Graduate Studentships

Ms Mollie Bates BA
Department of Psychology
Faculty of Arts, University of Manitoba

Project Title: How does readiness for change relate to treatment goals? An investigation of individuals with eating disorders.
Supervisor: Dr. Michael LeBow 

Mr. Darren Boese BSc
Department of Immunology
Faculty of Medicine, Canadian Science Centre for Human & Animal Health

Project Title: Chain-shuffling of recombinant human monoclonal antibodies to infectious agents.
Supervisor: Dr. Jody D. Berry 

Mr. Duane Button BSc, MSc
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: The effects of altered activity on the physiological properties of rat motoneurons "In Situ"
Supervisor: Dr. Phillip Gardiner 

Ms Gaelle Camus BSc, MSc
Department of Immunology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Characterization of the immune response to Lassa virus vaccine and natural infection.
Supervisor: Dr. Steven Jones 

Ms Kathleen Deering BSc
Department of Community Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Understanding HIV transmission dynamics in rural India and the impact of HIV preventive interventions: a mathematical modelling approach.
Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Moses 

Miss Carmen Edmundson BSc
Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Identifying novel agents to lessen neurological and functional deficits following stroke.
Supervisor: Dr. Donald Miller 

Miss Sarah Martin
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Role of caveolin-1 in murine lung function and response to allergic sensitization and challenge.
Supervisor: Dr. Andrew Halayko 

Mr. Amir Hossein Meghdadi BE, ME
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Multivariate nonlinear analysis of brain EEG-fMRI signals for temporal lobe epilepsy.
Supervisor: Dr. Reza Fazel-Rezai 

Mr. Curtis J. Pankratz BA, MA
Department of Community Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Improving health care services and structures through a consideration of national approaches to social welfare.
Supervisor: Dr. Evelyn Forget 

Ms Nicole Poritsanos BSc, MSc
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Roles of central melanocortin systme in the regulation of hepatic lipid metabolism.
Supervisor: Dr. Tooru M . Mizuno 

Dr. Iran Rashedi MD
Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: The role of Dnase-X in cardiac and skeletal muscle function addressed by targeted disruption of the Dnase-X murine model.
Supervisor: Dr. Marek Los 

Mrs. Nancy Robinson-Epp BA
Department of Psychology
Faculty of Arts, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Primary and secondary control in college students: The consequences of deviant behavior for physical and mental health.
Supervisor: Dr. Raymond Perry 

Mr. Jon-Jon Santiago BSc
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre

Project Title: Regulation and secretion of pro-hypertrophic high molecular weight fibroblast grow factor-2.
Supervisor: Dr. Elissavet Kardami 

Dr. Arash Shoja Saffar BSc
Department of Immunology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Molecular pathways of glucocoricoid induced survival of human neutrophils/ Pathobiology of human periperhal blood neutrophils in asthma.
Supervisor: Dr. A. Soussi Gounni 

Ms Tushi Singal B.Pharm., M.Pharm.
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre

Project Title: Role of phospholipases in mediating cardiac hypertrophy.
Supervisor: Dr. N.S. Dhalla 

Ms Joyce Slater BHE, MHE
Department of Human Nutritional Sciences
Faculty of Human Ecology, University of Manitoba

Project Title: An exploration of socio-environmental influences on obesity in the Canadian population.
Supervisor: Dr. Gustaaf Sevenhuysen 

Mr. Andrew Wakefield BSc
Department of Human Nutritional Sciences
Faculty of Human Ecology, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Impact of long-term consumption of high protein diets on renal health: Implications for dietary recommendations for Canadians.
Supervisor: Dr. Harold Aukema 

Ms Christina Zamzow BA, MSc
Department of Pharmacology& Therapeutics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Adenosine release: Interplay between neurons and astrocytes in stroke.
Supervisor: Dr. Fiona Parkinson