Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Multi-Functional Materials: Responsive Structural Designs For Assistive Devices.

Tombak, Kaia
University of Toronto Evolution And Ecology - Behaviour Unveiling the principles of social equity: a study of egalitarian animal societies.

Zhang, Xu
University of British Columbia Evolution And Ecology - Evolution And Ecology Genomic and Epigenetic Mechanisms in Speciation with Gene Flow: The Role of Recombination Modifiers in Wild Sunflowers.
SSHRC
Name Host institution Discipline Project titleFootnote 2

Ahn, Jee Seul
Université de Montréal Education Leveraging Career Guidance to Promote Equitable and Diverse Transitions to Meaningful Work: Insights from a Comparative Study among Canadian and South Korean Youth.

Bourgeois, Rebecca
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The University of Western Ontario Anthropology "Strong Like Two People": Amplifying Indigenous Voices to Re-center, Re-animate, and Repatriate Archives and Collections.

Brisson, Julien
University of Toronto Social Work Navigating Reproductive Justice in Climate Crisis: A Comparative Ethnography on Colombian Youth's Autonomy During Environmental Disasters.

David, Jonathan
York University Psychology You win some you lose some: Investigating the addictive nature of microtransactions within video games.

Diouf Lewis, Jenny
University of Toronto Fine Arts Singing to improve brain functions related to reading: Neurological effects of singing on the arcuate fasciculus of children with dyslexia.

Duncan, Emily
University of Regina Sociology Building Climate Resilience in Canadian Agriculture through Digital Technologies.

Dykstra, Victoria
University of California Child and Adolescent Psychology Identifying best practices for interviewing adolescents about negative experiences.

Giesbrecht, Crystal
University of Saskatchewan Psychology Classifying Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: Extension of a Typology to Inform Risk Management and Risk Reduction Strategies.

Henderson, Phil
York University Political Science 'We Only Want the Earth': Relations between Labour and Indigenous Land Defenders.

Houle, Simon
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Management, Business, Administrative Studies Towards a business and societal understanding of psychological health at work: Individual, business, and societal determinants and implications of a psychologically healthy workforce.

Jones, Samantha
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University of Northern British Columbia Interdisciplinary Studies Poetic forecasts: Using creative practices to anticipate wellness challenges and needs in a changing climate.

Koralesky, Katie
University of Prince Edward Island Education Evaluating the train-the-trainer model to promote responsible antimicrobial use on dairy farms.
Lainesse, Louise Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières History L'expérience féminine du deuil au Québec (XVIIIe-XIXe siècles).

Nivison, Marissa
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University of Calgary Psychology Synthesizing Knowledge and Building Applied Understanding of Adult Attachment and its Impacts on Relationships and Functioning: The Adult Attachment Interview and Data Exchange Project.

Paillé, Mathieu
Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft Linguistics The semantics of prototype-sensitive vocabulary: a linguistic investigation into conceptual structure.

Papale, François
McGill University Philosophy Epistemological analysis of the impact of AI on science: AlphaFold and evolutionary biology as a case study.

Reid, Darren
University of Alberta History Dinosaurs in the Pocket of Big Energy: Exploring the impact of energy corporation investments in dinosaur museums on the development of Alberta's fossil fuel industry, 1910-2015.

Rice, Mskwaankwad
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Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University  Linguistics Wiikaa na gii-wiindmoon iiw? A bilingual annotated collection of searchable stories from Wasauksing First Nation.

Rizk, Anthony
Université de Sherbrooke Anthropology Lebanon's Lost Isolates: Microbes as memory objects, re-situated knowledge and the diasporic character of Lebanese microbiology.


Shipton, Leah
Georgetown University Political Science Global health at a critical juncture: Tracing the power and limits of the local production of medical technologies norm in the post-pandemic global health arena.

TeBokkel, Nathan
The University of Western Ontario Literature, Modern Languages Working Feeling: Affect, Agriculture, Romanticism.

Teoh, Yi Yang
Brown University Psychology A shared understanding of emotion facilitates social connection.

Tollefson, Hannah
University of Toronto Scarborough Geography Rising Tides, Sinking Ships: The Media and Politics of Maritime Shipping Decarbonization.

Veillette, Anne-Marie
Queen's University Urban And Regional Studies, Environmental Studies From Fear to Terror and Back Again : Women Transforming the City from Marginalized and Peripheral Neighborhoods in Latin America.
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