A doctoral citation summarizes the nature of the independent research, provides a high-level overview of the study, states the significance of the work and says who will benefit from the findings in clear, non-specialized language, so that members of a lay audience will understand it.
| Year | Citation | NID |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dr. Merry studied how and why exercise therapies are used to manage chronic Achilles tendon injuries. He applied this knowledge to develop a new tele-rehabilitation system to improve treatment, which is now in pilot testing with patients. | Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Hofmann used high-throughput microscopy, machine learning and creative visualizations to map protein changes in yeast cells to look at how membrane contact site proteins change localization. Additionally, she conducted teaching research and explored the attitudes of undergraduate biology students towards biology and math. | Doctor of Philosophy in Genome Science and Technology (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Gomez-Cardona examined the accumulation of financial literacy and its role in households' portfolios. He found that people learn by investing in financial assets and benefit from financial education by having more access to liquidity when needed. His research highlights new ways in which financial education improves household welfare. | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics (PhD) |
| 2024 | Images move across the retina and through different regions of the visual field as we move through the world. Dr. Thériault discovered substantial differences in how motion in the frontal and lateral visual fields are used by hummingbirds to control hovering, advancing understanding of the transformation of sensory input to motor output. | Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Fazlali's research in material deformation behavior sheds light on adiabatic shear banding and predicts temperature and force during machining of high-performance metals. His work has practical implications for aerospace, biomedical, and automotive industries, improving machining productivity and the part's quality. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Della-Rossa's research investigated the experiences of middle-aged immigrant women who changed their careers later in life. She found that help and support from various sources and personal characteristics were instrumental in successful transitions. Her findings contribute to the body of knowledge about immigration, adaptation, women in career issues, and career transitions. | Doctor of Philosophy in Counselling Psychology (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Imani investigated the behavior of WE43 magnesium alloy in simulated body conditions to predict its longevity as a dissolvable medical implant. His research revealed the critical role of glucose and albumin in corrosion and stress cracking, highlighting the need for additional protection in various body conditions, and enhancing the safety and effectiveness of Mg implants. | Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Efford developed a novel approach to transdisciplinary ecosystem modelling using archaeological data, Indigenous Science, history, and ecology. This research, under the leadership of and in service to Tsleil-Waututh Nation, offers a new way to reconstruct past ecosystem baselines and understand environmental change over time. | Doctor of Philosophy in Oceans and Fisheries (PhD) |
| 2024 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, aka COPD, is the 3rd leading cause of death worldwide. Dr. Nwozor studied the interplay between ageing and cigarette smoke in the development and progression of COPD, showed that epithelial barrier function and lung fibroblast repair decrease with age and identified potential therapeutic interventions for COPD. | Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology (PhD) |
| 2024 | The electron energy distribution plays a vital role in the performance of electron emitter. Dr. Chang studied the thermal emission from various materials, identifying the link between experimental energy distributions and the electronic properties of the emitters. His findings unveil new strategies for developing high-performance electron emitters. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Zarkoob used various AI techniques to design peer grading systems that incentivize truthfulness and accurately aggregate grades, a novel reviewer-paper matching approach to improve review quality and resource efficiency, and developed a web-based participation tool to encourage active participation from students of diverse demographics. | Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. John showed that the division between loggers and environmentalists over old growth forests has been created by mass media marketing and forest industry publicity campaigns. Environmentalism has been a part of woodworker cultures on South Vancouver Island since the early twentieth century, the "War in the Woods" was partially constructed by forces wishing to splinter a united front between forest workers and eco-activists. | Doctor of Philosophy in History (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Hafezqorani developed computational tools to characterize, simulate, and analyze RNA-sequencing data using machine learning techniques. His research provides high-throughput solutions to study RNA and transcriptome. These contributions provide essential resources for future advancements in biological and medical research. | Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Mosavarzadeh’s arts-based educational research investigates the interplay between Making and Place a/r/tographically. Rooted in the co-walking and co-making practices of four artist-researcher-teachers, the work invites a (re)imagination of artful and pedagogical possibilities for making one's place in the world. | Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Peters' research quantified key factors that impact the effectiveness of environmental regulations in the maritime shipping and agricultural sectors. His work highlights the importance of accounting for the complex interactions between firm behaviour, technology, and markets when developing environmental policy. | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Neels examined the relation between full and partial belief. He concluded that what we rationally believe depends on which questions we are asking. This research aids in understanding how statistical evidence should be used in legal contexts and how we evaluate belief in conspiracy theories. | Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Blum analyzed the transformation of plants into humans in premodern Japanese short fiction. She showed that plant characters offered religious and educational messages to readers and listeners while providing entertainment and the novelty of the supernatural.Her work provides new insights into the matrix of Buddhism and popular culture in that period. | Doctor of Philosophy in Asian Studies (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Rowley studied protein arginine N-methyltransferase 2 (PRMT2), an enzyme found to be dysregulated in disease. He developed new techniques to study PRMT2 and how it interacts with other proteins. Findings from his research suggest that PRMT2 orchestrates the activities of other methyltransferases. | Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Couture examined how prey resource, climate variability, and competition between marine mammals could affect the southern resident killer whale population. She used ecosystem modelling to assist in understanding the main ecological drivers limiting this endangered population along the northeast Pacific coast. | Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Korchinski developed theories explaining the statistical properties of the cascading rearrangements observed in disordered solids and crumpled sheets. | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. MacPhail-Bartley used laser fields to control the speed and direction of molecular rotation of molecules embedded in superfluid helium. By controlling this rotational energy, we are able to investigate how this energy is dissipated by the liquid helium. This moves us forward towards developing a microscopic understanding of the nature of superfluidity. | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Nuijten evaluated drone remote sensing technologies for assessing recovering forest ecosystems. His research demonstrated methods to analyze structure and plant type composition, identified other ecosystem attributes derivable from drone data, and highlighted ways to simplify analysis, improve accuracies, and lower data acquisition costs. | Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Hassan investigated the challenges Muslim women face in the sexual assault trial process in Canada. She found that the prevalence of gendered stereotypes intersecting with the racialization of the Muslim identity in Canada, limits Muslim women's ability to access justice through the criminal courts. | Doctor of Philosophy in Law (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Bucci developed interfaces to create meaningful interactions between computers and people using a variety of sensors and artificial intelligence approaches. Through multiple projects, he detected emotions through brainwave and touch-based data, and designed an interactive meaning-based document organization system for qualitative research of millions of documents. | Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Zurel invented new hidden variable models and classical simulation algorithms for quantum computation to investigate the link between quantum computational advantage and physical notions of nonclassical physics such as quantum contextuality and negative quasiprobabilities. | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (PhD) |