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Majed Abdul-Samad
Supervisor: K. Howe/J. Fish
Dept/Degree Sought: LMP/PhD
Research Summary: Understanding the role of endothelial-macrophage cell-cell cross talk as a driver of atherosclerosis. |
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Doris Adao
Supervisors: P. Billia and C. Simmons
Dept/Degree Sought: BME/PhD
Research Summary: Role of microRNAs in endothelial cell-cardiomyocyte crosstalk in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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Carmine Alberga
Supervisors: P. Billia
Dept/Degree Sought: PSL/MSc
Research Summary: Identifying an epigenetic miRNA signature in serum samples of patients with uraemic cardiomyopathy. |
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Beatrice Ballarin
Supervisor: Dr. M. Tymianski
Department and Degree Sought: IMS/MSc
Research Summary: Investigating the role of NMDA receptor in stroke recovery |
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Steven Botts
Supervisors: K. Howe/J. Fish
Dept/Degree Sought: IMS/PhD
Research Summary: Extracellular vesicles in abdominal aortic aneurysm progression: Novel biomarkers and therapeutic strategies |
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Racquel Brown
Supervisors: Dr. T. Colella
Dept/Degree Sought: REH/MSc
Research Summary: Identifying research priorities for women's heart health specifically on recovery from a cardiac event and/or disease and challenges of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). |
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Melina Cazorla-Bak
Supervisor: G. Hare
Dept/Degree Sought: PSL/MSc
Research Summary: Impact of acute hemodilutional anemia on cardiac function and metabolism in the rat. |
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Talha Chaudhry
Supervisor: A. Giacca
Department and Degree Sought: PSL/MSc
Research Summary: Effects of liraglutide (GLP-1-like agonists) on insulin's ability to regulate neointimal growth. |
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Crizza Ching
Supervisor(s): J. Fish/P. Thavendiranathan
Department/Degree: MSc/IMS
Research Summary: Endothelial cell-cardiomyocyte crosstalk: A new paradigm in cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction. |
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Steven (Kyung Sik) Cho
Supervisor: Dr. M. Seed
Department and Degree Sought: PSL/PhD
Research Summary: Management of pulmonary disease and single ventricle congenital heart disease. |
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Jessica Chow
Supervisor: M. Seed
Dept/Degree Sought: IMS/MSc
Research Summary: Impact of artificial placenta on cardiac development in fetal piglets.
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Daniel Davoudpour
Supervisor: A. Gramolini
Dept/Degree Sought: PSL/MSc
Research Summary: Mechanisms of cardiovascular heart failure.
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Mimi Deng
Supervisor: O. Honjo and P. Billia
Dept/Degree Sought: IMS/PhD
Research Summary: Determining role of ex-vivo heart perfusion for transplant assessment and rehabilitation in porcine models. |
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Michael Dewar
Supervisor: Dr. S. Heximer
Department/Degree: PSL/PhD
Research Summary: Characterize the role of Receptor Expression-Enhancing Protein 5 (REEP5) in formation and maintenance of ER/SR organization within cardiomyocytes. |
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Michelle Di Paola
Supervisor: Dr. A. Gramolini
Department/Degree: PSL/PhD
Research Summary: Characterize the role of Receptor Expression-Enhancing Protein 5 (REEP5) in formation and maintenance of ER/SR organization within cardiomyocytes. |
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Adam Di Salvo
Sup: Dr. R. Bentley
Dept/Degree Sought: KIN/MSc
Research Summary: Identifying the contribution of left ventricular structure and function to stroke volume heterogeneity in males and females during submaximal exercise. |
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Niousha Djahanpour
Supervisor: M. Qadura
Dept/Degree Sought: IMS/MSc
Research Summary: Identifying biomarkers and personalizing medicine for patients with vascular disease such as peripheral arterial disease, abdominal aortic aneurysms, and carotid stenosis.
