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 | Program |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Dr. Decotret investigated various ways cancer cells spread throughout the body. She found a novel role for a widely expressed molecule called PTP alpha in breast cancer cell invasion and developed an advanced method for tracking the invasion of brain cancer cells into surrounding brain tissue. | Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Fung studied the memory mechanisms underlying social anxiety. He found that physical characteristics of people, and self-attributes are feared stimuli, and negative evaluation is a feared outcome for socially anxious people. | Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Riano Rodriguez studied the determinants of State Capacity in developing countries and the impact of conflict in the long run. He showed how Political Competition, Bureaucratic Nepotism, and institutional reforms can affect the state's administrative capacity and how specific conflicts can have persistent effects on economic development. | Doctor of Philosophy in Economics (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Abdulai examined how sexual health-related stigma can be addressed in the context of digital health technologies.Using a trauma-informed care framework, he developed a set of destigmatizing design guidelines.His work provided a reference guide on how sexual health-related technologies can be designed to be trauma-informed and less stigmatizing. | Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Polgar studied systems of light-sensitive molecules that are used in various green technologies. His work elaborated novel methods for improving the performance of these systems. The findings can improve our ability to turn energy into light, or light into energy. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Paradela charts the development of audience research in the Philippines to explain how the imperative for audience discipline, or the imperative to make the people perform the role of audiences as prescribed by the local elites, persisted throughout and the 20th century and intensified during the dictatorial regime of Ferdinand E. Marcos. | Doctor of Philosophy in History (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Pun's research revealed that infants as young as six-months-old expect a larger group to prevail during a conflict. Furthermore, bystanders that witness the conflict are only expected to help members from their own group. These findings suggest that infants may be born with the capacity to make inferences about social status. | Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Booluck-Miller's work studies how selected female authors use the individual experiences of characters in Francophone literatures to reveal the lived reality of migration trauma. She examines the role of space, psychological dispositions, and sociological implications in African, Caribbean, and Indo-oceanic migrations. | Doctor of Philosophy in French (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Mu's research looked at how different dietary phenolic acids, present in fruits and vegetables, work to mitigate the pro-inflammatory reactions that contribute to intestinal injury. Her findings will assist us to make optimal food choices that will lead to health and welfare benefits. | Doctor of Philosophy in Food Science (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Yen studied drug resistance mechanisms in chronic myeloid leukemia by identifying predictive microRNA biomarkers and exploring the role of the translation initiation complex. This research will help stratify drug-insensitive patients and develop alternative combination treatments to treat them. | Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Ren challenged the accepted dogma that molecular catalysts are not capable of converting carbon dioxide to useful chemicals at commercial scales. His research reveals a new approach to designing catalysts and prompts the solar fuels communities to study molecular catalysts in a flow regime, thereby opening an entirely new area of chemistry. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Lee focused on the development and investigation of new methodologies for the syntheses of fluorinated motifs using fluorinated gases in efficient one-pot processes. The invention of these methods to easily access high-value organofluorine compounds has significant impact on pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and materials industry. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Davis characterized microbial communities residing on marine seaweed and shellfish hosts. She showed the microbial community on a host is dynamic and closely associated with the host biology and surrounding environmental conditions. Her research advances understanding of how the health of marine organisms will be affected by changing oceans. | Doctor of Philosophy in Botany (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Ogbede studied genes important for how we react to chemicals such as approved drugs. He found that when particular genes are absent, cells are more vulnerable to certain chemicals, and cells that are made to produce an excessive amount of proteins are protected against the effects of these chemicals. | Doctor of Philosophy in Genome Science and Technology (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Amini developed methodologies to investigate earthquakes related to oil and gas industry activities in North America by integrating empirical analyses, machine learning and advanced numerical modelling. The results of this research help to better understand these phenomena and design effective mitigation plans. | Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Engineering (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Sadasivan investigated how RNA viruses inhibit cellular stress responses during virus infection. He showed that a virally encoded protein modulates the activity of a key host protein to evade the stress response. | Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Sirari examines the everyday experiences of interracial couples in Vancouver and how they make sense of their relationships. In her interviews, many couples related their personal intimacies to larger discourses of Canada as a multicultural nation. Dr. Sirari's research shows how racial power is reproduced and contested in intimate relations. | Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Steiner found that ancient gold-rich fluids in the Osiris gold deposit preferentially flowed through veins in rigid, folded rocks. The fluids deposited gold where local variations in rock permeability forced the fluids to flow into non-fractured rocks. These results will help geologists find and develop other ore deposits more efficiently. | Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Sciences (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Breckenridge's research revealed that zooplankton in the Fraser River Estuary are limited by how quickly water moves through the system; channelization of the delta may therefore have reduced zooplankton production. Her modelling suggests that warming and early snowmelt may lead to changes in the abundance of zooplankton in the estuary. | Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Deith created spatial tools to help manage wild meat hunting, one of the greatest threats to tropical mammals. Using movement algorithms and simulation, she built a software to help conservationists and managers map where overhunting occurs and assess how traditional management rules can improve food system sustainability. | Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Behnami developed machine learning methodologies to assist clinicians with early detection of heart disease through the automation of critical measurements from the heart ultrasound images. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Couture's work explores some of the ways that individuals seek out and experience community though sporting practices. His findings offer insights into the nature and structure of community in the contemporary moment and extend ways of thinking about the relationships people have with physical activity, with technology, and with one another. | Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Wright explored novel reactions for modifying polymers using light and oxygen. Working alongside amazing collaborators across chemistry, physics, chemical engineering, and microbiology, his research culminated in the development of fabric coatings that can kill bacteria and the SARS-CoV-2 virus when exposed to light. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD) |
| 2022 | Dr. Sullivan explored the use of vocal works as a pedagogical tool for the bass trombone, and to expand the repertoire for the instrument from other periods of music history. In creating a new edition, he demonstrated that including the original text can inform musical decisions, adding to the body of works available to the bass trombone performer. | Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Instrument (DMA) |
| 2022 | Dr. Lowik investigated the tactics that trans people undertake when accessing reproductive health care spaces that are not equipped to serve their needs. They found that the onus to remedy systematic erasure often falls on trans people and identified the structural forces that prevent this erasure from being addressed systematically. | Doctor of Philosophy in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (PhD) |