Defences held in person have locations listed with the date below. Zoom information for virtual exams is not listed; if you are interested in attending one of these defences, please contact the candidate's department or graduate.doctoral@ubc.ca. Zoom links are available one week prior to the defence.
Monday, 13 January 2025 - 9:00am - Zoom
Iciar Fernandez Boyano
Department: Genome Science and Technology
A Journey into the Human Placenta: Untangling Preeclampsia and Engaging the Public
Monday, 13 January 2025 - 12:00pm - Room 203
Pearson Wyder-Hodge
Department: Neuroscience
Friction and Affective Touch: Probing the Role of Skin Mechanics in Perception
Tuesday, 14 January 2025 - 9:00am - Room 200
Dylan Bateman
Department: English Language and Literatures
Human-Animal Shapeshifting Figures as Locations of Indigenous and Diasporic Resurgence and Resistance to the Ferine
Tuesday, 14 January 2025 - 12:30pm - Room 200
Olivia Fischer
Department: Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
An Examination of the Multicultural Orientation Framework with Sexual and Gender Minority Clients
Tuesday, 14 January 2025 - 12:30pm - Zoom
Jordan Kersey
Department: Soil Science
Evaluation of Agricultural Practices for Regenerative Outcomes in Cropping Systems of Southwestern British Columbia
Tuesday, 14 January 2025 - 1:00pm - Zoom
Fardowsa Yusuf
Department: Population and Public Health
Investigating the Period Preceding the Classical Recognition of Multiple Sclerosis Using Advanced Epidemiologic Methods
Thursday, 16 January 2025 - 12:30pm - Room 200
Adam Kanigan
Department: Forestry
Behavioural and Physiological Responses by Bull Trout to Resource Pulses Associated with Sockeye Salmon Migrations
Friday, 17 January 2025 - 9:00am - Room 200
Itamar Manoff
Department: Educational Studies
The Experience of Error in Adult Language Learning
Monday, 20 January 2025 - 4:00pm - Room 203
Haodi Liang
Department: Statistics
Challenges in Empirical Likelihood and Finite Mixture Modelling
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 - 1:00pm - 773, Robert H.N. Ho Research Centre, 2635 Laurel Street
Luke Johnson
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Modelling of Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease
Friday, 24 January 2025 - 2:00pm - 223, Geography Building, 1984 West Mall Vancouver
Michael Turley
Department: Geography
Late Quaternary Controls on Sediment Dynamics and Yield in Paraglacial Landscapes: A Spatially and Temporally Nested Approach
Friday, 31 January 2025 - 1:00pm - Room 200
Seth Holland
Department: Cell & Developmental Biology
Electrophilic Stress Induction in Macrophages and its Application to Disease Models of Immune Hyperactivation
Thursday, 6 February 2025 - 9:00am - Room 200
Kirsten Mcilveen
Department: Geography
Disappeared Behind Prison Walls: Geographies of (Dis)Connection
Monday, 10 February 2025 - 9:00am - Zoom
Mohammadreza Hajipour
Department: Experimental Medicine
Alternative Polysomnography-Derived Metrics to Predict Adverse Health Outcomes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Tuesday, 18 February 2025 - 12:30pm - Room 200
Tara Brown
Department: Forestry
Forest Bathing in Metro Vancouver, Canada: A Randomized Crossover Study Examining Health Outcomes and Environmental and Vegetation Influences
Monday, 24 February 2025 - 12:30pm - Room 200
Jeremie Bonneau
Department: Civil Engineering
Physical Oceanography of a Canadian Arctic Glacial Fiord: Circulation, Oceanic Heat Flux and Interactions with Cryospheric Features
Thursday, 27 February 2025 - 9:00am - Room 200
Kristina Rothchild
Department: Chemistry
Towards the Elucidation of the PPZ Gene Cluster in Fungal Insect Pathogen Metarhizium Majus