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Kayla Dlugos
Sup: O. Honjo
Dept/Degree Sought: IMS/MSc
Research Summary: Using porcine models to look at myocardial metabolism during ex-vivo heart perfusion. |
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Adrian R. Dychiao
Sup: R-K. Li
Dept/Degree Sought: IMS/MSc
Research Summary:Visualization of conductive cardiac patches in arrhythmic rats with iron nanoparticles. |
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Fahad Ehsan
Supervisor: Dr. S. Heximer
Department/Degree: PSL/MSc
Research Summary: Observing the interactome of Galphai3 protein, a key modulatory of cardiomyocyte's autophagy. |
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Malak Elbatarny
Supervisor: A. Gramolini
Dept/Degree Sought: PSL/PhD
Research Summary: Pathologic molecular turnover in human thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection: multiomic and functional analysis. |
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Terenz Escartin
Supervisor: G. Wright
Dept/Degree Sought: MBP/PhD
Research Summary: Using cardiac MRI to guide electrophysiological treatment and management of ischemic ventricular tachycardia. |
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Meena Fatah
Supervisor: Dr. M. Seed
Department/Degree: IMS/PhD
Research Summary: Elucidating the role of autoantibodies in the pathophysiology of Brugada Syndrome. |
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Mandy Guo
Supervisor: K. Howe
Dept/Degree Sought: IMS/MSc
Research Summary: Leveraging a transgenic mouse model to characterize extracellular vesicle-based cell-cell communication in atherosclerosis. |
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Vrushali Guruji
Sup: C. Simmons
Dept/ Degree Sought: BME/PhD
Research Summary: Better understand disease progression of bicuspid aortic valves (BAV) and ascending aortic dilation (AAD). |
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George Jacob
Supervisor: L. Mertens
Dept/Degree Sought: IMS/MSc
Research Summary: Surgical patent ductus arteriosus closure among extremely preterm infants with persistent PDA: What is the optimal surgical and post-operative approach? |
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Kateleen Jia
Supervisor: Dr. A. Gramolini
Dept/Degree Sought: PSL/MSc
Research Summary: Proteomics, heart failure. |
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Elizabeth Karvasarski
Sup: Dr. S. Mak
Dept/Degree Sought: IMS/MSc
Research Summary: Analysis of the temporal patterns of pulmonary vascular loading during exercise in patients with pre- or post-capillary pulmonary hypertension. |
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Hamzah Khan
Supervisor: M. Qadura
Dept/Degree Sought: IMS/PhD
Research Summary: Using artificial intelligence and machine learning to predict adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with vascular disease.
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Safwat Tahmin Khan
Supervisor: Dr. S. Vasconcelos
Department and Degree Sought: BME/PhD
Research Summary: Characterizing pancreatic islet microvasculature in healthy and diabetic conditions. |
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Nairy Khodabakhshian
Supervisor: L. Mertens
Department and Degree Sought: PhD
Research Summary: Analyzing vascular and ventricular responses to exercise in pediatric patients with Marfan syndrome. |
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Negar Khosraviani
Supervisor: J. Fish
Dept/Degree Sought: LMP/PhD
Research Summary: Investigating the mechanism behind the formation of brain arteriovenous malformation (bAVM) |
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Elizabeth Kim
Supervisor: Dr. M. Friedberg
Department and Degree Sought: IMS/MSc
Research Summary: Fibrosis in the pulmonary hypertensive stressed right ventricle. |
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Luxcia Kugathasan
Supervisor: D. Cherney
Dept/Degree Sought: PSL/PhD
Research Summary: Examining the cardiorenal protective effects of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors in individuals with diabetes mellitus. |
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Cori Lau
Supervisor: J. Fish
Dept/Degree Sought: LMP/PhD
Research Summary: Epigenetic and metabolic control of diabetes-induced heart failure with SGLT2 inhibitors.
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Fu-Tsuen (Kelvin) Lee
Supervisor: Dr. M. Seed
Department and Degree Sought: PSL/MSc
Research Summary: Maternal hyperoxygenation in congenital heart disease. |
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Melody (Mengyuan) Li
Supervisor: Sara Vasconcelos
Dept/Degree Sought: BME/PhD
Research Summary: Develop perfusable physiological vessels-on-a-chip platform for studying crosstalk between endothelial cells and cardiomyocytes in angiogenesis and preclinical drug screening applications. |
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Zhiqi Liang
Supervisor: R-K. Li
Dept/Degree Sought: PSL/PhD
Research Summary: Explore mechanisms underlying age-associated hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) function attenuation and to demonstrate if the beneficial effects of HSC transplantation could be safely restored through rejuvenation. |
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Shuangbo Liu
Supervisor: Dr. A. Cheema
Department/Degree: IMS/MSc
Research Summary: Assessing the impact of ethnicity on ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEM1) presentation and clinical outcomes. |
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Jillian Macklin
Supervisor: S. Epelman
Department and Degree Sought: LMP/MSc
Research Summary: Looking at macrophage subsets in the prevention of ischemic cardiac injury. |
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Adam L. McKillop
Supervisor: Dr. B. McCrindle
Department and Degree Sought: IMS/PhD
Research Summary: Increasing physical activity in patients with congenital heart disease. |
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Priya Mistry
Supervisor: J. Fish
Dept/Degree Sought: LMP/PhD
Research Summary: Investigating the role of the endothelium in mediating cardiotoxicity. |
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Jasmeen Kaur Monga
Supervisor: M. Husain
Dept/Degree Sought: LMP/PhD
Research Summary: Role of immunoglobulin A in hypertension. |
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Yasaman Mostafaie
Supervisor: S-S. Bolz
Department and Degree Sought: PSL/PhD
Research Summary: Identifying novel molecular pathways involved in the regulation of myogenic responsiveness. |
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Omar Mourad
Supervisor: S. Vasconcelos
Department and Degree Sought: BME/PhD
Research Summary: Developing in vitro heart failure models using human iPSC-derived cells. |
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Shouka Nejad
Supervisor: Dr. C. Simmons
Department and Degree Sought: BME/MaSc
Research Summary: Engineering pulmonary valve tissue from mesenchymal stem cell-seeded electrospun polyurethane scaffolds for pediatric patients with Tetralogy of Fallot. |
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Mitchell Neuert
Supervisor: Susanna Mak
Dept/Degree Sought: IMS/MSc
Research Summary: Impact of obesity on heart chamber function.
