Among the most critical elements of any doctoral exam, from the perspective of those who coordinate these complexities, is the search for a strong Chair. Yet this search serves as a perennial challenge to the Doctoral Examinations team. We consider ourselves very lucky indeed if we issue fewer than 10 invitations before confirming 1 chair for an upcoming exam. It is not at all unusual in some disciplines to invite 30 or more chairs before some gracious faculty member agrees to help us out.
If you would like to contribute your time and wisdom to UBC’s doctoral exams:
- Please have a look at the list of upcoming exams below and if one interests you, please send us an email to graduate.doctoral@ubc.ca
- Or send us an email detailing the areas that interest you and days/times that you might be generally available and we'll contact you as new exams are scheduled. Again, send an email to graduate.doctoral@ubc.ca
Please bear in mind that the chair cannot be affiliated with the candidate’s graduate program, or a member of the supervisor's department..
Monday, May 27, 2024 12:30 PM - Room 203
Mikhail Chernobai
(Mathematics)
On Problems of Regularity and Existence for Critical Drift Elliptic Equations and Navier-Stokes Equations
Supervisor(s): Professor Tai-Peng Tsai
Friday, May 31, 2024 9:00 AM - 2108, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, 938 W 28th Ave
Shayda Swann
(MD/PhD Program)
Reproductive Health, Hormones, and Age-Related Conditions Among Women Living with HIV
Supervisor(s): Professor Melanie Murray, Professor Helene Cote
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 9:00 AM - Zoom
Corinne Grunder Bassett
(Forestry)
Bridging Gaps in Urban Forest Management to Achieve Urban Sustainability Goals
Supervisor(s): Professor Cecil Konijnendijk, Professor Susan Day
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 9:00 AM - Zoom
Juanita Chastity Desjarlais-Smith
(Educational Studies)
Iskotew: Fire - Keeping the Fire Lit Indigenous Iskotwew (Women) Leading in Decolonizing Education Systems
Supervisor(s): Professor Fei Wang
Thursday, June 6, 2024 12:30 PM - Room 200
Avril Metcalfe-Roach
(Microbiology and Immunology)
Diet and the Microbiome in Parkinson's Disease
Supervisor(s): Professor B Brett Finlay
Thursday, June 6, 2024 3:00 PM - Room 203
Kate Kysow
(Psychology)
Understanding Hoarding Clean-Outs: A Public Scholar Approach
Supervisor(s): Professor Sheila R Woody
Friday, June 7, 2024 9:00 AM - Zoom
Emmy (Amal Ali) Alharbi
(Nursing)
Adaptation and Validation of the U.S. Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture 2.0 (SOPS): The Saudi Version
Supervisor(s): Professor Susan Dahinten
Wednesday, June 12, 2024 9:00 AM - Zoom
Vanessa Bork
(Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education)
The Influence of Intergenerational Knowledge on Adult Adoptee Sense of Self
Supervisor(s): Professor William A Borgen, Professor Marla Buchanan
Wednesday, June 12, 2024 12:30 PM - Room 200
Vincent Guy Clement Billy
(Zoology)
Diversity of Intestinal Eukaryotes With a Focus on Blastocystis, Its Relationships With Gut Bacteria and Consequences for the Host Health
Supervisor(s): Professor Laura Parfrey
Friday, June 14, 2024 9:00 AM - Room 200
Anita Moein
(Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Quantitative Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Modeling to Optimize Targeted PI3K-AKT-mTOR Oncology Therapeutics Development
Supervisor(s): Professor Harvey Wong
Monday, June 17, 2024 9:00 AM - Room 200
Dayana Gabriela Barragan Altamirano
(Forestry)
Planning Forests for the Future: Incorporating Multiple Goals in Forest Restoration Initiatives
Supervisor(s): Professor Jeanine Rhemtulla
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 9:00 AM - Room 200
Condurache Matei Vacariu
(Chemistry)
Synthesis of Tools for Studying the AmpG Pore Protein Involved in Antibiotic Resistance
Supervisor(s): Professor Martin Tanner
Monday, June 24, 2024 9:00 AM - 1312, Life Sciences Institute, 2350 Health Sciences Mall
Peter Grin
(Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Protease Regulation of Disease: SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro is Secreted and Cleaves Interferon-Lambdas, and MMP12 Regulates Substrates in Age-Related Fatty Liver Disease
Supervisor(s): Professor Christopher Mark Overall
Monday, June 24, 2024 12:30 PM - Room 200
Daniel Aaron Yates
(Physics and Astronomy)
Advances in Decay Spectroscopy of 160Gd and Developments for Transfer Experiments Using Radioactive Isotope Beams
Supervisor(s): Professor Reiner Kruecken
Monday, June 24, 2024 2:00 PM - Zoom
Aparna Gopal
(Oncology)
Understanding the Pathophysiology of Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Lymphoma: From Innate Immune Dysregulation to Therapy Resistance
Supervisor(s): Professor Aly Karsan
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 9:00 AM - 293, Jack Bell Research Centre, 2660 Oak St
Maxim Kobelev
(Experimental Medicine)
Prostate Cancer Lineage Plasticity is Associated with an Altered MYC/MAX Cistrome Through Super-Enhancer Remodeling
Supervisor(s): Professor Amina Zoubeidi
Friday, June 28, 2024 12:30 PM - 1312, Life Sciences Institute, 2350 Health Sciences Mall
Sydney Holme
(Medical Genetics)
Mechanisms that Regulate the Activity of the NRAS Depalmitoylase ABHD17
Supervisor(s): Professor Elizabeth Conibear
Friday, July 5, 2024 9:00 AM - Room 200
Fanze Kong
(Mathematics)
Global Well-Posedness and Localized Patterns of Several Reaction-Diffusion Systems Involving Advection
Supervisor(s): Professor Juncheng Wei, Professor Michael J. Ward