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Christopher Oldfield
Supervisor: Dr. A. Gramolini
Department and Degree Sought: PSL/PhD
Research Summary: Identifying novel signaling pathways in cardiac muscle contributing to the development of heart failure. |
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Suejean Park
Supervisor: Dr. J. Fish
Dept/Degree Sought: LMP/MSc
Research Summary: Extracellular vesicles as a circulating biomarker for cerebrovascular dysfunction in heart failure. |
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Stuti Patel
Supervisor: Dr. T. Colella
Dept/Degree Sought: REH/MSc
Research Summary: Understanding older adult's experience of barriers and facilitators to outpatient cardiac rehab (CR) post TAVI. |
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Alex Charest-Pekeski
Supervisor: M. Seed
Department/Degree: PhD
Research Summary: Hemodynamics of the artificial placenta in the preterm pig model. |
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Mariya Popkov
Supervisor: M. Qadura
Dept/Degree Sought: IMS/MSc
Research Summary: Aspirin resistance in patients with peripheral arterial disease. |
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Hira Raheel
Supervisor: Dr. W. Lee
Department and Degree Sought: IMS/MSc
Research Summary: Process and function of albumin transcytosis in different endothelial tissue beds. |
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Azza Ramadan
Supervisor: Dr. S. Verma
Department and Degree Sought: IMS/PhD
Research Summary: Role of autophagy in abdominal aortic aneurysm. |
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Fatemeh Rastegar Jooybari
Sup: Dr. C. Macgowan
Dept/Degree Sought: MBP/PhD
Research Summary: Hemodynamics of blood flow in pediatrics with Congenital Heart Disease. |
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Megh Rathod
Supervisor: D. Franklin
Dept/Degree Sought: PhD
Research Summary: Development and validation of equitable wearable opto-electronic continuous non-invasive devices for hemodynamic monitoring.
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Julia Rickard
Supervisor: A. Kirkham
Department and Degree Sought: EXS/MSc
Research Summary: Cardiometabolic health in breast cancer patients following treatment and assessing cardiac function using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. |
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Elia Rishis
Supervisor: Dr. A. Kirkham
Department and Degree Sought: KIN/MSc
Research Summary: Effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation on cardiovascular risk factors in women with breast cancer. |
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Mark Rzepka
Supervisor: M Friedberg
Dept/Degree Sought: PSL/MSc
Research Summary: Investigating MRTF/YAP/TAZ signaling in the pressure-loaded right ventricle. |
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Jacob Schwartz
Supervisor: R. Bentley
Dept/Degree Sought: KIN/MSc
Research Summary: How does red blood cell (RBC) desaturation contribute to interindividual differences in vasodilation during small muscle mass exercise?
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Khatera Mir Zaman Shah
Supervisor: Dr. A. Cheema
Department and Degree Sought: IMS/MSc
Research Summary: Learning curve for trans-radial percutaneous coronary intervention in ST-elevation myocardial infarction. |
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Sarah Shawky
Supervisor: Dr. C. Cummins
Department and Degree Sought: PHM/MSc
Research Summary: Liver x receptor/endothelial progenitor cell secretome as a new source of anti-atherogenic proteins. |
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Calder Sheagren
Sup: Dr. G. Wright
Dept/Degree Sought: MBP/PhD
Research Summary: Improve pre-cardiac ablation procedure planning by implementing high-resolution motion-corrected late gadolinium enhancement MR imaging of the heart and topological image analysis to locate re-entry circuits corresponding to ventricular arrhythmia substrate.
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Aaron Troy
Supervisor: Dr. H-L. (Margaret) Cheng
Dept/Degree Sought: BME/MaSc
Research Summary: Role of cardiac metabolic remodeling in a model of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. |
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Anat Usatinsky
Supervisor: D. Franklin
Dept/Degree Sought: BME/MASc
Research Summary: Demonstrating that our miniaturized spectroscopy systems could detect heart rate, breathing rate, and SPO2 levels, we will show use of first of its kind, Bluetooth operated, modular biosensor, for purpose of tracking deep tissue hemodynamics able to adapt to dynamic conditions to obtain quality measurements over periods of time.
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Tao Wang
Supervisor: M. Husain
Dept/Degree Sought: PSL/PhD
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Ruilin Wu
Supervisor: Jason Fish
Dept/Degree Sought: LMP/PhD
Research Summary: Investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the initiation and development of brain arteriovenous malformations. |
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Bushra Yusuf
Supervisor: Dr. L. Robinson
Department and Degree Sought: IMS/PhD
Research Summary: Slit 2 signaling in chronic vascular injury associated with progressive atherosclerosis. |
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Faith D. Zhuu
Supervisor: L. Mertens
Department and Degree Sought: IMS/MSc
Research Summary: Normative echocardiographic values in preterm infants in the transitional period. |
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Meng Yuan (Julia) Zhu
Supervisor: Dr. M. Seed
Department and Degree Sought: IMS/MSc
Research Summary: Fetal cardiac function and circulation assessment by MRI. |
